Like I just rocked my baby to sleep

Teen And Up Audiences | No Archive Warnings Apply | The Man with the Golden Arm (Movie 1955)

Gen | for dukeofdumbass | 100 words | 2022-08-17 | the lamb | AO3

Frankie "Dealer" Machine & Molly Novotny

Frankie "Dealer" Machine, Molly Novotny

Drabble, Inspired by Music, Source: Genesis, Source: Peter Gabriel

Shaky hands. Shaky eyes. Shaky smiles, the same for everyone.

Never calm - always, by the same token.

Frankie's a natural, doesn't get breathless when he's nervous.

It's not right to be calm about this kind of stuff, Molly knows. Obviously, that's what's sick about it - you can be so down you think you need it, and never come up for air ever after.

She's got her own good to be getting on with.

Is it a waste? Please say it isn't a waste.

Calm. Steady. Shrunken pupils burning bright.

He's got a natural rhythm, Molly-O. And it's shakes, shakes, shakes.