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[chanter1944]

Title: Blue Sunday
Author: Chanter
Series: TNG, season 6-ish
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Leah/Richard (her husband), Geordi/Leah (both pairings implied)
Summary: Third in sequence after Veritas and A Single Right Answer. A hung-over Leah sings the blues.
With special thanks to my linguistics professor, who gave me the “blue trouble” idea that sparked this one.


I’ve got blue troubles, and brown eyes. I’ve got nothing in my head, nothing on my hands, nothing but ice in my veins and I can’t stop myself shaking.

I’ve got blue troubles, and red eyes. I’ve got no rhythm, time out of order and chattering teeth rattling in my head, an uneven spinning world and tears on borrowed linen every time I cry.

I’ve cried a lot today.

I’ve got blue troubles, and veiled eyes. And all I see is faded red on brown, and all I want is to reverse time.

All I’ve got is blue, blue Sunday.