Regret Eternal

[ithildin]

The lovely mmapmaker challenged me into believing I could actually write just 100 words, so this is for her.




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Glass under my feet, his presence fading. He told me he’s leaving because of what I’ve done, but I know that’s not true; it’s because of what I have not done. I should have judged him, turned him away, rejected him utterly. That was what he wanted, what he needed to justify leaving. Because leaving was what he did best. I should have remembered that. Maybe then it wouldn’t have felt as if my soul were dying, maybe then I wouldn’t have hated him. But it was far too late now; loving him was a regret I would never outlive.


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Having never written a drabble, I don't know what the posting etiquette is, so suffice to say it's Highlander and Methos -- like that's a surprise :)

Later: you can find the 'sequel' here.

Comments

[captnofmyheart.livejournal.com]

I tried my hand at drabbles...kind of a different way of thinking at first, but it got to be kind of fun. I did three of them, which are in my sidebar. My favorie one is based on something someone once said about Crowe's acting technique - "goes to the cellular level." So I had fun with that.

The other two were because I was in a swoony mood...LOL

[mmapmaker.livejournal.com]

Oh! 'tis lovely! Really really lovely!

If you want to put it in the non_txt lj (yes! please do!), then become a member of non_txt, and start a new thread, since this would be the first HL drabble (I'm pretty sure it's the first HL drabble still.) Do you want me to email you the block quote and bit, about the instructions for playing along that you need to include? Then the drabble goes under a cut.

[mmapmaker.livejournal.com]

You know, no one's ever written fic *for me* before. Thank you.

And such a lovely piece, too. It's heartbreaking, in the best kind of way. Really, thank you. -g-

[sharpiesgal.livejournal.com]

That was lovely.

Yes, keeping stories to a 100 words is hard at first, but I have fun doing them. Wrote a couple for Babylon 5 and can be found here...http://sharpiesgal.livejournal.com/20483.html

Very nice.......

[dracschick.livejournal.com]

100 word drabbles are difficult but I do like your writing:)

[nessa5.livejournal.com]

that was lovely, though it could have been jsut about any two people. (that dosn't make it any less good though)

I have fun doing drabbles. There are several scattered throut my lj. (can't promis they are all good though.)

[jinxed-wood.livejournal.com]

Ooh, this is lovely. Have you tried posting it in Highlander100 (http://community.livejournal.com/highlander100/profile).

[dejla.livejournal.com]

So many ways you could read this, and actually from so many different points of view, which makes a good drabble.