Drabble for...uh...The Quiet American
Oct. 14th, 2003 11:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
3pipeproblemThis might be-dare I say it?-good. Never know with my drabbles.
And yes, this is the obscure fandom. Spoilers. Written for![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
book100's "final word" challenge.
For a journalist, it would have concluded with the dispatch of a short but poignant telegram: Regret to report Alden Pyle's tragic death STOP Nobly gave his life in defense of democracy ENDIT
But as Fowler constantly reminded himself, he was a reporter. For a reporter, nothing concluded until it was over.
His final words had been "I'll let you know."
Final word: "Know."
No.
This wasn't reporting; it was self-torture. It was assigning blame, the stuff of journalism.
And besides, who knew what his last words had been?
Something innocent, even as the knife had torn into him.
Please.
And yes, this is the obscure fandom. Spoilers. Written for
book100's "final word" challenge.For a journalist, it would have concluded with the dispatch of a short but poignant telegram: Regret to report Alden Pyle's tragic death STOP Nobly gave his life in defense of democracy ENDIT
But as Fowler constantly reminded himself, he was a reporter. For a reporter, nothing concluded until it was over.
His final words had been "I'll let you know."
Final word: "Know."
No.
This wasn't reporting; it was self-torture. It was assigning blame, the stuff of journalism.
And besides, who knew what his last words had been?
Something innocent, even as the knife had torn into him.
Please.
