135 drabble - The Blue

[deird1]

Title: The Blue (Joyce liked it so)
Author: deird1
Rating: G
Word Count: 100
Prompt: 135 (the Scoobies react to Joyce's death)
Character: Willow (kind of)



The Blue (Joyce liked it so)

Three days later, the sweater is put half on… then placed back in the drawer. Willow grabs the red instead, and heads to class.

It almost gets worn two weeks later, when Willow goes out for coffee.

It’s nearly the sweater Willow picks to wrap tenderly around her bewildered-and-blank lover. But she hesitates, then chooses another.

It sits in the drawer until, later, Willow empties everything onto the floor, and starts packing them into boxes. The red is packed, and the purple, the fuzzy yellow, the stripey yellow-and-orange.

But the blue is laid aside, left there, and never worn again.

Comments

[xfirefly9x.livejournal.com]

Very sad. I can see it happening though.
Nicely written!

[deird1]

Thanks!

[louise39.livejournal.com]

Yes. I remember putting the dress I wore to my father's wake into the incinerator after his burial. I never wanted to see or use it again.

[deird1]

*nods* I think I'd be the same.

[brunettepet.livejournal.com]

I can see Willow doing this, touching that sweater and reliving the overwhelming grief. Beautifully done.

[deird1]

Thank you.

[deird1]

Thanks!

[ladycallie.livejournal.com]

I've never work the outfit I wore to my mother's funeral again. This was very touching.

[deird1]

Thank you.

[brutti-ma-buoni.livejournal.com]

This rings so true - how one moment can make you feel differently about associated objects. Beautifully done.

[deird1]

Thanks.

[angelus2hot]

So sad and yet so beautifully written!

[deird1]

Thanks!