FAKE Triple Drabble: The Common Cold
Title: The Common Cold
Fandom: FAKE
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Ryo, Dee.
Rating: PG
Setting: After Like Like Love.
Summary: It’s late autumn in New York, and everyone’s catching colds.
Written Using: The tw100 prompt ‘Sneeze’.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Triple drabble.
A loud sneeze echoed through the apartment, so suddenly and unexpectedly that Ryo almost spilled the coffee.
“Dee?”
“Yeah, sorry.” Dee shambled into the kitchen. “Think I caught Ted’s cold. This is the thanks I get for givin’ him a ride home the other night.”
Ryo gave a wry smile. “Everyone’s catching colds, it’s that time of year.”
“You don’t have one.”
“Not yet, but give it a few days and we’ll probably be sneezing in stereo.”
Dee frowned. “Maybe you oughta sleep in the other bedroom for a few days, so I don’t infect ya.”
Shaking his head, Ryo poured his lover a coffee. “It’s a bit late for that, Dee. We live together, we work together, we sleep together, and I don’t mean just sharing a bed. Plus, half the precinct is either sneezing or coughing. There’s a reason it’s called the common cold. If I’m gonna catch one, chances are I already have.”
“Guess you’re right.” Dee picked up his coffee mug, cradling it in both hands as he breathed in the steam before taking a slow sip, hoping he’d get some warning if he was going to sneeze again. The last one had crept up on him out of nowhere, and he didn’t fancy tipping hot coffee down himself.
“At least we’re not at work again until tomorrow night. If you rest and take cold meds tonight, you might be over the worst by then.”
“I can hope.” Dee took another sip of coffee, then scowled into his mug. “Much as I hate gettin’ hay fever every spring, sneezin’ my frickin’ head off, colds are so much worse. Sneezin’ I can live with, I’ve had plenty of practice, even bein’ stuffed up is bearable, but I really hate not bein’ able to taste my goddamn coffee!”
The End
Fandom: FAKE
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Ryo, Dee.
Rating: PG
Setting: After Like Like Love.
Summary: It’s late autumn in New York, and everyone’s catching colds.
Written Using: The tw100 prompt ‘Sneeze’.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Triple drabble.
A loud sneeze echoed through the apartment, so suddenly and unexpectedly that Ryo almost spilled the coffee.
“Dee?”
“Yeah, sorry.” Dee shambled into the kitchen. “Think I caught Ted’s cold. This is the thanks I get for givin’ him a ride home the other night.”
Ryo gave a wry smile. “Everyone’s catching colds, it’s that time of year.”
“You don’t have one.”
“Not yet, but give it a few days and we’ll probably be sneezing in stereo.”
Dee frowned. “Maybe you oughta sleep in the other bedroom for a few days, so I don’t infect ya.”
Shaking his head, Ryo poured his lover a coffee. “It’s a bit late for that, Dee. We live together, we work together, we sleep together, and I don’t mean just sharing a bed. Plus, half the precinct is either sneezing or coughing. There’s a reason it’s called the common cold. If I’m gonna catch one, chances are I already have.”
“Guess you’re right.” Dee picked up his coffee mug, cradling it in both hands as he breathed in the steam before taking a slow sip, hoping he’d get some warning if he was going to sneeze again. The last one had crept up on him out of nowhere, and he didn’t fancy tipping hot coffee down himself.
“At least we’re not at work again until tomorrow night. If you rest and take cold meds tonight, you might be over the worst by then.”
“I can hope.” Dee took another sip of coffee, then scowled into his mug. “Much as I hate gettin’ hay fever every spring, sneezin’ my frickin’ head off, colds are so much worse. Sneezin’ I can live with, I’ve had plenty of practice, even bein’ stuffed up is bearable, but I really hate not bein’ able to taste my goddamn coffee!”
The End