chocolate and strawberry with fresh strawberries

[ninablues]

Story: Timeless { backstory | index }
Title: At A Loss
Rating: G
Challenge: Chocolate #2: rivalry/jealousy, Strawberry #30: pillow
Toppings/Extras: fresh strawberries
Wordcount: 454
Summary: Verity Ashdown feels that she is losing her husband to Pia Rees.
Notes: This angle was surprisingly fun. Fresh strawberries: a scene from the Oscar Wilde play

Comments

[kaitygirl88]

"Everyone knew she was sleeping with Newson. Everyone but her husband, apparently. The strange queasiness returned."

Oh! I don't like feeling bad for Verity, she's supposed to be a bitch not a complicated woman with deep feelings that can get so hurt! But I do, and I like her all the more for this. Great great piece, you wrung out all the right emotions at all the right times.

[ninablues]

I've always loved Verity in a weird kinda way, even though sometimes I wonder if I should give her a hot fudge tag. Thanks! Glad to hear I managed her emotions OK... see, not everything I write comes out totally silly. XD Well, maybe.

[nathskywalker]

I almost feel bad for Verity. She must think that Pia and Edward are sharing more than a tight friendship; I would.

[ninablues]

That's the conclusion she jumps to. There's a lot she doesn't know about her husband, and in fairness to her he does keep his latest personal discovery from her for a while (though that's just because he's scared).

Yeah, these two are screwed up. XD

[smoothiegarten]

PIA DYES HER HAIR WHY. This is a crime to naturally red hair. A CRIME I TELL YOU.

*sob*

Meanwhile, I do feel kinda bad for Verity here because she just doesn't understand her husband at all. I'm glad they'll work it out in the future.

[ninablues]

Haha, Pia doesn't appreciate redheadedness. She dyes her hair every five seconds. XD

[ichthusfish]

Something tells me, for all Verity doesn't understand her husband, she would have understood him even less if she'd actually watched the movie. In a way, I feel sorry for her, but in a way, not. She's feeling jealous for something that she doesn't seem to have ever wanted before Pia was in the picture... Some people are strange like that. Nicely done :)

[ninablues]

Yeah, Verity is complex but not exactly a good guy, though I do feel bad for her at times. :) Thanks!

[gildedspine]

Interesting piece. I always have these mixed feelings about pieces from the woman who you're supposed to hate. >