[Howl's Moving Castle fanfiction] Tantrum
Title: Tantrum
Prompt: 9. wrong side of the bed
Fandom: Howl's Moving Castle
Characters/Pairings: Calcifer, Michael, Sophie/Howl
Timeline: Mostly movie-verse, post-movie
Rating: PG
Summary: Sometimes it's just better to stay out of their way.
Posted to 31_days_exchnge for bane_6.
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Calcifer winced, slinking a bit farther back in the hearth as another crash resounded upstairs. It was followed by shouting, both male and female. They were up in the bedroom, so Calcifer couldn't quite hear what was being said, but he almost didn't have to. He could almost imagine exactly how things were going.
The door opened, and Calcifer flared up enough to wave down Michael as he came in. "Hey, hey! I wouldn't go upstairs if I were you."
Michael gave him a funny look, then 'eep'ed as something crashed again. He scuttled over to crouch by the hearth, half-hidden in case either of the magicians decided to come charging down the stairs. "What happened?" he asked, voice low as though he could actually be heard over the shouting that had resumed upstairs.
Calcifer gave his version of a shrug, ducking down beside one of the larger logs he was currently nomming his way through. "Who knows? Either Howl left the toilet seat up again, or Sophie managed to rearrange his potions again, or something else altogether."
"There was the time Howl managed to transfigure Hiin into a ostrich for a couple weeks..."
"Yeah, but there hasn't been any billowing smoke."
"Yet."
"Point."
They both winced and ducked again as Sophie screeched something about needles and thread colors. Calcifer added thoughtfully, "And I think it's That Time of the Month."
They exchanged glances, and Michael edged back from the hearth. "I think I'm going out for some fresh air. SeeyoulaterCalcifer,bye!"
Calcifer gave the human a sour look as he fled back outside, and hunkered down behind his logs. "Lucky bastard."
Prompt: 9. wrong side of the bed
Fandom: Howl's Moving Castle
Characters/Pairings: Calcifer, Michael, Sophie/Howl
Timeline: Mostly movie-verse, post-movie
Rating: PG
Summary: Sometimes it's just better to stay out of their way.
Posted to 31_days_exchnge for bane_6.
~*~
Calcifer winced, slinking a bit farther back in the hearth as another crash resounded upstairs. It was followed by shouting, both male and female. They were up in the bedroom, so Calcifer couldn't quite hear what was being said, but he almost didn't have to. He could almost imagine exactly how things were going.
The door opened, and Calcifer flared up enough to wave down Michael as he came in. "Hey, hey! I wouldn't go upstairs if I were you."
Michael gave him a funny look, then 'eep'ed as something crashed again. He scuttled over to crouch by the hearth, half-hidden in case either of the magicians decided to come charging down the stairs. "What happened?" he asked, voice low as though he could actually be heard over the shouting that had resumed upstairs.
Calcifer gave his version of a shrug, ducking down beside one of the larger logs he was currently nomming his way through. "Who knows? Either Howl left the toilet seat up again, or Sophie managed to rearrange his potions again, or something else altogether."
"There was the time Howl managed to transfigure Hiin into a ostrich for a couple weeks..."
"Yeah, but there hasn't been any billowing smoke."
"Yet."
"Point."
They both winced and ducked again as Sophie screeched something about needles and thread colors. Calcifer added thoughtfully, "And I think it's That Time of the Month."
They exchanged glances, and Michael edged back from the hearth. "I think I'm going out for some fresh air. SeeyoulaterCalcifer,bye!"
Calcifer gave the human a sour look as he fled back outside, and hunkered down behind his logs. "Lucky bastard."