Drabble: 'Encomium' (J/E - PG13) ~and~ Belated Birthday Wishes

[dwgm]

Holy Cats, it's been a crazy couple of weeks. Or month. Or two months. Thank goodness for three day weekends to play catch-up.

Woke up with this in my head (is the Muse finally speaking again?) and am presenting it as a small belated birthday offering to my dear piratey friends, ladymouse2 and florencia7, many happy returns to two of my favorite people!



~ Encomium ~


That first time, she let him have the upper hand, in light of their history, of all that lay between them, and his fire would have frightened her had the rest not shown her his truth, bone-deep, truth before which he was helpless in spite of that conflagration.

After, there was peace, or something like it, hearts slowing, breathing the same air, nose to nose in the dim.

Roughened fingers caught in her hair, tenderly brushing it from her cheek. "Fair disaster."

A just endearment, perhaps, but she murmured, "I might say the same of you," and kissed him again.


~.~

Comments

[pearlseed.livejournal.com]

Oh, you do cause such riotous delight in my heart, creating pictures of private times with such intrigue. Damn, what a lovely piece, sounds just like our bad boy, assuming a certain amount of pride in having created such a pleasurable disaster. Ta, miz gma2, hugs.

[djarum99.livejournal.com]

Oh, lovely. The essence of J/E in a few beautiful words - brava ♥

[whensheflies.livejournal.com]

Simply perfect! Sometimes a drabble can express a moment or an emotion more than a longer fic. Beautifully done.

[hereswith.livejournal.com]

Roughened fingers caught in her hair, tenderly brushing it from her cheek. "Fair disaster." A just endearment, perhaps, but she murmured, "I might say the same of you," and kissed him again.

Quoting that whole bit, because I love it so much, but what comes before it is beautifully worded too :-) And you're writing again, yay!

[tndixie.livejournal.com]

Ah Jack what a man, I guess ladies first the next time! Happy 4th missing all the fun!

[anonymous-plume.livejournal.com]

fair disaster, indeed. loved it!

[florencia7.livejournal.com]

This is so them; so perfect & beautiful. A drabble to read over & over & over again. I LOVE it! ♥

Thank you so much for the wishes! *hugs*

[phoenix-9664.livejournal.com]

This is really mysterious and magical--evasive and evocative. So much said and unsaid. Really, really skillful writing. Thanks--I needed this.

[ladymouse2.livejournal.com]

thankee, thankee, mate. quite yummy.

[just-a-dram.livejournal.com]

Ack! This is a lot of perfection in a drabble. Oozes emotion and so skillfully.

[luvvycat.livejournal.com]

Beautifully-written drabble, as rich in what's "between the lines" as what's actually there in the written ones.

Love the hint of the ongoing battle between the two: for dominance over the other (always been a touch of that, from the very beginning, in their verbal jousting--makes sense that it would extend to the bedroom too, and brava to Lizzie for conceding control to Jack, "that first time"!), as well as against their own feelings for one another. In some ways, these two are much too alike for their own good, and thus will frequently be in conflict--but then again, it's that bit of friction that sparks the fire. ;-)

(And, in regard to your response to an earlier Comment, as much as you love the non-explicit sex, your rare forays into NC-17 territory prove you're an accomplished master (mistress?) of the OTHER variety as well! As far as your writing is concerned, it's utter perfection, and I love it ALL!) ;-)

-- Cat