Fic: After the Flood

Sep 28, 2010 16:32

Morning. Wasted on the floor like a teenager. A salad of loose muscles and brains. Body parts all trying to do the same thing: forget, forget, forget. Wondering why he ever remembered in the first place.

A dusty fan sails round and round on the ceiling, and pigeons coo on the window ledge like they’re speaking in Pig Latin, insulting him. One ( Read more... )

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asher_elric September 28 2010, 21:42:02 UTC
Nice. I like the trip into the human...psychi like this.
That and the descricption of the body being like a salad was too new for me to pass up reading this.

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i_speak_tongue September 28 2010, 22:44:20 UTC
Thanks so much. I'm glad I could entice you!

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asher_elric September 29 2010, 04:07:54 UTC
Yup. I am still floored with the 'salad' description.
Thanks so much for that.

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vikingprincess September 28 2010, 21:58:03 UTC
The way the ghost was formed is really creative and horrifying - so of course I love it. It's also, as you say in your author's note, a really plausible explanation for Dean's fixation on saving children.

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i_speak_tongue September 28 2010, 22:45:36 UTC
Thank you! So happy to hear it worked for you!

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maypoles September 28 2010, 22:31:53 UTC
This is painful, but in this entirely gorgeous way. I love your spare writing style.

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i_speak_tongue September 28 2010, 22:46:53 UTC
What I was aiming for: beautiful pain! You are too kind. Thanks!

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roque_clasique September 28 2010, 22:33:12 UTC
omg no time to read but I am really excited to see you back on LJ just FYI.

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i_speak_tongue September 28 2010, 22:48:01 UTC
!!!!!!!! Awesome! See you around!

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roque_clasique September 29 2010, 04:43:12 UTC
Ach! That was just awful, in the best way. That last line. Gah.

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i_speak_tongue September 29 2010, 05:02:11 UTC
So I'm good at being awful? Thanks! Lol.

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txgirl0302 September 28 2010, 22:34:46 UTC
Poor Dean :(

I love Dean and John stories, this one was so heartbreaking. Very well done.

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i_speak_tongue September 28 2010, 22:49:07 UTC
Thank you very much! I aim to break hearts!

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