"The Mirror Crack'd" - BBM ficlet
BBM triple drabble (tribble! - 300 words), movie canon clearly featuring AU!-philosophy from Ennis, Rating an R ( I think), All the usual disclaimers apply.
NB: This is a direct mini-sequel to "Through a Glass, Brightly" so read that one first! :-)
The Mirror Crack'd
They made a valiant effort to hold still, but willpower only goes so far.
By the time Ennis let go - his seed splashing into the water with a gentle, nearly noiseless sound - their mirror was already clouded and opaque. Soap suds drifted around them, and hectic ripples from rhythmic movements broke the many-faceted surface as the need of their bodies took precedence.
Ennis stood for a moment, collecting his wits, feeling Jack hard and pushing up against him. Feeling Jack shivering violently against him, too. Yeah, there was more to be done here, but damn if he wanted to do more here. He shuddered. Too cold, no way! Jack’s hands had been shaking there at the end, weird but good, like he’d mistaken Ennis’s dick for some big slick old rattle.
Yep, he was leaving, but his numb feet were not easily getting back into the movement game, and slipped on the pebbled lake bottom. He went down with a whoa! and a mighty splash, arms flailing, throwing water everywhere.
Breathing fast, eyes hungry under the hat-brim, Jack backed off to avoid the surprise fountain.
“Hey, wa-watch it, bud, you’re bre-breakin’ our mir-mirror,” he forced out between chattering teeth.
Ennis rose to the surface like a creature of the deep, angrily got back on his feet, gave his head a shake to send droplets flying, retrieved his hat, and started wading forcefully back to shore.
Spurting his favorite curses, he stepped shivering out of the water.
“Jack, this goddamn mirror of yours was fine for a while, not sayin’ otherwise, but I ain’t no goddamn polar bear. If you cain’t stand it, you may as well smash it to pieces and start all over. Let’s fix ourselves a clean slate here on dry land and take it from there, huhn?”