A Discussion In Very Few Words (31_days, 14/11; femslash100 challenge #258)
Title: A Discussion In Very Few Words
Series: None; one-shot
Rating: G
Characters: Paulien van Deutekom, Ireen Wüst
Pairing: Ambiguously Paulien van Deutekom/Ireen Wüst
Disclaimer: Lies.
Word Count: 100
Warnings: None
Spoilers: None
Notes: Crack? Me? Never! Brought to you by 31_days (you fear blood more and more) and femslash100 (weekly challenge 258: after), proving that I am still a master at misinterpreting prompts. :]
Summary: In which there are monsters, and coming out about the hunting thereof.
She tells you one day what she does at night; why she comes back sometimes beat-up, bruised, bloody, torn, battered, and frayed. She’s out fighting monsters, she says.
You laugh. (It is a ludicrous proposition, and it must surely be a joke.) She doesn’t. (But she can’t be serious, can she?)
(Can she?)
‘I mean it,’ she adds, but you detect a hint of please believe me.
You don’t say anything, although you are sort of wondering how you’ve missed this for years, if it is-and it certainly seems to be-true.‘Thank you for believing me,’ she says.