Sort-of curtain-fic

[the-star-fish.livejournal.com]

Posting this with reservations, as I'm not sure how well it fits into canon, but BethH thinks it's possible, so...



He'd strung a sheet on a rope across the apartment, more for his own modesty than hers, he fears. The lamp silhouettes her perfectly as she removes the top of her ... outfit.

"Francesca," he says, and his voice is not quite steady. "Perhaps you should, er, turn out the light."

"But it'll be too dark to see," she exclaims, in a coy voice that lets him know that she knows what she's doing.

"Yes," he says. "Exactly."

"Oh," she says, and now her voice sounds flat.

Dief whines softly.

"I know," he replies, "but it's just not possible. I'm sorry."

Comments

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

Oh, canon, shmanon.

Actually, I think it fits perfectly. In fact, I think it's perfect.

[doll-revolution.livejournal.com]

Dief whines softly.

"I know," he replies, "but it's just not possible. I'm sorry."

so: was dief teller fraser to go for it, or (my first thought) did dief want to go for it?

(well, i am the doughnut girl, after all)

[the-star-fish.livejournal.com]

Heh. Perv. (But Beth was noticing a foreshadowing of Dief's voyeuristic tendencies (a la "A Likely Story") so who knows?)

[bethbethbeth.livejournal.com]

Of course, if Dief is really some aspect of Fraser's id (as is so often discussed), then on one level I suppose Fraser really *does* want to ogle Frannie. *g*

[the-star-fish.livejournal.com]

Freak.

[dsudis.livejournal.com]

This is one of those moments when I'm delighted that my knowledge of canon is really, really sketchy in spots. I say, great!

[the-star-fish.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes; times too numerous to count. It was my very first thought when Ces said "Curtains" but I couldn't make it work with Ray and Fraser. Then this came along...