fic: Dresden Files: The Other Side of the Coffee Cup 1/1

[havenward]

Title: The Other Side of the Coffee Cup
Author: Havenward
Series: Dresden Files
Rating: PG13 (mild language)
Words: 947
Pairing: gen
Note: Written as a thank you for chatona, who sent me a whole chunk of music by Chris Kane. Spoilers for the last scene in White Night, and since I'm retelling the scene from Thomas' point of view, I pulled the dialog

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[chatona]

askldjklshdjhajshajhasjdb! uhm. Hi!

You. I think you killed me?

My name is Thomas Raith, and I'm a monster.

It isn't obvious when you see me. In fact, chances are pretty damn good that if you did meet me, you wouldn't believe it if someone told you. You'd find yourself coming back to my boutique, though, and it wouldn't have anything to do with the amazing espresso you drank while waiting out front. (Even if Kopi Luwak is the caffeine of the gods. Makes Kona taste like cheap diner piss.)

No one suspects the trendy French hair stylist with the amazing hands and impeccable taste. No one notices what I steal in bits and pieces, one smiling sigh at a time. Its never more than I need, never enough to leave a client more empty than when they arrived.

I'm a monster, not a villain.

That whole bit? Is just the most perfectly perfect thing ever. Wow. Just. It's amazing. I love all the rest, too, but that just blew me away. Can I take it and run away with it to elope? Can I? Because I totally would.

ILU! ♥

[havenward]

Hm, eloping with it is probably a bad idea. But you can make sweet sweet love to it, hehehe.

So glad you enjoyed it!

[chatona]

... Will it still respect me in the morning?

I did, I really did, it was absolutely brilliant and gorgeous ♥

[havenward]

Well, I'm fairly certain it would qualify as White Court, so it may not respect you, but it'll probably feed on you again. You're its thrall anyway so I'm sure you won't mind ;)

(Its so funny you say that though, because I mentioned to my roommate what you'd said about marrying it, and he laughed and said "But will she still love it in the morning?" I told him about the respect one, and he said "Stop stealing my brain!")

By the time I was done writing it I wasn't sure if I'd pulled of Thomas' voice as well as I thought I did when I started writing. In fact I was quite certain I'd made him too whiny, but it was 5am (blame Thomas, I thought I'd be done with it by 3!) so I decided to run with it :)

I'm online at work by the way. So when you're done eating feel free to give me a buzz :D (The story would never forgive me if I let you starve...)

[deralte]

"I'm a monster, not a villian." is a good line.

Thomas ought to become a Host in Japan. He'd make tons of money, and need no skill other than fluency in Japanese. Hell, he wouldn't even need that.

I like your Thomas' view of Harry. Cheers!

[havenward]

I was pretty happy with that line too :D

I wish I remembered/knew what a Host was... Wait, like in the Host Club anime? ... yeah, I can see that. Hee.

Glad you enjoyed it, now that I've finally written something non-Supernatural. I have to admit I was worried it wouldn't work as well as I thought it did, since I haven't written Dresden fic before, let alone doing Thomas' pov...

[paperstsoapco]

pssst: Just wanted to be sure you saw this:
http://www.buddytv.com/articles/supernatural/buddytvs-supernatural-set-visi-22387.aspx