Drabble: Fall | Flight (Batman, PG)

[winter]

A momentary breather (actually, the day's shaping up better than I thought, and project!boss praised me just now), and a request drabble from too long ago. For kyrre: Bruce/Ducard, demons. 100 words, about 10 minutes tops.

FALL|FLIGHT

In the night, the mountains are silent. The campfire ricochets off the glaciers like neon and halogens at the entrance of Muder Alley. "I do not believe in demons."

Ducard’s fingers wrap around Bruce’s wrist before checking his grip on the rope. They’re close enough to hear each other’s heartbeat. "You should. You’re becoming one."

Bruce steps off the ledge into darkness. The rope is a whip, a command, finding purchase where there should be none. In the instant before gravity and legend grip him, a thought flashes through his head.

He can’t be a demon.

Demons fall.

FINIS

Comments

[kyrre.livejournal.com]

*is happy* I had almost forgotten about that. I have played with the demon theme myself. I will see if it works out.

[winter]

Sorry for the delay - work's been a killer the last few weeks. But today I was kept waiting while various people finished draft versions of their parts of the report, so I could use some of the deadline-induced adrenalin for creative purposes :)

[temve.livejournal.com]

Coming from The Man Who Falls, that last line is extremely poignant. Love it!

[winter]

Thanks :) And now you've given me the idea for a companion drabble...

[murasaki99.livejournal.com]

Ooo, VERY nice! Very evocative and spooky. :)

[winter]

Thank you :) Spooky's easy with these two...