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To say I've gotten this far in my nano

Tonight's offering was emotionless and bland and disappointing since it's a scene I've had in my brain for over a year. But at least it fulfills a bingo prompt.

So instead of that have this bit that follows yesterday.

Nano snippet : His gift was young, barely into his twenties, unless Aneurin missed his guess. If he had met the young man in a club, Aneurin knew the man would have taken his breath away. He'd been robbed of that critical element now, but for all the wrong reasons. His father would have been furious with this gift, which is probably why Masozi hadn't tried to talk Pherick into this before now.

The young man followed Rioke, head down as if determined not to look at the people around him. The light played on the poor Toy’s thick, raven hair, picking up a hint of sapphire and amethyst rosettes in it. His hair had been meticulously spiked and dressed with beads that twinkled and lit up like a field of stars.

“Masozi asked me what you liked and he got it with all the bells and whistles,” Pherick said, his tone getting more hesitant as he read the fury on Aneurin's face.

Winter Arts and Craft fest

I hadn't been to that in Jackson in years. I heard about it on the radio yesterday just as I was about to go to Jackson to the library. I decided to go today instead. Now I remember why I don't go. Someone needs to tell Jackson that there are other crafts other than country. That's all that was there mostly country and food. I had cashed my royalty check, pathetic as it was, to go to this. Luckily I walked away with 80% of it. I got a chocolate bar chunky with espresso beans and a necklace. There was one actual painter there with really nice art. You can find their work at Art Ecko on FB and here's what I got, Except I got it as a pendant I'm fond of it.

There were a few other things I considered but the cheap, cute snowman painted on a wooden spoon had chipped paint. Hell I could do that so eh. There was one woman with SO much stuff it was impossible to see it all. She had old turn of the century photos with earrings jammed into them. It was interesting but they were so large it felt off. Too many people had bought crap like this was a flea market for chinese crap.

Oh well, it was good to at least support the town's attempts at art. I've yet to get to the newly restored theater (mostly because they keep booking music I don't want to pay 15$ to hear).

Other than that I spent the whole day on the couch on a heating pad watching an Archer marathon and writing because my back was killing me. The heating pad helped. I didn't get as much written as I wanted to. I want to do more. SPeaking of Archer, this is the show that makes me think I'm going to hell for enjoying it since it is rude in so many ways.

I'll be back with that thought later and a word count. ETA here it is. Didn't write as much as I had hoped.

Here's some snippets I have that go toward my bingo prompt card.

Prompt - Enjoy Nature - (Kaleo is at a lake at one of Aneurin's many properties) It was so beautiful here and quiet. Kaleo breathed in deep in spite of the vague stab of pain in his chest from the cold. The spicy scent of those still-green tress filled his senses.

It almost made his eyes water with a burst of pure joy. His friends would be amazed that he was someplace as glorious as this. Places like this existed only in fiction as far as slum dwellers were concerned. Even the snow didn't take away the joy he felt, nor the ache in his fingers from the chill. At least his toes were toasty in the boots he had borrowed.

Soft winds of wind and birds played out like music over the water. Some small fuzzy creature he didn't know sat in a branch above him, scolding him in a high pitched chittering.

Prompt - Caught in Bed Together - (Kaleo and Aneurin are having fun on the living room lounger) “There's a woman watching us,” Kaleo whispered. “I think it's your mom.”

“Mom isn't due...”

Kaleo put his hand over Aneurin's mouth. “It's Mom.”

Aneurin squirmed out from under Kaleo, hiking himself up on his elbow. He peered over the back of the lounger. A sheepish expression flashed over his face as Aneurin gave a little wave. “Hi, Mom. You're early.”

“I'm regretting that now.”


Prompt Nurture Self-Worth : (Arrigo and Luc are coming off a fight with Eleni where Luc went on the offensive for once) it’s like hunting gators. You put the bait out there then you got to be faster than a top predator who's been around since the dawn of time.” Luc smiled.

“I can't argue that. Get some sleep. You still have a lot of healing to do.”

“Yeah.” Luc spooned up with Arrigo. Disappointed, sore, there was one thing he took away from tonight: he could stand up to Eleni. Knowing that changed things for him. There would be another time and while he didn't look forward to it, Luc felt better about it than ever before. It was a happy thought to fall asleep to.


And happy birthday aaronlisa