Seeking Samadhi

Title: Absence
Author: Kat Leaf
Fandom: Eddie Izzard (comedian, action transvestite extraordinare)
Rating: PG (ish)
Pairing: Eddie/OFC
Disclaimer: This never happened. (Except ... in my mind.)
Notes: Continued from "Cake or Death" (only 3 years later!

"Absence is to love what

wind is to fire -

it extinguishes the small and

inflames the great."

~ Anonymous

Beth rubbed her eyes and yawned. She refreshed her email for the third time in as many minutes, but it refused to yield a new message. She yawned again, jaw cracking and ears popping. She squinted at the numbers on the upper right of her monitor and they came clear. 2 am, which meant it was 10 am in London. Late enough for him to be awake, but early enough that he wouldn't be out yet – they had agreed it would be the best time to chat, either by IM or email. He must have forgotten, again. She jabbed the monitor power with one finger. “Dammit, Eddie,” she grumbled. “Selfish man.”