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With Vision Cleared by modernbard [PG]
Fandom: Xena Warrior Princess
Pairing: Xena/Gabrielle
Length: 2,300 words
Author LJ: n/a
Author Website: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/860245/modernbard
Why This Must Be Read:
The author presents such a small snippet of time for Xena and Gabrielle, yet it is full of longing and lies. Post-Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, the two women take a moment to reflect (together and separately) about the effect of Bacchus on their lives.
And from Xena's perspective, we get an insight into how that single bite on her neck led the warrior princess to a shocking fact.
Very well written and so much emotion for such a short piece.
And that last line just kills it.
"There was silence between them for several moments as they each became lost in their own thoughts once more. Xena could still feel the weight of Gabrielle’s eyes on her but ignored them hoping that the discussion was finished. “Did I hurt you?”
Xena looked at her in surprise. “What?”
“Did I hurt you, when I bit you?”
“No, no you didn’t.”
Gabrielle lay back down, turning her attention back to the clouds in the sky as well. “It was strange. I could everything you were feeling. You were afraid for me; afraid that you wouldn’t be able to defeat Bacchus and save me. And I could hear your heart pounding in my ears. It was a little unusual. What did it feel like for you?”
Xena paused for a moment looking for the right words to explain what she had felt. She remembered that moment, reliving it once more. The sensation of Gabrielle’s breath brushing her neck, the feel of her soft lips touching her skin; the slight prick of her teeth as Gabrielle bit down and began to feed. The sudden loss of herself, both physically and mentally as Gabrielle drank from her. The deep pull throughout out her body as her blood was sucked from her veins."
With Vision Cleared by modernbard
Pairing: Xena/Gabrielle
Length: 2,300 words
Author LJ: n/a
Author Website: http://www.fanfiction.net/u/860245/modernbard
Why This Must Be Read:
The author presents such a small snippet of time for Xena and Gabrielle, yet it is full of longing and lies. Post-Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, the two women take a moment to reflect (together and separately) about the effect of Bacchus on their lives.
And from Xena's perspective, we get an insight into how that single bite on her neck led the warrior princess to a shocking fact.
Very well written and so much emotion for such a short piece.
And that last line just kills it.
"There was silence between them for several moments as they each became lost in their own thoughts once more. Xena could still feel the weight of Gabrielle’s eyes on her but ignored them hoping that the discussion was finished. “Did I hurt you?”
Xena looked at her in surprise. “What?”
“Did I hurt you, when I bit you?”
“No, no you didn’t.”
Gabrielle lay back down, turning her attention back to the clouds in the sky as well. “It was strange. I could everything you were feeling. You were afraid for me; afraid that you wouldn’t be able to defeat Bacchus and save me. And I could hear your heart pounding in my ears. It was a little unusual. What did it feel like for you?”
Xena paused for a moment looking for the right words to explain what she had felt. She remembered that moment, reliving it once more. The sensation of Gabrielle’s breath brushing her neck, the feel of her soft lips touching her skin; the slight prick of her teeth as Gabrielle bit down and began to feed. The sudden loss of herself, both physically and mentally as Gabrielle drank from her. The deep pull throughout out her body as her blood was sucked from her veins."
With Vision Cleared by modernbard