Parcel Post

[glasgow-blue.livejournal.com]

For taibhrigh. stones, life, music, billy


Title: Parcel Post
Pairing: Dom/Billeh
Rating: G
Disclaimer: I. Am. Making. This. Shit. Up.
Feedback: Is always welcome.
Word Count: 240
Cross-posted to: monaboyd



Dom is used to living a transient life --to waking up with only the barest sense of time and place. He has more, now, than he ever really dreamed he would and this is the price of it. Most days, it's a fair trade.

But he misses England. He misses the rain and the mist and the sound of music tripping off of cobblestones. It rarely rains in LA, land of Eternal Sunshine of minds, be they spotless or not. And, when it does, it's nothing like the rain of Manchester...rain that soaks you to your bones and seeps in even deeper, setting up residence in your very being. There isn't a cobblestone for a thousand miles, though the place has rocks a-plenty. And, yes, there is a difference between rock and stone, though Dom isn't sure he can explain it to anyone who has to ask.

His mum sends him tea and jars of lemon curd, scone mix, Yorkshire mints, and a tea cozy hand-knit by someone's auntie. It's checkered in alternate shades of blue and he briefly considers wearing it as a hat, but for the tiny bow on top. Instead, he closes the blinds, turns up the AC, and watches Premiere League on ESPN2 at all hours of the night.

He calls Billy, forgetting the time difference, and asks him to describe the sky and mail him a box of stones. Billy does both without question.

Comments

[lillywhite1.livejournal.com]

Very sweet. I've never been to England, but I can see it through your description.

[glasgow-blue.livejournal.com]

Oh, you should go, sometime. :)

[southpaw526.livejournal.com]

You just made me bloody fecking hungry! Also, have not been to Manchester, but this made me yearn for Ireland, which I think is comparable.

[glasgow-blue.livejournal.com]

I have not been to Manchester proper, but, yeah, middle England as a whole is not dissimilar to Ireland. Except the roads are better in England. :)

[slashaholic.livejournal.com]

I've never been across the ocean. Hopefully, I will one day, I really want to go to England, Scotland and Ireland. I luv all the history and the pics that I've seen of these places. And I luv walking in the rain. I luv rain, so much better than snow.
This part made me laugh. I luv how u referred to Elijah's new movie. I really need to drag someone with me to go see it. It looks "interesting" and I tend to like odd films, so I should like this one.

"It rarely rains in LA, land of Eternal Sunshine of minds, be they spotless or not."

~Jewels
ps. never been to LA either. I really need to travel more, wish I had the money to do it though.

[glasgow-blue.livejournal.com]

Oh, you should go over, sometime. You can get decent fares if you fly off-season (winter to early spring) and it's worth every penny. :)

[never-pine.livejournal.com]

You have English rain down to a fine art. Bloody rain. Nice writing though... you have the feeling of longing down to a fine art too. I should go to Manchester sometime.

[glasgow-blue.livejournal.com]

I love English rain. Seriously.

And thank you for the compliment. :)

[subtle-dusk.livejournal.com]

See, if I were Dom, I'd be expecting a package of Billy instead of stones :D Maybe that is just me.

Dom's longing in this is portrayed so well, so *truly*, it feels real. I don't know how to describe it. You read it and think, hey, I've been there, I've felt that way before.

Very well done.

[glasgow-blue.livejournal.com]

You read it and think, hey, I've been there, I've felt that way before.

Thank you. :)

[stellahobbit.livejournal.com]

He calls Billy, forgetting the time difference, and asks him to describe the sky and mail him a box of stones.Billy does both without question.

Heart-wrenchingly perfect :-)

[glasgow-blue.livejournal.com]

Thank you. :)