Comments | gilli_ann: A canon ficlet from the history of the two shirts

gilli_ann

A canon ficlet from the history of the two shirts

Feb 22, 2009 15:07

Brokeback ficlet/vignette - a glimpse into the history of the two shirts. Jack and Ennis on the mountain.

Ca. 800 words, movie canon, rated PG. No warnings.

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cornflake2912 February 22 2009, 14:27:07 UTC

Thanks! That was great!

gilli_ann February 23 2009, 21:48:49 UTC

Glad you liked it!

gothica_vanessa February 22 2009, 15:30:55 UTC

wow
as always
just wow
and kind of happy, which from you makes it all even sweeter :)

Jack would call it music, he figured. There was no mistaking the caterwauling of Jack’s harmonica. It grated on Ennis’s ears like the sound of cats in heat screeching at the moon.
Strangely, it didn’t grate on his heart.

Off-key but happy. That was the very sum of their summer mountain existence. Off-key but doing good - the shirts, the tune, Jack and him. Nobody’s business but theirs up here, any of it. And no-one around to see, anyhow. They were invisible here, or near enough, and all alone.
He bet Jack’s screeching serenade had even chased off the wildlife.
And those shirts, they were… actually kind a nice.

those bits are so ... everything, and the image of those shirts hanging in the wind ... jeez, you make me feel like mush any time, huh ...
thanks SOOOOOOOO much :)
vanessa

gilli_ann February 23 2009, 21:49:43 UTC

Well, it's nice to come up with a happy image now and then. The shirts holding hands make me happy too, so that makes two of us!

Beautifl testa_dura February 22 2009, 18:20:50 UTC

I loved the rapid-fire flow of emotion from Ennis here - edgy anticipation,then anger and shame and then the slide into reason and - yes loving forbearance.

Wonderful as always,

Tes

Re: Beautifl gilli_ann February 23 2009, 22:27:05 UTC

If only Ennis had managed to draw breath and take a chance on reason even when there were people around... :-/

Thank you very much for commenting.

brokeback1963 February 22 2009, 21:02:45 UTC

Just beautiful. Love what sweet Jack did with the shirts. **melts** And love how you really got Ennis there, being all paranoid even on a mountain top where it only was Jack and him.

Loved that Jack's music grated on Ennis ears but not on his heart. **sigh**

Thank you so much!!

Tammy.

gilli_ann February 23 2009, 22:24:43 UTC

Glad you liked it, Tammy! :-)

bowl_of_glow February 22 2009, 21:52:19 UTC

Oh, Gillian, this was so great... really ( ... )

gilli_ann February 23 2009, 22:24:08 UTC

Thank you. So glad you liked it. A little bit of sweetness and romance tucked into canon is good whenever possible, IMO!