For the "Double-take" Challenge - by Shay

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

I must have spring fever. Or something.



"What on earth possessed you?" Fraser pinched the bridge of his nose. A perfectly lovely morning, and already he had a raging headache. "We're supposed to be working here!"

He got nothing but silence and a completely false expression of innocence in return.

"Could you -- would you please put it down and listen to me? For heaven's sake, we're at the museum to find a thief, and here you've gone and taken something that doesn't belong to you!"

His partner snorted arrogantly and dropped the object in question, which made a soft thwapping noise as it dropped onto the marble floor. Fraser watched, aghast, as it rolled to a stop against a pillar.

"Oh dear," he said, bending to retrieve it. "I hope it isn't damaged—"

His companion murmured something, eyes flashing in disdain.

"A date?" Benton gasped. "You're on a date? I've never heard anything so ridiculous in my life. The two of you, you know, you're not even—"

He stopped at a caustic reply.

"Well, yes, all right, I suppose so," Fraser continued, chastened. "I mean, yes, I know I'm not one to talk, Ray and I are hardly the usual pairing." He sighed deeply. "But really, Diefenbaker, all this sneaking around…"

The wolf whuffed softly and Fraser softened. Dief sounded almost embarrassed.

"Ah," Fraser said, regarding him in a different light. "I didn’t realize it was that serious. All right." He bent and placed the turtle gently back in Dief's mouth. "Just be home before eleven. You know how Ray gets about his little girl."

Comments

[sparklewitch.livejournal.com]

"A date?" Benton gasped. "You're on a date? I've never heard anything so ridiculous in my life. The two of you, you know, you're not even—"

Awesome story. Dief and Speedy. I love that.

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

Due South? Sane?
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Er, you have read the wing fic, right?

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

Love it!

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! They do make a cute pair, don't they!

[dubhartach.livejournal.com]

I'm going to regret this, amn't I? No, I have not read the wing fic. Link me? (when I just read the fic (obviously not the wing fic) dS seemed sane. Now there is interaction, not so much)

[qe2.livejournal.com]

SNERK!

Oh, so hilarious. Love, love, love.

[norah.livejournal.com]

Oh my god. WHY IS THIS HEARTWARMING?!

But it is. So cute. I will be smiling all day now.

[sprat.livejournal.com]

Ah, Dief/Turtle: the love that dare not (er, can not?) speak its name. There were those who doubted you, shayheyred, when this saga began. But now I think there isn't a naysayer in all of DS-dom. Dief and Turtle are Meant To Be.

<3 <3 <3

::happy sigh::

[claire.livejournal.com]

Ahahaha! *hearts Turtle/Dief* *hearts you!*

[celtiknot.livejournal.com]

But where do you think Dief is going to take her on their date? See, I picture them at a little outdoor bistro, with a plate of spaghetti between them, nibbling one single strand until snout meets snapper....aw, young, cross-species love.

[lyra-sena.livejournal.com]

*squeals* I love this, and YOU. *adores*

[engenda.livejournal.com]

Oh god. Thank you! Thank you so, so much.

I'm currently in that pre-sickness stage - you know, when you're pretty sure in the next day or two you're going to feel awful and this made me laugh out loud.

This ROCKS.

[serialkarma.livejournal.com]

Oh. Oh, that's just...

*speechless with laughter*

statues, turtles...Dief has the *strangest* taste in women.

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

Well, for starters, there's Lynnmonster's stash of crack!fic, foundhere (http://www.lynnmonstermash.com/crack.html).

And that doesn't begin to cover the tentacle fic, though it may actually be apocryphal.

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

They are sweet, aren't they?

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

Perhaps because you are as demented as I am?
But I understand what you mean, and it puzzles me, too.

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

The love that can not speak its name.

Okay, that's the new subtitle of the series. Thanks!

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

Hee hee! *Hearts you back*

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

I think they're the perfect couple, destined to share their meals: Dief takes the steak, Speedy gets the salad...seems a match made in heaven...unless Dief gets a hankerin' for turtle soup...

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

For a while I considered making Speedy a male...but crossing species seems enough of a hurdle for these young lovers. Sigh. It's just like Romeo and Juliet!

Well, kinda.

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

::Giggle::
Thanks, dearie!

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

Speedy and Dief take time from their smooching to wish you a hearty GET WELL SOON!

[xsmoonshine.livejournal.com]

Dief/Turtle is adorable, and so are you!

[lifeinwords.livejournal.com]

Oh, this was EXCELLENT crack, hon. *applauds*

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

I think the last time I wrote one of these Dief/Turtle stories, it was decided (by someone who commented) that their offspring would be "Wurfles." The comment writer postulated dozens of tiny creatures swarming all over Ray's apartment -- sort of furry slithery things.