Veronica Mars: Cliff/Logan - Jumper: Griffin/David - The West Wing: Sam/Otto - Harry Potter: Gellert

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Author: benebu
Prompt: #163 Bad Idea


Word Count: 100
Fandom: Veronica Mars
Pairing: Cliff/Logan
Title: A Distraction for Another.
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Rob Thomas created this show.
Note: 1. Graciously betaed by the charming dacian_goddess. 2. Please tell me that I'm not the only one thinking this pairing totally makes sense?


Retreating to Logan's bedroom had made sense at the time: the moans coming out from Casablancas' room weren't exactly the background noises they needed to discuss Logan's upcoming testimony.

But it didn't improve Cliff's concentration, for he was now supposed to prepare his client's testimony while said client was lying on rumpled sheets - did Echolls even know how to make his bed? - head propped on one hand while his other hand had slipped under his tee-shirt.

"Cliffie?" The hand left the stomach, leaving the tee-shirt upturned in its wake.

"Hey, Cliff!" Logan sat up. "My testimony? Tomorrow?"

"Huh? Oh, right."



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Word Count: 100
Fandom: Jumper
Pairing: Griffin/David
Title: Reasons
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Do not own.


Letting David in, in his life, had been a good decision, Griffin thought to himself, if a bit too forcefully. It meant having someone to watch his back, someone to rely on, someone to talk strategy with; it meant that his never-ending fight against that plague, the Paladins, was no longer a solitary mission.

So, it didn't matter if his 'list of reasons why letting David grow close to me is a bad idea' was three times longer.

Neither did the fact that all the good reasons had come second to the pretty face and the puppy eyes.

Did it?



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Word Count: 300
Fandom: The West Wing.
Pairing: Sam/Otto
Title: Blame it on Josh
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: The show was created by the ever brilliant Aaron Sorkin.
Note: Spoilers for the end of season 7.


It was such a bad idea that Sam was sure that he would be able to find a way to blame it on Josh. It wasn't difficult, usually.

Fact: Josh needed to be kept in line.

And now that Donna had permanently stepped out of the job - during working hours, that was, but were there other kind of hours for the White House Chief of Staff? - only a few people seemed able to take up such a challenge. The relief had almost been palpable, though, when Margaret accepted to do it

Consequence: bright, keen, efficient Otto couldn't be Josh's P.A.

He couldn't have really believed that his first job in a White House he didn't knew would be the one of personal assistant of the Secretary General, on the basis that his name was one of the few Josh had managed to remember from the whirlwind the campaign had been, could he?

Further consequence: bright, keen, efficient… - make him Sam's P.A.!

Sam needed an assistant. Otto needed to learn. It hadn't taken long for one of those bright minds up there to pair them up. And it was fine, really, because Otto was competent, and they worked well together, and Sam was delighted that someone, somewhere, had thought to include an eye-candy bonus to compensate for the 100+ hours a week he spent working.

He hadn't been worried when his liking for watching the young man had turned into something of a crush - that thankfully he had managed not to betray. But now, he was wasting a precious time he didn't really have to wonder if it wasn't more serious than he had first thought it.

Deputy Chief of Staff Falls For His Assistant.

Not only was it pathetic, it wasn't even original.

Josh had started that trend years ago.



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Word Count: 100
Fandom: Harry Potter
Pairing: Gellert/Albus
Title: Mistakes, I've made a few
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: JK Rowling created this universe I have so much fun playing in.


Bad ideas.

Keeping my nose in my books, as if the future I once had was merely on hold, and not slowly slipping out of my reach.

Neglecting Aberforth and Ariana when they needed me, my attention and my love.

Letting your obsession for the Hallows grow on me - except than in truth, you were ten times more fascinating to me than any forgotten artefact you might have been talking about.

I can't really bring myself to regret the last one, though.

Moth to the flame, I would have gladly burnt if it had only gotten me closer to you.

Comments

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Deputy Chief of Staff Falls For His Assistant.
Not only was it pathetic, it wasn't even original.
Josh had started that trend years ago.

Hee! Like he'd ever let that stop him. *g*

Love the last line of the last one too. :D

[benebu.livejournal.com]

It won't stop him, but I can't help wondering whose office he's going to go "stretch his legs" to discuss the situation before making a move on Otto. Lou's, maybe? Unless Bonnie and Ginger are still around. They know him better.

And for the last one... next thing, Albus is gonna write poetry in memory of his lost love - luckily I stopped at 100 words ~_^

[lilian-cho.livejournal.com]

Letting your obsession for the Hallows grow on me - except than in truth, you were ten times more fascinating to me than any forgotten artefact you might have been talking about.


Awww =(

[benebu.livejournal.com]

I totally succumbed to the Grindeldore love.

[meish-kaos.livejournal.com]

Awwww T__T
On dira ce qu'on veut, ce thème a beau être couramment visité par les fans de Grindeldore, il est toujours renouvelé. C'est très triste et très juste à la fois, j'aime beaucoup ^^ Ta dernière phrase coupe le souffle.

Et ça me rend triste de ne pas connaître les autres fandoms parce que j'aurais bien aimé les apprécier à leur juste valeur aussi ^^;

[benebu.livejournal.com]

Je me suis rendue compte que je traitais toujours le pairing du point de vue d'Albus. Il faut absolument que j'essaie de cerner la version de Gellert la prochaine fois.

J'aime bien ma dernière phrase (en toute modestie, évidemment), mais c'est aussi elle qui me fait douter que je traduirai ce drabble en français un jour - je ne suis pas sûre que ça rendrait aussi bien. (Sinon j'aurais attendu pour te faire lire, hein.)

Je ne peux que te conseiller Veronica Mars - regarde ce qu'en dit Joss Whedon, le papa de Buffy, d'après Wikipedia: "Best. Show. Ever. Seriously, I've never gotten more wrapped up in a show I wasn't making, and maybe even more than those. (...) These guys know what they're doing on a level that intimidates me. It's the Harry Potter of shows." Le seul défaut de cette série, c'est de n'avoir que trois saisons (et, il faut bien l'avouer, une fin très irritante, parce qu'ils ne s'attendaient pas à ne pas être renouvellés. Mais pour en arriver là, mazette, quel voyage!)

The West Wing, c'est très différent. Les dessous de la Maison-Blanche, tout ça. Intelligent, drôle par moment, grave et adulte... c'est ma série culte. Des persos extrêmement attachants. Des esprits extrêmement affutés, et en même temps dépourvus de tout esprit pratique - Josh et Sam, respectivement Secrétaire Général Adjoint et Responsable Adjoint de la Communication, manquent quand même de mettre le feu à la Maison-Blanche dans un épisode de la deuxième saison. Bon, c'est pas l'endroit de m'étendre (dit la fille qui en fait déjà des kilomètres), mais si tu veux, je te fais une compile de mes citations préférées, juste pour te donner envie.

Jumper... tu peux oublier, c'est un mauvais film, avec des trous dans le scénario et des invraissemblances pas possibles. Mais c'est un univers très marrant dans lequel jouer - des types capables de se téléporter à n'importe quel endroit de la planète en une fraction de seconde? Evidemment que ça fait rêver! (Et le fait qu'ils soient joués par le gamin de Billy Elliot, qui a bien grandi, et le jeune Anakin Skywalker... ça n'a absolument rien à voir.)

[meish-kaos.livejournal.com]

Hehe ^^ Effectivement, j'aimerais bien te voir écrire du Gellert, histoire de voir comment tu le cernes ^^ Bien que tu l'aies déjà fait en m'écrivant le Gellert/Ali... ah non, attend, c'était du point de vue d'Ali. Zut, mon exemple tombe à l'eau ^^;

Hmmm... je ne sais pas... C'est certain que ça serait différent, mais je suis certaine que tu peux commencer par traduire uniquement cette phrase-là de différentes façon et voir ensuite ?


Autrement, tu n'es pas la première à me vanter West Wing et Veronica Mars ^^ Il faudra que je songe à mettre la main sur quelques vids quand j'aurai le temps. Mon réel problème, en fait, tient au fait que je déteste regarder la télé, j'ai l'impression de perdre mon temps ><' Mais bon, je verrai avec les premiers épisodes, si ça se trouve je serai tellement captivée que je vais tout écouter en une fin de semaine ;)

[archea2.livejournal.com]

I'm growing rather fond of Albus/Gellert and the punchline to this one is memorable.

[benebu.livejournal.com]

Meish is doing pretty good in promoting her favorite pairing, isn't she?

Thank you for the comment, I have a special fondness for this drabble.