drabble the third!

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for maybedarkpink who requested Xander/Cordelia

Grief

“What happened?”  She reached out with trembling fingers.

 

Xander’s brows knit.  The woman before him wasn’t the girl he remembered.  This woman with caring in her eyes, and concern in her face.

 

He flinched and turned away from her.  “The First.  I’m sure they told you.  From what I’ve heard you’re a regular Carnac.”

“They didn’t say anything about this.”  She moved back into his line of vision and slowly put her hand on his left cheek.

 

Tingles raced down his spine and he was surprised at the warm softness of her hand.  No one had touched his face in…but it was not like he let anyone.  But that was Cordelia, she did what she wanted, heedless of others.

 

Her thumb traced the edge of his eye patch, lightly gliding across the skin that met it, and it felt…amazing.  It was as if he were hyper sensitized there, not to mention the fact that it seemed that particular patch of skin and his dick had somehow crossed wires.

 

“You’re a very handsome man Xander Harris.  Thick headed--thank the powers--but handsome.”  She leaned into him, and his eyes focused on her lips.  He’d been with Anya for years, and they’d enjoyed each other immensely in this arena, but there was something about Cordelia’s mouth….

 

He stopped thinking when her lips brushed across his.  Stopped dreaming. 

 

He rolled over and looked at the clock.  1:17.  He pulled his pillow from beneath his head and turned it over so he didn’t have to sleep on the wet spot.

 

 

 

Comments

[outoftime.livejournal.com]

This one was very good as well! :)

Quick question: Is a drabble technically 100 words or just a short piece? Because I haven't written a fic in forever, and this seems like a good challenge to get me back into it.

[essene.livejournal.com]

eh. I tend to take "drabble" rather loosely unless otherwise specified. For my purposes here it's just a short piece.

Dude, it's my (your) perogative! Yay for LJ!

[outoftime.livejournal.com]

Heh. I think I'll try my hand at it.

[aimeelicious]

This about broke me...so powerful. *hugs*

[essene.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I didn't intend for it to be melancholy, it just ended up there all by itself.

*hugs you all better*