Victim of Love Drabbles
1. Victim of Love
Inspired by the song, "Victim of Love"
By The Eagles
Mushnik would shake his head at Audrey. She was such a pitiful sight every time she came in after those nights at The Gutter. She was looking for a man, a suitor of sorts, but that was no place to go looking for her soul mate. She had no love, just a bunch of drips who treated her like dirt after their jollies were taken care of. What could she expect for looking for love by wearing slutty clothes and dancing like that?
"Victim of love, I see a broken heart.
I could be wrong, but I'm not…
What kind of love have you got?"
2. My Name's Seymour
Inspired by the song, "In the Ghetto".
Artist: Elvis Presley
Lois Steele left her baby boy at the Skid Row Home for Boys on a cold winter's day. He was so small that she was sure that he couldn't survive. She hoped that he would never have to live to remember her...
Five years later, that little boy was very strong, despite his allergies and cough. He smiled at a fall leaf that landed at his feet, appreciating its very veins with just one look.
"Hi there," he said, "My name's Seymour, you?"
3. Blue Suede Shoes
Seymour tried to imitate the King sometimes. He was pathetic about doing so, as usual, but it was still fun.
"Don't you step on my blue suede shoes,
Oh, you can–uh-do anything
But stay off a' my blue suede shoes…" he sang with the radio in the basement.
Audrey walked downstairs to get some pots and giggled at the sight she saw. She decided she would leave Seymour to finish his "concert" in peace.
4. Redemption
Inspired by "The Chase",
From "Frankenstein".
After Audrey II killed Audrey, Seymour could no longer live with anything. That night, after watching her die in his arms, he could have killed himself. It was at a late hour that the anger of loss began. He glared at the slumbering, satiated monster in the corner. He had one mission now: to destroy the it. After losing the last chance of life and love, this final duty could possibly redeem the evils that he had committed…
5. Too Easy
Inspired by the song, "Don't Feed the Plants"
From "Little Shop of Horrors".
Audrey II almost chuckled after it ate Seymour. Now there was no one standing in its way of its quest for world domination. How stupid that boy had been! Feeding it without thinking twice; it was too easy. Manipulation was the key. To think that people were so easily persuaded by fortune and fame… And soon there would be thousands more just like Audrey II, all out to eat the world.
The plant felt as if the world deserved a fair warning and shouted, "That's right, don't feed me!"
6. Tips
It wasn't difficult for Audrey to get a tip or two at her night job. Just a naughty move here, a step a little closer than would be appropriate there. The guys just howled for her, and the dollars flew.
"Ain't this easy money, hon?" asked Deb, one of the other girls with a twenty in her hand.
Audrey sighed, seeing the money in her hand, but feeling ashamed at how she got it. "Yeah, easy…"
7. All I Need
Audrey and Seymour sat together on their lawn in Greenville during the summer. The weather was warm, beautiful even. Audrey hummed contentedly with Seymour at her side. She was feeling happy today, despite the fact that she was pregnant and feeling it now with only two and a half months until her due date.
"Seymour?" she asked softly.
"Yeah, honey?" he asked.
"Rememba' when we lived in Skid Row and how everyone sang those depressin' city tunes?"
Seymour thought about that. "We're outta' there now, Audrey. Everything's better now."
She bit her lip. "Despite all that happened on Skid Row, sometimes I miss livin' there. Do you?"
Seymour smiled and touched his wife's cheek, feeling her soft skin. "I've got all I need here. You and the baby, well… you're all I've got."
Audrey smiled. Seymour's words had melted her heart…