Drabble: There Are Things (Lotrips, Viggo/Bean, G)

[telesilla.livejournal.com]

There Are Things
Author: telesilla
Fandom/Pairing: Lotrips, Viggo/Bean
Rating: G
fanfic100 prompt: 003/100 Ends
Word Count: 100
Disclaimer: Not RL; didn't happen. If you think this has anything to do with the real actors involved, then you need to put down the crack pipe.
Summary: Drabbles don't get summaries.

Notes: I had planned on taking a nap, but my brain wanted this instead.

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"There are things," Viggo said. "Things that I do not have, cannot give you."

Later, alone, Sean turned the words over in his mind, seeing them as leaves of a book, as fallen leaves on the pavement.

"There were things," he wrote on the back of a envelope. "Things that you did have, could have given to me."

But he never mailed it.

When they met in Toronto, Viggo looked small and tired.

Sean smiled for the camera, never letting the bottle go too far out of sight.

Later that night he dialed the phone.

"It was never about things."

Comments

[alex-quine.livejournal.com]

A tough, uncompromising piece conveying a wasteland of lost opportunity and failed communication. Not a comfortable read, but concentrated...and maybe, just a flicker of optimism at the end. Thanks for posting.

[telesilla.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the thoughtful feedback! It wasn't a comfortable piece to write, but it really wanted to be written, if that makes any sense.

[foxrafer.livejournal.com]

This is beautiful. That last line ... it makes me sigh. So simple but incredibly touching.

[telesilla.livejournal.com]

Thank you. The last line took some doing because I wasn't sure where the whole thing was going after I came up with the first line.

[nikkie222.livejournal.com]

:D

[telesilla.livejournal.com]

Thanks! *snugs*

[slashorama.livejournal.com]

Beautifully done. I love how the first and last lines act as "bookends."

[telesilla.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)

[rotpunkt.livejournal.com]

Strong! Impressive.

[telesilla.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[liars-dance.livejournal.com]

A strong and emotive drabble - beautifully written.

[telesilla.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It was an emotional thing to write and so I'm glad that came across.

[govi20.livejournal.com]

What a wonderful drabble...

[telesilla.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[rifleman-s.livejournal.com]

"But he never mailed it"

The saddest words there are . . .

But Sean seems to understand.

[telesilla.livejournal.com]

I think in this case Sean understands more than Viggo does, poor thing.

[mooms.livejournal.com]

This is a beautifully balanced drabble. Sad and frustrating, but ending maybe with hope and the re-opening of communications ?

[telesilla.livejournal.com]

I actually left the ending ambiguous because I wasn't sure how it ended. And even though I chose the "Ends" prompt, you can see it as an end to both of them being confused.

Glad you liked it!