A drabble that I just posted to the Sunday100 community on LiveJournal, but since it's so short, instead of linking, I'll just give it to you here:
Play It Again, Lilah
Lilah spotted him in the bar mirror, all stubble and leather jacket. “Down these mean streets walks a man who is not himself mean,” she quoted as she swung around to display herself at her best: rolled hair, killer lipstick, silk dress slit to here, rolled stockings, killer shoes.
Wesley smiled haunted sadness. “Sam Spade turned in Brigid O’Shaughnessy. Perhaps you’d prefer Rick Blaine?”
“And you stand by while I fly to France? I’d rather the intrigue with the fat man, and Joel Cairo, and ‘the stuff that dreams are made of.’”
“The ending could use some work,” Wesley said.
Woo! And I
love
the title!
I would actually pay cash money to hear Stephanie Romanov deliver the "Down these mean streets..." line because I know she'd nail it.
Oh, the challenge this week is "Movies". I note with amusement that somebody else crossposted another "Maltese Falcon"-themed snippet.
So if anyone wants to read the Wes/Gunn porn I just cranked out, the rough cut is here. Hasn't been beta-read, and I'll probably do a ton of editing later. Relevant info:
TITLE: Thrall
RATING: NC-17
SUMMARY: Big damn evil has kung fu grip.
SPOILERS: Through Angel 418 - "Shiny Happy People".
Holy fucking shit...
THANK YOU SHRIFT YOU GODDESS YOU!!!
t grumble
I can't read it until tomorrow. Stupid not getting Angel until Monday.
t /grumble
Bloody hell fire.
Gorgeous. Wes'n'Gunn. TheirLoveWasSoPure.
t /incoherent
Holy fucking shit...
Told you it was blatantly self-serving porn. Hee.
Told you it was blatantly self-serving porn. Hee.
If that's self-serve, can I install a dispenser in my bunk?
Hee. I'm still at work, and something tells me I shouldn't even look at it here.
I wanna go home NOW.
Thanks for posting it shrift.