It's raining drabbles!

[myrebelcat.livejournal.com]

I thought I was done, but then this little bunny hopped into the room and demanded I do something about it.

So, here you go - one more drabble, pinned to the presentation board.



Elaborate

By preference, Bodie carries a Browning. He could sign out any other gun, but this is the one he wants. He explains to Doyle that the Browning has history. When Belgium was overrun in 1940, the Germans began manufacturing the gun for their own army. Belgian workmen sabotaged production lines and smuggled the plans to Canada…

Doyle pretends to fall asleep.

Bodie finishes his story anyway, because he knows Doyle is still listening. And because when Doyle’s eyes are closed, Bodie can look as much as he likes.

“You’re a romantic,” says Doyle, later.

“You have no idea,” replies Bodie.

~end~

Comments

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

You just keep drabbling if you continue to come up with gems like this. All unsaid and crystal clear at the same time.

[myrebelcat.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm thinking along drabbling lines today, that's for sure. I'll just have to wait and see what happens.

[schnuffi.livejournal.com]

Sheesh, you must have bunnies hopping around by the hundreds. Love this one too - so much said in so little words. And it's so perfectly, beautifully them. Keep 'em coming!

[myrebelcat.livejournal.com]

I keep tripping over the darned things. They get in the way when I'm trying to do useful important things like dishes and laundry.

Thank you! I think I'm done for now, but I've got a whole day ahead of me still, so who knows. :-)

[empty-mirrors.livejournal.com]

Love this. Bodie really is a romantic in his own odd way.

[myrebelcat.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I figure anyone who memorizes poetry for fun, must be a romantic at heart. :-)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh nice... and Bodie is a romantic... *g*

[myrebelcat.livejournal.com]

Thanks! :-)

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

Aww.

Sweet but not saccharine.

[myrebelcat.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-)

[heliophile-oxon.livejournal.com]

This is wonderful! It's got a sort of haiku-ish feeling about it, the way you use the rhythm. Bodie verbose when he needs to be, succinct when he needs to be. Doyle doesn't know yet, in this instance, that Bodie has romantic feelings about him? Hope he finds out soon!

[myrebelcat.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I think getting the rhythm right is one of the trickiest things about writing drabbles. They really are like little poems. Sometimes I feel like I've got it, other times it doesn't seem like anything works.

And yeah, I'm hoping Doyle figures things out, too! Because in this universe I'm not convince Bodie will ever tell him.

[magenta-blue.livejournal.com]

This is lovely, Rebel. It really works for me, hints at all sorts, especially that 'later' comment, yet is so subtle and just, gorgeous. Love it when you get the bunnies hopping into your room!

[myrebelcat.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm really glad it works for you, and yeah - I've got all sort of ideas around when "later" might be.

They're pretty bunnies. All rainbow coloured, with the occasional one in little black leather straps. ;-)

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

I think Bodie is a romantic. And Doyle likes it that way. Bodie loves important things: Doyle and his weapon. Thanks!

[myrebelcat.livejournal.com]

You're welcome! :-)

Bodie's a lucky man, and he knows it. He's got everything he wants in his life - Doyle, guns, fast cars, birds, Doyle, the occasional kind word from Cowley, more Doyle... ;-)

[solosundance.livejournal.com]

getting the rhythm right is one of the trickiest things about drabbles ... I agree, and you got rhythm *g*

[myrebelcat.livejournal.com]

Ah, but can I dance - that's the real question.

[smirra.livejournal.com]

That's brilliant! And complete within so little lines. Fresh & crisp.
As for the gun, is the gun the Germans were producing than from these constructions the gun that was called Luger (whereas the one that was produced from the smuggled plans was called Browning)? I'm not sure but I think that was a gun invented in those time... probably I got it all wrong. Have to do recherche if I want to keep myself as fit as Bodie in gun history, I suppose.

[myrebelcat.livejournal.com]

Nah - there's no connection to the Luger.

The Browning High Power was manufactured for five years by Fabrique Nationale before the Germans took over their factories in 1940. They manufactured it for their own army as the Pistole 640(B-for-Belgium). I love the Canadian connection with John Inglis (founder of Whirlpool Appliances) - it'd make a great movie.

Gun history is really fun to research! And thanks - I'm glad you liked my drabble. :-)

[smirra.livejournal.com]

Ah ok, thank you for the information, really looks like it would make a good movie indeed. Whirlpool Aplliances - I think I've seen their advertising spots all during the US open matches (I love seeing tennis, so much psychologic strength is needed to win there) there I am again in Belgium with Justine Henin as the winner...
Thanks again!

[crimson-37.livejournal.com]

Hahaha... very good. Love the way Bodie thinks. LOL You know, me thinks Doyle knows he is looking. :)

Thank you, and thank you for sharing!

[myrebelcat.livejournal.com]

You know... Doyle might very well know! Which raises the question of where the final conversation is taking place, and when, and whether Bodie's wrong and Doyle really knows exactly what he means by 'romantic'.

Fun stuff to think about! Thanks!

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmm.
Lovely images!

[myrebelcat.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you're enjoying them! :-)