Bandom Drabble: Red-eye

[kat_lair]

Drabble Fest 8/12 – for redsnake05. Fandom and pairing/characters as requested.


Red-eye – Bandom – Alex/Ryland – PG
Prompt: Stars


The cabin lights are dimmed, the people lulled by the steady drone of the plane engines.

Ryland stretches over the seats, pressing his face against the tiny window. In the horizon the stars are fading, the dawn spilling over the sky in slow curls.

They are flying home.

Night over the Atlantic, Ryland thinks.  Has a nice ring to it. Sounds like a song about solitude and heartache. Maybe he’ll write it one day.

Next to him Alex shifts, draping a sleepy arm around Ryland’s waist to better fit their bodies together.

Yeah, maybe one day. Not anytime soon though.

Comments

[redsnake05.livejournal.com]

That was so, so, gorgeous. Ryland with his little moment of melancholy and loneliness and how Alex assuages that without even trying, just by being there and touching him. He's probably not even aware of what he's done, and I adore that. It's such a comfortable and trusting instant in their relationship, I love it.

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Oh babe, I'm so happy you liked it. I really like planes and the in-between weightlessness and tranquility that comes with them so I tried to put that across. And yes, I think with bff pairings like these two, so much is unsaid because it doesn't really need to be voiced to be understood.

[seratonation.livejournal.com]

i love this pairing and this was really sweet :D

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

I do too! There is shamefully little written about them though... (I have such a kink for bff pairings). Thank you so much for reading and commenting, glad you liked!

[savingcolours.livejournal.com]

♥

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

\o/

[pushkin666.livejournal.com]

They are flying home. That line just says so much. Love it.

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Hee in my mind this took place in the plane home from their recent UK tour...

Glad you enjoyed the schmoop bb! Thank you!

[pushkin666.livejournal.com]

Oh I like the idea of them flying back from the UK

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

happy but exhausted from all those gigs...