ext_7165: (andrew)
Always_jbj ([identity profile] alwaysjbj.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] still_grrr2007-07-17 12:37 pm

Prompt 022 Unseen Drabble

Title: Craving
Author: Always_jbj
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Prompt: 022 Unseen
Characters/Pairing: Andrew

Craving

Was he invisible? He often wondered that. People seemed to flit about him, never really noticing him. Like the way no-one remembered his name. Maybe that’s why he talked so much—not that it was a conscious thing, he’d just suddenly find himself rambling and unable to stop.

He’d only ever wanted to belong. But that never worked; he’d never really fit anywhere. Not at school, or with Warren, certainly not here where everyone was a hero—or really cool. Like Spike. Spike was everything he wanted to be; only he knew he never would. He’d always just be… invisible.

[identity profile] rayruz.livejournal.com 2007-07-17 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
d'aw! *hugs him*

[identity profile] velvetwhip.livejournal.com 2007-07-17 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
I can't believe you made me feel sorry for Andrew!!!


Gabrielle

[identity profile] velvetwhip.livejournal.com 2007-07-17 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
You owe me one.

Tee Hee.


Gabrielle

[identity profile] velvetwhip.livejournal.com 2007-07-17 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, there is that...


Gabrielle

[identity profile] not-purrrfect.livejournal.com 2007-07-17 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
I would so spend a whole day making Andrew feel special. And it'd be all platonic too.

Great story.

[identity profile] lauratd.livejournal.com 2007-07-17 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
Poor Andrew!

[identity profile] slaymesoftly.livejournal.com 2007-07-17 01:49 pm (UTC)(link)
awwww - poor little Andrew! Nicely done.

[identity profile] xlivvielockex.livejournal.com 2007-07-18 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
This feels really in Andrew's voice. I could see the excuse for him talking constantly is basically so he doesn't fade away. Great job.

[identity profile] okdeanna.livejournal.com 2007-07-20 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
I really enjoyed this. It sounds very much like something Andrew would think and feel. As everyone on the show describes him, he's Tucker's brother, which is just a fancy way of saying he lives in his brother's shadow. Good job!

[identity profile] ubiquirk.livejournal.com 2007-07-20 05:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Very nice - esp your use of the 'Tucker's brother' riff and Andrew's desire to belong.

[identity profile] divadea.livejournal.com 2007-07-21 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
I so heart Andrew. I love that you put Spike in there. Isn't that the way we all are - when we're feeling uncool, we have that person that always pops into our head - the if only I could be cool like him person. Actually, it's Spike for me, too I think...
Nice drabble :)

[identity profile] boy-named-susie.livejournal.com 2007-07-23 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Great character study of Andrew. So sad, though. Spike's never gonna go for him.

[identity profile] ozma914.livejournal.com 2007-07-24 07:14 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, that was spooky. You could have been describing my thought processes as a teen, word for word; no wonder I liked Andrew's character -- he's so me. And here I've been telling people all this time that I'm Xander.

[identity profile] ozma914.livejournal.com 2007-07-26 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
That might be an excellent characterization of Andrew -- the Xander who might have been. As for me, I apparently have a fair amount of Giles to balance me out.

[identity profile] wereleopard58.livejournal.com 2007-09-15 03:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I feel another hug coming on awwwwww