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She Was Midnight Blue and Cherry Red ( Col & Stansfield )
DIR By: Maggie Flannery
Date: July 12, 2023, 7:54 pm
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Hey there! Figured I'd post it over here for old time's sake.
:-) I've missed the place desperately lately.
"One hour and thirty-five minutes...Jesus. Never said I'd do
this."
'Well. There's a million and one things you said you would never
do, Normy ol' chum. Committing to that lovely lady inside the
house on 102 Bayberry Lane was one of them and you did that.'
Edging the nose end of the impossibly practical Ford he was
issued into the adjoining garage. It was a sprawling place that
hadn't been more than a farmhouse when they'd bought it back in
'80 just after she'd gotten the teaching job at the Sloughbridge
Academy and he had made detective. Sure she had been the only
member on staff that wasn't going grey and he was the only guy
in the department that actively looked forward to going home to
his wife. Four bedrooms two baths and a finished basement with a
fully stocked bar. An in ground pool in the back with a garden
oasis and a damn koi pond. Colleen Stansfield nee Murphy had a
way of getting things done. He had been gone on a stakeout for
two days and he'd come home to her digging the pond out by hand
by herself with a shovel wearing overalls four sizes too big and
one of his ribbed white undershirts. Long dark hair had been
plopped into a bun on top of her head and she was covered with
dirt and jabbering away about Koi breeds and frogs and all sorts
of plants she had planned. The second stakeout he'd come back to
a fully constructed greenhouse. His wife certainly had vision
and drive and they never lacked fresh food thanks to her
scatterbrained ideas.
"You came into my life like a fucking bullet."
Grabbing his suit coat and his wallet from the dash he felt
something fall out of the pocket near his foot. The pills. Mr.
John Smith's Librium to be exact. Prescribed by Dr. Schlafen.
Two totally fictitious people to get his grubby little hands on
a thing that helped him keep it all together. Another bullet in
his life, each one of them. He'd never touched anything heavier
than Col's home grown hippie lettuce until he'd gotten in with
the big heavies at the DEA. First he needed something to keep
himself up. Then bring him down. That's where Col' and her stash
came in. But now...now this. Just during work hours, to make it
go fuzzy. Here at home he had a glass of wine or two and enjoyed
his time with his wife. Here at 102 Bayberry he was just Norm,
or babe or 'Belly Rubber to the dog and 'Butler' to the cat.
Throwing the pills into the glove compartment he closed the
driver's side door and walked up the front walkway. The front
flower beds had been replanted with Butterfly bushes and
lavender along with catmint and yarrow. The humidity of the day
hit him harder here than it had in the city oddly enough. A
summer storm was looking to roll in.
Some Lou Gramm song was playing on the stereo as he stepped into
the front hall. Greeted by two very large mutts he had brought
home after his shift when he spotted the box. Laurel and Hardy
were exemplary dogs trained in both home defense and given to
companionship. The feline of the house sauntered down the stairs
and appraised him with her pinched face and spring green eyes
much like her mistress's. Mrs. Danvers was an aptly named
feline. No sign of aforementioned mistress either yet.
'Where the hell could she be? I hope she's not stuck again in
the pantry again.'
Popping his head into the kitchen she wasn't there either. Then
smell hit him before he saw the smoke as a low rumble of thunder
caught his attention. Out on the back deck overlooking the pool
and koi pond he found her sitting with her legs criss-crossed as
she sat with her back straight a metal rod, her long dark hair
piled on top of her head. She must have been out in her studio
because she wore her usual tank top with paint covered jean
shorts, barefooted. He noticed that her toes were painted a
cheery lantern red. Imperial Cherry Red, if he remembered
correctlyHe smiled and made a mental note to suggest a take out
for dinner. His world certainly was lived in shades of grey
until she tumbled into his world a flash of her signature
colors, midnight blue and cherry red.
'Or perhaps dinner on the waterfront? She's got a sundress that
would show off that tan.'
"Welcome home, Nor."
She held out a long slender hand to him, offering him the
handmade pipe she'd made many years ago in her first pottery
studio.
"You do know that I'm obligated to report this and most likely
arrest you."
A grin spread across her face as she sauntered over to his side
and kissed his cheek before moving to forehead and then finally
to his lips leaving a lingering tingle on them. She smelled of
lavender, chamomile and the spicy heady burnt rope and brown
sugar of her homegrown.
"You wouldn't dare and you know it, Stansfield."
Norman Edward Stansfield was a man who had done some Things in
his life, as his wife would call it, and many of theme had come
to regret but marrying her was something he would do a million
times for a million years until the stars burned out.
#Post#: 3587--------------------------------------------------
Re: She Was Midnight Blue and Cherry Red ( Col & Stansfield
)
DIR By: Wolfy
Date: August 5, 2023, 6:00 pm
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Oh, I'm definitely smitten with this piece. I quite like the
dynamic between Col and Stansfield, never imagined either of our
girls would be able to handle a man like him but it looks like
Colly has him wrapped around her little finger! ;) your
descriptions and attention to detail have always made me find so
much joy in your writing, by the way [emoji173] everything reads
so smoothly and the way you tell a story is something I look up
to regularly [emoji173]
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Re: She Was Midnight Blue and Cherry Red ( Col & Stansfield
)
DIR By: Maggie Flannery
Date: August 6, 2023, 12:45 pm
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I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I'm honestly surprised too, at the
dynamic he's most certainly a ticking time bomb and a wounded
person, She's...well...she's Colleen. Her road is still
unfolding even after all these years. Thinking of delving deeper
into the daily lives of these two. Could be interesting. I'm so
glad! This one I'm actually very proud of as I went back and
read it myself, just to see how it tracked, and I was surprised
at myself! I am so honored by you, I adore you my dear and your
muses! <3
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