FAKE Quadruple Drabble: What A Day!
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badly_knittedTitle: What A Day!
Fandom: FAKE
Author:
badly_knittedCharacters: Dee, Ryo.
Rating: PG
Setting: After Like Like Love.
Summary: St Patrick’s Day has come and gone…
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Quadruple drabble and a half, 450 words.
“Did we survive St Patrick’s Day?” Ryo asked, sounding a bit uncertain.
“Dunno.” Dee slumped onto the edge of the bed. “Jury’s still out on that. I’ll tell ya in the mornin’.”
“Oh. Okay.” Ryo was still standing in the middle of the bedroom, as if he’d made it that far, then run out of steam.
Dee managed a tired grin. “You plannin’ on comin’ to bed, or are ya just gonna stay there all night?”
Ryo blinked. “What? Oh, right, bed.” He started stripping off his clothes, fumbling with buttons, and simply dropping everything on the floor instead of in the laundry hamper. There were days when even Dee’s fastidious partner couldn’t summon the energy required to put things away properly.
Not that Dee blamed him, especially not tonight. St Paddy’s Day was always rough, but this year had been complete and utter mayhem. Even the lucky shamrocks JJ had bestowed on all his friends hadn’t helped much. Dee winced; or maybe they had, and things would’ve been even worse without them… That didn’t bear thinking about.
He’d lost count of how many barfights they’d broken up, how many drunk and disorderly Irishmen, and women, they’d had to arrest, and all he could remember of the parade was a blur of green…
Every single muscle in Dee’s body ached, and a hot shower would have been bliss, but he knew he couldn’t stay upright long enough for that, and a bath was out of the question. As tired as he was, he’d probably fall asleep and drown. No, being horizontal on a soft mattress would be good enough. He was sure his partner felt the same way.
Levering himself up off the comfy bed, Dee shed the rest of his own clothes and limped over to the dresser, digging out two pairs of pyjama pants, pulling one pair on and taking the other to his lover. Ryo was still standing in the same spot, seeming to have forgotten what he was doing, but at least he was down to shorts and socks so that was progress of a sort.
“C’mon, sleepyhead, bedtime.”
Steering Ryo to the bed, Dee pushed him down on the edge, and his lover flopped against the pillows with a groan, awkwardly dragging his legs up onto the mattress. Dee whipped Ryo’s socks off, tossing them aside, and tucking his bare feet under the covers before noticing that his partner was still clutching the pyjama pants in one hand. Ah well, it was the thought that counted.
Wearily Dee limped around the bed and crawled onto his side of the mattress, dragging the covers up over them both, before turning off the lamp.
What a day!
The End
Sequel: 'Uncomfortable Awakening'
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Date: 2025-03-19 01:07 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2025-03-19 10:50 am (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2025-03-20 02:37 am (UTC)This sounds like our day before Saint Patty's day this year... Absolutely insanity from the fam, of course. And to think I'd actually come around to looking forward to the holiday! Happens every time I think I want a holiday... LOL
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Date: 2025-03-20 10:57 am (UTC)Ouch, I hope you both survived intact!
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Date: 2025-03-22 06:49 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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