Final Word Drabble Challenge
Tricky Dick started it with this post, and Keladry continued it with this post. I posted the first drabble last week, so it's my turn to continue...
The Final Word Drabble ChallengeHere are the rules ( Read more... )
The Final Word Drabble ChallengeHere are the rules ( Read more... )
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Severus sat on a stump, the summer sun warming his wife’s garden. Yseult read to him from a tree branch as his hands worked with the flowers. He smiled at the sound of her sweet, childish voice stumbling over the more difficult words.
He wondered at his daughter’s love of poetry. His bride had even more prosaic than he, but after receiving a book of poems from Theodore, Yseult was addicted.
Severus scowled. It had better not be because of the Lupin boy.
He stood and crowned his daughter’s bushy hair with the daisies, chained together to make a ring.
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No worries about posting first--I totally understand. Ironically, I was so early last week because I was on my way out of the house and wanted to post before I forgot it. ;-)
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He hates the darkness more than anything, because in the darkness there is nowhere to hide from the memories that plague him; things he has done, bitter words spoken, and lives he could not have saved. Lying in the darkness, those memories bear a crushing weight and Severus thinks it might kill him.
The bedside lamp chases the dark away and his new wife smiles at him. She says nothing, though he’s sure that she knows what has kept him lying awake. She cuddles against him and twines their fingers, her golden wedding band chiming softly against his matching ring.
I'm not sure how much good it would do to have me do the next challenge, being that you're about the only HP fan on my rather limited flist, but I thought you might enjoy this.
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And hooray, he has a wonderful and understanding wife who appreciates him and helps him deal with his nightmares. I wonder... does her first name start with a J? ;-)
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I know you didn't read DH, but the phrase "lives he could not have saved" actually wonderfully highlights one of Severus' lines from the book about "those whom I could not save."
*blinks and scratches head* Heh... That was so not intentional. Mostly I was referring to what you told me when we were writing chapter two.
he has a wonderful and understanding wife who appreciates him and helps him deal with his nightmares. I wonder... does her first name start with a J?
*laughs* Possibly! Just glad you enjoyed.
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I know, and I appreciate that so much. I really do. This was a wonderful surprise after a very long, very cold evening on campus.
Heh... That was so not intentional.
I know, but you really were right on the money! Isn't it funny how these things work out?
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Severus stumbled in the graveyard, dripping blood from his lacerated neck staining the snow a festive red. He’d apparated blind - how ironic that he should end up here. He staggered to his feet, heading not towards the brightly-lit church but towards the westernmost corner of the churchyard, well-known to him .
Using strength he was surprised to find he still possessed, Severus managed, lurching from one tombstone to another, to reach his goal. He sank down, exhausted, not needing to read the words obliterated by the weather: Eileen Snape, beloved wife and mother.
Behind him, church bells began to ring
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This is just so Luna. And I love the last line.
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This is so lovely: the dancing thestrals, Snape's feeling that this is a tradition known only to him, the fact that Luna is drawn to them as well, and that this is a secret they share. Speaking of Luna, she's just perfect here: calm, wise, accepting and otherworldly.
So...do you and drachenmina want to share hosting rights for the contest next week? Maybe you could do it on LJ, and she could do it on IJ? The more involved, the merrier!
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OK for co-hosting with Drachenmina as proposed, good idea! It should be on Wednesday, right? I hope my local Wednesday will do.
I hope your awful week is not too awful.
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I'm glad you like the co-hosting idea! This is fun and I'd like to see it spread. Yes, it should be on Wednesday, and I'm sure your local Wednesday will be just fine.
I hope your awful week is not too awful.
Well, it has been awful, but the good news is that the worst part of it is over. I have writing yet to complete, but I'm done with classes, so that's one responsibility out of my hair at least. Not a moment too soon, either, because it's freezing cold and snowy around here, and the way they build campuses here lends itself to the worst sort of bone-chilling winds. The only good thing about that is the way it makes my long black coat billow very dramatically--I feel absolutely Snapely!
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