H50 drabble

Drabble written for the 1_million_words word of the day prompt: Wayfarer.

Wayfarer

The figure approaching along the road resolves itself into a man, wrapped in a cloak against the rain and carrying a broadsword at his back. Mercenary, then, not merchant, but benighted all the same, and Danny's lonely enough to take a chance. "Hold hard, stranger!" he calls from the doorway of his wagon, "I've hot stew and a warm stove to share, if you'd like." The man pauses and turns, one hand going to the dagger at his hip, and Danny watches the slide of tattooed skin over muscle and thinks of the warm bed he's minded to share too.

Writing again

Way, way back at Easter tkeylasunset gave me three words as part of a 1_million_words challenge: Doctor, Delivery room, Stirrups. So my muse went Yay! Kink! - and then promptly proceeded to give me something entirely different, something AU, slightly bizarre and really rather sad (and currently up to a couple of thousand words). I can honestly say that I have no idea where my brain gets these things...