7900 words. I have a beginning and the beginning of the middle... I really have to buckle down and get this hammered out in the next 13 days.
snippet. laugh all you want because of the Guns N' Roses lyrics, but I really was thinking more Marina V when I wrote it. :D?
"Ten years ago, music was everywhere. Before it was regulated I went to a couple of shows with my sister. She liked pop-punk," Derek says.
"My mom used to sing to me. She had a good voice," Stiles says. Derek can smell old grief there. "She'd whisper to me that we had to keep it a secret, and not to sing in front of anyone."
Derek nods. "What kind of songs?"
Stiles shrugs. "I don't know, just … songs. I never thought about what kind they were. There was this one, that went, um..." He flushes but starts to sing, "Give me a whisper and give me a sigh, give me a kiss before you tell me goodbye, don't you take it so hard now, and please don't take it so bad, I'll still be thinking of you and the times we had... I think she knew she'd die, you know? I haven't tried to sing that since she died." He looks torn, like the memories are terrible and beautiful at the same time. Derek knows from experience how that can be true.
"It's beautiful," Derek says.
"She... she was beautiful," Stiles says, and Derek wishes he had the right to put his arms around him. He puts a hand on Stiles's shoulder instead. Stiles leans his head over so his cheek is resting on the back of Derek's hand.
I really have to buckle down and get this hammered out in the next 13 days.
snippet. laugh all you want because of the Guns N' Roses lyrics, but I really was thinking more Marina V when I wrote it. :D?
"Ten years ago, music was everywhere. Before it was regulated I went to a couple of shows with my sister. She liked pop-punk," Derek says.
"My mom used to sing to me. She had a good voice," Stiles says. Derek can smell old grief there. "She'd whisper to me that we had to keep it a secret, and not to sing in front of anyone."
Derek nods. "What kind of songs?"
Stiles shrugs. "I don't know, just … songs. I never thought about what kind they were. There was this one, that went, um..." He flushes but starts to sing, "Give me a whisper and give me a sigh, give me a kiss before you tell me goodbye, don't you take it so hard now, and please don't take it so bad, I'll still be thinking of you and the times we had... I think she knew she'd die, you know? I haven't tried to sing that since she died." He looks torn, like the memories are terrible and beautiful at the same time. Derek knows from experience how that can be true.
"It's beautiful," Derek says.
"She... she was beautiful," Stiles says, and Derek wishes he had the right to put his arms around him. He puts a hand on Stiles's shoulder instead. Stiles leans his head over so his cheek is resting on the back of Derek's hand.
He doesn't know how long they stay like that.
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