"The Principle of Contagion,” Part 4/10
anonymous
August 7 2011, 21:03:37 UTC
The Principle of Contagion, part 4 of 10
Thankfully they had pulled up to the house; England opened the door before the driver could get to it, trying to get out before America started shitting rainbows. England untied his feet after extracting a promise to do exactly what he said, which was to follow him straight to his basement.
Everyone was excited to see him home, of course, and to see America. The problem was that now America could see everyone back as they followed England and America through the house.
“So many things I don’t wanna see,” America said, and finally stopped making the fucking butterflies.
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America waited. It was only about ten minutes before England was back, in his ‘clothes for the job,’ as he called them. He’d run up to change after he’d installed America in the basement don’t go anywhere, don’t touch a fucking thing, don’t even move, not a muscle, and his working clothes consisted of an old, black tee-shirt, a pair of faded jeans, and bare feet. He looked comfortable, which was more than America could
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Re: "The Principle of Contagion,” Part 10/10 (epilogue)
anonymous
August 9 2011, 08:01:34 UTC
I can't even explain how much I love this, it was all brilliant and I can't even name all the parts I liked. I thought that the ending was quite sad with how America doesn't remember and even though England was expecting that, he still hoped it wouldn't happen.
Re: "The Principle of Contagion,” Part 10/10 (epilogue)
anonymous
August 11 2011, 04:15:59 UTC
Your writing style is so awesome, I'm a little bit in love with it. And the descriptions of magic! How you're approaching it sort of to the side and explaining it in these offhand terms, it just fits it to a T. Some particular turns of phrase got to me, like England blowing hot and cold and doing mind-blowing things as well and America on the verge of literally shitting rainbows (I probably laughed too hard at that). And the butterflies! 8D
I also love love love the characterizations, I really must congratulate you on how well you got them. Also, Iran being so eager to punch America was just icing on the cake. It's all wonderful, thanks for posting such a wonderful fill!
Thankfully they had pulled up to the house; England opened the door before the driver could get to it, trying to get out before America started shitting rainbows. England untied his feet after extracting a promise to do exactly what he said, which was to follow him straight to his basement.
Everyone was excited to see him home, of course, and to see America. The problem was that now America could see everyone back as they followed England and America through the house.
“So many things I don’t wanna see,” America said, and finally stopped making the fucking butterflies.
***
America waited. It was only about ten minutes before England was back, in his ‘clothes for the job,’ as he called them. He’d run up to change after he’d installed America in the basement don’t go anywhere, don’t touch a fucking thing, don’t even move, not a muscle, and his working clothes consisted of an old, black tee-shirt, a pair of faded jeans, and bare feet. He looked comfortable, which was more than America could ( ... )
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And thank you so much!
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I really enjoyed reading this, thank you!
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I also love love love the characterizations, I really must congratulate you on how well you got them. Also, Iran being so eager to punch America was just icing on the cake. It's all wonderful, thanks for posting such a wonderful fill!
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