Touched (M/B) - G

[cassysj]

It is amazing how spot on you always have Mick. Mick is the hardest ML character for me to write.

Her touch brought him back to life, he just doesn't realize that while her touch may have made him feel worthy it was his actions that made him worthy.

[redwinter101]

while her touch may have made him feel worthy it was his actions that made him worthy.

Oh, Carol, you are a genius. I LOVE that. Absolutely love it.

Spot on.

Red

[wpgrace]

Oooooooohhhhhh! Carol!

Red just writes the most wonderfully, inspiring, thought provoking Mick...

[redwinter101]

[GuardianAngel]

I want to slurp this all up!!

There is such passion in this. Not the romantic kind, it's the passion for life, Mick's passion to LIVE. To FEEL. Beth answers that need in a variety of ways. No wonder he can't resist.

[redwinter101]

OMG, GA, this guy:

is just adorable.

I'm keeping him.

And I'm keeping you.



Red

[GuardianAngel]

LOL. Isn't he just the cutest? I don't mind sharin'.

[Lucy]

thanks for lifting me out of the summer doldrums....

[rijane]

Four years old and she brought me to my knees, because she had no fear. To her, I was no monster. I was not a thing to hide from. I was just a man, someone to trust, to grip onto in the darkness. She saw me and she wasn’t afraid.

Red, goddamn it, you nail it and stir all those sweet feelings inside.

skin and bone, flesh and fright.

Mmmm, I love to roll these words in my mouth.

But she touched me.
And I was alive.
I was alive.

Aaaaaaaaaaccck. Yes, yes, yes. God, I feel his pain, his nascent hope, his joy.

This reminds me of the moment I fell for Moonlight - it was right there - in that first touch and how it changed Mick, how it changed everything. You've captured it beautifully and faithfully and I thank you for it.

[redwinter101]

Lucy, thank you.

rijane,

how it changed everything.

Didn't it just?

Red

[NightAir]

It really did come down to this. Despite all the complications, difficulties, and dangers, a simple, fearless touch from Beth opened Mick's heart.

[redwinter101]

It really did come down to this. Despite all the complications, difficulties, and dangers, a simple, fearless touch from Beth opened Mick's heart.

I couldn't have put it better myself, NightAir. Thanks so much for reading.

Red

[darkstarrising]

I have to agree that this is a prose poem....and a lovely one at that.

She touched me.

In every sense of the word, she did, as you so beautifully describe. A child's hand to that of a self-perceived monster, only to find she wasn't afraid of him.

No-one had seen beyond skin and bone, flesh and fright.

Except an innocent child who saw only her savior.

I should have run. I should have saved myself. Anyone putting that much faith in you was a risk I couldn’t take, shouldn’t take. I should have known better.

But she touched me.

And I was alive.

I was alive.

How fitting that she would become his savior as well.

[redwinter101]

Thanks, dsr. There's something wonderful about someone as powerful, immortal, being floored by the trust of a small child.

Red

[maggatha3]

This is the first Moonlight story I read after vacation, and I am really so touched, so much of what I love about Mick is right here, is he whispering to you? I wonder...Thanks , red, it feels great to be home in MLA and you give me one more reason to love it here...everytime you write.