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[phineasjones]

what? how am i posting in the middle of the day??? :) i'm home for lunch, since rach is away and i have the car. and i wrote a drabble for jjtaylor this morning as her prize for yesterday's textslash. so i thought i'd post it.

it's 118 words but i don't feel inclined to cut it back. so there.



Comparisons are odious. Remus can hear his mother’s brittle voice in his head even as he thinks how much browner and rougher Viggo’s skin is. His hair, buzzed short and spiky, prickles against Remus’ fingertips – there is no sifting, no pulling. Viggo’s kisses are drier, slower, calmer.

Being in the circle of Viggo’s arms makes Remus feel safe in a way that he never has. Like nothing can harm him. Like nothing ever did.

Viggo is quiet. Remus has to lean forward to make out his words. Their time together is full of stillness, of peace.

Remus knows that he needs this, that he deserves it. And he knows what – who – he would give it all up for.


and btw, the textslash entries so far today are hilarious. y'all rock my socks. and now i have to go back to work. wah.

Comments

[anniesj.livejournal.com]

This is TOTALLY not my new OTP.

...

*hates you quietly and with great sexual lust*

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

::coughcough:: (http://www.livejournal.com/users/phineasjones/441067.html?thread=1436651#t1436651)

[jjtaylor.livejournal.com]

OMG. OMG. This is beautiful. OMG. Thank GOD you didn't cut any of those 18 words - everything in here is perfect!

Comparisons are....oh. Oh.

Like nothing can harm him. Like nothing ever did. Guh.

Remus knows that he needs this, that he deserves it. And he knows what – who – he would give it all up for. *sob*

Oh, this, this is just - oh, you're brilliant. Thank you so much for writing this.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

you know, writing this, i was thinking about our little remus/viggo back-and-forth from february and march (is it done? should there be more? we should do something with it) and how, pretty much, this right here is what i have to say about remus/viggo. it can be said differently of course - told in a story fashion or what have you. but this is, in 118 words, how i feel about them. and i'm glad it's for you and i'm glad that you like it. i like it a lot and want to pet it and give it cookies. and i almost never feel that way about things i write.

[jjtaylor.livejournal.com]

and how, pretty much, this right here is what i have to say about remus/viggo.

And it's perfect. It's everything that needs to be in the equation of the two of them. That's why I love it so much - it's subtle but because it has a touch of all of the dynamics of what would go into their pairing, it packs a big punch.

I feel like I could write for ages just thinking about Remus/Viggo (which was why our back and forth was so fun!), but at the same time, you've fit everything into this tiny little story, and that's why it's so perfect.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

i think if you're inclined to write for ages about remus/viggo, you should do exactly that.

and also, of course, finish the bring back black and the housman and the remus/bran. but then write for ages about remus/viggo.

:) don't you love having me on top of your projects like this?

[starbuckle.livejournal.com]

wow.

meep!

sigh.

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

a wow, a meep and a sigh? score!

:) thanks, love.

[madmadharri.livejournal.com]

you made me cry.

ot(3).

[phineasjones.livejournal.com]

whee! oh, um, i mean, sorry i made you cry. :) ah, remus/viggo. it is sweet but sad. of course it is, it has remus.

and ot(3), yes, i do love it.