128 Drabble: Not His Same Old Safe Bet (Angel(us)/Darla)

[brutti-ma-buoni.livejournal.com]

Title Not His Same Old Safe Bet
Author Bruttimabuoni
Rating PG13
Word Count 100
Prompt 128 (Amy Winehouse: Back to Black)
Characters/Pairing (if any) Angel(us)/Darla
A/N: Setting: the Boxer Rebellion 1900



You’re no demon. You revolt me.

Filthy soul-bearer that you are. I can see it in you. I sent you far away to escape those tortured eyes, those effortful pretences at evil.

But we only said goodbye with words. Didn’t live them. Two years, and you came running back to what you knew. Found your way across the world like the dove returning to the Ark. No olive branch-bearer; your angelic face was your entry fee. I greeted you with open thighs.

Yet you betray me again.

If I see you again, I will kill you. My oath on it.

Comments

[brutti-ma-buoni.livejournal.com]

*g* Thanks. Me too!

[slaymesoftly.livejournal.com]

Owie. She's a tough broad, Darla is. Well done.

[brutti-ma-buoni.livejournal.com]

Very tough. I like to write her, but am glad she's fictional... Thanks!

[snickfic]

Very nice. I particularly liked the following, so dense with a sort of rhythm that it felt like poetry to me: "Filthy soul-bearer that you are. I can see it in you. I sent you far away to escape those tortured eyes, those effortful pretences at evil. "

[brutti-ma-buoni.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I wanted a slightly obsessive note - like mumbling to yourself when you're angry and getting carried away till you sound slightly nuts. (Or is that just me? *g*)

[ares132006.livejournal.com]

Yet you betray me again.

If I see you again, I will kill you. My oath on it.

For someone that is a soulless demon, Darla has feelings and they're hurt.

She misses him, adores him, and wants him back so desperately. She is angry at herself for feeling so deeply.

Wonderful drabble.