Discovered in the Bleak Midwinter – December 8 – post #2

[melanieathene.livejournal.com]

Slipping this one in under the wire (I almost decided not to post it).




I stand alone beneath a streetlight, face turned up to the sky, lashes wet with falling snow. At least that’s what I tell myself. Snow. It has to be snow. I haven’t cried since I was a child. My father beat that weakness out of me at an early age.

No matter how great my pain, no tear ever slips free.

And yet...

The water trickling down my cheeks falls faster than snow melts on half-frozen flesh. My eyes burn hotter than the sun.

Big boys don’t cry...

But I’ll weep for you, Ray.

I can’t believe I’ve lost you.






Title: Snow Falls Like Tears
Author: melanieathene
Slash or Gen: Slash
Archive at ProsLib/Circuit: Yes, please
Disclaimer: Unfortunately not mine.
A/N: Sorry for offering a sad drabble at Christmas time, but it really suits my prompt: “In the bleak midwinter”

Many thanks to cali_se for the beta.

Comments

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

Yes, but...remember that the bleak midwinter is followed, inevitably by spring! And so maybe there is hope, buried beneath the ice and the snow... Well, that's my story, anyway. *g*

Thank you! It is lovely in its sadness and despair.

[melanieathene.livejournal.com]

I like your take on the story. :)

Thanks for reading.

[krisserci5.livejournal.com]

Oh too sad. . . you wrote that too well. . . .

[melanieathene.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[trepkos.livejournal.com]

*sniff*

[melanieathene.livejournal.com]

*hugs*

[milomaus.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, thanks forposting anyway, it is still lovely and there is so much going on...

[melanieathene.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

I like to think it's a temporary loss.

[macklingirl.livejournal.com]

So sad. But I see Bodie as an old man mourning after many, many happy years with Ray, so it is ok for me that it is a sad death drabble.

[melanieathene.livejournal.com]

I like that interpretation. :)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Aww... except of course that Bodie's just lost his Doyle - and we almost always find the things we've lost, so I'm ever hopeful through the sadness! Thank you!

[melanieathene.livejournal.com]

Well done! You picked up on the key word: lost. :)

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

A sad drabble, yes. but well written. I'm glad you decided to post this.

[melanieathene.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[cyanne]

It certainly is bleak, poor Bodie.

[melanieathene.livejournal.com]

This drabble was the first thing that popped into my head when I looked at the prompt. Thank goodness a fluffy story sprang into being for my second attempt. :)

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Ouch. I still have hope. Well done. There's a lot of emotion here.

[melanieathene.livejournal.com]

Don't abandon that hope. Doyle is "lost"... He may yet be found. :)

[sw33n3y.livejournal.com]

Loved the gentle sadness here! ..It's one of those few times when I can accept the loss of one of them.

[melanieathene.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

I left it up to the reader to determine the extent of the loss, so it may well be only temporary. :)