fic: through my veins... (Alex and April and Reed)

[waltzmatildah]

Title: Through my veins...
Characters: Alex and April (and Reed)
Prompt: # 11 - Poison, from the angst table at drabble123
Rating: PG
Word Count: 100
Author's Note: The result of a conversation with rorylie. Also, I'M FINISHED THIS CHALLENGE! Yee har.

April slaps him. The accuracy of her aim belies the veil of saltwater and booze she's hiding behind.

It'd sting if the bottle of tequila to his left wasn't drained to almost empty.

Numb fingertips trace skin stained pink where her fingers left their mark. He shrugs.

Her wrath is the least he deserves.

Blood and brain matter and shattered shards of skull he couldn't quite manage to keep connected.

From living and breathing to a bullet hole punctuating glassy eyes before he could blink.

One more name on the growing list of those he's tried and failed to save.

Comments

[darklight90.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Haunting and well-written.

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much.

[miss-blanche.livejournal.com]

Reeeeeeeeeedddd! Your descriptions are amazing - v. sad, but amazing.

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

Reeeeeeeeeeeed :(

Thank you!

[lizzy29.livejournal.com]

Awesome.

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!!!!!!

[citron-presse.livejournal.com]

Ach, it's so vivid and painful! Your descriptive powers are amazing. ETA: really nice use of the prompt, too - all that circulating poison, on different levels. Awesome.

And, congratulations on completing the challenge. Wow! (I have four to go, so hopefully I'll be joining you some time :) )

[waltzmatildah.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

And YAY for challenge completion! It's my very first one that I've actually stuck with from start to finish...

Now for NaNo to be the second...! Haha!

And yay! Not long for you to go either...

(though, if you're expecting fireworks to go off in your head when you hit post for the final time -- like I was! -- you might be disappointed!)