Fic: An Irresistible Force of Cheerfulness
Title: An Irresistible Force of Cheerfulness
Fandom: Cabin Pressure
Characters: Arthur Shappey, Carolyn Knapp-Shappey
Rating: G
Words: 240
Warnings: none
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Summary: The real reason polar bears are brilliant.
Author's Notes: Written for impulsereader as part of my "Request a Drabble"-Meme (still spots open, even though I'm filling them at a glacial pace at the moment). Rather late, sorry for that! Thanks to my beta musical_lottie. :)
Comments and criticism are always very welcome! Enjoy! :)
“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday, dear Mu-um, happy birthday to you!”
“Go away, Arthur.”
“But Mum, it’s your -“
“I know!” Carolyn sighed. “I know. I wish I didn’t.”
“Oh, why would you say that? Birthdays are brilliant!”
“Not when you’re above a certain age and you just got divorced on top of that. Now, go and find someone else to douse with your cheerfulness.”
“Don’t you want to see the birthday cake I made for you? Here it is! TA-DA!”
“Is this a biscuit underneath the wax of all the candles you stuck on top of it?”
“It is! I didn’t have enough space for all of the candles, though, but I thought maybe you wouldn’t mind. Do you?”
“Not particularly. There are quite enough candles as it is.”
“Brilliant!”
“Anyway, you shouldn’t have bothered with a cake or a cake-like structure at all. I said I didn’t want to celebrate my birthday.”
“Ah, but you didn’t mean that, did you?”
“Didn’t I?”
“No! Everybody loves birthdays! Plus, I thought we could go to the zoo later. And I’ve never met anyone who didn’t love the zoo!”
“Which part of ‘I don’t want to celebrate my birthday’ sounded like ‘I want to go to the zoo’ to you?”
“But they have polar bears! Polar bears are brilliant.”
“Well, if I must go with you...”
“Brilliant! This will be such a fun birthday, you’ll see.”
Fandom: Cabin Pressure
Characters: Arthur Shappey, Carolyn Knapp-Shappey
Rating: G
Words: 240
Warnings: none
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Summary: The real reason polar bears are brilliant.
Author's Notes: Written for impulsereader as part of my "Request a Drabble"-Meme (still spots open, even though I'm filling them at a glacial pace at the moment). Rather late, sorry for that! Thanks to my beta musical_lottie. :)
Comments and criticism are always very welcome! Enjoy! :)
“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday, dear Mu-um, happy birthday to you!”
“Go away, Arthur.”
“But Mum, it’s your -“
“I know!” Carolyn sighed. “I know. I wish I didn’t.”
“Oh, why would you say that? Birthdays are brilliant!”
“Not when you’re above a certain age and you just got divorced on top of that. Now, go and find someone else to douse with your cheerfulness.”
“Don’t you want to see the birthday cake I made for you? Here it is! TA-DA!”
“Is this a biscuit underneath the wax of all the candles you stuck on top of it?”
“It is! I didn’t have enough space for all of the candles, though, but I thought maybe you wouldn’t mind. Do you?”
“Not particularly. There are quite enough candles as it is.”
“Brilliant!”
“Anyway, you shouldn’t have bothered with a cake or a cake-like structure at all. I said I didn’t want to celebrate my birthday.”
“Ah, but you didn’t mean that, did you?”
“Didn’t I?”
“No! Everybody loves birthdays! Plus, I thought we could go to the zoo later. And I’ve never met anyone who didn’t love the zoo!”
“Which part of ‘I don’t want to celebrate my birthday’ sounded like ‘I want to go to the zoo’ to you?”
“But they have polar bears! Polar bears are brilliant.”
“Well, if I must go with you...”
“Brilliant! This will be such a fun birthday, you’ll see.”