November (Drabble)

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As a writing experiment, I thought I'd try to distill November, that long Zeke fic I posted the other day, into a drabble.

Here's the result:


November
by Serai


Zeke’s apartment surprises everyone who walks into it.

His interest in photography has filled his place with images glowing in black and white. They enchant the girls he brings here, each of them a link in a melancholy, erotic chain. All of them leading back to one image, one moment, one buried memory, denied its depth and relegated to the cool confines of art, the source of his fascination stripped away, leaving only sad, beautiful echoes.

Now the photos that have only been photos take on their true meaning, and he finally sees how he is handcuffed to the past.

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Chapter 8 of High Contrast
Chapter 9

The wire just lifted...a little bit

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So I got the confirmation from the county that my cash allowance has been approved. It's not as much as I'd hoped, but it's enough to make sure my utilities are paid each month, with a little bit extra so I can buy a few household things I've been sorely needing. This doesn't solve my problems, but it will give me a breather for a few months, so my mind isn't filled up with GODDAMMIT HOW WILL I KEEP THE LIGHTS ON? A hundred dollars a month sounds like chump change, doesn't it? But it's so much money to me that I started crying when I opened the envelope and read the notice.

*sigh* How did I end up here? I think I'll take some more cough medicine and curl up with a nice, yummy movie. I'm thinking O, which existence gabi_fics reminded me of today.

Sleepless - C/Z, R

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Yes, it's another. No, I'm not stopping. OMFG.

I'm not sure if this is preslash. What do you think?

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Sleepless
by Serai


( Casey never thought a night could be this long... )

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Chapter 9 of High Contrast
Chapter 10