Title: Fearless

Rating: M for Language, Violence, Grotesquerie, and General Trippiness

Summary: A girl suffers trauma to her temporal lobe. The result: no fear. ~ Uh, I guess you don't have to squint for romance anymore. 1000 words per drabble.

Disclaimer & Important Notes: Don't own Freddy; don't own the rhymes. You know the drill.

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Frantic

(Night 108)

"You're never safe—not with me around," he said. His voice rasped over her skin like sandpaper and soot. "You know that, don't you?"

She was half-laying on his workbench, her hair falling around her small face in waves. She looked up at him sideways with large, calm eyes. "Mm-mm," she disagreed. "You keep me safe."

His eyes widened, then narrowed. "What the fuck are you talking about?" he snarled. Her gaze was soft-too soft-and she had a faint curl of a smile. It sent corresponding waves of fury and fear in him."You don't believe in-" He broke off, but it was an almost-panicked reminder.

"No," she agreed. Her mouth curled into a wisp of a smile. "But you don't want anyone to hurt me but you."

There was a little girl
who had a little curl
right in the middle of her forehead.
And when she was good,
she was very, very good—
and when she was bad, she was horrid.

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This drabble is dedicated to Darkness Takes Over for the prompt, "Frantic," and to Elf-warrior-13 for the suggested nursery rhyme.

It is a mere 130 words long (a record for me, I think) and might be one of my favorites.

I tried to imagine Ash being frantic, but that attempt was aborted after all of two seconds. Ash doesn't get frantic. (Unless, maybe, she's in the throes of great sex. Or possibly being tickled.) Freddy was much easier to imagine in that fiery state, because he's such a force of nature. And then I tried to imagine a situation that would bring that out in him. And it hit me, like a bolt of lightning:

Feeeeeeelings.

The rhyme was just so fitting (it's one I always tease my sister with, and Elf-Warrior-13 recommended its use somewhere in this fic-though I doubt this is what she had in mind!). I mean, when I first read it, I thought of Ash being MUCH naughtier, to be honest. But after I wrote this bit and was going back through all the rhymes and songs I had archived, this one just seemed so fitting. Devious little Ash. I think she might be taunting him.

Just a bit. ;)

In spite of its brevity, I think this piece epitomizes the foundation of their relationship right now, and I have Darkness Takes Over to thank for inspiring it. :)