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Post by journeycat on Feb 17, 2010 15:42:40 GMT 10
Title: Possession Rating: G Length: 219 words Competitor: Raoul Round/Fight: 1/C Summary: Raoul can't stop the universe.
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It was like watching a bad play unfold before his eyes. The Players had memorized all the wrong lines and he was a spectator helpless to correct them. He was in charge but they were not taking their cues from him. They were improvising, and they were ruining it.
Perhaps others did not see the tiny mistakes and deviations, but he was so finely attuned to her
(oh, the warmth of her breath, the flutter of those long lashes)
that he could catch every nuance of her feelings, and he did not like what he was seeing. It was the blush in her cheeks when that man was around, the sparkle in her eyes, how she smiled too much
(why won’t she smile for me, I don’t understand, please sparkle for me, you don’t need Neal)
that gave her away. Their history was old and their friendship was firm, so why would she choose now to kindle the fire? He saw it in her face that she had grown to love Neal as more than a friend, and he burned with an unnamed disease when that man turned emerald eyes on her and they turned soft with reciprocated love.
This unnamed disease was envy, rotting jealousy, and it turned his soul the same color as those eyes he hates.
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Post by jazzyjess on Feb 17, 2010 16:26:28 GMT 10
The allusion to the Players at the beginning seems very fitting - I'm eager to see where this goes.
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Post by Lisa on Feb 17, 2010 23:07:44 GMT 10
This is precious (and I adore parenthetical asides). And I like that you went with Neal... interesting choice.
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