A few drabble/vignette requests

[thrihyrne]

I'm freaking out. I have too much time on my hands! I'm between stories/waiting on return fics, and have all this... time! So now's your chance to request a drabble. It may be no-one's around to claim any; my recent posts have evidently not been very comment-worthy, which is fine. I suppose you all are allowed to have lives outside of LJ. :) Having been absorbed in HP of late, I'd rather not write anything in that fandom. I'll take the first six requests in these fandoms: Wraeththu, Tolkien, Swordspoint, Slave Breakers... I'll even try Lord John. If you request that, just be warned that I've listened to the entirety as books on tape and have realized that in my head I've been misspelling some of the characters' names, having never seen them in print. I'll get my hands on Brotherhood of the Blade tomorrow at the library. Gen or slash (m/m) is fine. Any rating is fine. Just list a character or pairing request, any key words or ambiance or what have you. If you requested one last time, maybe sit tight and I'll give some newer people to my flist an opportunity to request one. Then again, this post may sit quietly uncommented-upon as well. ;) I'll get them out before the end of the holiday weekend.

Thanks! It's times like now that I wish I were able to just lounge. Hope you're all enjoying yourselves! I may even get out and see Star Trek, we'll see.

Comments

[thrihyrne.livejournal.com]

I must admit I don't always comment on your posts, though they're usually so droll! Thanks for playing, and for requesting Velaxis! I don't know that I've written much about him.


Title: Behind the curtain
Fandom: Wraeththu (Bewitchments time period)
Characters: Velaxis, Arahal
Rating: PG
W/C: 297

"You beckoned?"

Arahal looked up from a sheath of papers, smiling at Velaxis.

"As a matter of fact, I did. Please, come in."

Velaxis didn't so much walk as glide from the entrance to Arahal's pavilion, fancying himself as a platinum-feathered swan. He sank gracefully into a chair opposite Arahal, an eyebrow raised in question.

"What can I do for you?"

A whisper of embarrassment flitted across Arahal's features and he took a deep breath, exhaling with purpose.

"Working with Swift the Varr has been draining. I haven't taken exercise like I should, and I've been asked to keep my focus solely on his caste training."

Velaxis looked on him with pity. "No aruna for you either, then?"

Arahal shook his head in resignation.

"That's a shame," Velaxis said. "I have some new gold clamps I was so wanting to see on you. The next best thing, then?" He was gratified to see a faint sheepish smile settle on Arahal's face.

"If you wouldn't mind, tiahaar."

"It would be my pleasure," Velaxis murmured with a voice like rich cream.

It was one of the privileges of being whom and what he was, the role he played, the pleasures he extended. After pouring Arahal some wine, Velaxis sauntered over to Arahal's temporary bureau, austere and forbidding. He retrieved the items he required and took up his place at Arahal's feet, still clad in his omnipresent black leather boots. As he removed them and rubbed oil into his finely-boned arches, Velaxis contemplated being the only member of the Hegemony and its staff to actually see the naked skin of Arahal's feet and know particular secrets behind the commanding officer's leather and enigmatic personality.

With a smile hidden by his long hair, Velaxis set to work, giving Arahal a pedicure.

[camile-sinensis.livejournal.com]

Excellent! And so right! "... fancying himself as a platinum-feathered swan.."

Indeed. Fancying.

Also the foot-thing... There's a bit in "Bewitchments" where Thiede's feet are described, indicating pearly-pink nail polish of some description, and naturally, you can't imagine The Aghama doing his own toenails! with one of those little foam toe-separators stuck between his toes. Someonehar else must have been down there... ;-)

[thrihyrne.livejournal.com]

Very good point about Thiede's toenails! I'd forgotten that element, but it works perfectly. Velaxis' talents are myriad and wondrous. ;) Glad you asked for a story about him!