~~drabble.

[reenka]

this didn't take long. well, i'd -hope- so, since it's exactly 100 words. (yeay me!)

it's v. v. hard for me to write short stuff that's self-contained. i mean, i can write short, it's just not going to have a middle or an end. so i'm kind of happy with myself, here. i edited and whittled it down, so here it goes.

break up (and get them back together) challenge 100-word drabble for veela~:)



disclaimer: not mine.
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~simplicity~

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He knew all about the simplicity of the inevitable. He wasn't desperate
anymore. One of them would have resented the other eventually, if either
had given in.

They were always walking away, unable to share the same space without
drawing borders, fighting for territory.

They were always separate, together or apart.

There wasn't much of anything either of them could do about what they
needed.

Space.

It didn't mean what it used to. It couldn't.

Once again, he'd left his broomstick where it lay, his clothes neatly
folded, his namesake hanging around Harry's neck.

The inevitability of borders aside, so was their crossing.
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Comments

[moriavis.livejournal.com]

YES! Something I can respond to without sounding all un-meta'y and brain-dead! *grins* Although my reviews aren't much better. But anyway, I love drabbles-- they force people to crystalize what they want to portray as minimal as possible, and I think you did a great job. The presence of borders themselves echo very loudly to me of H/D and I loved the whole crossing bit. So, yeah. You really should write more. ^^

[yourpoison.livejournal.com]

*laughs* thanks ^.^
i'm glad it wasn't too philosophical all by itself. (looking back on it, i think it could be taken as rather...er... abstract).
i do write a lot. i really really do.
i just don't -finish- a lot.
it helps to have boundaries (like, a plot outline as in a challenge -plus- a word limit really does help). most challenges are sort of open-ended so it doesn't really help much besides initial inspiration, but having such a tight space to work within makes it either impossible to come up with -anything- or pretty easy ^^

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[moriavis.livejournal.com]

Well, then you should -finish- what you write. ^^

Yes, it could be taken rather abstract, but the more solid images, such as the broomstick and the folded clothing, help ground it alot.

My writing works better with open-ended challenges myself, so anyone who can work within specific boundaries always earns my admiration.