drabble: vapid. ron.

[marginalia]

[vapid] - ron
wordsmith doesn't do weekends, so today's is from m-w. follows theanthropic.
vapid: lacking liveliness, tang, briskness, or force : flat, dull

All the color has drained away.

Ron saw the body. He can't say Harry. He saw the body once, waterlogged and pale like a blind fish. He said, "Where are his glasses? He can't see without his glasses," and while the teachers looked at each other, trying to decide what to say, he turned and was quietly sick down the front of his robes.

"Sorry," people say, vapid and weak. "We didn't know." Ron wants to scream that he didn't either, he didn't know until it was too late, but his voice is underwater.

Friend is too small a word.

Comments

[frisbyg.livejournal.com]

if there's such a thing as spontaeous weeping, i just did it. this is so...oh god, so lovely.

but it hurts. <3

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

aw, thank you and i'm sorry :)

(and hey, thanks for the postcard! *heart*)

[frisbyg.livejournal.com]

(oh, you're welcome. and yaye! <3)

[dorrie6.livejournal.com]

Fuck.

I don't even know what to say.

I'm, like. Not okay.

Wow.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

*hug*

[annecatherine.livejournal.com]

Friend is too small a word.

That last sentence hit me hard.

Damn. Just damn. That was good. *understatement*

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

thank you very much!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_peapod/]

*wibble*

that's wonderful.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

thank you :)

[starbuckle.livejournal.com]

meep.

:::clings to icon:::

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

aw, thank you :)

[scaryemilie.livejournal.com]

*clutches chest*

dudeth. you just about killed me, like, a million times over.

<3333333

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

no death omg!

[maerda-erised.livejournal.com]

again. just. WOW. *speechless*

my favorite lines are (of course) "Friend is too small a word." and also "...his voice is underwater." and i also loved the bit about the glasses. oooooch. it hurts so good. *weeps*

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

eee! thanks :)

[byandby.livejournal.com]

Wow.

Incredible.

I'm in love with your drabbles. (And I usually don't ship Harry/Ron)

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

aw, thank you!

they're not my primary ship by a long shot, but i do have a soft spot for them.

[shalna.livejournal.com]

So sad and beautiful again. I'm not a Harry/Ron fan but these two drabbles work just perfectly for me, even for the pairing.

Friend is too small a word ties this beautifully together with Theanthropic and the one who would have called him love.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

thank you very much!

[willysunny.livejournal.com]

Friend is too small a word.

Oh GOD, sweetie! This is gorgeous and painful and beautiful and my heart is breaking in two. Lovely as always. Now I need to find a tissue.

*heart*

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

*hugs you* thank you, dear :)