Robin Hood Drabble: All Hallows

[kat_lair]

Last of inkblot_fiend’s birthday drabbles. As usual, I played very fast and loose with the prompt.

 
Robin Hood – Much/Robin – angst – PG

All Hallows
(prompt = trap)

In the distance, the church bells toll in remembrance. Robin turns away, the wet tendrils of autumn slipping between the gaps of his cloak as he walks into the forest. 

Much is waiting at the old campsite; their hideaway nothing but rotten wood.

“Master!” His smile is bright and eternally young. “Come with me?” Much holds his arms out in invitation, the slow drizzle of rain falling right through him. 

“Yes,” Robin says. His children are grown now, Marian gone two winters past. It’s time for him to go home.

He steps into the embrace, the light surrounding them both.

Comments

[claudia-writes.livejournal.com]

okayy..... did I understand this right? If I did, it's very creepy.

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

well, reader's interpretation is as valid as the writer's so... thanks? *gg*

[inkblot-fiend.livejournal.com]

Oh... OH!

*flails helplessly*

It's so worryingly sweet... that after everything else goes, Robin still goes back to Much... ghanh... So much beautiful imagery in one drabble, too...

YOU SPOIL ME *hugs*

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

That's because you deserve to be spoiled!

I like how you put it, worryingly sweet, because I couldn't quite decide whether this was fluff or just plain creepy.

[avictoriangirl]

Ohhhhhh. It's beautiful. ♥

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

*blushes* Thank you very much!

[x-roz.livejournal.com]

EEEP!
Much is home to Robin.
Such beautiful imagery.
And so so sad.

I love it!

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much, what a lovely comment :) Angst is my default setting in fic writing, I'm afraid to say. Glad you liked it though.

[x-roz.livejournal.com]

Nothing wrong with having angst as the default setting if you can do it as well as you.
=)

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Now, now. Flattery will get you to places...

[smaych.livejournal.com]

This is so sad and beautiful - really perfect. I actually teared up reading it. The nostalgia, the idea of him going back to the forest, the rotten camp, Much, Marian... It's so perfect. Really superb, nothing could improve it. Powerful.

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

I... oh. I'm just speechless here. Speechless and grinning like mad. Thank you so much, this is some amazing feedback to receive for a small drabble. I'm so very pleased that you got so much out of it.

[smaych.livejournal.com]

It may be a small drabble, but it says a lot and it's really very well crafted. I wish I wrote it!

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

*blushes*

[thestorymaker.livejournal.com]

Wow, so short yet so full of so much ...wow!

A very touching peice of angst, and yet so sweet at the same time. Sweet Angst..is this like a new category?!

I love drabbles which capture so much in so little words. When done perfect they pour as much into a fic as hundreds a and hundreds of words.

And this one was perfect.

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Wow right back at you! Thank you for such an amazing comment, I'm glad you liked.

Don't know if this a new category, but I'm happy it worked nevertheless.

[longlongwaytogo.livejournal.com]

Very sad but sweet. :)

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Will see you later.

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

You did, thanks for the verbal feedback!

[zeitheist.livejournal.com]

I meant to comment on this last night, but forgot. Bad Sophie. No cookie.

Pretty sure I misinterpreted this completely, but it was oddly sweet. Robin is back with his Much, back in the old camp, and there's a real sense of homecoming. I teared up at the image of the eternally young Much, welcoming Robin back where he belongs. Beautiful, as always.

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

You'll always get cookies from me, darling!

Now, now, your interpretation is as valid as any. I'm just really pleased the drabble worked for you enough to elicit such a reaction... *dries your tears*

[randomalia.livejournal.com]

That's really lovely. <3

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

aww, thank you very much!

[telynmurali.livejournal.com]

Ohhh... That made me gasp with realisation at the penultimate line. So sad, yet such a beautiful ending! Meep.

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

\o/ These are my victory arms - i love it that drabble worked for you like that! Thank you so much for taking the time to comment.

[enchantersnight.livejournal.com]

Oh oh crying into keyboard again death fic but happy fic too, you are a genius!

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

*offers tissues* Um, sorry? But thank you very much for the feedback, darling :)

[darkentwisted.livejournal.com]

Ooh I just read this...so perfect for halloween!
Thank you Thank you for writing it!
*love*

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Oh how lovely to get a comment on an old drabble. Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed.

[mylogiceatsyou.livejournal.com]

Eep! *clings to Robin*

...I'm always so impressed by people who can say so much in so few words. This is...sad, and yet beautiful.

[kat-lair.livejournal.com]

Oh what a lovely surprise to get a comment on an old drabble. I find the discipline of having to stick to exactly 100 words good writing practice. Glad you enjoyed this, and thank you for letting me know.