"He Closes Early On Thursdays", Being Human, Gen

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Title: He Closes Early On Thursdays
Fandom: Being Human
Characters: George, Annie, Mitchell
Challenge/Prompt: paliphrase, “Never”
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 2520
Genre: Gen
Summary: This is the part where he runs, you know.
Author’s Notes: Fifteen things that didn’t happen in the season finale. I have no idea where this idea came from, but come it did, and I

Comments

[robling_t]

These are all wonderful and this bit in particular:

The moon is still screaming down each bone on his spine when he awakes, though the sun has risen. His nails are full of mud and leaves, and his teeth taste like dirt. George pushes himself into a sitting position, every inch of him full of that bone-deep ache that follows the transformation, where his skin doesn’t fit and never will. Werewolves should have their own language, he thinks, an ability to describe this.

Totally brilliant. {is jealous}

[westingturtle]

“I take it the deal’s off, then,” he says, and admires the way his voice manages to stay steady.

Oh George

[stellastars]

Oh, these were all lovely. Heartbreaking, but lovely. I particularly liked the last line of fifteen and all of four.

[sakinow]

Six was particularly disturbing and Thirteen just about broke my heart. So love BH, so glad you decided to write some.

[dissident]

These three break my heart so soundly.

What really gets me is that all of these scenarios are totally plausible.