The Weekly Drabble Challenge 314 - Dare

[talkingtothesky]

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Drabble: Body and Soul

[templeremus]

The scar is well above the hairline, barely perceptible even to Annie’s fingertips. Sam catches her hand and brings it to his chest.

“Oh- New Year dare, 1985. Ever ridden a supermarket trolley down two flights of steps?”

A little further back and she would have found the second mark- Morgan’s scalpel that time, hoping to prise him away.

Only Sam chose otherwise, and he’s here now, real as the breath that moves through her throat when she laughs. “Amazing you’re in one piece, ent it?”

“And staying that way.”

They fall asleep to the beat of the other’s pulse.

Re: Drabble: Body and Soul

[danae_b]

Ahhh this is really just bittersweet and lovely. ♥ Have I ever told you how I love it when you write these two? Because I really do.

Re: Drabble: Body and Soul

[templeremus]

<3 Thank you. I do love this pairing. Perhaps surprisingly for a couple who took the entire show to work their way around to a kiss, there's something startlingly intimate about their interactions. They fit together, despite all the heartache and misunderstandings along the way.

Drabble: Grown Into

[danae_b]

Louis Armstrong's voice fills up the room and Cartwright and Tyler exchange doe-eyed looks like a pair of bloody fools. Gene knows Annie needs to take care with that one: Sam's a bit too cracked for his own good, let alone hers.

It scares him, a little - there's no telling what the daft bastard might think to do next. Was this extra layer of madness was something he'd grown into, or had he always been the sort to take such bloody big risks?

Sam got what he wanted, and no one died. Whatever else comes along, today? Let him smile.

Re: Drabble: Grown Into

[templeremus]

Lovely coda to the episode; nuanced, bittersweet. That closing image of Sam's smile gives me happy feelings.
Always good to see another perspective on Sam- we the audience are encouraged to identify with him so much of the time that it's sometimes easy to forget how alarming he must be to other people.

Re: Drabble: Grown Into

[danae_b]

Thank you! Yeah, you're really right about that. We all must be at least somewhat used to his idiosyncrasies but there's a whole wide world out there that... that just doesn't get him the way that the viewer does.

Thanks for reading, it's always nice to see your comments <3 And I'm sorry this reply took so long, it's just been one of those years XD

Sam's smile is pretty much the best thing ever.

Drabble: Running Down the Dream

[master_pages]

Dream or reality? That Wizard of Oz song keeps cropping up in my head, the bit about "dreams that you dare to dream."

The question is, do I believe in it enough to risk everything? I look around myself. Is the building high enough to be sure? I've heard of people surviving... I'm just stalling now.

What is it I really want? Mum will understand, and she'll be all right. Maya's let me go already. So, it's down to me.

Another song, Man of La Mancha this time. "To run where the brave dare not go..."

I start to run.

Re: Drabble: Running Down the Dream

[danae_b]

Ohhhhhh wow I like this a lot! Good pov here, just, good stuff all around.