Cat's Birthday HP Drabblethon III

[mctabby]

Sorted: 133 prompts. Blame the Cat(s).

Comments

[ehnel]

Recipient: agnes_bean
Prompt: “What you hope is beneath your skin/is beneath your skin” (Quote from Frank O'Hara (poet))
Word count: 269
Rating: PG-13 maybe? For being kinda icksquick?He was possessed by the longing to do it. He ran his hand over his arm, then curled it until the nails pressed lightly into the skin, a faint pressure with no pain. He dug them in, so lightly, until little red crescents stained the whiteness, and he stared, mesmerised

[ziasudra_fic]

ooh, nice. You captured the desperation so well, the desire to be different, to have new skin. Well done :)

[ehnel]

Thanks! :D

[hibernater]

Makes me think of Eustace in Narnia. Do you know what I'm talking about?

[ehnel]

I noticed that similarity myself, just after I'd written it. *facepalm*

[josanpq]

Oh! Sorry, baby, it doesn't work that way. Poor kid.

[agnes_bean]

Oooo…disturbing but cool. Thank you. What a great response to my prompt!

[ehnel]

Oh, I'm so glad you liked it! :D

[helzebel]

Wow... very heartfelt and realistic. I love it. It seems so universal, and yet so IC. Very well done. :)

[ehnel]

Thanks! :D