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surranndie ([personal profile] surranndie) wrote2009-02-20 09:02 pm
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Drabble: There, But Only Sometimes

(Just a tiny thing, a bread crumb if you will.)

Title: There, But Only Sometimes
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Glitch/Cain
Summary: Memory is not static but is instead a thing that cannot be contained.




Wyatt sighed against damp, warm skin, his cheek pressed and firmly stuck to the middle Glitch's ribcage. Fingers traveled, wandered and traced odd lines of hair and interesting creases in the in-between places.

There was a rough patch just above Glitch's hip on the left side. The question escaped before he could stop it. "Where'd you get this one?" Sometimes, he forgot himself. Forgot that Glitch still struggled with the details of his life, what with most of those memories still stored in an oversized glass jar.

But sometimes Glitch answered without hesitation, surprising them both.

"When I was...oh, nine annuals? It was at school. I was playing kickball with a few of the other kids who couldn't make it onto the sports teams. I tripped over the ball and fell and of course, I'd forgotten to take the pencil out of my pocket before joining the game. It stuck right in my stomach, right there. I remember that it didn't even hurt but everyone was screaming. Leona went for help. Now that I think about it, I must have been in shock."

Wyatt lifted his head, staring at Glitch in horror. "I can't believe you remember that so clearly. That must have hurt like a bitch."

Glitch turned his head, a frown pulling at the corner of his mouth. "What?"

"The - the pencil," Wyatt prompted, touching the scar with the tips of his fingers.

"What pencil?"

And once again, it was gone. Wyatt just shrugged and kissed Glitch softly, laying his head back down again. Fingers continued their endless journey.

~*~

End
ext_10637: (tin man - glitch/cain (one spark))

[identity profile] kseda.livejournal.com 2009-02-21 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
Oh... oh GLITCH. The impermanence of memory and how he just... yes. Carries on. And tender!Cain gives me warm fuzzies every time.

Lovely, sweet little moment m'dear, thank you.

[identity profile] surranndie.livejournal.com 2009-02-21 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
*snuggles* Thankya, dearest! :D You know that's what these guys do - file away the "oh shit" moments and carry on like they never happened.

[identity profile] slashybits.livejournal.com 2009-02-21 07:41 am (UTC)(link)
*happy sigh* It's so tender and snuggly and just a little bittersweet and really what I needed today so thanks!

[identity profile] surranndie.livejournal.com 2009-02-21 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Aww, thanks! :D I'm glad to have provided something of use! *grin*

[identity profile] lionille.livejournal.com 2009-02-21 12:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"What pencil?"
Ung, what a painful moment! With those two simple words you jab in your point, that there are issues he... therefore they.... will always have to deal with.
But Wyatt accepts it with such love, and continues on with his exploration of this endlessly complex person.

[identity profile] surranndie.livejournal.com 2009-02-21 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
*nodnod* They just seem to do that, don't they? Take those little "oooooowww" moments and tuck them away, moving on with the knowledge there's nothing they can do about it so they might as well just keep on.

*hugs*

[identity profile] witchywanda666.livejournal.com 2009-02-21 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Ohhhh...*covers eyes* That boy.... If only he had known Cain as a little fella. He might not have been all stabbed and what-not by such evil things... At least it wasn't an ink pen, the old fashioned kind with a sharp tip. @_@

[identity profile] surranndie.livejournal.com 2009-02-21 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
*patpat* Who says the clumsy awkwardness of Glitch came *after* the brain removal? :D I bet he had all kinds of adventures with unusual injuries!

[identity profile] avari-maethor.livejournal.com 2009-02-21 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I found this... incredibly... heartbreaking. Warm fuzzies at the beginning but then when the moment passed my heart just broke.

Your writing and characterization was beautiful as always.

[identity profile] surranndie.livejournal.com 2009-02-21 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
*cuddles with you* Yeah. Their life must be filled with these moments and Cain has just learned to live with them. Oh, boys.

Thank you so much!

[identity profile] amedia.livejournal.com 2009-02-21 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"What pencil?"

*whimpers* Two words - two devastating words. What a tender, erotic, heartwarming, punch in the gut this story is! (Um, that's supposed to be a compliment, honest.) Wow.

[identity profile] surranndie.livejournal.com 2009-02-21 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Hehe! *hugs the compliment for the lovely thing that it is* Thank you kindly!!

[identity profile] oddsbobs.livejournal.com 2009-02-24 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
Ugh. Oh. OW.

Oh, boys. I think you broke me, in a good way of course.

[identity profile] surranndie.livejournal.com 2009-02-24 02:37 pm (UTC)(link)
*clings!!* Well, they are a pretty damaged pair of guys. I need to keep reminding myself of that, amid all the "normal, happy" fic. :)

Thank you for reading! *hugs*