weekly theme; summer
Thanks so much to everyone who wrote drabbles last week!
This week's theme:
SUMMER
♔ all fandoms (including rps) and ships welcome.
♔ we say drabble, but, you know, 100 words+
♔ as long as it's related to the theme, anything goes.
♔ fandom, ship, title (& warning if needed) in the subject line please!
♔ you can totally write more than one ( ( Read more... )
This week's theme:
SUMMER
♔ all fandoms (including rps) and ships welcome.
♔ we say drabble, but, you know, 100 words+
♔ as long as it's related to the theme, anything goes.
♔ fandom, ship, title (& warning if needed) in the subject line please!
♔ you can totally write more than one ( ( Read more... )
They bag a second season and everyone is elated. Kit gets texts from his castmates, talking excitedly about getting together some time before filming starts again. They’re still scoping out locations and stuff, John tells him, casting new characters too. Fresh meat! Joe and Luke send him the rumours they’ve heard, including everyone from Keira Knightley to Jason Isaacs, each message more ridiculous than the last. Harry sends a congratulations mate! :D even though Kit knows he wishes he would be returning, too. Sooo excited!! sends Sophie, and Kit grins.
There’s no text from Richard but Kit pretends he doesn’t mind.
He sees the ads on television for Sirens and he realizes that’s the first time he’s seen Richard for months. He swallows his pride and leaves him a voice message right then and there from the couch in his flat. “You alright, mate? Haven’t heard from you for a bit. Want to get a drink or something, celebrate the second season? Let me know.” When he hangs up he wants to take it back.
Richard texts him the next morning. I thought you were pissed at me.
Kit chews his thumb until it bleeds. I’m not. I meant it about that drink, and he hits send before he can change his mind.
They meet at a bar in London that Kit doesn’t know and Richard looks amazing, he’s got a confidence about him that he didn’t have before, he jokes with the waitress and buys Kit’s beer for him.
“You look -” Kit begins, unsure. “Er -”
“I’ve missed you,” Richard says, like it’s nothing, like it’s not the one thing that Kit’s wanted to hear since January, “you absolute wanker. Couldn’t you’ve texted me sooner?” And everything sort of falls into place after that.
They walk back to Richard’s flat later. The air is warm, and Kit realizes it’s summer for the first time in forever.
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'His hair looks odd when there’s no snow in it.'
Thing is, it is so simple. Such a simple little description but with the feel of the fic and the instant head space that you see Kit in, it just clicks everything together. It shows how involved he got. Long shoots like that, young actors, first time actors; that one line portrays exactly how invested they can become and how much, in a way, they end up living that character. I loved that.
All the text messages were cute and was a great way to bind everyone into such a short fic.
And then that last line is just perfect. Summer for the first time in forever. Yes. One can practically picture that metaphorical snow melting out of his hair. And I am probably sooooo reading far too much into it, but I see that as the wake up call as well. It's like, he's been miserable at home because filming is over and he lived that for two years so it was his life, but now he's finally snapped out of it, and him and Richard are talking and, in a way, it is a bit of a slap to the face to remind him that there is life outside of that filming world.
Anyway, I am ranting (I often do that) so I shall leave it at that. Thank you for such a lovely little fic and oh, I hope this starts up the RPF trend. Wonderful job, dear, and cheers for sharing.
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