fic: we got lost on the winding road... (Alex and Meredith)

[waltzmatildah]

Title: We got lost on the winding road...
Characters: Alex and Meredith
Prompt: # 18; Ache, from the angst table at drabble123
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Summary: Meredith visits.

Meredith is there when he wakes up. Not the first time. Days later.

It's days until she comes.

She makes it three steps inside his room before her knees collide heavily with the floor beneath her feet. She's looking at him, eye level, arms alternating; limp by her side or fisted tight, one hand shoved into her mouth to muffle the sobs.

And the vent is gone now, has been for a while, so he thinks he probably shouldn't look that bad.

But it's not just about him. And the absence of the vent is irrelevant.

Even he gets that.

Comments

[rorylie.livejournal.com]

This one just made me aww, and feel so much for both of them.

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

Argh. I really, REALLY hope that we get Mer reaction to Alex being injured when season 7 starts, but I have a feeling that we won't because the end of 'Death and all his Friends' made me think she probably already know even then... grr!

At least we can write about it in fic!

[mizzougirl88.livejournal.com]

Love it. I hope we see something in season seven's premiere between these two. =)

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

Me tooooooo! Oh please!

Thank you for reviewing.

[lving-darkness.livejournal.com]

aw god. aw man. this. this. wooohs.
i can't even get the words out. because it's so raw. so raw it hurts. and she collapses to the floor because Alex is the one that never gets hurt, that never gets taken down.
and here he is. and derek is down. and this was just. amazing

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'm so glad you liked it. I can never really tell if these drabbles are gonna work the way I want them to. 100 words really isn't many!

[truhekili.livejournal.com]

Great line about how the vent is gone "so he thinks he probably shouldn't look that bad." That sounds like such an in character thing for him to think. I'm not even sure why, it just sounds right for him.

I'm really enjoying your drabbles. Have no idea - none - how you can fit so much into so few words, but they're great reads. Thank you.

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

Thank you! And I'm glad you're enjoying them. I could never keep myself to 100 words in the past, but this challenge is pretty strict so it's been good practise!

[ice-whisper.livejournal.com]

Aww!!!! You keep killing me! I love their friendship!!! ♥ It made me so sad that we didn't get to see Meredith or any of the others finding out about Alex getting shot. =(

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

I KNOW! I so SO SOOOO wanna see reactions damnit! While it may be fun making them up, it's just not the same as watching it play out...

They didn't even mention it! Travesty.

[mammothluv.livejournal.com]

This is fantastic. You do a great job of capturing the raw emotion of the scene.

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!