Fake News: Study Break

[ptahrrific]

Title: Study Break
Series: TDS/TCR
Characters/Pairings: teen Jon/"Stephen"
Rating: PG (innuendo)
Disclaimer: See the index.

For zelkovaserrata, who prompted "boarding school roommates."



Study Break


"Jonnnnnn," moaned Stephen, flopping dramatically over the edge of the top bunk. "I'm bored. Entertain me."

"Stephen, I'm trying to study."

"At three in the morning?"

"Can't sleep," said Jon. "So I'm trying to at least get some studying done."

"Well, your light is keeping me up. Therefore, it's your fault I'm awake. Therefore, it's your responsibility to entertain me. That's just logic."

Jon sighed, slumping in his chair. "Fine. I'll read you some of this. 'Two conditions have been proposed to be required for fear reduction. First, the fear structure must be activated. Second, new information must be provided that includes elements incompatible with the existing pathological elements—'"

"Jon!"

"What?"

"That's boring."

"Good," snapped Jon. "Now you're just as entertained as I am."

This bought him a few seconds of silence. Then the mattress creaked as Stephen swung down from the bunk.

"No wonder you can't sleep," he declared, padding across the cramped dorm room. "You're thinking too hard. You need a little exertion; that'll wear you out properly."

"Stephen, I don't—" began Jon. Then Stephen leaned against the back of his chair, wrapped lithe arms around his torso, and began nibbling on his neck; and his ability to concentrate checked its bags, waved goodbye, and hopped the next plane for Tijuana.

(Stephen T. Colbert was absolutely, positively, 100% straight. Which was why he and Jon had a tacit agreement that what happened in the room stayed in the room.)

"I have a test," stammered Jon faintly. He knew it was useless, but at least he would be able to tell himself tomorrow that he tried.

Sure enough, when Stephen groaned throatily right below his ear, Jon's raging teenage-boy hormones tackled his resolve, clonked it over the head, wrapped it in a tarp, and tossed it into the harbor.

All of which left Jon free to drop the book, jump to his feet, and haul Stephen over to his bunk.

Comments

[sarcasticsra]

Glee! I love teenager!fic. Something about subjecting the characters to teenage hormones entertains me. =P

(But, uh, there is a serious lack of elephants in this ficlet. =P)

[deepad]

(I believe the elephant in question is the incompatible element the quoted text uses as example later on...)

[sarcasticsra]

(Oh. Okay. That...involves too much thinking, especially since I'm half-falling asleep right now. So I'll just go with that. =P)

[ptahrrific]

Excellent!

(And, er, yeah, the elephant was a leftover from another fic. I did a lot of copypasting with the headers ^_^;)

[sarcasticsra]

(Oh good! It wasn't just my semi-sleep-deprived brain trying to confuse me. Phew. =P)

[wishflower4.livejournal.com]

...his ability to concentrate checked its bags, waved goodbye, and hopped the next plane for Tijuana.

Jon's raging teenage-boy hormones tackled his resolve, clonked it over the head, wrapped it in a tarp, and tossed it into the harbor.

I sense a theme here. XD

[ptahrrific]

Jon has very talented emotions =P

[anais-rhys.livejournal.com]

wishflower4 pretty much picked out the highlights for me ^_^ Though neck nibbling and OMGmeltmybrain psyche textbook was fun too... There needs to be more school aged Jon/Stephen in the world

[ptahrrific]

Hear hear. The more teen!fic, the better.

And thanks =D

[pr-scatterbrain.livejournal.com]

Oh, wow, this is wonderful.

[daydreamer64.livejournal.com]

...Oh no, no, no, now you've thrown in the idea of writing teenage!Jon/Stephen awkward first time sex on my list of fics to write. The plot bunnies how they multiply~

(Stephen T. Colbert was absolutely, positively, 100% straight. Which was why he and Jon had a tacit agreement that what happened in the room stayed in the room.)

So wait, Jon and Stephen's room is like Vegas right? Can we place bids on who tops this time? XD;

[ptahrrific]

Sounds like a plan!

And, yes. Go right ahead X3

[holly-cullen.livejournal.com]

"No wonder you can't sleep," he declared, padding across the cramped dorm room. "You're thinking too hard. You need a little exertion; that'll wear you out properly."

How considerate.

[rehime.livejournal.com]

Neck-nibbling. Haven't seen that in a while. I've missed it.

I wonder if Jon can stand Stephen as a roommate when the latter isn't putting out.

I liked this.

[ptahrrific]

Oh, they probably have all kinds of problems. Teen!Jon does not have the carefully cultivated patience of adult!Jon. And of course teen!Stephen would give him grief over his Eugene Debs appreciation. But at least they have the power of true love teenage hormones to keep them coming back.

Thanks =3

[oni-butterfly.livejournal.com]

Le Squee. Hawt.

But really, Stephen is just always giving. He's a wonderful philanthropist.

[greenpixiehair.livejournal.com]

Oh the love. The love.

Teenage!"Stephen"... but "Stephen" is about 12, so is that an improvement? :)

[mcollinknight.livejournal.com]

Oh... *melts* I love teenager!fic (and demand moar). I love the neck-nibbling and the Tijuana line, and Steeeeephen you darling <3 <3 Very well-done

LOL THIS IS JUST LIKE A SEPERATE PEACE

[sirdrakesheir.livejournal.com]

OH, BOARDING SCHOOL REPRESSION ANGST AND AWKWARD, FUMBLING, STILTED TEENAGED EXPRESSION OF DEEP FEELINGS. MY OLD FRIEND.

[punkishgrin.livejournal.com]

Squee! Yay for teenage hormones! Eh, Jon graduated third in his class and still managed to be a popular soccer star. I think he can afford to have a few study breaks with Stephen. Oh, boys:)

I smiled at your mention of teenage!Jon's Eugene Debs appreciation. Was there ever a time when he wasn't totally awesome?

That psyche book excerpt... why do I feel like I've read it before? ;D

[ptahrrific]

Jon can afford the study breaks. Stephen, possibly not so much. Not that that'll stop him =P

Apparently it's still the densest, most jargon-heavy line in my notes ^_^; (Which are, these days, 32,000+ words long, so that's no small honor.)