The Music Made Me Do It

[icaruslived]

Dames.

I don' trust dames.

'Specially not when they strut into my office, inches upon inches of legs, tight, glittering dresses, and pitiful, woe-is-me expressions.

"Oh, Missus Hearthfire!" she cries, back of her hand to her forehead, body angled juust right against the silhouette of my open door. "You must help me, truly! The music made me do

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[kickthehobbit]

I nod, not taking my eyes off her. I don't trust her. She's too in control of herself, too practised, too polished.

And my legs're longer than hers, anyway.

...I know I don't have to tell you how much I love this. :)

[icaruslived]

:p :p :p

[lrig_rorrim]

Ohhh this is fun. :)

[icaruslived]

Noir is always super fun to write, too :D

[waltzmatildah]

Oh, wow. I really enjoyed this! I love the tone and while the openening paragraph was definitely my favourite, I did enjoy the rest, also. Great work.

[icaruslived]

Yea, I do think I lost the tone a bit after the first bit. Thanks for liking it anyway!

[i_17bingo]

This one's been to finishing school.

This line in particular made me grin.

[icaruslived]

:D So much victorian, aristocratic, class system stuff, in those two words, isn't there? Perfect opposition for noir :D

[ryl]

I think this is the first piece of female noir I've read. And I love it!

[icaruslived]

Oh, surely there's more? Veronica Mars, in particular, I would not hesitate to call noir.