Random Dreams

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  • You - 24 July 2010

    You wipe your hand on your pants, the blood warm and sticky, a moment ago fear and heartache, now only repugnance.  You raise your hand to your mouth and kiss the inside of your thumb, then reach across and touch it to his forehead, then, as if you might still hurt him, ever so gently [...]

  • Unity - ·  - 23 April 2010

    “Godsdammit, Hayden—will you watch where you’re stepping!” I stumble back from his anger and drop my gaze to the forest floor, where Jochen is rubbing his left hand and scowling at me.  There’s mud on two fingers of his glove. “Sorry,” I mutter and shake my head. “I guess I wasn’t paying attention.” “Yeah, no shite,” he growls [...]

  • Play Time (mature themes!) - ·  - 17 April 2010

    He leans casually against the wall, across the room, clad chest to toe in tight, black leather.  The guards on his wrists and the heavy harness around his waist glisten with steel, adding threat to his enticing presence.  I ache, just watching him, while he appraises his work—a wicked smirk on his angelic face. “Comfortable?” [...]

  • Dajoën - ·  ·  ·  - 21 June 2008

    Sleep had not come easily, that night, and I woke early—well before sunrise.  The air was thick with a cold, grey mist, and in the dim light of dawn, even the trees around us seemed only dark smudges in the grey.  My legs and back ached from the cold. The small clearing felt dead, and heavy.  [...]

  • What to Do - - 29 January 2008

    There are few things more annoying than a blank page.  It sits there, minute after minute, hour after hour, staring back at you, laughing. It was a cool night, and a gentle breeze was blowing, riffling the blank pages of the notebook that lay open on my lap.  I was sitting out on my balcony, trying [...]

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