amari_z: (Sir Launcelot and the Witch Hellawes--de)
amari_z ([personal profile] amari_z) wrote2005-10-25 09:55 pm
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King Arthur Drabble

Written for the King Arthur drabble community [livejournal.com profile] ka100 Challenge #12: "Sleep"

Title: The Dull God
Author: amari
Word Count: 100
Challenge: #12: Sleep
Characters/Pairings: Arthur/Lancelot
Author's Notes: Any feedback welcome. [Edit--I forgot to mention that I cribbed the title from Henry IV, Part II, act III, sc. i.]

Lancelot had learned early the soldiers’ trick of sleeping anywhere, anytime. Curled on a patch of icy, exposed rock; stinking hot and covered in bloody amour with Woads lurking only yards away; or leaning against a wall while pretending to listen to Roman commanders bicker--it was simply a matter of learning to empty one’s mind.

It seems a fitting joke by Arthur’s God that Lancelot lies awake now when he is dry and warm and safe in Arthur’s bed, with Arthur’s slow breath against his neck and Arthur’s arm heavy across his body, unable to sleep but for thinking.


[identity profile] sasha-b.livejournal.com 2005-10-26 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, nice. And so very Lancelot - nothing's easy for our OTP is it? LOL

Welcome to the group and thanks for sharing!

[identity profile] amari-z.livejournal.com 2005-10-26 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks very much for the welcome! I only just recently watched the movie, and Lancelot at least certainly doesn't make things easy-he's been bugging me incessantly since!