"Omigosh," El gasped, "Neal, look. They have peaches." She cradled two cans in her hands. "Peaches, Neal!"
"Would you and your peaches like to be alone?" Neal teased.
El wrinkled her nose at him. "Smartass. I remember what your face looked like when we found the store that still had caviar."
Neal laughed. "I also remember what Peter's face looked like."
"Ooh," El said, reluctantly setting down her peach cans. "That reminds me, I need to check and see if they have deviled ham."
"Would you two speed it up back there?" Peter called. "Just fill up the bags and let's go." From here, he was only dimly visible: a figure in the entrance with a shotgun. They had learned the hard way that it was necessary to always post a lookout.
Still, it was rare to find grocery stores anymore that hadn't been completely stripped. El sighed as they unzipped their backpacks and canvas duffles and began to fill them with canned and packaged goods -- if only they could take it all, but they had no way to carry it.
Re: Fill: Peaches (PG)aqwt101May 4 2012, 03:18:25 UTC
Never thought I'd say it about post-apocalypse story, but: d'aww! \o/ I love the image of three of them together in changed world. And, well, wilderness survival in any form is always great:-D
Re: Fill: Peaches (PG)sholioMay 4 2012, 05:59:02 UTC
Thank you! :) As soon as I saw the picture and prompt, all I could think of was the three of them rummaging through the ruins of a Wal-Mart or something like that. Glad you liked it!
Re: Fill: Peaches (PG)anniehowMay 4 2012, 18:00:47 UTC
Thanks you!!! *iz thrilled* I love all the little details, especially El leaving a can behind for the next person, and finding happiness where she can (and being more fit than ever ;-P) and how the actual threat is never explicitly mentioned and, of course, all the teamwork! Exactly the sort of thing I had in mind :D
Re: Fill: Peaches (PG)sholioMay 4 2012, 20:01:39 UTC
I'm very glad you enjoyed it! :) It was a very fun and inspiring prompt. (And yeah, I decided to leave the threat very vague, and just focus on the characters. *g*)
Prompt: 17, ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE (natch).
Wants: where ever your writerly heart takes you... crack, dark, dark crack, hijinks, gut-wrenching sadness, etc...
Do not want: I'm pretty mellow, except no character bashing please.
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"Omigosh," El gasped, "Neal, look. They have peaches." She cradled two cans in her hands. "Peaches, Neal!"
"Would you and your peaches like to be alone?" Neal teased.
El wrinkled her nose at him. "Smartass. I remember what your face looked like when we found the store that still had caviar."
Neal laughed. "I also remember what Peter's face looked like."
"Ooh," El said, reluctantly setting down her peach cans. "That reminds me, I need to check and see if they have deviled ham."
"Would you two speed it up back there?" Peter called. "Just fill up the bags and let's go." From here, he was only dimly visible: a figure in the entrance with a shotgun. They had learned the hard way that it was necessary to always post a lookout.
Still, it was rare to find grocery stores anymore that hadn't been completely stripped. El sighed as they unzipped their backpacks and canvas duffles and began to fill them with canned and packaged goods -- if only they could take it all, but they had no way to carry it.
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I'd love to read more of this 'verse!
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I'm not sure if there will be more, but now I keep thinking of other things to happen to them in their post-apocalypse world. *g*
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