Challenge #206. Sapphire & Steel. Silver/Steel. Signs And Portents

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

TITLE: Signs And Portents
AUTHOR: Ashleigh Anpilova
FANDOM: Sapphire & Steel
PAIRING: Silver/Steel
SUMMARY: Something is wrong with Steel.
RATING: G
WORD COUNT: 300
CHALLENGE: #206 - 'Sign'
DISCLAIMER: I don't own these characters, nor am I making any money from them. I merely borrow them from time to time.



There was something wrong with Steel. Except there couldn't be anything wrong with him. He, none of the elements, became 'sick'.

Silver knew that.

But he knew something else too: he knew Steel. He was familiar with every aspect of his lover; his body, his mind, his powers. And knowing this made him certain something was wrong. All the signs were there.

Steel's normal body temperature was well below a human's. Well below Silver's. But now it was even lower. Not much lower, nothing that anyone who wasn't intimately acquainted with Steel would have noticed.

But Silver had

He noticed something else too: Steel's strength seemed to have diminished. Again not by much, nothing even Sapphire would notice.

But Silver had

And then there was the way Steel looked. He'd always been pale, but recently he'd become ashen. And his eyes had changed colour; they were no longer the colour of steel but a pale grey. Again few, if any would have noticed.

But Silver had

And then there was telepathy. It was Steel's preferred method of communicating and he did it seamlessly. But now and then Silver 'heard' him stumble over a word. It was minor, it was infrequent, it was unlikely anyone would have noticed.

But Silver had

Something was definitely wrong. But Silver didn't know what to do. What to say. He was familiar enough with Steel to know his lover would not want him to make a fuss. Would not want him to say anything.

Had Steel even noticed? Silver couldn't be sure. Surely he had to have, yet oft-times Steel didn't notice the small things. And all the changes were small. He may not have noticed.

But Silver had

And he knew all he could do was to watch and wait - at least for now.

Comments

[birggitt.livejournal.com]

Ah, poor Silver! So attentive, so focussed in his lover. Nothing would escape to him, nothing is small, or without importance when is about Steel.
And I only can imagine what a torture would be for him to restraint himself to ask, to fuss about it. And yet, he must, because Steel is such a private person element being man person...
And now, I'm worried too... What's wrong with Steel?

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

*Nods* Indeed. He is a very caring man.

Bless him, yes. I know; I never really quite know what to call them *g*

A very good question ;-) But he'll be fine.

Thank you for reading.

[k1mono.livejournal.com]

Hello Hon, I have been terribly remiss in not commenting about all these wonderful fics with these lovely two elements.

Sometimes I wonder if Silver is actually the stronger of the two, I always thought that Silver was much more worldy especially relating to the world of human behaviour that Steel ever was, and even though he is a natural flirt I think once he has his eye on some one, as in the words of Mr Holmes, "The game is afoot".
And Steel is lucky despite his superiorness and self isolation to have someone like Silver who is so attentive once he finds his ideal companion, that of course he notices such things as you portray in thsi thought-provokingpiece. I am of course quite concerned about our little metal element.

You know I love these two elementals. I really need to get back into writing about these two, I think I have been ignoring these two for too long, and really need a refresher course in rewatching specific eps with these two in.

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

Hi, hon,

Lovely to see you *Huggles tightly*

Silver is more worldly, of that I'm sure. Steel is of course physically stronger and mentally too to a degree, but his focus is more limited, I often feel.

He is. Yes. And he does care about Silver very much.

I do indeed. Oh, that would be lovely. I really miss your stories.

Thanks for reading hon. And I'm so glad you've been enjoying the stories.

[amythest-n-ice.livejournal.com]

Oh, no no no no no, *bites nails*.

Poor worried Silver, poor Steel *whimper*

Another wonderful snippet of our boys, thank you.

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

He'll be all right. *Nods*

I know. I know.

Thank you very much indeed. I'm really glad you enjoy my offerings - and I will write something longer than 300 words when I've finished my drabble123 challenge for them (only eight to go).

[rayshell22.livejournal.com]

I think Silver is definatly more emotionally stronger than Steel since he's perfectly comfterable with his emotions. I also think he's more insightful than people assume. (Just because you're goofy and flirty doesn't mean that you're dumb.)

Good fic, and I hope we find out what's wrong with Steel.

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

Oh, Silver is, very much so.

Thank you very much indeed. I'm working on it.

[elfgirljen.livejournal.com]

and of course you'll tell us what is wrong with Steel when you write the sequel!

Another great story!

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

Yes, this is one of my stories that needs a sequel - thank you for the reminder.

Thank you so much. I'm really pleased you enjoyed this.