InsaneJournal

61. Drabble: Bouquet
Title: Bouquet
Author: dottie_jane
Theme: dwellings/home
Notes: Thank you to my beta vl_redreign.



Brian has a deep, dark secret. He loves Debbie’s house. He loves the kitsch, the ugly wall paper, the tacky bathrooms, and, more than anything, he loves the smell. Her house smells the way a home should. The living room smells of (too much) potpourri, the kitchen smells of home cooking, and even Mikey’s room smells of fabric softener. Brian’s house was missing all these smells. When his mother wasn’t drinking herself into oblivion, she fastidiously scrubbed every inch of the house, obliterating any natural or homey scent, her sponge and mop leaving pine-scented notes in an already antiseptic home.