drabbles - sheldon/penny, kuro/fai

[damalurbackup]

Responses to the timestamp meme; feel free to wander over and request something.

For duchessa; "You Can't Break That Which Isn't Yours," sometime before the story.

There is something that Kurogane wants, and the price for that something is the sundering of Sakura's guard. The shatterpoint is the magician, Kurogane decides; and so he kisses Fai beneath the willow trees.

Fai is the shatterpoint. There's something brittle about him, some essential part that has long rent, so Kurogane kisses him beneath the willow trees. It's a calculated maneuver, because there is no other reason for Kurogane to kiss Fai, no other reason in the world.

It isn't the first time Kurogane has kissed Fai. It isn't the first time he's rested his hand on the other man's hip, isn't the first time he's tilted Fai's face up with a finger beneath his chin; a calculated maneuver, he reminds himself, and it isn't the first time he's employed such tactics.

He kisses Fai beneath the willow trees, and reminds himself to feel nothing at all.


For cageyklio; "The Role of a Lifetime," six months before Cassie's birth.

By the beginning of Penny's second trimester, Sheldon's desk has nearly disappeared beneath stacks upon stacks of pregnancy books. Some evenings, instead of running lines or switching on the TV, Penny plants herself on the couch with a can of artichoke hearts and watches her husband study. She knows more about fetal development, oestrogens, and her own body now than she ever wanted, but it's still a treat to watch Sheldon turn that incredible, tempered mind of his to something as unlikely as a baby. His thought process reminds her of something crystalline, hard and brilliant and pure.

"By all indications, your morning sickness should have subsided," he says, startling her. "Typically, the fourth month heralds an increase in energy and a decline in illness and nausea. Also, I fail to understand why the only food you don't immediately regurgitate is artichokes."

"Sweetie," she says, "I can guarantee you that this little rugrat is a lot of things, but 'typical' is not one of them. Not-typical baby, not-typical pregnancy."

"I believe," he corrects, "that the proper term is 'atypical,' referencing something abnormal or not conforming to established type."

"Sheldon?"

"Yes, Penny?"

"Shut up and get me another can of artichokes."

Comments

[sinstralpride.livejournal.com]

SQUUUEEEEEEE!

That was so adorable! ^_^ Artichokes seem as unlikely and odd as the whole situation, perfect choice. XD

[damalur]

I don't know why I chose artichokes, but it seemed like the pregnancy craving food of choice. :)

[duchessa.livejournal.com]

:_; Kurogane, you LIAR. Oh, I'm so tempted to beg more of this verse from you, because the heartbreak is so achingly good.

[damalur]

Your prompt actually made me sit down and think about the backstory for this 'verse, because originally I wrote the letter and then invented a plausible AU afterwards. I'm not sure where I'd go with things from here, though...

[irrel.livejournal.com]

Heeeheeehee I love reading Penny and Sheldon as a married couple because they still act as themselves but they're 100 times more adorable. Loved the drabble (hate artichokes).

[damalur]

I really like the idea of them being married, too, because they'd be one of those bickering couples that are completely adorable and can't see it. *g*

(I'm not such a fan of artichokes myself!)