Enshrine me in castles of splendor

[frakcancer]

Frakking phone monopoly kept me offline for days, but I'm still using the rat icon because bsg_aussiegirl challenged me to write this within a specific number of minutes.

For ar_drabbles challenge 31: home

Comments

[bsg_aussiegirl]

15 mins! Impressive!

I like Laura's dad. Why, even though her mother was a teacher, do I always picture her father to be the one who taught her the most. Maybe it's the tone of her voice when she talks about him being a fight fan, and adoring him.

And I love that Disquiet scene. I'm picky about fics set during/around it, so I'm glad you do it justice.

She looks in Bill's eyes and sees what he sees: brains, bones, duty, disease, and always her beauty.

With a shock she understands.

What she's seeing is home.

Ahhh, not only are you back, but you're still writing almost romantic for me!

[frakcancer]

Well, it was your prompt and your time challenge, so I figured it should be a drabble that would suit you!

Besides, I don't think you'll like my next ficlet, since it's fast and rough and not romantic. Hell, it's not even A/R.

[vash26]

I love how you described Laura's running, having all those thoughts comming up, running will do that, also a great way to organize you thoughts. And then her looking in Bill's eyes, him hiding nothing, and her realizing with a shock *happy sigh*

[frakcancer]

I'm not a runner any more, but I agree -- when I need to think thinky thoughts, I go out for a long walk. And here's poor Laura, trying to think, when the answer's standing right in her path, all steely determination and freshly brushed teeth.

[sczep84]

Wow, that was beautiful and totally sounds like Laura.

Also, I LOVE ur header!

[frakcancer]

The header is the work of bugsfic. Isn't she amazing? I told her what quote and screen cap I wanted, and she gave me the mood I was dreaming of, even though I wasn't articulating it very well.

[sln1]

I feel completely inadequate to the task of reviewing this with anything like the eloquence it deserves so I will keep it simple

[frakcancer]

Wow. Your reviews always make me go back and read my fluff, looking for the greatness you found and I hadn't intentionally put there.

their search for a home was never about finding Earth

So that explains how Pythia could be right -- Laura's promised land, her home, that last commitment to Bill, does not happen in her lifetime.

mistakes perceived and actual which have shaped who they have become

Yep! The advantage of age is realizing that your mistakes are an essential part of who you've become.

[sln1]

So that explains how Pythia could be right -- Laura's promised land, her home, that last commitment to Bill, does not happen in her lifetime.

That's how I saw it. Laura's promised land is that cabin by the lake with Bill, the well earned retirement, together, that they never got.

[angeltrisha9]

Ok, new header, holy smokes!

The drabble... Well gasp of too amazing! It really, really is seriously fabulous!

[frakcancer]

Thanks. With that fabulous new header I had to come up with some good new ficlets, didn't I? It's just sitting there demanding excellence!