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Post by wordy on Apr 6, 2009 14:58:51 GMT 10
Title: The Day Before Rating: G Prompt: #2, Hauntings Summary: George is haunted by a memory. And maybe just a touch of guilt.
He is older than he once was.
Wisdom and age don't go hand in hand, as some old saying goes. George finds something new every day that simply confuses him more. Complicates things.
He also remembers things he thought were long forgotten. Not always important things, just trivial information. That wager he never paid.
And sometimes, he remembers things he didn't think he knew. Or perhaps they are nothing more than dreams. His mother's smile, and how over the years more wrinkles would appear at the coners of her eyes. The way she used to tell him stories.
The day before she died.
Sometimes...he wakes up in the middle of the night, shirt soaked through with cold sweat. Alanna is by his side, alert, murmuring soothing things against his ear. But still he cannot shake that unnerving feeling of a soft, papery hand pushing back his hair, and the touch of his mother's lips on his forehead.
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Post by Rosie on Apr 6, 2009 21:37:43 GMT 10
I've always like the relationship between George and Eleni - there's a special filial closeness there that we don't tend to get in Pierce. Unnerving to be sure, but a nice George drabble!
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Rojo
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Post by Rojo on Apr 7, 2009 1:27:22 GMT 10
This shows an interesting side of George we do not normally see. It is nice to see that he needs comforting sometimes, also.
Great drabble!
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Post by samantha on Apr 7, 2009 11:37:38 GMT 10
Nice drabble! I liked the "that wager he never paid" line.
I'm little surprised at the use of George for this prompt. He isn't a character I'd expect to be "haunted". That's not to say it wasn't good though!
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Post by Katty on Apr 7, 2009 22:49:41 GMT 10
Sad but very sweet
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Post by ubiquitous on Apr 9, 2009 21:29:20 GMT 10
Great drabble! It's nice to see a different side of George.
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Post by zbilja on Apr 13, 2009 17:05:20 GMT 10
Hmm.. good, bu tI think it would have been more effective if you put a little more description into the bit when he wkaes up - it would have established his feelings abou tit a little more, I think. But good!!
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