You could almost touch heaven*

[bending_sickle]

Icarus and Chip angst. Angst like woah. So much angst. (Then they got drunk. Off the page, but still. Drunk.)

Also? I am going to break Icarus. You know Dave Matthew's Band "Grace is Gone"? That's how he is now. You know The Tea Party's "The Messenger"? That's what he's got in store, because when its Angel of Punishment vs. Fallen Angel, the math is pretty easy. (This means, of course, that we now can has novel climax!)

Never leave a brother behind didn't seem to be a motto up in Heaven.

"I suppose I do have a soul now. I am human now, at least, and my essence is human-bound. Maybe when I die..."

Chip stared harder at the ceiling, trying not to blink (or maybe the trick was to blink quickly). But the way is shut. Heaven's locked up. He thought it, but didn’t say it out loud. Icarus didn’t need to be told that. He knew.

Chip brought up his free arm around Icarus, still rubbing his arm gently with the other. A long sigh against his chest told him exactly when Icarus let go of futile hopes.

20293 / 50000 words. 41% done!


* "The Messenger", The Tea Party

Comments

[poisoned-sleep.livejournal.com]

OMG WORD COUNT ENVY.

I have a LOT of catching up to do.

Also, your novel has better prose than mine. Your characters have angst? Mine have bland tea parties. ARGH. I'm happy yours is going so well though. :)

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

The word envy was only possible through crazy mad obsessiveness and lack of anything else, so you shouldn't envy it that much ;) Thanks for liking the prose! (I thought it was a bit, "oh woe! drama!" at the time I wrote it, but maybe it reads better. Maybe it's just the writing-exhaustion kicking it.)

THERE CAN BE ANGST AT TEA PARTIES! Because the cake is a lie. Old meme is old.

*\o/*

[seschat.livejournal.com]

*heart clutch* THIS, Adri. BREAKING MY HEART. (In a wonderful way!) Also, 41% done! *APPLAUDS* ♥



Why yes, I've managed to crawl out of my hole. :||

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

The ANGST, it is so delicious.

I should get to writing now - I've been procrastinating by organizing my icons folders, because... I dunno, maybe I've burnt out a bit. And not it's cold and late and I have to write :(

[seschat.livejournal.com]

Organizing your icon folders is important! However, I don't want you to be cold and burnt out. :( Just yesterday I was thinking how we didn't get to spend enough time with each other, and now I wish I could just... I don't know, beam myself over, and cheer you on in person and cuddle you into being warm. YES.

D:

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

LEARN TO TELEPORT!

...yeah, I got nothing. *shakes fist at distance between us* But if you were here, I'd make you tea and we'd have cookies and there would be the snuggling of blankets. ♥

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

*quietly pours cement and locks down the hole you crawled out of* Muahahaha! No crawling back in! Now you must stay in this thing called the outside world! Although really, it's more of an inside, electronic version of the world called the intranets, but hey, stay. I missed you!

[seschat.livejournal.com]

All right, all right, I'm staying, I'm staying! And anyway, do you think you can get rid of me that easily? Pah.

Seriously, though -- I'm really sorry for being so absent all the time, but this week sucked. :|

But now I have to run! Hope we can talk some more later, love! ♥ Missed you, too!

[bending-sickle.livejournal.com]

Sorry you had a sucky week, squishy, and I hope the weekend makes up for it. *snuggles*