Round III of Ficlette Fiasco II -- one AB ficlette

[mhalachaiswords]

Just a little too short to be a double drabble. (master list found here)

Title: Problem
Characters: Richard (mention of Anita, Micah)
Disclaimer: All Anita Blake characters belong to Laurell K. Hamilton. I am only borrowing them for a short while and am receiving nothing.
Author's Note: For sabriel_0405. A very angry and depressed Richard thinks about why

Comments

[sabriel_0405]

Damn you're good. Really good. This was fantastic. Tone, style, content, perfect! Thank you!!!!!!!!

[mhalachaiswords]

Thank you. I'm currently writing not-really-jealous-but-kinda-sorta Richard and I'm trying to get into his head. It's a scary place.

And thank you for the prompt. Now all I need to do is figure out the jealousy angle from Micah's POV.

[catherinecookmn]

This is lovely. Stupid people can screw things up reasonably well, but it takes a smarty pants to be able to build huge castles of rationalization in order to avoid looking squarely at the truth of one's own fallibility. And right now, Richard's rationalization castle is vying with the Sears Tower.

[mhalachaiswords]

Yes, he is a sailor on the good ship D.E. Nile. Moving all the way up to Captain :)

Thank you.

[mhalachaiswords]

It's not so much the words, I think here, as it is the venom in the sentiment.

Thanks for commenting.

[deepfishy]

Ouch. Bitter much, Richard?

[mhalachaiswords]

Well, he's basically trying to kill himself (and dragging his pard and everyone else down with him). Not a good mix.

[mhalachaiswords]

Thanks. His angst is interesting to write. Especially taking into consideration his "character development" in ID.

[houses7177]

Clue to Richard, maybe he gets it? Nice.

[mhalachaiswords]

The day Richard catches a clue is the day that I do a merry jig. Hopefully soon, but I'm not holding my breath. One day, I still hope to have the jealousy angle looked at in the books :)