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Pairing: Sesshoumaru/Kagura
Rating: T
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iyissekiwa #119 | Evening
Inspiration: “Valentine's Day” © 2007 Linkin Park
This little piece came out of nowhere, and at the same time - it didn't.
It's one part reaction to the overload of sweet and fluff that I'd been writing pre-Valentine's Day; that's the longest stretch of time I think I've ever sustained writing/posting such light fic, so the accompanying angst was going to have to show itself somewhere :P
More than that, however, this is directly influenced by the inspiration song:
I've written a lot of IY fic on the back of LP songs, so it was no surprise when I had to investigate Mike Shinoda's sudden hotness (!) that I'd start listening to all of their albums again, including Minutes to Midnight, their 2007 release. This song was never a single from it, but it's long been one of my favorites (and I've written quite a few ficlets from this particular trio of songs at the end of this album). I love the mournful quality of the lyrics and the rise and fall of the music; it was just what I needed to deflate my fluff high.
And, well, I guess Linkin Park reached out and touched the slumbering Sesshoumaru muse, because I was almost immediately flooded with the imagery of this piece. I haven't written for IY contest communities in quite a long time (this was my first entry atiyissekiwa in over two years, in fact), but sometimes when I'm compiling the newsletter, the prompts strike my interest. I've been wanting to get back to my S/K stories, if only to finish them, but when my Sess muse is dormant, there's not much I can do :-/
Read the lyrics and tell me you don't see him in it:
My insides all turn to ash / so slow
And blew away as I collapsed / so cold
A black wind took them away / from sight
Another darkness over day / that night
And the clouds above move closer
Looking so dissatisfied
But the heartless wind kept blowing, blowing
I used to be my own protection / but not now
Because my path has lost direction / somehow
A black wind took you away / from sight
Another darkness over day / that night
And the clouds above move closer
Looking so dissatisfied
And the ground below grew colder
As they put you down inside
But the heartless wind kept blowing, blowing
So now you're gone / and I was wrong
I never knew what it was like
To be alone...
Pairing: Sesshoumaru/Kagura
Rating: T
Based upon:
iyissekiwa #119 | EveningInspiration: “Valentine's Day” © 2007 Linkin Park
This little piece came out of nowhere, and at the same time - it didn't.
It's one part reaction to the overload of sweet and fluff that I'd been writing pre-Valentine's Day; that's the longest stretch of time I think I've ever sustained writing/posting such light fic, so the accompanying angst was going to have to show itself somewhere :P
More than that, however, this is directly influenced by the inspiration song:
I've written a lot of IY fic on the back of LP songs, so it was no surprise when I had to investigate Mike Shinoda's sudden hotness (!) that I'd start listening to all of their albums again, including Minutes to Midnight, their 2007 release. This song was never a single from it, but it's long been one of my favorites (and I've written quite a few ficlets from this particular trio of songs at the end of this album). I love the mournful quality of the lyrics and the rise and fall of the music; it was just what I needed to deflate my fluff high.
And, well, I guess Linkin Park reached out and touched the slumbering Sesshoumaru muse, because I was almost immediately flooded with the imagery of this piece. I haven't written for IY contest communities in quite a long time (this was my first entry at
iyissekiwa in over two years, in fact), but sometimes when I'm compiling the newsletter, the prompts strike my interest. I've been wanting to get back to my S/K stories, if only to finish them, but when my Sess muse is dormant, there's not much I can do :-/Read the lyrics and tell me you don't see him in it:
My insides all turn to ash / so slow
And blew away as I collapsed / so cold
A black wind took them away / from sight
Another darkness over day / that night
And the clouds above move closer
Looking so dissatisfied
But the heartless wind kept blowing, blowing
I used to be my own protection / but not now
Because my path has lost direction / somehow
A black wind took you away / from sight
Another darkness over day / that night
And the clouds above move closer
Looking so dissatisfied
And the ground below grew colder
As they put you down inside
But the heartless wind kept blowing, blowing
So now you're gone / and I was wrong
I never knew what it was like
To be alone...