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ds_flashfictionI hope it's okay, but when I saw this challenge, I couldn't let it go by. Fraser/RayK, 450ish words.
"BENTON! BENTON FRASER!"
Fraser jerked around, turning to stare into the sky. "What the--?"
He sounded as disconcerted as I'd ever heard him, which was hardly surprising, given that I wasn't sure what direction the yelling was coming from, either. It really sounded like that big fluffy cloud was shouting at him.
That was crazy, of course.
"BENTON FRASER! THIS IS GOD!"
"God?"
"YES, GOD! WHAT, YOU THINK I HANG OUT IN CLOUDS FOR KICKS? YES, IT'S GOD! I HAVE A MESSAGE FOR YOU!"
He looked like he was going to faint.
The fluffy white cloud was definitely yelling at him.
"Think it's some kind of speaker?" I asked him. "Hidden up there somewhere, on one of the ledges or something?"
"LISTEN, PEA-BRAIN, I'M ABOUT TO GIVE YOUR FRIEND THE WISDOM OF THE AGES. YOU WANNA SHUT UP?"
"Uh," I said.
"RIGHT. BENTON FRASER, SON OF ROBERT FRASER, IN MY NAME, I CHARGE YOU TO FOLLOW THE WAY OF TWOO WUV--ER. TRUE LOVE. YOU GOT THAT?"
"Must you shout?" asked Fraser, sounding more irritated than anything else. He was still deathly pale, though.
"YES."
"Why?"
"I'M GOD. STOP QUESTIONING ME. NOW GO DO THE TRUE LOVE THING AND THIS CAN STOP HAPPENING, ALL RIGHT?"
"Um," he said.
I nudged him. "This may not be the guy you want to argue with," I murmured in his ear.
He heaved a long-suffering sigh. "All right, all right," he said.
"GOOD. MY BLESSINGS ARE UPON YOU." The cloud winked out of existence as suddenly as it had appeared.
Slowly, very slowly, we turned, and began to walk the way we’d been going.
"Fraser?" I said. "Any idea what that was about?"
"I'm afraid so." He took his hat off and spun it between his hands, frowning at it with a black scowl that should have scorched it. "And if I find out my father had anything to do with that, I’m going to have to have a very important discussion with him on the subject of privacy and personal boundaries."
"You want to let me in on the secret?"
"Ah. Well." He rubbed at his eyes. “I suppose I should, shouldn’t I?”
"Yeah."
"You see, Ray, there are times in a man’s life when--oh, to hell with it," and he put a hand on my shoulder, spun me around, and kissed me.
"GOOD TO SEE A LITTLE TRUE LOVE IN THE WORLD EVERY NOW AND THEN," observed the leader of a flock of white doves.
"Oh, shut up," said Fraser to the birds. One crapped dangerously close to us, and then took off, squawking.
I laughed. Fraser turned to me, looking suddenly anxious, and I was still laughing when I kissed him.
"BENTON! BENTON FRASER!"
Fraser jerked around, turning to stare into the sky. "What the--?"
He sounded as disconcerted as I'd ever heard him, which was hardly surprising, given that I wasn't sure what direction the yelling was coming from, either. It really sounded like that big fluffy cloud was shouting at him.
That was crazy, of course.
"BENTON FRASER! THIS IS GOD!"
"God?"
"YES, GOD! WHAT, YOU THINK I HANG OUT IN CLOUDS FOR KICKS? YES, IT'S GOD! I HAVE A MESSAGE FOR YOU!"
He looked like he was going to faint.
The fluffy white cloud was definitely yelling at him.
"Think it's some kind of speaker?" I asked him. "Hidden up there somewhere, on one of the ledges or something?"
"LISTEN, PEA-BRAIN, I'M ABOUT TO GIVE YOUR FRIEND THE WISDOM OF THE AGES. YOU WANNA SHUT UP?"
"Uh," I said.
"RIGHT. BENTON FRASER, SON OF ROBERT FRASER, IN MY NAME, I CHARGE YOU TO FOLLOW THE WAY OF TWOO WUV--ER. TRUE LOVE. YOU GOT THAT?"
"Must you shout?" asked Fraser, sounding more irritated than anything else. He was still deathly pale, though.
"YES."
"Why?"
"I'M GOD. STOP QUESTIONING ME. NOW GO DO THE TRUE LOVE THING AND THIS CAN STOP HAPPENING, ALL RIGHT?"
"Um," he said.
I nudged him. "This may not be the guy you want to argue with," I murmured in his ear.
He heaved a long-suffering sigh. "All right, all right," he said.
"GOOD. MY BLESSINGS ARE UPON YOU." The cloud winked out of existence as suddenly as it had appeared.
Slowly, very slowly, we turned, and began to walk the way we’d been going.
"Fraser?" I said. "Any idea what that was about?"
"I'm afraid so." He took his hat off and spun it between his hands, frowning at it with a black scowl that should have scorched it. "And if I find out my father had anything to do with that, I’m going to have to have a very important discussion with him on the subject of privacy and personal boundaries."
"You want to let me in on the secret?"
"Ah. Well." He rubbed at his eyes. “I suppose I should, shouldn’t I?”
"Yeah."
"You see, Ray, there are times in a man’s life when--oh, to hell with it," and he put a hand on my shoulder, spun me around, and kissed me.
"GOOD TO SEE A LITTLE TRUE LOVE IN THE WORLD EVERY NOW AND THEN," observed the leader of a flock of white doves.
"Oh, shut up," said Fraser to the birds. One crapped dangerously close to us, and then took off, squawking.
I laughed. Fraser turned to me, looking suddenly anxious, and I was still laughing when I kissed him.
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Date: 2004-04-14 10:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-14 10:58 pm (UTC)HA!
Date: 2004-04-14 11:37 pm (UTC)Loved this bit
"LISTEN, PEA-BRAIN, I'M ABOUT TO GIVE YOUR FRIEND THE WISDOM OF THE AGES. YOU WANNA SHUT UP?"
"Uh," I said.
and this bit
"GOOD TO SEE A LITTLE TRUE LOVE IN THE WORLD EVERY NOW AND THEN," observed the leader of a flock of white doves.
I laughed at all the Judeo-Christian cliches :D And me a nice Catholic girl too...who reads slash. Hmm...
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Date: 2004-04-15 03:59 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-04-15 04:46 am (UTC)Fraser turned to me, looking suddenly anxious, and I was still laughing when I kissed him.
::happy sigh::
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Date: 2004-04-15 05:30 am (UTC)Very funny!
YES, GOD! WHAT, YOU THINK I HANG OUT IN CLOUDS FOR KICKS?" - God must have spoke with Ray ´cause he sounds like him:)
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Date: 2004-04-15 06:14 am (UTC)Also another one who's loving the pea brain comment...
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Date: 2004-04-15 06:16 am (UTC)Enter Stage right, the Metetron as played by Alan Rickman - English accent and sarcasm complete...
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Date: 2004-04-15 07:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-15 06:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-15 06:57 am (UTC)Bwahahaha!
The whole thing is hilarious, and yet sweetly affecting. Welcome!
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Date: 2004-04-15 07:45 am (UTC)I loved this!! Great job!
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Date: 2004-04-15 08:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-15 08:51 am (UTC)God making boys kiss. It's enough to convert even me. :)
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Date: 2004-04-15 11:24 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-15 03:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-15 07:49 pm (UTC)I'm glad y'all liked it, and thank you all for saying lovely things. :)
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Date: 2004-04-19 09:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-04-20 07:44 am (UTC)Wonderful!