Drabble - Ineffable

[empty-mirrors.livejournal.com]

Accommodations have given up trying to move him. He can't leave. He just gets builders in to fix the worst of the damage after things get a bit too much. Like finding a well-foxed paperback stuffed down the back of the couch. Or when he dreams, so vivid that he wakes surrounded by familiar scent with the ghost of a hand against his cheek.

It's six months before he stops pausing, confused, between Dobson and Flatley on the shift roster, wondering who's made the mistake.

And if anyone asks how he is?

He smiles, and answers resolutely, "I'm fine, thanks."

Comments

[myrebelcat.livejournal.com]

That's so sad! Poor lost Bodie... *sniffle*

Terrific drabble, even though tragic.

[empty-mirrors.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

I was wondering if anyone was going going to do a bereft Bodie or Doyle drabble. Sad, of course, but my God, so evoactive and beautifully done. The name on the roster line got me in the chest somewhere.

[empty-mirrors.livejournal.com]

That was the first image that came to me. The rest spun off from that.

Thanks for commenting.

[schnuffi.livejournal.com]

Gods, that one had me sniffling. So very sad and beautiful at the same time. Gah, now I need something to cheer me up *wipes nose on sleeve*

[empty-mirrors.livejournal.com]

*pets*

Thank you.

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

Oh so poignant! Beautifully done, and stoic Bodie is so heartbreaking.

[empty-mirrors.livejournal.com]

Big boys don't cry.

Thanks for commenting.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh.... oh, oh, oh....

[empty-mirrors.livejournal.com]

:D Only yourself to blame. If you will give me these prompt words.

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

*Sniff*

*Sniffs again*

Very poignant.

[empty-mirrors.livejournal.com]

Thank you

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

so sad, so terrific.

[empty-mirrors.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[magenta-blue.livejournal.com]

Oh, that shift roster bit got me, too... So sad, but very well done.

[empty-mirrors.livejournal.com]

It was a punch in the gut image when it arrived. I'm glad it carried over in the words.

Thank you!

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

That was so sad. It's bad enough that it took six months before he stopped looking, but then he lies and says he's fine? Poor wubbie! Thanks for ripping my heart out in 100 words. *g*

[empty-mirrors.livejournal.com]

Any time :D And thank you for commenting.

[miwahni.livejournal.com]

Oh, that hurt! So sad. Very effective use of 100 words.

[empty-mirrors.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[crimson-37.livejournal.com]

Well, if your plan was to make me cry, you've succeeded. This is so sad. Poor Bodie. I'm sorry but I'm here trying to give him a future and I can't see one for him and it's making me worse. I'm gutted.

Here's our stoic Bodie, but when he's alone at home, in the still of the night, in the bed he used to share with the man he still loves dearly. I can see the tears silently drifting down his paler than normal cheeks and him pressing his face into his pillow where he can at least try to block out the reality of it all.

I want to say thank you, but I hate feeling like this. So, I'll settle for - Well done, beautifully written. And to do it in only 100 words, you have a wonderful skill there.

[empty-mirrors.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It wasn't an easy one to write. I really can't see Bodie carrying on so well without Ray.

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

*gulp*
You brought tears to my eyes. On Monday morning at 10.30....

[empty-mirrors.livejournal.com]

Sorry and thank you.

Great drabble.

[felmyst.livejournal.com]

It is amazing how well you wrote the emotions that would occur with so few words.

Re: Great drabble.

[empty-mirrors.livejournal.com]

Thank you!