Kit
Squire
Duchess of Emelan
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Post by Kit on Feb 17, 2010 20:53:44 GMT 10
Title: Sorrowless Field: Epilogue Rating: PG-13 Length: 239 Competitor: Neal Round: I/C Summary: “I deserve properly.” “I’ll see you at dinner.” She turned. She stooped. Another turn to face him. “Neal, I’m sorry, but—” “Kel?” She looked at him, searching, and Neal felt himself flush, as if blood was somehow being drawn up in a direct line from his spine to his face. “I’m going to kiss you again,” she said, very faint. “Just once. But properly. After all this time, I deserve properly.” A step forward. Her face. It was impossible to look away from her face, as flushed as his, both crowded and still. “Kel,” he said. He was hoarse. She was touching him. Her hand over his face, his nose. Her thumb traced his lower lip, the sharp point of one cheek. His hairline, with special gentleness. His own hand on her skin. A line of freckles under one eye. Her eyebrow and jaw, finely drawn. Her neck, and the fine muscles to her shoulder. His throat, The softness there sharply different from the rough textures of his cheek in the early morning. The faint, smiling lines around his nose and eyes. “Neal.” “Kel.” Her name and his, and her lips. His beneath, and prepared. Her tongue brushing his and a shared whisper of laughter. The tilt of her face to his—and their arms: fast around each other. Hard and soft and endless-brief in dull morning light. I dreamt last night...
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Post by journeycat on Feb 18, 2010 7:45:28 GMT 10
This is so pretty. I adored this miniseries, from carefree beginning to tragic end. Everything about it was poetic and beautiful and just full of so many indescribable emotions. This was a bittersweet end to the whole thing.
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Post by PeroxidePirate on Feb 18, 2010 10:56:06 GMT 10
This is heartbreaking and fierce and gorgeous beyond gorgeous. I'm so glad I waited to read it until I was actually ready to focus on it -- it would have been a tragedy to skim without understanding. It's the kind of real that makes me feel like I actually saw it all happen, rather than just reading it. I love every single bit. I love Yuki's dedication, and the notion of Neal and Tobe helping each other come to terms with what happened. There's something cathartic in the last chapter and the epilogue, too, which makes the tragedy easier to bear.
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