Great Balls Afire

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AUTHOR: (de-anoning since it's 1 January): 51stcenturyfox 
FESTIVE TITLE: Great Balls Afire
RECIPIENT WHO HAD BETTER BE GRATEFUL BECAUSE I SPENT TIME THAT I COULD HAVE BEEN DRINKING WRITING THIS SHIT: blue_fjords (!)
SUMMARY: A STORY CONTAINING THE FLU, BALLS, THIEVERY, PASTRIES, FOOTBALL, ALIEN ARTEFACTS,   ELBOWS TO THE RIBS AND PUPPY EYES. AND A CHAINSAW.
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Comments

[electro_club]

OMG, ANON! HAHAHA You are made of all kinds of awesome. This is brilliant. And fun, and all that. Sick people, and football, and ANDY, and soup, and I don't even like X-files, but X-FILES! MARATHONS! Awesome. Really, really awesome. I loved it.

[51stcenturyfox]

Hee! Happy you liked this. X-FILES!!!!

And thank you two for coming up with this exchange!

[electro_club]

HAHA! I guessed Lifty for this one. Lol I thought you'd written the Doctor/Jack/Rose one.

This story is too awesome, Foxy. I stand by my words, you are made of all kinds of awesome, with cherries on top!

No, no. Thank YOU for participating and writing this brilliant, brilliant thing!

[51stcenturyfox]

Awwwright! Oh man, thanks!

I did beta-read the Doctor/Jack/Rose one. :D But I did not write it!

[lawsontl]

The ball of twine makes it. And I now have an enormous urge to go listen to some Weird Al.

But mostly, I loved Jack digging himself in deeper. I can just see the look on his face :)

[51stcenturyfox]

My beta totally mentioned Weird Al after reading this!

Oh, Jack. I know, right?

TY, BB!

[phaetonschariot]

"LAWWWWL," Jack replied.

[51stcenturyfox]

:D

ELL OH ELL!

[neifile7]

And now it is TOTALLY my fanon that most of Gwen and Jack's banter comes out of the SciFiTV back catalogue. The opening and closing scenes are priceless.

And much of what comes in between. Great Balls O'Twine! Takeaway Chinese and X-F hurt/comfort! Team bonding via the common cold! The infallible effects of puppy-dog eyes!

LAWWWWL, and a prawn chip on your shoulder, Jack.

[51stcenturyfox]

Thanks, my fave parts to write.

You knew it was me. Right? Right?

Mmm. Prawn chip. Like, two-hour drop rule if it's not on the floor!

[lionessvalenti]

Not gonna lie. My favorite part is the exchange at the beginning about the bank pens. And I love how the lack of maturing in sticking one's tongue out comes back around at the end. And I love all the Rhys and Andy.

They've got the ick. Heeee.

Fabu, Anon.

[51stcenturyfox]

I liked the Jack and Gwen part too. :D

Thanks, Lioness. Thanks to you guys for this exchange, too!