Memorandum (Challenge #14: Taste; Hakkai; PG-13)

[opalmatrix]

Title: Memorandum
Author: opalmatrix
Warnings: oblique mention of sex
Pairing(s): Hakkai/Gojyo
Spoilers: A bit of Hakkai's history.
Notes: Written for saiyuki_time prompt #14 Sense of Taste. Time allowed: 5 minutes. Time taken: actual writing, maybe 5 min. Wrestling with the strange keyboard at the hotel ... longer. [BTW, I may not be able to

Comments

[jedishampoo]

I just knew "taste" would bring up these very direct little angsty bitlets-- and I like here how the sense of taste brings him back to his senses, as it were, even in that half-asleep state. Nice!

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[opalmatrix]

I read somewhere once that you never actually taste anything you eat in dreams, so it seemed to be the right sort of thing to wake him a bit more and make him remember when and where he was. Thanks!

[eyesofshinigami]

Very nicely done. It really packed a punch.

The last bit was just so sweet. ♥

Nicely done.

[opalmatrix]

Oooh, thanks! I'm so glad it worked for you! (Maybe I should scribble on scraps of paper in a hotel laundry room more often.)

[lady_ganesh]

Nice!

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[opalmatrix]

Thanks! I'm glad it worked for you!

[freeradical9]

the reality lies besides him

As it should be. This was lovely. (And you're amazing, to be writing fic even while on the road!)

[opalmatrix]

Actually, the relaxation helped me daydream about the guys a lot. One of my "it doesn't get any better than this moments" was sitting in the sun on an island-hopping boat on the way to Vaxholm, a cool breeze in my hair, snapping pix of the little islands all over my field of vision, and thinking about 585! These guys are my happy place, even when things get angsty.

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[opalmatrix]

What a lovely compliment! Thank you!