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ptahrrific) wrote2009-05-18 09:14 am
ptahrrific) wrote2009-05-18 09:14 am
Fake News: Conventional Wisdom
Title: Conventional Wisdom
Series: TDS/TCR
Characters/Pairings: Jon/"Stephen", OCs
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: See the index.
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seagullsong, who wanted Stephen to drag Jon to a sci-fi convention. (Contains a reference to xlormp.)
Conventional Wisdom
By the time the eighth person clutching a camera approached them, Jon had figured out the drill. He stepped graciously aside and let Stephen strike a heroic pose.
As usual, once Stephen had stopped, more people started to filter out of the crowd and whip out their own cameras. There were cheers and congratulations — "I don't think I've ever seen such an accurate Alpha Squad costume!" enthused a guy with a Klingon forehead — and Stephen had to fight not to smile. (Tek Jansen never smiled. Stephen was very insistent about that.)
Two young women took up a vantage point next to Jon. One was in full-blown Lord of the Rings-type elf princess costume; the other, in spite of her T-shirt with a couple of twenty-sided dice on the front (caption: "Yes, They're Natural"), also wore the same "reluctant partner dragged along for the ride" expression Jon knew was on his own face.
"And who's this?" asked Dice, with a fair attempt at enthusiasm.
"This is Tek Jansen," explained Elf Princess. "You'd like him, he's hysterical. He thinks he's the greatest hero the galaxy has ever known, but he's actually an idiot who gets things blown up on a regular basis."
Stephen whipped his head around so quickly that his carefully sculpted forelock (not so much a hairstyle as an architectural feat, held up with enough gel to choke a moose) made a dangerous cracking sound. "Excuse me? I am the greatest hero the galaxy has ever known!"
Elf Princess let out a squeal of delight. "You even do the voice! That's amazing! You sound totally ready to accidentally crash Zmeephish-Q into the sun and complain that it wasn't your fault!"
"Well, it wasn't my fault! I would have had plenty of time to sober up beforehand if C.A.S.E.Y. hadn't taken so long to mix my hypertequila!"
While Stephen got more and more indignant, and Elf Princess seemed on the verge of dissolving with geeky bliss, Jon leaned over to Dice. "You're a brave woman, putting up with this."
Dice smiled ruefully. "The things we do for love."
"Yeah," agreed Jon.
Then, as an afterthought, he added, "Well, love and the promise of costume sex afterwards."
Series: TDS/TCR
Characters/Pairings: Jon/"Stephen", OCs
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: See the index.
For
seagullsong, who wanted Stephen to drag Jon to a sci-fi convention. (Contains a reference to xlormp.)Conventional Wisdom
By the time the eighth person clutching a camera approached them, Jon had figured out the drill. He stepped graciously aside and let Stephen strike a heroic pose.
As usual, once Stephen had stopped, more people started to filter out of the crowd and whip out their own cameras. There were cheers and congratulations — "I don't think I've ever seen such an accurate Alpha Squad costume!" enthused a guy with a Klingon forehead — and Stephen had to fight not to smile. (Tek Jansen never smiled. Stephen was very insistent about that.)
Two young women took up a vantage point next to Jon. One was in full-blown Lord of the Rings-type elf princess costume; the other, in spite of her T-shirt with a couple of twenty-sided dice on the front (caption: "Yes, They're Natural"), also wore the same "reluctant partner dragged along for the ride" expression Jon knew was on his own face.
"And who's this?" asked Dice, with a fair attempt at enthusiasm.
"This is Tek Jansen," explained Elf Princess. "You'd like him, he's hysterical. He thinks he's the greatest hero the galaxy has ever known, but he's actually an idiot who gets things blown up on a regular basis."
Stephen whipped his head around so quickly that his carefully sculpted forelock (not so much a hairstyle as an architectural feat, held up with enough gel to choke a moose) made a dangerous cracking sound. "Excuse me? I am the greatest hero the galaxy has ever known!"
Elf Princess let out a squeal of delight. "You even do the voice! That's amazing! You sound totally ready to accidentally crash Zmeephish-Q into the sun and complain that it wasn't your fault!"
"Well, it wasn't my fault! I would have had plenty of time to sober up beforehand if C.A.S.E.Y. hadn't taken so long to mix my hypertequila!"
While Stephen got more and more indignant, and Elf Princess seemed on the verge of dissolving with geeky bliss, Jon leaned over to Dice. "You're a brave woman, putting up with this."
Dice smiled ruefully. "The things we do for love."
"Yeah," agreed Jon.
Then, as an afterthought, he added, "Well, love and the promise of costume sex afterwards."