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marginalia) wrote2003-02-05 12:32 am
marginalia) wrote2003-02-05 12:32 am
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so, i guess there was more. huh.
yeah, so. parts one and two are here.
iii.
billy has prepared his face for the cameras. the laugh. the stories. the scolding of dom, who always tells too much.
but it's impossible to arrange a face for orlando, who pounces and mugs and never appears to care who sees.
orlando tackles, his palm landing on billy's chest. he hears billy gasp. feels billy's pulse speed up under the weight of his hand, and for a moment they forget. orlando glows and billy's nose crinkles: a reality that exists only in pictures.
as they turn to face each other, they fade into smiles that do not reach their eyes.
iii.
billy has prepared his face for the cameras. the laugh. the stories. the scolding of dom, who always tells too much.
but it's impossible to arrange a face for orlando, who pounces and mugs and never appears to care who sees.
orlando tackles, his palm landing on billy's chest. he hears billy gasp. feels billy's pulse speed up under the weight of his hand, and for a moment they forget. orlando glows and billy's nose crinkles: a reality that exists only in pictures.
as they turn to face each other, they fade into smiles that do not reach their eyes.
sigh...
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Re: sigh...
i blame the pic i took this icon from.
i don't think i would have gotten into this if i had never heard of drabbles. but i just love the challenge of telling a whole scene in -exactly- 100 words.