ext_288298 ([identity profile] paperflowered.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2009-09-30 11:31 am
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"The Woods Today" by halotolerant (PG13)

Fandom: TIN MAN
Pairing: Cain/Glitch
Length: ~1900 words
Warnings: mental illness
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] halotolerant
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Why this must be read: Glitch and Cain get lost in the woods. Cain ruminates on and tries to deal with Glitch's ... well, glitches.


"And the flowers aren't right either. Spring flowers are Ladyfew and Rezdered and Ychorine. These are all wrong. I love flowers, you know. And at spring we have the Rosebud Ball, at the palace. You have to ask a young lady who's never been to a Ball before. Or... I suppose it has to be a young lady, I never really dared clarify."

Cain swallows and just pokes some fallen pine cones again with a stick - there are no conifers anywhere he can see, just oaks, and yet here are newly opened cones with papery seeds still hidden within them.

Glitch can't control what he says. If Glitch wants to talk, then listening and thinking about it is like watching a woman change her dress by a window when she hasn't a blind to pull down.



The Woods Today