[Drabble, Summer Camp Week 9] Summertide 9/9 - Harbor

[Smarty Cat]

It's done, done, done, woohoo! And we're right back where we started! Almost? Inspired by Prompt 9: Hammock from the 2008 Summer Camp Challenge.

Elemental / Sustaining / Flushed / Glimmer / Flare / Piquant / Thawing / Effervescent / now this

Previous installments are available in this forum or on my livejournal.

Title: Harbor
Date Completed: May 25, 2009
Series: Gundam Wing
Pairing: 1xR (Heero x Relena)
Word Count: 300

Be in the moment.

Inhale, stroke, kick, exhale.

Again.

The sultry heat of unregulated summer air is stripped of most of its power by his immersion. Nothing matters beyond the confines of the water, the embrace of the water, the push and pull of the water?.

Except maybe the beach ball that crashes down beside his head and the following quickly muffled giggle.

Heero shakes the stinging water from his eyes, bobs upright, and glares poolside. Relena lounges in a shaded hammock, lazily fanning herself as it sways, and gazes in innocent absorption at the book in her hand.

Heero declares war.

As his shadow looms overhead, Relena lets the book slip safely from her fingers and lifts her arms to greet him. Heero lunges, and her arms wind around his neck as they collide, both careless of the water cascading down his body. The hammock rocks wildly, precariously, providing a perfect excuse for clinging and stroking. Heero closes his eyes while the earth tilts on its axis, and his senses fill only with her: sweet scent, supple body, breathless laughter.

Equilibrium reestablishes with her sprawled half atop him, strands of her long golden hair clinging to his damp lips. She laughs again, and he not only hears but feels it, and his breath hitches. Relena pulls the hair from his mouth and strokes sodden, unruly strands back from his face, leaving him open to her gaze. He watches her mouth curl in a tender smile before she replaces the absence of her hair with the presence of her lips and tongue.

Both are panting upon separation, and Heero redirects his attention along the soft, highly sensitive underside of her jaw while loosening her bikini's strings.

Truly, every bead of sweat that rolls down her face is indeed a miracle.

[Tomorrow]

Long time no see, eh Smarty Cat? It's been way too long since I've been skulking around here. However, as I perused the forums, I stumbled across these enticing little drabbles and just had to take a peek. You're writing talent, the way you can mingle humor with seriousness, never ceases to amaze me. I truly appeciate your stories.

Now that I've finally finished my degree and have worked through other personal issues, I'm ready to return to writing myself. I have so many stories to finish...

Anyway, I needed to let you know how much I enjoyed this drabble series. It really cheered me up tonight.

[Rage]

I agree with Tomorrow. It was a wonderful series. Let me know what you decide to write next, Smarty Cat! I'll be sure to read and enjoy.

[Ice_Vixen]

this was amazing. i applaud you. you kept them in character, yet you wrote such an innocently steamy fic. you kept it short and sweet and yet enlongated it to a great finish! Bravo!

[Smarty Cat]

Long time no see, eh Smarty Cat? It's been way too long since I've been skulking around here. However, as I perused the forums, I stumbled across these enticing little drabbles and just had to take a peek. You're writing talent, the way you can mingle humor with seriousness, never ceases to amaze me. I truly appeciate your stories.

Now that I've finally finished my degree and have worked through other personal issues, I'm ready to return to writing myself. I have so many stories to finish...

Anyway, I needed to let you know how much I enjoyed this drabble series. It really cheered me up tonight.

A long time indeed! Congratulations on your degree! I'm still working on mine--well, my second one. If nothing else goes wrong, I should have it by August 2010. Right now, I'm going for some sort of work/life/education balance.

It really means a lot to me that you de-skulked to comment. I'm glad I could inspire a grin or too!

Good luck with your unfinished stories! I'm sure a lot of people will be happy to see you take up the pen--er, keyboard--again!

I agree with Tomorrow. It was a wonderful series. Let me know what you decide to write next, Smarty Cat! I'll be sure to read and enjoy.

Thanks! I just have to decide what I'm going to work on next!

this was amazing. i applaud you. you kept them in character, yet you wrote such an innocently steamy fic. you kept it short and sweet and yet enlongated it to a great finish! Bravo!

Thanks so much for your kind words! It's was a bit different style-wise and everything for me so I'm really glad you enjoyed it!

[The Angry Angel]

Ahhh, the string bikini. Makes everything so much easier.

[flipped]

enjoyed all the drabbles. they were sexy, sweet and so THEM.

Smarty Cat and Tomorrow back on writing huh??

great news for the community.

[Smarty Cat]

Ahhh, the string bikini. Makes everything so much easier.

Certainly. I had a limited word count so I was going for the most expedient route!

enjoyed all the drabbles. they were sexy, sweet and so THEM.

Smarty Cat and Tomorrow back on writing huh??

great news for the community.

I'm glad you liked them! Although you may be exaggerating my importance to the community.

[Ice_Vixen]

Quick question. are you the same smarty cat who wrote the fanfic Numina?? if so, why did you stop? I just read what was there and i am eager to know where it was going. if it was you, is there a possiblility you could retry it? just curious

[Smarty Cat]

Quick question. are you the same smarty cat who wrote the fanfic Numina?? if so, why did you stop? I just read what was there and i am eager to know where it was going. if it was you, is there a possiblility you could retry it? just curious

I am indeed that Smarty Cat. And I am continually amazed and flattered that Numina made such a big impression on people that I still get asked about it so many years later. Wow!

There is actually quite a bit more to Numina than what I had posted. I have through chapter 20 or so I believe in horrible, nearly incoherent rough draft form, and that encompasses maybe 10% of the overall plot. It got bigger and more complex than I had originally anticipated. I had just turned 18 when I started it, and my ambition was greater than my experience. The story essentially outgrew my ability to tell it.

I've intended to retry it for years, but other projects, primarily real life and academia (I'm a year away from completing a masters degree), always manage to push their way to the forefront. Numina, despite what the public may know of it, was also very canon driven. It's been years since I've watched GW. I need to reacquaint myself with canon before I could ever do it justice. Fortunately, I am highly interested in getting my hands and eyes on the remastered GW episodes in all their shiny, colorful glory.

And all of that is a long way to say that there is definitely a possibility that I will retry it. We just have to see if life cooperates.