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Aug 05, 2009 15:30

Lights in a Storm, Ten/Rose, adult
This has become what Rose thinks of as a There’s Nothing We Can Do trip, 847 words
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hippiebanana132 August 5 2009, 21:21:19 UTC
It's brilliant to see a story that deals with this more difficult side of their life together, seeing worlds and disasters like this and having to let them go, without the writing losing optimism.

And this? She settles against him, feeling warm and drained, and places their hands in the pool, watching as the ripples from their touch make the reflection on the surface shimmer like starlight. - I have so much love for this sentence. It's stunning. <3

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morrighangw August 5 2009, 23:49:28 UTC
Oh, wow.

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rowofstars August 6 2009, 02:28:21 UTC
puddles splashing frigid water up their calves like icy hands reaching out from graves.

Wow. That line is just so powerful when combined with the knowledge this world will be destroyed in a flood. I like the exploration of those fixed points, that however tragic, can't be changed.

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