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.

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[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...