we've got to get in to get out

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

Gen | for dukeofdumbass | 100 words | 2023-01-22 | the lamb | AO3

Frankie "Dealer" Machine & Sophia "Zosh" Machine

Frankie "Dealer" Machine, Sophia "Zosh" Machine

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


"I mean it, Frankie, don't tell me about it! I don't wanna know!"

There's something missing from Zosh's wild outburst, something...

Something almost drugged. But she's not on any pain medication. She says she's so used to it, and he feels bad for forgetting every time he actually does help massage the kinks out. Since he went away...a lot of changes. A lot. But why this new face?

Something missing, or something he thought was missing that isn't. Something that's there that shouldn't be.

That could be his end of the bargain fogging up; dealer's gotta work both ways.