cridecoeur | lalo, scene four, 3 pages

Huh. So apparently I finished another scene in Lalo and never posted it. Obviously Script Frenzy is no longer going (and with what happened in April/May it is no wonder I overlooked it), but I am still picking at this script on and off. Kind of like I do with every story on my computer. All 54 of them. (That is neither a joke nor an exaggeration. Actually I think I forgot to count some in the holding-multiple-stories file. So there are probably more.) So, here you go. The next installment in the Lalo saga.

FADE IN

INT. MIELI'S BEDROOM - DAY

Leikr lies on the bed, sleeping fitfully, next to Mieli who is watching him, carefully. Daylight spills across the bed, from the room's high, slitted windows. Leikr rubs his cheek against the pillow, clutching at Mieli with one hand. Mieli touches one hand to his cheek, then runs it over his hair, and Leikr begins to stir. Mieli watches him carefully as he opens his eyes, blinking several times, before focusing on Mieli.

MIELI:

Buenos días. (Good morning.)

Leikr stares at Mieli, before jerking upright, snatching his hand away from other man, and nearly tumbling out of the bed before he rights himself.

LEIKR:

¿Que - que es - ? (What - what is - ?)

Mieli shifts up onto one elbow reaches out to touch one hand to Leikr's shoulder. Leikr trembles visibly.

MIELI:

(Watching Leikr's reaction.)

No lo sé. (I don't know.)

LEIKR:

(Disbelieving.)

Hablas español. (You speak spanish.)

MEILI:

Ahora, sí. (Now, yes.)

LEIKR:

¿Cómo? (How?)

Mieli touches two fingers to Leikr's temple.

MEILI: (V.O.)

Puedo oírte. (I can hear you.)

LEIKR: (V.O.)

(Startling.)

¡Qué chingados! (What the fuck!)

Tsk, tsk, language, Leikr.

Leikr freezes and stares down at Mieli, then lifts one hand to place over Mieli's.

LEIKR: (V.O.)

(Tentatively and stiltedly, as if unfamiliar with the words.)

E nicefus tusquen. (You aren't surprised.)

MIELI: (V.O.)

Oc biquos cufuen. (It has happened before.)

CUT TO:

EXT. FOREST IN THE OUTER WORLD - DAY

Mieli and Marajha, much younger, lie on the forest floor, in the hollow between tree roots, where leaves are thick on the ground. Mieli lies on his back, staring up at the canopy thick overhead, and Marajha lies on her side, with her head propped on Mieli's shoulder. She sets one hand over his heart, and Mieli sets one hand on the crown of her head, holding her close.

MIELI: (V.O)

E lopxus o joeus en. (You know they'll find us.)

MARAJHA: (V.O.)

(Giggling.)

O nicefis. (No they won't.)

MIELI: (V.O.)

(Smiling.)

Sejoeiso. (Yes, they will (find us).)

MARAJHA: (V.O)

(Bunching her hand in his clothes.)

Nipoxen. (Not now.) Cefus rujen. (Be quiet.)

MIELI: (V.O.)

Cefisa. (All right/I will be.)

Marajha closes her eyes, looking ready to fall asleep on Mieli's shoulder, and Mieli peers down at her before tipping his head back and closing his eyes too, breathing in tandem with her.

CUT TO:

INT. MIELI'S BEDROOM - DAY

Leikr stares at Mieli, shocked.

LEIKR:

Ay, mierda. (Oh, shit.)

MEILI:

Algo así. (Something like that.)

I've yet to decide which story I am picking up for Original Fic Big Bang. It is due by the end of August so I should probably get on that. Actually, I'm probably just going to pick up this fluff piece from the space dragon au 'verse (ha ha ha, then I would actually have to post one of these dumb ass stories, oh my god) where they're all human and live on Earth, and the places they go have stilly names like The Trembling Cup (coffee shop, obvs) and He's Not Here (a bar, maybe not so obvs, and a name I wish I could claim having made up myself, but cannot). We Shall See.