Little Miss Sunshine
Jul. 10th, 2007 02:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
veiledndarknessAuthor's Name: veiledndarkness
Story Title: Pretending
Rating: PG
Warnings:Some barely hinted at slash, but it's a blink and miss kind of thing.
Summary: What is normal anyway?
Disclaimer: Not mine, no profit was made from this.
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Everyone, just... pretend to be normal.
Normal? The very idea is foreign to Dwayne. What is normal anyway? Who defines it?
They've never been normal, none of them, he knows that now. He's no exception either.
Would it really be that much better if they were different, if they pretended?
The way Richard says that, 'pretend'; that's what makes Dwayne's skin crawl. Pretend.
Pretend that he doesn't see the way Richard's lip curls when he looks at them.
Pretend that he doesn't hear his mother's muted tears when she thinks she's alone.
Pretend that he doesn't feel the weight of Frank's too sharp eyes, peeling away his layers.
Why should they be anything but what they are? Who gives a shit if they aren't 'normal'? If they're abnormal, then so be it.
Dwayne settles back in the van, his eyes drifting once more to Frank's, a silent scrutiny.
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Story Title: Pretending
Rating: PG
Warnings:Some barely hinted at slash, but it's a blink and miss kind of thing.
Summary: What is normal anyway?
Disclaimer: Not mine, no profit was made from this.
*
Everyone, just... pretend to be normal.
Normal? The very idea is foreign to Dwayne. What is normal anyway? Who defines it?
They've never been normal, none of them, he knows that now. He's no exception either.
Would it really be that much better if they were different, if they pretended?
The way Richard says that, 'pretend'; that's what makes Dwayne's skin crawl. Pretend.
Pretend that he doesn't see the way Richard's lip curls when he looks at them.
Pretend that he doesn't hear his mother's muted tears when she thinks she's alone.
Pretend that he doesn't feel the weight of Frank's too sharp eyes, peeling away his layers.
Why should they be anything but what they are? Who gives a shit if they aren't 'normal'? If they're abnormal, then so be it.
Dwayne settles back in the van, his eyes drifting once more to Frank's, a silent scrutiny.
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Date: 2007-07-10 06:12 pm (UTC)I loved every word.
The descriptions for pretend were spot on.
This caught the dysfunctionality perfectly.
Great job!
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Date: 2007-07-10 06:20 pm (UTC)Glad you liked it.
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Date: 2007-07-10 06:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-07-10 07:30 pm (UTC)Very good - wonderful flow of words.
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Date: 2007-07-26 07:29 am (UTC)They totally stole that from me and BF, we used to "whisper" Quick! Pretend your normal whenever someone would come into whatever room we were goofing off in, lol.
That was a great piece.
That movie was funny but, sad at the same time.
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Date: 2007-07-26 10:45 am (UTC)And thanks! Glad you liked it.