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dwgmWrote a drabble for the current challenge at Black Pearl Sails: Stars. Actually, it kind of qualifies for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
fabu's 'Day of the Dead' challenge, too, except it's only 100 words, without the title.
Star-talk
He found her, blanket-wrapped and pale, watching the sea and infinite stars.
“All right?” He sank to the deck beside her.
“No. It hurts.”
“Stitches do. Here.” He pressed the flask into her hand. She grimaced. “Drink it! That’s an order.”
She colored. Uncorked, sipped, a little, then more. Coughed.
He slipped his arm around her. She leaned into him. “Next time, you’ll obey orders, and you won’t be hurt, eh?”
“Still scolding?” she complained.
He kissed her.
As they settled back, a star fell, hissing across the sky, startling both.
Then she said, “It’s Will, laughing.”
“Aye.” He smiled.
fabu's 'Day of the Dead' challenge, too, except it's only 100 words, without the title.Star-talk
He found her, blanket-wrapped and pale, watching the sea and infinite stars.
“All right?” He sank to the deck beside her.
“No. It hurts.”
“Stitches do. Here.” He pressed the flask into her hand. She grimaced. “Drink it! That’s an order.”
She colored. Uncorked, sipped, a little, then more. Coughed.
He slipped his arm around her. She leaned into him. “Next time, you’ll obey orders, and you won’t be hurt, eh?”
“Still scolding?” she complained.
He kissed her.
As they settled back, a star fell, hissing across the sky, startling both.
Then she said, “It’s Will, laughing.”
“Aye.” He smiled.