BtVS Drabble Prompt: First Meeting

[garnigal]

I don't know why this one gave me fits and wouldn't work until now.

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If Darla didn’t meet him fever bright. Instead she coughed to death and was forgotten.

If Liam didn’t meet her laughing drunk. Instead he wed and regretted and drank to death.

If Drusilla didn’t meet him sweetly pious. Instead she kept visions locked behind lowered lids, prayed to death and was beloved.

If William didn’t meet her angrily embarrassed. Instead he loved his mother, wrote to death and was unremarked.

If they didn’t meet. If they didn’t rage. If they didn’t burn or fight or love and hate with all their passion and all their strength.

If they just lived…

Comments

[jerusha]

Wow. You say so much with so few words. Gorgeous.

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

This comment touched me so much, I read it aloud to Derek. His response was less flattering than your comment "oh, they don't know you. At. All."

Poor Derek.

But thank you for reading and for your kind words.

[jerusha]

Heh. Oh, boys. They don't have a clue sometimes.

But the fact that you're usually wordy, and yet you can pack a punch in 100 words here... That's amazing.

[garnigal.livejournal.com]

I'm not so sure that I'm wordy so much as won't-shut-uppy. :)