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coprime_recs) wrote2005-02-02 01:04 am
coprime_recs) wrote2005-02-02 01:04 am
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Dark Is Rising: Awakening: Loneliness by Ashura
Awakening: Loneliness (Bran/Will | PG | 3,062 words) is Bran remembering what happened in his nightmares. The story's gentle and comforting, without necessarily being happy. Both Bran and Will are lovingly characterized.
Excerpt:
"It feels like something that wants me to remember it." It's the first time I've given words to these fears, and now I can't stop. "I'm sorry to call you in the middle of the night like this, really I am. But-" The admission burns my tongue, but I have no choice. "I...I don't have anybody else. I mentioned it to my da once, in passing, and he went all distant on me. There isn't anyone else but you."
And when at last I fall quiet I am sure I hear him sigh. "It's only a dream, Bran," he says, but I hear the wistfulness in his voice that he's too weary to hide, and it seizes something in my gut and twists it. The mellow, even timbre of his voice stirs memories I can't quite catch, that float away before I can pin them down.
There are two more parts, Awakening: Awareness and Awakenings: Together, which I only just realized because the parts aren't linked together. Having read them, I prefer the first part on its own.
Excerpt:
"It feels like something that wants me to remember it." It's the first time I've given words to these fears, and now I can't stop. "I'm sorry to call you in the middle of the night like this, really I am. But-" The admission burns my tongue, but I have no choice. "I...I don't have anybody else. I mentioned it to my da once, in passing, and he went all distant on me. There isn't anyone else but you."
And when at last I fall quiet I am sure I hear him sigh. "It's only a dream, Bran," he says, but I hear the wistfulness in his voice that he's too weary to hide, and it seizes something in my gut and twists it. The mellow, even timbre of his voice stirs memories I can't quite catch, that float away before I can pin them down.
There are two more parts, Awakening: Awareness and Awakenings: Together, which I only just realized because the parts aren't linked together. Having read them, I prefer the first part on its own.