The Stuff of Nightmares: Drabble

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

For Bodie it’s the Falls Road under a blistering African sun.  There’s a rogue detonation, the silence of aftermath, the smell of fire and flesh.  The victims could be anyone, garishly multiple or sad and singular.  He always cares about them in the dream, in a way he never did at the time.  He cares so bloody much and it seems so much more real now, that he sometimes cries.  That, he thinks bitterly, is down to Doyle. 

Nightmares can be illogical.  He must remember that.

For Doyle it’s the door quietly closing on the person who’s never coming back.



Title:  The Stuff of Nightmares
Author: JoJo
Genre:  Gen
Length: 100 words
Summary:  The stuff of nightmares

Comments

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Ohhh... *sniffs at nightmares*... *hugs drabble*

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

But Doyle cuddles Bodie when he gets all weepy and of course Bodie never really does walk out the door and they live happily ever after. The End. *g*

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's good. Amazing how much you can get into 100 words, sunshine. He cares so bloody much and it seems so much more real now, that he sometimes cries. That, he thinks bitterly, is down to Doyle. God, I loved that.

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

I don't know what it is about drabbles and angst ... *g*

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Wow. So much powerful emotion in so few words - wonderful, thank you.

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I rather enjoyed writing this *feels guilty* :)

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

Brrr. That's... intense. Well done.

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

Thanks :) And ooh, pretty stones ...

[kiwisue.livejournal.com]

Them's Newfoundland stones kiddo. From a shore a fair way up the West Coast, c2004.

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Oh, no! Poor babies! They both have their own nightmares to fear. Thanks, J. Wonderfully done.

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

They need to do a lot of cuddling to get over it :)

[robeau.livejournal.com]

WoW! So much in my head after just 100 words. Very powerful. Thanks so much for playing - the kitties send purrs...

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, nice purrs. Thanks for the idea, I'm sorry I didn't go for HH in the end. I just suddenly thought of this while not having a nightmare in bed this morning :)

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Excellent drabble! The nightmares are so real, and such a contrast to each other! Brilliant!

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

Thanks :) *hugs your icon*

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

I got it ages ago from diegina and it was posted in one of those 'take it if you want' posts so I'm sure you could use it too provided you credited her!

[smirra.livejournal.com]

"Nightmares can be illogical."
Brilliant line. Yes a drabble can say more than 10.000 words. Of course this is not meant as ancouraging the BB. Not at all.
Thank you!

Catching up on reading

[saintvic.livejournal.com]

I am very late reading this but wanted to let you know I thought this was very good. Effectve, chilling, haunting and so much said in so few words. Thank you ♥.

Re: Catching up on reading

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

gosh I'd forgotten what a gloomfest this was ... eeek! I'm glad it worked for you - I'm sure the lads do have rather dark corners in their minds, which is why it's just as flipping well they have each other I guess :)