forever young

[nathskywalker]

Author: Nathalia
Rating: PG
Challenge:
Quince #01 - that’s a good question
Red Velvet #10 - treading the boards
Tropical Punch #05 - memory lane
Extras / Toppings: blueberries (You can only be young once but you can be immature forever. - Dave Barry), caramel (last section), malt (Easter Egg: Nina: “But I will not wear my heart upon my sleeve/ For daws

Comments

[leiamoody]

I'll pretend that I don't understand exactly where Kendra is coming from at this point in her life...except for the part about having killed too many people (which I haven't done). But that is a very true sense of malaise about one's life. When you reach a certain point, all that is and all that could be rushes over you, overwhelms...

Forever Young...love it. :)

[nathskywalker]

I got the idea while driving Matze to class (he missed the bus or something) and it was really early and usually, I would have gone back to bed but Forever Young was playing when I was driving back home and I had the entire story right in front of me.

I've had my own "this isn't going anywhere" bout earlier this year and I think that helped in writing this.

[shayna611]

very nice piece :)

They are such a wonderfully messed up pair. I love the recurring theme with the dancing - it is so un-Kendra and that just makes it more special. Jamie is so sweet through the whole thing, and I really feel for Kendra. She's always so tough and so brusque, and under it all she is just so messed up and needy.

[nathskywalker]

messed up and needy describes Kendra really, really well. And Jamie just can't tear himself away from that accident about to happen. For several decades.

I can't see Kendra dancing in any other context aside from this.