mmm, comfort. exactly what they both need. I know that, and you know that, and you're writing it, so it happens, but you manage to capture that uncertainty of reality, the moments of recalculation. And the physical, too. The attack-hug, and
"Are you here to chew me out for quitting, too?"
Tim hadn't even turned around. Some habits can't be unlearned.
so much information just packed into these telling little phrases.
You manage to choose just the right one word in a sentence which is most properly loaded.
"Ouch," Dick says, laying a hand on one slumped shoulder.
The 'laying' draws the whole picture; tentative affection of people who've been hurt SO MANY TIMES.
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I'll try to be a bit coherent
Date: 2004-04-19 03:19 pm (UTC)"Are you here to chew me out for quitting, too?"
Tim hadn't even turned around. Some habits can't be unlearned.
so much information just packed into these telling little phrases.
You manage to choose just the right one word in a sentence which is most properly loaded.
"Ouch," Dick says, laying a hand on one slumped shoulder.
The 'laying' draws the whole picture; tentative affection of people who've been hurt SO MANY TIMES.
So. Um. I liked it.