Fic, It Was Dark Under the Trees .....Challenge 8, The Forest of Dean

[fredbassett]

Title : It Was Dark Under the Trees
Author : fredbassett
Character : Helen Cutter
Word Count : 100
Rating : U
Written for Primeval_100, Challenge 8 : The Forest of Dean

It was dark under the trees.  Ancient, tangled roots thrust down through red soil. Soil the colour of the iron that men had spent so long hacking out of the rock. Blood-metal, some called it. It was a good name.  This place had seen blood spilt in the past and it would see it spilt again soon.

The woman leant against the bole of an ancient yew, lost in thought. Why here? she wondered. Why so many?

They thought she knew. But they were wrong. She had some answers but not all of them. Not ones that mattered. Not yet.

Comments

[fredbassett]

It would be tricky ........

I can't remember from your comments whether you read/write slash or not? Or do you stick to het-fic?

I'll try and overcome fear of writing Abby, but will have to re-watch series probably. Such a hardship!

[rodlox.livejournal.com]

I prefer het and gen...but you're one of the few slash writers I read the slash of. reason: you don't make the slash over and in-the-reader's-face, and what slash you do put in the drabbles and stories supports the plot (rather than just being tossed in without rhyme or reason)

did that make sense?

;) as for the pains of re-watching Primeval, look at it this way: almost every Abby scene has Stephen or Nick or both. :)

[fredbassett]

Thanks, and yes that does make sense. The strange thing is that when I wrote Predator, I just wanted to see if I could write a slash sex scene, and only intended a couple of paragraphs, and three months later, I'm still in the same series! Whoops .............. never thought it would lead to this lot, that's for sure :)

[rodlox.livejournal.com]

congrats.

all I ask is that you have fun, enjoy writing it, and take your time. everything else is optional and (a very distant) second; I trust your writing skills.
hm, Predator...isn't that the one with Ryan/Lester? :)

ps: glad it made sense; sometimes I have trouble doing that.

[fredbassett]

Wise words :)