ext_11375 ([identity profile] mands-angelfox.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] primeval1002011-02-04 10:55 pm

Appearance Is Everything (Abby - Gen/PG) Phobia

Title: Appearance Is Everything
Word Count: 3 x 100 drabbles
Rating: PG
Challenge: #196 - Phobia
Characters/Pairing: Abby!centric
Warnings: Bit morbid
Spoilers: Hints at season 4
Authors Notes: New to the fandom and I haven't written anything resembling fanfic in a very long time so go gentle on me? Also, feedback is in fact the food that sustains me.

I

Truthfully there aren’t many things Abby Maitland is afraid of, not when she’s been a tomboy for as long as she can remember.

Bugs don’t do it, heights certainly don’t, the dark used to get to her but not anymore and after dealing with dinosaurs and crazy ex-wives with gun wielding tendencies there really isn’t anything that gets to her anymore.

Death is the one thing Abby should be afraid of and she isn’t, but she should be and she knows that.

Honestly though? She’s afraid of everything, but God forbid she speaks a word of it to anyone.

II

Everything’s unravelling, coming apart at the seams, fraying in places where it shouldn’t.

Being human isn’t easy, not when it means admitting weakness and relying on somebody else to get you by. She isn’t very good at relying on other people in the first place without looking them in the eye and admitting that she’s scared.

So very scared.

She says and does the wrong thing, furthering the belief that all of this is just going to go up in flames and burn until there’s nothing left and all that can be recognised is her standing alone, just like always.

III

She doesn’t sleep, barely eats, gets by one day at a time and it’s no way to live. She doesn’t know how to live without watching for the latest creature with a penchant for meals on legs.

Every day is a battle, a struggle for breath.

Not that she can let it show, not when she has to keep going and be strong, it’s the only way to get through it all. There is no other way.

Phobias are far from rational, but fear? Fear is more than a phobia, it’s all consuming and overwhelming.

Abby is consumed by it.

[identity profile] estel-willow.livejournal.com 2011-02-04 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
*FLAILS* I AM SO GLAD I TOLD YOU TO JOIN THIS COMMUNITY! <3

It hurts, though. :( Poor Abby. I would hug her but she might kick me in the throat.

[identity profile] estel-willow.livejournal.com 2011-02-04 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
I am totally your greatest fan *waves pompoms and cheerleads*

:( I deleted some of mine to make room. DAMN YOU PRIMEVAL.

I am so proud of you for ficcing, btw. ♥

[identity profile] estel-willow.livejournal.com 2011-02-04 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Damn Arthur. At least you don't have Cole there or anything like that?

You should keep doing 100 words. Apparently there are weekly prompts. <3

(Have an OT3!hug icon)

[identity profile] estel-willow.livejournal.com 2011-02-04 11:10 pm (UTC)(link)
*whistles innocently, slips Cole some of that shatter effect nail polish*
shadowcat: (Abby Kicking Your Ass)

[personal profile] shadowcat 2011-02-04 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
You ficced! You ficced!!!
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[personal profile] shadowcat 2011-02-04 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, yes... but she's physically fine in all of my others!!

And I will never do that again as it BROKE me.
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[personal profile] shadowcat 2011-02-04 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
...

There is that fact, that you do know me.

But oh god, killing her broke me worse than the time I killed Kitty and wrote Remy's reaction.
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[personal profile] shadowcat 2011-02-04 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
This is a good plan. *nods*

Breaking, yes, killing, no?
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[personal profile] shadowcat 2011-02-05 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
I am all about the OT3! Hi, have you met me? :D

Oooh yay icon!
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[personal profile] shadowcat 2011-02-05 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
How long have you known me? :D

*ponders all of the pairings I could do*

I have two OT3's actually... and it occurs to me belatedly that we should move this to one of journals instead of spamming the poor community. :D
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[personal profile] shadowcat 2011-02-05 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
That works!

Which post? :D
Edited 2011-02-05 00:36 (UTC)

[identity profile] lukadreaming.livejournal.com 2011-02-04 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Hello and welcome! Love the drabbles -- Abby is brilliantly suited to dark, angsty fic imo.
cordeliadelayne: (primeval trio)

[personal profile] cordeliadelayne 2011-02-04 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
These are great! And welcome to the comm! You now have a shiny new author tag :D

[identity profile] adafrog.livejournal.com 2011-02-05 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
Very good.

[identity profile] canadian-jay.livejournal.com 2011-02-05 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
Nice! All three are great! Always love Abby-centric stuff, I do. And poor, poor Abs. *cuddles*

[identity profile] canadian-jay.livejournal.com 2011-02-05 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
She is indeed! D: *squishes her*

[identity profile] knitekat.livejournal.com 2011-02-05 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
These were great, *hugs poor Abby*

[identity profile] rain-sleet-snow.livejournal.com 2011-02-05 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I love your Abby, and I am in awe of your ability to get a story into 100 words so neatly. Terrific little series! :)

(Just one thing, and I don't know if this is intentional/just a regional difference, but isn't 'tomgirl' usually 'tomboy'?)

[identity profile] rain-sleet-snow.livejournal.com 2011-02-06 03:37 pm (UTC)(link)
I think she's great, and badly served by the writers sometimes. Luckily, fanfic exists to make up for it! :)

(Haha, that's fine. I've made far stupider mistakes for less serious reasons.)
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[personal profile] fredbassett 2011-02-06 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Poor Abby! Very intense :)

Welcome to the fandom!

[identity profile] deinonychus-1.livejournal.com 2011-02-07 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
ooh, poor Abby, this seems so true for her.

[identity profile] lsellersfic.livejournal.com 2011-02-08 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
You've drawn Abby really well here. I particularly like the first one...

... and welcome!