How the Future Comes

[eglantine_br]

Title: How the Future Comes
Word Count 450
Rating G

How The Future Comes

Portsmouth, rented house, not far from the dockside, 4:40 am by the clock down the hall.

“Oh God--” his voice was rough and his head rolled on the pillow.

Comments

[vespican]

I always like the way you do these type of scenes.
Dave

[eglantine_br]

Thank you. Funny how they just show up in a person's head-- I find that the ones that do that are quite insistent. I get little peace until they are out on the page.

[sarah_lynn_b]

Lovely! Cleveland makes such a great doting dad. :-)

[eglantine_br]

He is a lot of fun to write. I don't know who the actor was who played him, but he made a real person with almost no lines...

[anteros_lmc]

Awww that's so lovely! You've captured the experience of nighttime feeding so perfectly. This is exactly the way I remember it :) Cleveland will be a wonderful father, he is already doing all the right things.

[eglantine_br]

I remember those nights with an almost hallucinogenic clarity.This is wish fulfilment, in a way, Mike spent Zander's first 6 months at sea, (med cruise to ports that Horatio and Ned would have known very well.) By the time Claire came along he was home more, gone for 2 weeks here, a month there. But, of course, even in port he was gone overnight once a week.

I don't know what CC is doing in the dockyard, but I am sure he is grateful not to be any further away.

[anteros_lmc]

I remember those nights with an almost hallucinogenic clarity
Me too. Isn't it strange how they stay with you? This is also why Archie's mother in her shabby chair is such a powerful image.

This is wish fulfilment, in a way,
Ever it was thus for sailor's wives I guess. Saphronia is very lucky that her man is so close at hand.

[ylla]

I have no idea who these people are, but I like them ;)
Much more sensible than Hornblower getting annoyed with babies because they make mess, or whatever it is he objects to!

[eglantine_br]

I am so glad that you like them, and that they feel real. Remember Cleveland? The mid with the fluffy whiskers? Fatter than the others? He has a whole love story, and now a wife and baby. I can see his future. He is going to live to be very old, and his many children and grandchildren will feel very sure that he is a hero. In the meantime he is fun to write.

[ylla]

I still haven't watched any of the TV episodes yet, so no. I just like your way with characters :)

[eglantine_br]

I love the books. But I think the tv series is what pushed me into writing about them.

Either way-- I am so glad you liked my little piece here. If they felt real all on their own that is exactly what I hoped. Thank you for letting me know.