Drabble experiment

[jedi_of_urth]

Title: Group Hug, Brothers in Arms, Family, Security
Author: jedi_of_urth
Characters/Pairings: vary with story, include but not limited to Robin, Marian, Guy, Much, Archer, and Isabella, highly bring your own pairing
Length: 4-100 word fics (aka Jedi takes a break from epic stories to try out drabbles)
Rating: Nothing above PG
Notes: Four short scenes I like to think happened after the episode stuff ended in 3x13
Disclaimer: If I owned them things would have ended very differently

Group Hug

They’re not alone Robin realizes once he takes a moment for it.

Looking past Marian he sees Guy leaning against a tree, watching them mournfully although he looks like he’s at least trying to be happy for them, and Allan calmly lounging against another trunk. They both look younger though, at least freer.

Robin knows instinctively now that the next adventure isn’t just his and Marian’s, or confined to those who died today, that in time others will make the journey with them. For now he beckons their friends to join them; they all hold each other, and it fits.


Brothers in Arms

Much doesn’t like spending time with his friends these days. Little John tries to help and the others in their own way, but Much feels trapped in the camp without Robin. There’s nowhere that can be home without Robin,

It’s Archer who finds Much at the gravesite one day and sits down across from him and just stays quiet for a long time.

“You were his real brother,” Archer finally says, “and I can’t take his place, but that makes us family too.”

Much can’t say anything around the lump in his throat but he finally lets someone comfort him.


Family

The pain is gone, and Isabella knows she’s dead. She rises out of the rubble of Nottingham Castle and seated upon the fallen battlements she sees her parents for the first time since she was ten.

She cries as she falls into her mother’s arms, the years of regret, shame, and pain flowing out of her. “Mother, what is to come for me?” she pleads, fearing the answer.

Ghislaine raises her eyes and Isabella turns to find her older brother behind her. “It turns out, there’s always another chance,” he tells her.

The whole family can be glad for that.


Security

What a nightmare, Marian thought when she woke up. Must be the desert heat.

Ever since the Sheriff had fallen overboard on their way to the Holy Land she’d had nightmares about what could have happened if he hadn’t, but that one beat them all. Detailed, but the nonsense of a dream.

She snuggled into the warm body next to her and in his sleep he held her close. Secure and happy she went back to sleep, they were alive and she’d be damned if she let anything change that.

Anything else was simply the workings of a deranged mind.

Comments

[mylogiceatsyou.livejournal.com]

“You were his real brother,” Archer finally says, “and I can’t take his place, but that makes us family too.”

That one was lovely. As was the first.

[jedi_of_urth]

I've got so much Much-angst over the finale that I'm surprised I contained it to a drabble here. As such it's probably the rawest of the four because I feel so BAD for Much.

[mylogiceatsyou.livejournal.com]

I think I felt the worst for him, Robin was so insanely important to him.

[jedi_of_urth]

Robin and Guy made peace with their deaths. Vasey and even my girl Izzy deserved to die. Allan isn't either but that's not really part of this story.

But stories of those left behind have always gotten to me and Much is neither at peace nor deserving of that much pain.

[mylogiceatsyou.livejournal.com]

With Robin dying it would have almost been better for Much to die too. Then again, people might have gone after the writers with pitchforks if they'd done that.

[jedi_of_urth]

As I said in my eulogizing after the finale, as happy as I was the Much survived I'm sure he'll wish he hadn't for a while. I was more prepared for his death I think than I was him breaking my heart the way he did, because that HURT. But at least it leaves plenty of room for angst fics.

[mylogiceatsyou.livejournal.com]

True.

I wouldn't even mind seeing some happy future fics with Much meeting Robin in heaven. Or perhaps Ghost!Robin appearing to Much and telling him to enjoy his life.

[jedi_of_urth]

Oh heavenly or ghostly Robin/Much exists in my head, but I've got too many other fic ideas clambering in my head (including a full story version of essentially the drabble), and big bang fic to write. Because those stupid boys need to be in each other lives and deaths and once I get past some of the angst I'm going to be looking for a way to get some moderate hope into it.

[mylogiceatsyou.livejournal.com]

Oh, you're doing a story for big bang? Very exciting.

[jedi_of_urth]

Well the big bang thing was kind of my brain child, and rather because I wanted to be able to participate in one and I had lots of RH fic ideas that I'd be was more likely to write with some structure to do it in.

But it's exciting just to be writing again, the muses have been fairly friendly of late.

[mylogiceatsyou.livejournal.com]

I get ideas, but I'm rather shocking at putting them into words. RH drabblefest was fun for practice, though.

[jedi_of_urth]

Oh I'm crap at actually getting my many many epic story ideas written, I talk about tons of fic ideas like I'm going to write them; I'd say about half the time I at least start them (sometimes more than once I admit), but finishing them happens a lot less often.

Drabble writing is a good way to actually *finish* things since they're short, but I'm always fighting with myself not to make them 2,3 4... times longer and have stories instead of snapshots. I just think in epic stories, it's how I work and I've accepted that. If only I could translate that into getting those epics done...

[mylogiceatsyou.livejournal.com]

Yes, whoever has the secret for how to finish long stories should be nice and share.

A previous fandom I wrote some stories for, I started several long ones...never got them done. I doubt I'll even try and start any for RH. Just imagine them.

[jedi_of_urth]

The sheer number of unfinished Doctor Who epics I have sitting around is disheartening because some of them were really awesome in my head but no one else will ever know that. I didn't actually finish any of them, hence deciding the big bang was a way to make myself finish a RH Story.

Back in my Buffy days I at least finished one or two big stories, but I had a lot more I considered (but those are truly lost as that hard drive stopped working about the time I got out of BtVS fandom, which is sort of a chicken and the egg thing).

[mylogiceatsyou.livejournal.com]

Heh, it's the same for me. All my unfinished NCIS epics are trapped on my old, broken computer.

[shezan.livejournal.com]

How lovely, all of them!

And I like to think that "warm body" next to Marian was Guy...

[jedi_of_urth]

I left it deliberately vague so people could project onto it whatever would make the ending happiest for them. So yeah, I think of it as Guy too, but it could just as easily be Robin, Allan, or someone else entirely.

Glad you liked them.

[pressurenoise.livejournal.com]

I really like how you left that open because everyone has their favourite ship =D

[mokulen.livejournal.com]

Anything else was simply the workings of a deranged mind. I laughed here. Gaah, stupid writers! Or I guess one writer/producer specifically.

[jedi_of_urth]

Marian would have several bones to pick with the writer(s) I figure, but I did manage to get one dig in.

[cherish4.livejournal.com]

These are brilliant!

Robin knows instinctively now that the next adventure isn’t just his and Marian’s, or confined to those who died today, that in time others will make the journey with them.

I love this line.

She snuggled into the warm body next to her and in his sleep he held her close. Secure and happy she went back to sleep, they were alive and she’d be damned if she let anything change that.

I particularly like the idea of this last one and I like to think it's Robin she's snuggling up with.

Anything else was simply the workings of a deranged mind.

Hahahaha..how very true!

[jedi_of_urth]

I deliberately left the last one vague on who Marian was snuggling with, so everyone can imagine their own favorite happy ending scenario. I'm a G/M person myself but I tried to make it work just as well for R/M, or someone else for that matter (I ruled of a) Vasey by killing him, b) a woman since I refer to "he" and c) vampires since "he" is warm, besides that everyone is in whatever your favorite alive and happy situation is).

Glad you liked and thanks for commenting.

[cherish4.livejournal.com]

I deliberately left the last one vague on who Marian was snuggling with, so everyone can imagine their own favorite happy ending scenario.

It's a good idea, that way everyone can be happy.

Glad you liked and thanks for commenting.

You're welcome!

[omteddy2006.livejournal.com]

So much sweetness and love in these four drabbles. I'm glad I decided to play catch-up with drabblefest today. I would have hated to miss them. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the first two. They help to give closure where it is needed. Thanks.

[karen747.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! I love them all, but Much (so much sadness {hugs}) and the last one were my favs. SOO wonderful that you left it open so tht people could have their own happiness with Marian. and you worked SO much in with such economy. Bravo!

**Anything else was simply the workings of a deranged mind.**
BEST LINE OF ALL. Take THAT, Dom! (sound: whiplash!)

[pressurenoise.livejournal.com]

I love these, added to my memories!