Ats - "Humanizing" - PG (Cordelia/Lilah)
Title: Humanizing
Author: dreamincolor
Fandom: Ats
Pairing: Cordelia/Lilah
Genre: Dark/Romance
Rating: PG
Warnings: Innuendo
Summary: Once in awhile, Cordelia catches sight of something.
Word Count: 100
Disclaimer: Joss wins.
A/N: Written for prompt 197 "caught" at slashthedrabble.
(Yep, I definitely have other things I should be doing. I fail at prioritizing.)
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It was always after the fact -- when they were both beaded with sweat, and their bodies scarcely touched -- that Cordelia caught sight of a loneliness in pale eyes, and a vulnerability in parted lips, that was shocking.
That was humanizing.
So humanizing, in fact, that it wasn’t until other woman rolled away, dressing in silence and saying goodbye with the click of heels and the silhouetted sway of hips; until the other woman’s presence was marked only by the scratches left by fingernails, and the smears left by lipstick..
..that she remembered, and Lilah became the enemy again.
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Nominated at round five of the Running with Scissors Awards for best 100 words.