FIC: February: Meiosis (SB/VM, PG)

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Title: February: Meiosis
Author: Galadriel (caras_galadhon)
Pairing: Viggo/Bean
Rating: PG
Archive: Lothlorien, sons_of_gondor, and Green Opals.
Feedback: Always appreciated.
Disclaimer: Absolutely did not happen. Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Summary: February finds Viggo far away and lost in reflection.
Notes: This ficlet follows approximately a month after January: Pathetic Fallacy, but can be read as a standalone if so desired. I hope some lovely ladies will forgive me for making them share their (belated) birthday gift, but we all know how fast I turn out fic, so... Happy Belated Birthday to makamu, afra_schatz and liars_dance! Many thanks also to savageseraph, who was of immense help while I struggled to track down the right overall literary figure for this story.

"[M]eiosis, the Greek term for understatement or 'belittling': a rhetorical figure by which something is referred to in terms less important than it really deserves."
~From The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms by Chris Baldick.
(Red. The swathe of colour cut across the canvas, dividing art from artlessness...")