Drabble: Sometimes, It's All You Have

[viciouswishes]

Title: Sometimes, It's All You Have
Author: viciouswishes
Fandom: AtS
Pairing: none, Gunn
Rating: G
Setting: Post-"War Zone"
Words: 100
Summary: For fanfic100 017 brown, Gunn's mother wore a long brown coat.

Gunn's mother wore a long brown coat. His grandma said she vainly thought she looked like Pam Grier, but Gunn remembers how soft it was against his face. She'd hug him goodnight before she went to work the night shift. The coat smelled like cigarettes and the lavender perfume she wore. He almost remembers more about it than he does of his mother.

When she died, Alonna took the coat with them. It was always too big and always too ragged. People handed her change as she sat on the curbside.

Gunn buries the coat and all the women he'd loved with it.

Comments

[usedtobeljs]

Sad and beautiful.

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[alizarin-nyc.livejournal.com]

Ouch, man, ouch.

Nice touch with the cigarettes and lavender, too.

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

very moving.

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

[lostakasha.livejournal.com]

Love this so much... so sad and lovely... and the world needs more Charles. Thanks for always keeping him handy.

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

There will always be more Charles. *g* Glad you enjoyed it.

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

Beautiful Gunn there.

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[toestastegood.livejournal.com]

Ow. So sad and touching - painful, almost.

_{also, you've missed out an 'a' in the first sentence, I think.}

[viciouswishes.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

(D'oh. Thanks for pointing it out.)