Am I on time?

[pollitt.livejournal.com]

I was at work, so can I have a bit of a fudge time on the deadline? It's just a little bit past midnight in my time zone... Pleeeeeeeease??

Thank you to Linda for the title, this was written in, um, 20 minutes after I got home from the bookstore (where I got the bunny. I was shelving a lot of self-help today :) It's a dual-drabble. Each clocking in at exactly 100 words.



This isn't your Father's Mother Goose
By Pollitt
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When he was 14 years old, Stanley Raymond Kowalski kissed his princess, Stella Marie Daeley, underneath the oak tree behind her parents' house. Three years later, as he slipped his class ring over her finger, he vowed he would marry her. Four years to the day later, he promised her forever.

But fairy tales don't always hold up in the real world, and the poor boy doesn't always get to keep the princess.

Twenty years after that first fateful kiss, Ray and Stella shared one last kiss, burying their wedding rings underneath the old oak tree before walking away. Apart.

-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o
When he was 35 years old, Ray Kowalski wrapped his arms around Benton Fraser's shoulders and called him partner. In the cold of a crypt, Fraser answered with an oath of friendship. Two years later, by the light of the fire, Benton Fraser promised Ray forever, if he would have him. Two minutes later, the duet shared their first kiss.

Fairy tales might not be forever, but wolves mate for life. And a duet doesn't function in the singular.

Half a century and a hundred adventures later, upon the mountain where they'd started forever - they walked into the sky. Together.

Comments

[tinriddick.livejournal.com]

O.K. I don't care if this is late it's wonderfull. Love a happy ending :D.

[pollitt.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Blink. Happy endings are a must for me when these two are concerned. And thank you for accepting the late entry :-)

[mei-x.livejournal.com]

I really like this, Pollitt.

[pollitt.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Mei.

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

You made me all misty with the ending of your fable. Happy misty.

[pollitt.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you, Shay! That makes me smile. I'm glad the fable worked for you. I'm such a sap *g*

[halimede.livejournal.com]

Nice! I like this line in particular:

Fairy tales might not be forever, but wolves mate for life.

From fairy tale back to (older) fable. Very nice.

[pollitt.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much, I wanted to create a believable and accurate parallel. And I'm a die-hard romantic -- of course Fraser and Ray have to have a happily ever after *g*

[dolimir-k.livejournal.com]

I like the comparison between fairy tales and wolves. Nice.

[pollitt.livejournal.com]

Thank you, dolimir.

I tend to see Ray and Stella as being a fairy tale/storybook love -- the poor boy wins the rich girl, then reality steps in and it's not happily ever after. Whereas with Ray and Fraser, it's definitely more 'real', primal/natural and, well, more likely to stick it out until the end (and beyond).

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

*Sniff!*
*Sniff!*
Ah, to hell with it...*WAAAAHHHHH!!!*
Knew you guys would do it to me eventually!

[pollitt.livejournal.com]

::blush::

*offers tissue*

I'm sorry! (well, okay, not totally, I'm smiling too, because that's a great compliment) Thank you for the, um, words. I'm a sap, they had to get the happily ever after *g*

[tobyfan.livejournal.com]

Twenty years after that first fateful kiss, Ray and Stella shared one last kiss, burying their wedding rings underneath the old oak tree before walking away. Apart.

This line made me *sniff*

And this one --

Fairy tales might not be forever, but wolves mate for life. And a duet doesn't function in the singular.

made me smile. *g*

[pollitt.livejournal.com]

Hee! Thank you, Anne (btw, congrats on posting!). I'm glad you liked the story (and you know, I'm a sap -- so I'm glad that line made you smile :)

Re:

[tobyfan.livejournal.com]

congrats on posting

Thank you. *g*

you know, I'm a sap

Heh. Me, too, which is probably pretty obvious after what I posted.

[pollitt.livejournal.com]

's all good. We need angsters as well as saps *g*

[kist.livejournal.com]

>Fairy tales might not be forever, but wolves mate for life. And a duet doesn't function in the singular.<

I really like this line, and how true is this? You made me sniffly. At work. Where people are now giving me strange looks. But that's okay because this was lovely. (g)

[pollitt.livejournal.com]

I really like this line, and how true is this?

Whee! Thank you. That line seems to be a crowd favorite, which is cool since I was rather fond of it myself (and I believe it ;)

You made me sniffly. At work. Where people are now giving me strange looks. But that's okay because this was lovely. (g)

Aww, thank you, Kist. I hope you had tissues handy.

Thank you again for your comments.

[pollitt.livejournal.com]

A little late on the congrats

It's never too late (I'm so behind on the congrats and commenting on the wonderful fics, it's not even funny)

(It's not my fault I have to go to bed early, now is it?).

Nope. Oh, I hope you were out of the line of the storms, I heard from an old college pal in Ames and they said they had some really powerful winds, etc....

Beautiful. You managed to fit a lot into 200 words. Got me all teary-eyed there towards the end-I'm a closet romantic.

Thank you! I'm a total die-hard romantic, so of course the boys have a happy ending :)

And gosh, I really never thought I'd make so many people sniffly. Heh.

[linda3m.livejournal.com]

Fairy tales might not be forever, but wolves mate for life.

That really is a great line. And you really are a great writer. We'll let the 'sap' stuff slide.

[pollitt.livejournal.com]

LOL! Thank you, Linda for your wonderful comments and support, I couldn't have posted it without you (I mean, afterall, who'd give me such wonderful titles? :). And as for the sap thing, thanks, I don't think I could change if I tried. I wouldn't be me if I did otherwise (the AU non-withstanding, since there'll be romance in there too)

[data785.livejournal.com]

Aww, rock on. I needed some sap, thank you! Lovely hun.

[pollitt.livejournal.com]

Thank you, hun :-) I'm glad the sap was what you needed (and wahoo! another fic under my belt that didn't send you into sugar shock ;)

The u.d. send their thanks, too *g*

[bluster.livejournal.com]

And a duet doesn't function in the singular.

I loved this line. Heck, I loved the entire piece. It's sort of a sad kind of happy ending, but definitely in a good way.

[pollitt.livejournal.com]

::blush:: Thank you so much, bluster. You can ask ardent_muses to back me up, I'm *not* usually one to write sad stories, and I didn't intend to make the happy ending have a tinge of sad, but since I did, I had to make it the 'good' sad.

And thank you for your comments, I'm glad you liked my story, it makes me grin.

[lovis.livejournal.com]

Okay, way too late here.

But seeing as you just posted this story on due slash, I thought I could come here to say this. It's faster. *G*

That was sooo beautiful. I'm all teary-eyed now. Wich is surprising in itself but that you accomplished it with only 200 words is fantastic. *G*


PS: "The Penguin Isn't Sorry Either". *giggles* :-)

[pollitt.livejournal.com]

Heck, in my opinion, it's never too late :)

Thank you for responding and for such wonderful words, thank you. It really does mean the world to me that people like my writing.

PS - I love your icon :)