Two hundred words exactly? Hmmm.
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The note read, simply, "Don't follow me."
He sat on the edge of an impersonal bed in a featureless room. He had chased her from town to town, a series of cheap motels, reeking of cheap perfume and abandoned dreams. The beds had all been neatly made; no impression of her body still lingered there. All he wanted was to heal her wounds, to see what the beast had done to her, to make her whole again. Room after room, the scent of Lilah tickled him like a distant pheromone. "Don't follow me."
He looked at the note. He thought of the Glock in its discreet holster. He wondered what else was following her, to make her so determined to not be found.
He found four quarters in his jacket pocket, and pushed them into the slot beside the bed. The Magic Fingers came to life, shaking the bed like a carny ride. When he caught up to her, nursed her to health, he would take her and they would shake their bed harder and faster than this.
When he left, he added the note to all the others, a talisman of denial, a thread to chase. Don't Follow Me.
Gah. I'm reading all the drabbles, and they make sense (not to mention having emotional impact). Does mine make sense? Is it apparent that he now knows Clark is special, and this has pushed him away, over the line?
I've probably watched Smallville 5 times. It still made sense to me.
My drabble is sort of a lead-in to the story whose opening will be Wes watching Xander taking a shower in the ruined building, which I posted quite a bit ago.
Gods, another huge series. Yeah, like I need this.
Hypothetically, where would a person find that story Connie?
Hypothetically, where would a person find that story Connie?
I posted all I've done of it--the opening shower scene--here on Bitchy Fic somewhere. I don't know if the search feature works. I've got it at home, too, but, sigh, I'm not there right now. I swore to myself I'd get more of V!giles done before I attempted postApocalyptic Xander and Wes, plus there's the Ethan Giles story I want to finish. But now I've got a hook, with Buffy and Angel both being pulled from planes they should have stayed in. Oh, dear.
ita, yours totally made sense.
Thanks guys. I guess those weren't an important 68 words that I cut.
Connie, are you posting yours to the thread? And Deb, I wonder if someone could post yours for you. They're both nice and tight.
I didn't really notice the thread, I was just following everybody else, chewing my cud and wishing I was asleep. Which thread?
OK, just read the parameters. It's asking for M/F.
happily checking both Xander and Wes.
Nope, both are M.
