This is my attempt at Table C from the Drabbleday community on LiveJournal. I took the 7 day challenge which involved writing a drabble a day for the full week based on the prompts given. I chose to write for the Pride and Prejudice fandom, with the pairing of Lizzy and Darcy. Each chapter is a different drabble.
A drabble is 100 words normally, however as this was my first attempt at the drabble form, I tend to overstep the word limit.
Fragments
Elizabeth Bennet x Fitzwilliam Darcy
(15/12/09 – 21/12/09)
#04 – Inadequate (195 words)
Written 18th December 2009
He had spent months dwelling on his failings. At first he was furious that he had been so humiliated by her rejection, however upon closer analysis of himself, he realised he had been inadequate.
He had been vain in his assumption that she would not refuse him, and he had somehow mistaken her dislike for flirting. He proposed in such a way that it was merely a list of reasons to not marry her and in saying so fuelling her mortification and humiliation. At the time he believed he spoke of love – of ardent admiration and love. He believed it romantic – and yet was so offensive to her. He spent so long after her rejection of his proposal berating himself and praying he could somehow find redemption and win her heart. Everything he thought was not good enough. Nothing could erase the memory of her refusal. The burning anger in her eyes where he dreamed passion would be. Darcy examined his behaviour and saw to fixing the glaring inadequacies Miss Bennet had pointed out.
To then be accepted when he mustered the courage to propose once more, it made the struggle and heartache worth it.