The Emotions List is a series featured within the Say More With Less (SMWL) collection. The Emotions List was inspired by a list of 100 prompts I found online. (Google: "100 themes drabble list" or check out my blog on Tumblr.) Each chapter will consist of 5 emotions from the list, and I'll be posting the drabbles sequentially. I am accepting prompts for this, so if you have something you'd like to see, pick a number and send me a message; here or on Tumblr.
1-5: Birth, Enthusiasm, Love, Hate, Triumph.
1. Birth
Theirs was memorable. They spent a lot of time… gestating. She had lost a child, and a lover. He'd lost his wife. Grief had lured them through the looking glass, and turned them into broken versions of their former selves. Their journeys were parallel, but solitary. When finally their roads converged, still, they maintained their distance; both bound and burdened by the baggage of the abandoned. But distance couldn't keep love out. When walking became too much, they settled, into rich soil. They planted bristles and hoped that broken things really could manage to grow.
Their new plant is fruitful.
2. Enthusiasm
We've started having sex outside. We're discreet, but we do it everywhere. The first time, he took me against the wall on the side of the house. We were alone in the dark, and his voice in my ear was making me throb. He said he couldn't wait, and I feigned a modesty I didn't truly possess. I wanted him to fuck me. He filled me up like air fills space; completely and yet not at all. I needed more. His love is sweet and heady, and I drink him by the case. He's in my blood like holy wine…
3. Love
I loved his son first. When I got to the prison, the poor boy had just lost his mom and he wasn't doing very well. I had just lost my son, and was in pretty bad shape myself. We made each other smile. Then Andrea died, and I was broken… sad. Rick was sad then too, but he and Carl were always happy to see me. And they made sure I knew it. I loved that. They changed me; even Judith, and I was terrified of her. Being with them healed me. Isn't that love? Those three are my home.
4. Hate
I know that I carry some darkness inside of me, but I'm still good. I didn't hate Phillip. I didn't care about him enough to hate him. I hated what he did, what he made others do… what he took from me. From us. I wanted him to pay. It felt good to run my sword through his chest. I liked it. What does that say about me?
I hated Andrea for a bit; for the choice she'd made. Rick thinks that Andrea had simply hit a wall, that she'd seen Woodbury as her chance. I know he's right. Still…
5. Triumph
She was devastated after Richmond. She told me she wanted a new place; one where Judith and Carl would be safe. She needed a chance. I was so tired and disillusioned, I didn't know if we'd ever be safe again. But she needed to go to Washington, and I needed to give her that. I'll never forget how her face softened, how she looked at me like I had hung the stars in the sky. I felt like I had finally done something right. She was pleased, and I was her champion. I should've known that I was in love.
A/N: The next 5 emotions are:
6. Feel
7. Wrecked
8. Soft
9. Cold
10. Without
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