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Photo Drabble

[(Anonymous)]

Title- A Life In Pictures
Pairing- None Really
Summary- Inspiration brought on by Photo 3 and Photo 1

We were so young and honest then. Sometimes I can't believe it when I look back at those photos. A true snapshot of innocence. I look so happy in the picture, and Greg, he looks like he's trying so hard to look wise and smug, but no, he looks just as sweet and happy as I do. It was all new and exciting back then. A new job, a new country, new friends, and new found fame. The world was our domain and we knew it.

So what happened? When did we harden? When did this stop being fun? The next picture on the mantle, almost 10 years newer, stared back at me. Greg, Wayne, Col, and I. Friends doing what we loved, right? But that camera caught the truth, the hidden secret that no acting talent could really hide, we're tired. The youthful exuberance is gone, replaced instead by worn acceptance that this job has become an obligation. Greg, hardened by years of sarcasm and negativity, wears the bored smirk that used to be an act, but now falls naturally across his strained features. Col, always the professional, stares out with an exhausted glaze, for once not even trying to look interested. He's weathered the years well, but in this instance looks far older than his age. What saddens me the most is my own expression in the picture. I wear a look of contempt and boredom, and, although I don't like to admit it, maniac ego as well. This isn't fun for me anymore.

Only Wayne looks mildly happy to be there, but he's younger and hasn't been doing this for nearly as long. Maybe it will be different for him. Maybe he'll be happy.

I glanced back and forth between the two snapshots, their true meaning sinking in as the seconds ticked by. With one last longing look at the past, I stepped away, my decision solidified. It was time to move on.

Re: Photo Drabble

[(Anonymous)]

I'm pretty sure I know who wrote this. :) There's a sense of longing for the past and thruthfulness in there, which reminds me of this person's writing style. I loved it very much, you conveyed a range of emotions and the slowly settling feeling of tiredness, which all leads into a decicion. One very good drabble! :)

Re: Photo Drabble

[(Anonymous)]

This made me kinda sad to read... I guess 'cause I don't like to think of the guys not being happy with what they're doing. But I guess this is still like a job to them, so it's understandable that they would get tired of doing the same old thing.

I like how you used two photos and compared them. Cool idea!

I don't know who wrote this so I guess I will just have to be surprised.

Re: Photo Drabble

[(Anonymous)]

That was...just really sad. I actually was thinking about how tired they looked in photo #1, so it stung to see it as fic. :\
Great job, though. It's very nicely written.

Re: Photo Drabble

[(Anonymous)]

This is beautifully written. I love it. But I have no idea who wrote it. :) I could name quite a few people who didn't write it....

Re: Photo Drabble

[(Anonymous)]

This was an entirely different view of that first photo than what ran through my mind, so the theory that started this whole thing seems accurate. I'm glad they do still enjoy working together.