Denial

[laligin]

I really want to post more fic. It's got to the point where I'm only really putting up those with deadlines and that annoys me. (Although the Flavours list is gradually growing, which is nice...) So here's a drabble-plus-one. Ie, 101 words - though according to my imaginative writing tutors (hurrah! Course at last!) this is called a dwarf. Strange, that.

Anyway. It's anonymous, but I had Jack in mind while writing it.

Fandom: Torchwood
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 101
Summary: They say it gets easier, but what do they know?

Denial

The first time he killed someone, it was necessary, terrifying, and difficult, and gave him nightmares for months afterwards. But he remembered it was kill or be killed, and he’d had no choice.

What he didn’t remember was the emptiness in her eyes as she took aim. Really, he didn’t. It didn’t haunt him when he lay awake at night, he didn’t wonder if those he’d killed since had seen the same look on his face, and he most certainly didn’t avoid his own eyes in the mirror every day, just in case.

Funny, how the mind plays tricks on you.

Comments

[conjunkie.livejournal.com]

Ohhh lovely simple, short and terribly effective Interestingly I can see this as both Jack and Ianto, think it reads as either and I love how interchangable you've made it, it's really up to the reader which just works so well.I wish I could drabble I'm a real admirer of those who can tell a story using so little, brilliant loved it.

[laligin.livejournal.com]

^_^ Handily enough, the anonymity of it also means I can hand it in for homework, too. (Ehee. I really have Torchwood stuck in my head far too much... It's difficult to think of original fic for creative writing work now.)

Glad you liked it, thanke. :)

I kinda like drabbles now. But I can be really pedantic about the word count, even on my long fics, so working within such a short and precise medium is rather pleasing...

[xenachan.livejournal.com]

I like the fact it's anonymous : seems to be more Jack's behaviour but it could work for the other too...

Dark and a bit sarcastic : I like it !
Thanks :)

[laligin.livejournal.com]

^_^ I quite agree with you - as I say, I thought Jack, though it could conceivably work for the others if you extrapolate forwards and start thinking about how they might end up.

A little bit of sarcasm is delicious with fic. ;)

Thank you!

[silver-x-cross.livejournal.com]

I'm going to be weird, but I can see this as Owen more than Jack or Ianto!

Great drabble either way, says so much with only a few words. Can never manage that myself so I'm always in awe of people who can!

[laligin.livejournal.com]

I can see it working like that too. Take the "she" as mid-Torchwood, place the "now" of it past Jack's disappearance and it all falls beautifully into place. I like the anonymity even more now, thanks. ;)

Thank you for that. :) I'm glad you liked it!

And it's only practice that gets people good at drabbles, really. It's a bit like writing haikus, I'd say. You have to get to the point very quickly...

[ladyamarra.livejournal.com]

Hello,

We are glad to welcome you to the tardis_bigbang Challenge as a
writer and thank you for your participation.

You will be invited as a member to the community within the next few days,
so please keep checking your invites (http://www.livejournal.com/manage/invites.bml) and accept the invitation. (We
have only a limited amount of invites to give out at once, so please
accept as soon as possible!!) This step is necessary for you to be
able to see all the locked organisation posts within the
community and to actively participate in the future.

Sincerely yours,
the Maintainers of TARDIS_bigbang

[harem-ent.livejournal.com]

...dude...deep...


like giant squid, but in a much better, less evil sea beastie way.

[laligin.livejournal.com]

*gurgles with laughter*

Why thank you. :D