Of Few Words
For Ship Day 2015 on Gateworld, a fellow shipper (Hlndncr) challenged participants to write Ten Drabbles in Ten Days. I've never been much into drabbles - I'm verbose in an undisciplined way. (The husband says I don't know how to shut up. Bless him.)
But I figured I'd play along, just to see if I could do it. I'll post the finished products here, headlined by the prompt as a title. On some, I've written two drabbles for each prompt-just going wherever the muse took me. I've been attempting to keep each work to ONLY 100 words, no matter how much it hurts. Ha ha.
Hope you enjoy. :)
Light and Dark
Twilight.
Or dawn.
He couldn't tell. Prone, peering across the golden tangle of his wife's hair, he could see just enough window to distinguish a glow. He settled deeper, splaying his hand across her abdomen, her heat seeping into his palm.
"Mmmm."
"You awake?"
"Not really." She burrowed closer. "It's just bright."
His hand drifted, and she sighed, her eyes languid, inviting.
"I can close the drapes." He shifted, then stilled when her hand caught at his.
"No." She smiled." Stay."
"Okay." So beautiful. How'd he get this lucky?
Her fingers drew him closer. "We've wasted enough time in the dark."