Drabble: Fleeing From Shadows

[alectoperdita]

Title: Fleeing From Shadows
Fandom: Harry Potter
Coupling: HarryxSnape
Rating: PG
Word Count: Exactly 100

Fleeing From Shadows
Companion Piece to Chasing Shadows?

It’s the hour before dawn.

The space we’re hiding in is cramped. Our flushed bodies are pressed together with rising and falling chests punctuated by shallow breathing.

Please don’t find us.

You stand still with your back against the collapsing wall. You grab my shoulders and hold me to still any movement. I turn my head slightly to look back.

The specter of a dark-robed figure appears just beyond our hiding place. A hint of blood-tainted white peeks out from under the hood.

I press my face into your thin shoulder and our callused hands grapple to hold each other.

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Previous: Chasing Shadows
Next: Slaughtering Shadows

I wrote this while riding the bus today. This drabble is brought to you by the movie, The Village, and M. Night Shyamalan. Don't ask. All and any reviews appreciated.

Comments

[luzkun.livejournal.com]

The tension in this is a palpable thing; almost as if it will reach out and take hold of the reader.

My hat's off to you; even in a situation as potentially deadly as this, as tight and tense, you manage to pepper it with slashy undertones. Bravo. :)