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angelgazing ([personal profile] angelgazing) wrote2005-08-14 03:00 am
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dogdays ficlet - eos dragging twilight - aug. 13th - r

Wee! I finally finished one! Hey, it's later. :p



Eos Dragging Twilight - 388 words - Sirius/Remus - R

for [livejournal.com profile] dogdaysofsummer's Aug. 13th prompt
We were born before the wind
Also younger than the sun
Ere the bonnie boat was won as we sailed into the mystic

- Van Morrison, 'Into the Mystic'



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His heels sink into the sand: bare, dirty, scratched, callused flesh slipping into the earth, gasping for purchase and drowning. He gasps, desperate and boyish, as the sky above pinkens, finally, smudged by the thumb of the goddess of dawn, and leaves Sirius a silhouette, black and golden, shadow and highlight against dawn drawing nearer, held above Remus like an offering. His knees in the sand, shaking scared, wanting, fingers sand-gritty against the hollow of Remus' belly like a prize. (They don't know who's the winner.)

Thumb sleepy hungerdrunken against Remus' hipbone—too sharp, too scarred, another old wound waiting for Sirius' fingers, just waiting to be reopened—scratching, nails uneven, pressing into Remus' skin, leaving half-moon marks and they won't scar, maybe, but Sirius' mouth is the sun, following the path of his fingers and burning through him. He's the lost son of Helios, swinging the sun too close and blackening his skin.

Remus gasps, again, the sound lost in the wind that makes him shiver; too, too cold on the places where his skin is damp from Sirius' tongue. His heels slide, and he can't get a grip, the knuckles of his almost-fisted hands slipslide slip and bump, on the salt and chilled sweat sticky, slippery parts of Sirius: his back, shoulder blades and curved spine, his neck, his cheekbones: sharp and cutting and stubble-rough and, and. He bites down, his teeth whitesharp and easy, striking pressure, against the flesh of Remus' belly, his chin against Remus' skin, a sharp point, pushing at the denim of his waistband.

He tilts his head back, far enough to see the way that gold peeks above the horizon, to see the way that white-capped waves rush forward, closer and closer, the salt in the air thick on his tongue, his mouth wide, dropped open, silent and pleading. Remus falls, soars, rushes forward and back, the ebb and flow of the moon, of the ocean, Sirius' hand on the inside of his thigh tight and tightening, holding him in place. His hands fall above his head, uselessly gripping around nothing, sand and saltwater slipping through his fingers. His head tips back, to watch the curve of the earth slink nearer and then away and then nearer; Sirius curls his fingers, finally, there, and Remus closes his eyes and sets sail.


[identity profile] laurificus.livejournal.com 2005-08-14 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah ha. You did write!

Gorgeous. Lyrical and just guh.

By the way, you've missed the 'of' after 'ebb and flow.' I always get nervous pointing this stuff out in comments, but it's a lovely sentence, and I selfishly want it perfect. *G*

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2005-08-15 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
I did! I get credit for that, right? lol


Heh, okay, the 'of'is now in place. Thanks for pointing it out to me. :) And thanks for the comment. I'm glad you liked it.

[identity profile] laurificus.livejournal.com 2005-08-15 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, you get an awful lot of credit. Although, you know, I still think you should write me more. Really, all of fandom should live just to please me. *G*

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2005-08-17 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
::sobs:: Everyone's always wanting more from me! Where's the part of fandom that's serving my needs, huh? Where?!

::giggles::

[identity profile] laurificus.livejournal.com 2005-08-17 11:17 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, it's right behind you. To the left just a bit... Yeah, that's it.

I have in fact discovered that I can only write for prompts and challenges, or I would, of course, live to offer you your fandom wants. *G*

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2005-08-18 03:53 am (UTC)(link)
Huh. Interesting, as I too seem to suffer from that disease. Course that could just be my excuse cause I, you know, need a reason for always signing up for every challenge I see. :p

So. um. You need a prompt you just talk to me, honey. ;)

[identity profile] laurificus.livejournal.com 2005-08-20 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee. Prompt me, baby. I want the excuses. Danny and Rusty and Sirius and Remus, I think, are the two we most obviously have in common.

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2005-08-21 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
YAY! How about a picture prompt? ::grins:: You can pic any fandom you want. lol

Image

[identity profile] laurificus.livejournal.com 2005-08-22 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, cool. *thinks* You should expect something -- at some point, I promise. *G*

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2005-08-23 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Hee! Awesome. No rush though. Deadlines are evil. I'm pretending I don't have one. ::whistles innocently:: I wish this on no one.

[identity profile] laurificus.livejournal.com 2005-08-25 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Denial is always the best plan. Things go away if you ignore them, you know.

[identity profile] angelgazing.livejournal.com 2005-08-26 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
Well, that has always been my hope. ::crosses fingers::