| Mundane Things Three related shorts |
| Author: Minnie Rating: PG Fandom: Queer as Folk Category: Brian, Justin and Dave Setting: Brian and Justin - All Better Now, Dave - Full Circle Disclaimer: If only. Two of the saddest words in the English language. If only I owned them. But no, they belong to CowLip. Not me. Not mine. Oh, the angst. No infringement intended. Distribution: Please ask. Dedication: To the evil one Mala because she sucked me into this show Feedback: Yes, please. Author's Note: I've seen 55-word ficlets before and thought I'd tackle a 69-word one. Archive Date: 1/26/2002 You stare at the scarf in your hands, tracing the red splashes with your eyes. Blood. All over. You think if you stare at it long enough, it will be clean again. White. Whole. You raise your eyes, look through the glass window and see him lying on the hospital bed. Broken. Unwhole. You bring the scarf up slowly, twisting and winding it. Around your neck. Where it belongs. Paper clips are mundane things. So mundane, in fact, that you hardly give them a second thought, if at all. Yet here you are, uncooperative hands shaking, trying to pick up one damn paper clip. You try to put it back where it belongs. You try because the therapist says it's necessary. You try because you refuse to believe that you can't do it. You try because of … him. You brush imaginary lint off the empty seat next to you. It gives your hands something to do besides wait. Wait for him to come on board the plane, to sit beside you. Brush. Wait for him to hand you an apologetic smile, one that you'll wave off. Brush. Wait for him to give you a kiss, a seal on your new life together. Brush. But he doesn't come. -End- HOME MISCELLANEOUS FAN FICTION FAN FICTION |