Drabble Cascade #13: Fire - The Flames' Embrace

[charisstoma]

FB3X Drabble Cascade #13 - Fire

Title: The Flames' Embrace (PG, death fic)
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 100
Prompt: Fire.



The stones glowed quietly before the open hearth. Under the warmth of quilts, he lay in the wide bed listening to the gentle murmuring from the flickering flames. It was his first winter staying at the cabin.

On the edge of sleep he remembered feeling the hot lick of campfires stroking over clothed skin. The flames had flirted and promised things in the darkness more intimately exciting than anything that could be offered by the staid sun.

He bowed up into the heated caresses of wine revealed dreams and in ecstasy his lover converted him into its bright flaming image.

Comments

[mee-eep.livejournal.com]

Somebody got drunk and set a cabin (and himself) on fire?

You make it such a deep hypnotic/myth feel that I had to re-read to realise what you were saying.

I'd say very nice, but I'm not sure thats appropriate to the subject of the piece, so instead I'll say 'well done' ;)

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

If you have a fireplace with a real fire, you always always put up the screen so that a log falling doesn't set the place on fire. More modern places have glass fire screens which allow the heat and view through to be enjoyed.
He forgot. It's kind of like falling asleep in front of the TV and his drinking didn't help.

It really is like that with the hearth and campfires and cabins. It's beautiful but you have to be careful.

Thank you. *grins* Last days of school and I'm snarling at children. Yes, you did have those books. Bring them back or pay for the replacement. grrrr. Trouble is they're new and didn't understand when they first got them and the teacher ...... They are supposed to bring the books back themselves not have the books sit in a bin in the classroom for anybody who want to pick them out to do so before a selected carrier student supposedly brings the bin down.

[mee-eep.livejournal.com]

My dad has a coal fire in the back room, I don't think he's lit it in an age :/

alcohol and an open fire - bad combination ;)

HEAD-LINE - spontaniously combusting children. 'But they had taken the books' the librarian whimpered.

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

ooooooooooh.
*muses* How do I do this?

Who will save us from the rabbits?

[mee-eep.livejournal.com]

*nibble-nibble* ;)

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

Not so much that they took the books, we want that. It's that they didn't return the books. That is inflamminating.

[beren-writes.livejournal.com]

Very beautiful imagery. I too had to re-read to understand. Nicely done.

I've added it to this week's list.

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

Thank you.
Yeah. Death fic.
Mentally I'm in a .... place at work. End of the school year time.
Thank you for posting this for me. *looks very grateful because I am*

[thwax.livejournal.com]

Poetic and deadly. Well done!

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

Thank you. This has been and will be a difficult few days. I hate the end of the school year AND having the former spouse visit at the same time. You want the house all amazing for something like that and I don't have the energy physically or emotionally. So you get the element of Fire claiming his lover.