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Junior Overlord
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Post by Muse on May 28, 2011 14:44:14 GMT 10
Title: Potential Rating: PG-13 Word count: 148 Pairing: Clary/Mattes Round/Fight: 4/A Summary: Clary and Mattes argue sometimes; argument #3. Sometimes we’re hurt, it cuts deep. (lyrics from Bleed Red by Ronnie Dunn.) Warning: Morning after fic.
It isn’t as if Mattes has never woken up to a warm bed and company before; actually, it was his favorite way to wake up, given a choice. Snuggling in the morning as light crawls down the windowsill and across the floor to pool on the sheets as he—
This morning, though, he doesn’t move when he wakes up, doesn’t do anything more than tighten his arm around her waist, tuck himself a little more firmly around her, because this morning…
This morning he’s snuggling up besides Clary, and this has the potential to hurt if, if…
She stirs, and he forces himself not to tense, not to clutch her to him. She turns in his arms, so she on her other side, facing him in his embrace, and she smiles slowly.
“Well, good morning.”
And its her, him, and the sunlight pooling on the sheets as he—
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Post by greenie on Jun 15, 2011 17:21:03 GMT 10
Ooh, fantastic writing here! I think it's really great how much you manage to not say, and still imply clearly.
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