THOUGHTFUL

By DevilChild

Author: gwyliane@yahoo.com
Feedback: Yes! Feed my already overlarge ego!
Rating: PG-13, I guess.
Distribution: Sure, but tell me where it's going so I can do my "someone-wanted-something-of-mine!" happy dance.
Classification: Er...sorta Dru/Lilah. But not really slash. If you were a subtexty person you might see some, i dunno...
Summary: Dru's POV as she drinks from Lilah during "Reunion."
Author's Notes: Yeah, I like Lilah. And I really like having Dru back too. This isn't really the best fic to give to you ffn crowd, 'cause you usually go a little lighter, but oh well, I couldn't think of anywhere else to post it.

*That was very thoughtful of you.*

Like biting into a straw'bry, it is. Surface like kitten paw-pads, before they lose their way in the world. Smooth and won't give you hairballs like such snacks.

Lap, lap, lap, like a cat at its milk - poor pretty, so cold and uncaring, doesn't she know her heart still beats? Da-dum. Da-dum. Gives a shivery feel to each drop, shiver of fear and hate and wishing. She wishes to wish for something, that's what. She wants to want. So many people have the opposite problem.

Her hair is smooth-soft as well. No catching on my fingers like some peskies. Ripping them through leaves a nasty mess. Hands cupped around her head, stretching it back - there's a balance. Too little and the treasure is hard to reach, too far and there's a quick snap and my baby's plan is ruined.

She, now, she was a good little girl. Drank hard and fast once she gave in, hungry for her mother's milk. Sucked at my breast and made me feel like a Mommy again.

This one's almost through now. Da-dum...pause. Da-dum. Better stop now, then, before anything happens. Anything at all. Just let her drop, down to the floor, leave her for dead - she thinks so anyway. How odd to think such a thing - I was never so silly.

I could - if I wanted. Pull her back up, tug her against me, hands tight again in her hair - silken strands - press those moisturized lips to my front and let her have the tiniest taste. To see if she likes it.

But Grandmother wouldn't be pleased. Not at all. And this one, this cruel cat with her claws hooked into the carpet - she won't want to drink. Bad girl. That pretty statue in the garden outside has a better appetite. This one, she doesn't eat like a bird. She eats *birds*, feathers flying in all directions and getting caught in her teeth, and she doesn't eat anything else.

FIN

Okay, that was weird. And Dru came out sounding a bit too much like Gullom - but they are kinda alike in a way. Oh well. Review, or you know I'll get Lilah to sue your ass!