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Title: Dreams and drawings
Author: Munnin
Verse: Band!AU
Rating: PG
Characters: Steph and Damian
Disclaimer: No ownership, no profit and no offence meant. Everyone is of the age of consent in their country and period of history
Author’s notes: 100% organic. May contain minor flaws and imperfections that beta-treated slash wouldn’t.
Bingo card: band!board meme – master list
here.

Summary: Steph is in a drawing mood and needs Damian to stay still. Inspired by
this beautiful piece of art.

Damian glanced up from his comic to find Steph staring at him across the loungeroom, her sketchbook open in her lap. Her eyes met his for a moment and D found himself colouring.

He cleared his throat, starting to say something but she waved him into silence. “Shut up and stay still.” She muttered with a smile, her hand moving over her page. “I’m almost finished.”

He took a deep breath, trying to steady himself. He hated how easily her attention could make him blush. He could feel her eyes burning into the side of his face, his cheeks flushed with the attention.

“I had this dream last night,” she said quietly, holding the pencil between her teeth for a moment as she smudged the sketch. “You and Bruce in the snow.” She pulled a paintbrush from the pen roll at her feet and dipped it in her water, dragging it over the edge of her page. “There was temple in the background, or a dojo maybe which,” she gave a frustrated little growl, “I can’t do justice to. Everything was shades of white and grey...” she looked up at him with a soft smile. “Everything but your eyes.”

She blew the surface dry and turned the sketch to show him. He and Bruce were swathed in fur, cloaks covering all but their faces. Damian could almost feel the ice that whipped at their hair. Bruce looked heroic, his eyes drawn off into the distance as he sheltered Damian from the wind.

“It’s beautiful Steph.” He sighed, his fingers mere millimetres from brushing the surface. In the drawing his father held him, protecting him from the cold. It made his heart ache for the man he had known only too briefly. “I...”

“Take it.” Steph whispered, carefully tearing it from her book. “I want you to have it.”

He pulled back, mildly alarmed. “I can’t.” He rocked on his heels. “It was your dream.”

She pushed it into his hands. “But it’s for you.” She leant forward, pressing a kiss to the top of his head. “I miss him too Little D.”

He leant back on the couch, the sketch open across his knee as Steph skipped out of the room in search of something else to draw. The only colour in the drawing was their eyes, the same storm blue against a field of grey. Very, very careful Damian carried the picture back to his room and sat it beside his bed. Perhaps if he looked at it before he slept, he’d be able to dream of Bruce too.

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Date: 2010-09-28 06:16 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] saphire-dance.livejournal.com
Awww, I, awww. That's so sweet and sad.

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Date: 2010-09-28 06:18 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] munnin-odanin.livejournal.com
I just fell in love with the drawing and had too. I'm glad you like it!

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Date: 2010-09-28 11:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] darthbatgirl.livejournal.com
Oh this was wonderful hon. Just want to hug Damian at the end.

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Date: 2010-09-28 11:46 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] munnin-odanin.livejournal.com
I hope he does dream of Bruce, I truly do.

Thanks!

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Date: 2010-09-28 04:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] glymr.livejournal.com
This was simply beautiful (and thank you for the link to the lovely picture, too!) The ending brought tears to my eyes.

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Date: 2010-09-28 08:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] munnin-odanin.livejournal.com
*hands over tissues* Isn't the picture just stunning! I fell in love with it the first time I saw it. I'm so glad you enjoyed the story. Thank you

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Date: 2010-09-28 07:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] abbyromana.livejournal.com
This is gorgeous! Brilliantly done in description of the creation process and the emotions of the characters due to it. You make Steph a wonderful older sister to Damian, thinking of him

I'm seriously in love with this story! Thank you so much for sharing it with us. :D

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Date: 2010-09-28 08:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] munnin-odanin.livejournal.com
my pleasure. I like writing Steph drawing, she's suffers the same frustration I do when I can't find the time or headspace to write.

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

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Date: 2010-09-30 02:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladyblkrose.livejournal.com
Oh this is such a lovely bittersweet fic that touches on how much they all miss Bruce. I love the way Steph can capture the essence of loss in the piece.
Thanks for sharing

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Date: 2010-09-30 11:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] munnin-odanin.livejournal.com
Always a pleasure and thank you. I'm so glad you enjoy it.

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Date: 2010-10-06 09:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] faile-neume.livejournal.com
Dammit, Munnin you've made me cry. This was so beautiful.

I miss this AU <333333333

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Date: 2010-10-07 07:05 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] munnin-odanin.livejournal.com
*passes the tissues* I'm glad you liked it. I really loved the picture and just had to write it.

The AU misses you too!

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Date: 2010-10-07 01:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] faile-neume.livejournal.com
I will try to play around in the AU again soon. Because I miss it so much.

ALSO THAT FIC YOU RECCED *cries forever*

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Date: 2010-10-07 10:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] munnin-odanin.livejournal.com
Thought you'd like it.

Come back whenever you're ready, you know your always welcome!

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