around the clock: the bill (gina gold/amber johanssen) 12:00-15:00
Title: Diddy Wah Diddy
Author: arjuna_lj
Prompt: 12:00 / lunchtime
Fandom: The Bill
Chrono: between Ep #314 and Ep #318
Pairing: Gina Gold/Amber Johanssen
Rating: PG
Words: 100
Gina hates being fussed over. The idea of special treatment because a handful of
cells went beserk is appalling. Amber, bless her, doesn't offend. She dropped the
compassionate act pretty much straight away.
Amber's on cruise control. Gina's no bother. She buys drinks, doesn't borrow
clothes, fends off affection, and won't set foot in the bedsit.
They don't talk *about* much, but that's all right. Gina's used to keeping her
thoughts to herself. Amber's as deep as a pea, and never shuts up.
Sex is good, when health permits.
Given time, Gina suspects they might learn to like each other.
***
Title: Less Than Helpless
Author: arjuna_lj
Prompt: 13:00 / instantaneous
Fandom: The Bill
Chrono: Ep #322
Pairing: Gina Gold/Amber Johanssen
Rating: PG
Words: 100
Tiny, silly lies are Amber's first resort, whether she's botched an arrest
or "borrowed" a toothbrush. Pathetic, partial blackmails, manipulations as amusing as
they are idiotic. Mainly on the work front. Gina would call her passive-aggressive,
if she was the sort to use that term. Which she isn't.
Jonathan, on the other hand... Gina's sorry enough about dropping the cancer bomb not
to pile it on. He knows her well enough to guess there's someone new; she doesn't
need his sympathy. Or his assessment of her choice.
Apart from anything else, she'd agree with him. And that would never do.
***
Title: See, She Flies
Author: arjuna_lj
Prompt: 14:00 / season
Fandom: The Bill
Chrono: Ep #328
Pairing: Gina Gold/Amber Johanssen
Rating: PG
Words: 100
Gina's ill, clinging desperately to the cool tile floor. It's nice down here. Can't
get up, but you can't fall any further. Six hours of the chills, the sweats, the
throwing up. And all without a drop of booze; how unfair can you get.
When her mobile rings in the other room, she hasn't the energy to stand. Can't even
shout. The porcelain absorbs everything; a barely formed "and you can bloody well
piss off an' all" vanishing into the grout.
And that hurts more than everything else put together.
***
Title: Your Fortune-Teller Mask
Author: arjuna_lj
Prompt: 15:00 / unpredictable
Fandom: The Bill
Chrono: between Ep #328 and Ep #331
Pairing: Gina Gold/Amber Johanssen
Rating: PG
Words: 100
Amber and *Tony*? It's all round the nick. Gina really doesn't care. She's got her
hands full looking after Adam. And now Honey, unstable and bereaved.
She can't avoid the girl, however. Responsible for a string of cock-ups, she stands
there like a bored and resentful child. A frightened one, perhaps.
Stupid girl. There's no bloody point in punishment. She can see it in Amber's eyes;
no matter what she says, it'll all be labelled jealousy. Nothing's ever Amber's fault.
Gina looks at her, stonily, until the lies stop. Then says - Should think we both
need a drink after that.
***
Author: arjuna_lj
Prompt: 12:00 / lunchtime
Fandom: The Bill
Chrono: between Ep #314 and Ep #318
Pairing: Gina Gold/Amber Johanssen
Rating: PG
Words: 100
Gina hates being fussed over. The idea of special treatment because a handful of
cells went beserk is appalling. Amber, bless her, doesn't offend. She dropped the
compassionate act pretty much straight away.
Amber's on cruise control. Gina's no bother. She buys drinks, doesn't borrow
clothes, fends off affection, and won't set foot in the bedsit.
They don't talk *about* much, but that's all right. Gina's used to keeping her
thoughts to herself. Amber's as deep as a pea, and never shuts up.
Sex is good, when health permits.
Given time, Gina suspects they might learn to like each other.
***
Title: Less Than Helpless
Author: arjuna_lj
Prompt: 13:00 / instantaneous
Fandom: The Bill
Chrono: Ep #322
Pairing: Gina Gold/Amber Johanssen
Rating: PG
Words: 100
Tiny, silly lies are Amber's first resort, whether she's botched an arrest
or "borrowed" a toothbrush. Pathetic, partial blackmails, manipulations as amusing as
they are idiotic. Mainly on the work front. Gina would call her passive-aggressive,
if she was the sort to use that term. Which she isn't.
Jonathan, on the other hand... Gina's sorry enough about dropping the cancer bomb not
to pile it on. He knows her well enough to guess there's someone new; she doesn't
need his sympathy. Or his assessment of her choice.
Apart from anything else, she'd agree with him. And that would never do.
***
Title: See, She Flies
Author: arjuna_lj
Prompt: 14:00 / season
Fandom: The Bill
Chrono: Ep #328
Pairing: Gina Gold/Amber Johanssen
Rating: PG
Words: 100
Gina's ill, clinging desperately to the cool tile floor. It's nice down here. Can't
get up, but you can't fall any further. Six hours of the chills, the sweats, the
throwing up. And all without a drop of booze; how unfair can you get.
When her mobile rings in the other room, she hasn't the energy to stand. Can't even
shout. The porcelain absorbs everything; a barely formed "and you can bloody well
piss off an' all" vanishing into the grout.
And that hurts more than everything else put together.
***
Title: Your Fortune-Teller Mask
Author: arjuna_lj
Prompt: 15:00 / unpredictable
Fandom: The Bill
Chrono: between Ep #328 and Ep #331
Pairing: Gina Gold/Amber Johanssen
Rating: PG
Words: 100
Amber and *Tony*? It's all round the nick. Gina really doesn't care. She's got her
hands full looking after Adam. And now Honey, unstable and bereaved.
She can't avoid the girl, however. Responsible for a string of cock-ups, she stands
there like a bored and resentful child. A frightened one, perhaps.
Stupid girl. There's no bloody point in punishment. She can see it in Amber's eyes;
no matter what she says, it'll all be labelled jealousy. Nothing's ever Amber's fault.
Gina looks at her, stonily, until the lies stop. Then says - Should think we both
need a drink after that.
***