We've just been asked to do a flash fic piece for the Torquere Social yahoo group. I usually suck at anything less than 2000 words *g* but today I got some inspiration and came up with a brief 'missing' scene from Roses, set just after Nat and Richie first make love. Here it is in all its very brief glory!
"So what do the other bells mean?" Nat perched on the balustrade and watched his reflection in the still dark water below. A fish jumped, rippling his face out over the surface of the pool.
"How d'you mean?" Richie asked, tilting one hip against a post and closing his eyes to the sun.
"Well, you said this bell's for love. But how about this one?" He yanked the next bell along; it was larger and had a deeper note.
"Wealth," said Richie.
"And this one?"
"Er... long life."
Nat watched his lover and wished this moment could last for ever. "Is there one for happiness?"
Richie opened his eyes and grinned, hands already going to his fly. "No. But come and pull this and it'll make *me* happy."
"You know that's not what I meant," said Nat, but went anyway.
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