drabble for xshelaghx -- Rest
Title: Rest
Requester: xshelaghx
Fandom: Dogs
Requested Topic: Haine in all his insanity?
A/N: There's something oddly satisfying about feeling like I should make a 100-word drabble with no sex an *explicit* adult entry. I think it has to do with Dogs being what "Dogs" is. And many thanks to gogoangelgunboy for some really good suggestions on how to improve this.
AND the lovely xshelaghx did a picture of Haine that was inspired by this for a kiriban! *dances about*
One moment...
... after the bones of his skull crushed against pavement...
... after the explosion of a shotgun blast ripped across his belly...
... after dozens of bullets tore away control of his limbs...
... where he can rest.
Rest more deeply than he's ever slept. Rest more sweetly than under Nill's touch. Rest without that snarling fanged shadow.
It's a darkness Haine wishes would never end.
It always does.
One moment... then a choked breath of blood, cordite, and lead; the agony in his neck brings him back, screaming. He takes another job, to find that moment again.
[edit: Two other alternative last lines... ]
He spat out death, and go looking for Lily again.
He'd get up, spit bullets, and look for Lily again.
Requester: xshelaghx
Fandom: Dogs
Requested Topic: Haine in all his insanity?
A/N: There's something oddly satisfying about feeling like I should make a 100-word drabble with no sex an *explicit* adult entry. I think it has to do with Dogs being what "Dogs" is. And many thanks to gogoangelgunboy for some really good suggestions on how to improve this.
AND the lovely xshelaghx did a picture of Haine that was inspired by this for a kiriban! *dances about*
One moment...
... after the bones of his skull crushed against pavement...
... after the explosion of a shotgun blast ripped across his belly...
... after dozens of bullets tore away control of his limbs...
... where he can rest.
Rest more deeply than he's ever slept. Rest more sweetly than under Nill's touch. Rest without that snarling fanged shadow.
It's a darkness Haine wishes would never end.
It always does.
One moment... then a choked breath of blood, cordite, and lead; the agony in his neck brings him back, screaming. He takes another job, to find that moment again.
[edit: Two other alternative last lines... ]
He spat out death, and go looking for Lily again.
He'd get up, spit bullets, and look for Lily again.