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Hi! Long time reading, first time posting. Last week I distracted myself from the main story I'm working on to write a series of drabbles/ficlets. They where just for fun, and aren't very serious, but I thought I'd share them. Comments and criticism welcome! Enjoy.
1.
Title: Shortcomings
Characters: Johnny Snow, Hourglass
Word Count: 130
Johnny shifted in his seat, fingers picking at the zipper pull of his parka. The woman sitting across from him ignored this. “More tea?” She offered.
Johnny shook his head.
Hourglass sighed. “You’ve been here ten minutes, and you’ve barely said a word. You have to give me something to work with.”
He glanced up, startled. “You don’t know why I’m here?”
“It’s Dr. Horrible isn’t it?”
“You did know!”
“I guessed. I watch his blog.”
“Oh. There was a long pause. Then- “I’m a good hero-I’ve got superpowers, I’ve got a costume-” He tugged at his parka. “What’s wrong with me?”
Hourglass patted his hand, not seeming to notice his icy skin. “Give it time,” she said, and Johnny knew that was the most he was going to get.
2.
Title: Running
Characters: Billy, Johnny Snow
Word Count: 272
“Doctor Horrible, we meet at last!”
Billy sighed and turned. Johnny Snow was standing behind him. He threw back the hood of has parka and looked heroic. “Are you ready to face your doom?”
“I’m shopping.” Billy told him. He held up a carton of eggs as proof. Johnny recoiled like it was a hand grenade.
“You’re in costume.” Johnny said when he’d recovered.
It was true. Billy had been forced to make an emergency grocery run when he’d found out he was actually expected to bring something to the potluck the Henchmen’s Union was hosting, and he hadn’t had time to change out of his lab coat. That still didn’t excuse Johnny’s behavior. And he really didn’t have time for a fight. Or want to go to the potluck with frostbite and a black eye. Billy made a snap decision.
“OK, how about Dooley Park, tomorrow, one o’clock?”
Johnny’s eyes lit up. “Deal!”
“Great. See you then.” Billy edged out from around him and made his escape. He wondered what Johnny’s reaction would be when he didn’t show up. Surely it wouldn’t be surprise? What was more villainous then breaking your word? Anyway he didn’t have time to waste on small-timers like Snow. Soon his Freeze Ray would be ready, and then-well his real nemesis should look out.
Billy let loose a quiet evil laugh as he left the store, then frowned. Still not quite right. Oh well, he could practice later, when he had time. After all, soon he would have all the time in the world. He laughed again, much better. Maybe he was getting the hang of it.
3.
Title: Rules
Characters: Captain Hammer, Penny
Word Count: 100
The Hero always gets the girl. It’s a Rule.
Penny smiled at Hammer as they left the Laundromat. He linked an arm around her possessively, and smiled back, because it was easy and natural. Hammer sensed his nemesis’s glare burning into his back, but he didn’t care. What could Horrible do now? Oh, sure, he’d fight back. He’d probably come up with some pathetic plan, build a new sci-fi ray gun, but it would end like it always did: Dr. Horrible defeated and unconscious, and Captain Hammer effortlessly saving the city. Of course, this time he’d win Penny too.
Tough.
4.
Title: Contact
Characters: Tie-Die, Fury Leika
Word Count: 136
The League didn’t encourage friendships. Actually, Tie-Die didn’t think much of them herself, so it was weird to be pulling a heist with Fury Leika for fun. The two women had joined the League at about the same time, both where fed up with the happy, oblivious sheep they’d been surrounded by. Or Tie-Die was. Leika only wanted to destroy half of them.
So here they were, robbing a bank. It had been a sort of “oh, let’s have a night out on the town” kind of thing, but, being villainesses, it was a given that it’d be illegal.
“Ready?” Tie nodded, and pressed the button, detonating the plastic explosive on the door of the vault. As the smoke cleared, unseen by the bank employees and customers cowering on the floor, Leika and Tie high-fived.
5.
Title: Agenda
Characters: Fury Leika, Dr. Horrible
Word Count: 100
Fury Leika scared him. She was sitting across the table and at an angle from him, but that didn’t stop her smiling slyly and batting her eyelashes at him.
Leika didn’t like men. Really didn’t like them, and the fact that she was spending half the meeting flirting with him made him his eye twitch madly under his goggles. What was she doing?
She cornered him after the meeting. He tried to avoid her, slipping around behind Professor Normal, and out the door, but she was waiting for him, concealed behind a potted plant in the lobby.
“Hi.” He managed.
6.
Title: Dairy
Characters: Snake Bite, Dead Bowie
Word Count: 100
“I’ve told you, I don’t care if it’s fat-free or 2%!” Dead Bowie didn’t get aggravated easily, but Snake Bite was an exception. “It’s not like any of us drink the stuff.” He considered. “Well, Dr. Horrible might.”
“It’sss not for usss, you fool.” Snake Bite hissed. Bowie wasn’t offended. He knew hissing was Snake Bite’s default tone.
“Then who?” He shifted the ray gun in his grip. He didn’t have much experience holding corner-stores hostage, but he was pretty sure the police would arrive soon.
“My snakess.”
Bowie rolled his eyes. “Of course.”
“Take the 2%. Let’ss go.”
1.
Title: Shortcomings
Characters: Johnny Snow, Hourglass
Word Count: 130
Johnny shifted in his seat, fingers picking at the zipper pull of his parka. The woman sitting across from him ignored this. “More tea?” She offered.
Johnny shook his head.
Hourglass sighed. “You’ve been here ten minutes, and you’ve barely said a word. You have to give me something to work with.”
He glanced up, startled. “You don’t know why I’m here?”
“It’s Dr. Horrible isn’t it?”
“You did know!”
“I guessed. I watch his blog.”
“Oh. There was a long pause. Then- “I’m a good hero-I’ve got superpowers, I’ve got a costume-” He tugged at his parka. “What’s wrong with me?”
Hourglass patted his hand, not seeming to notice his icy skin. “Give it time,” she said, and Johnny knew that was the most he was going to get.
2.
Title: Running
Characters: Billy, Johnny Snow
Word Count: 272
“Doctor Horrible, we meet at last!”
Billy sighed and turned. Johnny Snow was standing behind him. He threw back the hood of has parka and looked heroic. “Are you ready to face your doom?”
“I’m shopping.” Billy told him. He held up a carton of eggs as proof. Johnny recoiled like it was a hand grenade.
“You’re in costume.” Johnny said when he’d recovered.
It was true. Billy had been forced to make an emergency grocery run when he’d found out he was actually expected to bring something to the potluck the Henchmen’s Union was hosting, and he hadn’t had time to change out of his lab coat. That still didn’t excuse Johnny’s behavior. And he really didn’t have time for a fight. Or want to go to the potluck with frostbite and a black eye. Billy made a snap decision.
“OK, how about Dooley Park, tomorrow, one o’clock?”
Johnny’s eyes lit up. “Deal!”
“Great. See you then.” Billy edged out from around him and made his escape. He wondered what Johnny’s reaction would be when he didn’t show up. Surely it wouldn’t be surprise? What was more villainous then breaking your word? Anyway he didn’t have time to waste on small-timers like Snow. Soon his Freeze Ray would be ready, and then-well his real nemesis should look out.
Billy let loose a quiet evil laugh as he left the store, then frowned. Still not quite right. Oh well, he could practice later, when he had time. After all, soon he would have all the time in the world. He laughed again, much better. Maybe he was getting the hang of it.
3.
Title: Rules
Characters: Captain Hammer, Penny
Word Count: 100
The Hero always gets the girl. It’s a Rule.
Penny smiled at Hammer as they left the Laundromat. He linked an arm around her possessively, and smiled back, because it was easy and natural. Hammer sensed his nemesis’s glare burning into his back, but he didn’t care. What could Horrible do now? Oh, sure, he’d fight back. He’d probably come up with some pathetic plan, build a new sci-fi ray gun, but it would end like it always did: Dr. Horrible defeated and unconscious, and Captain Hammer effortlessly saving the city. Of course, this time he’d win Penny too.
Tough.
4.
Title: Contact
Characters: Tie-Die, Fury Leika
Word Count: 136
The League didn’t encourage friendships. Actually, Tie-Die didn’t think much of them herself, so it was weird to be pulling a heist with Fury Leika for fun. The two women had joined the League at about the same time, both where fed up with the happy, oblivious sheep they’d been surrounded by. Or Tie-Die was. Leika only wanted to destroy half of them.
So here they were, robbing a bank. It had been a sort of “oh, let’s have a night out on the town” kind of thing, but, being villainesses, it was a given that it’d be illegal.
“Ready?” Tie nodded, and pressed the button, detonating the plastic explosive on the door of the vault. As the smoke cleared, unseen by the bank employees and customers cowering on the floor, Leika and Tie high-fived.
5.
Title: Agenda
Characters: Fury Leika, Dr. Horrible
Word Count: 100
Fury Leika scared him. She was sitting across the table and at an angle from him, but that didn’t stop her smiling slyly and batting her eyelashes at him.
Leika didn’t like men. Really didn’t like them, and the fact that she was spending half the meeting flirting with him made him his eye twitch madly under his goggles. What was she doing?
She cornered him after the meeting. He tried to avoid her, slipping around behind Professor Normal, and out the door, but she was waiting for him, concealed behind a potted plant in the lobby.
“Hi.” He managed.
6.
Title: Dairy
Characters: Snake Bite, Dead Bowie
Word Count: 100
“I’ve told you, I don’t care if it’s fat-free or 2%!” Dead Bowie didn’t get aggravated easily, but Snake Bite was an exception. “It’s not like any of us drink the stuff.” He considered. “Well, Dr. Horrible might.”
“It’sss not for usss, you fool.” Snake Bite hissed. Bowie wasn’t offended. He knew hissing was Snake Bite’s default tone.
“Then who?” He shifted the ray gun in his grip. He didn’t have much experience holding corner-stores hostage, but he was pretty sure the police would arrive soon.
“My snakess.”
Bowie rolled his eyes. “Of course.”
“Take the 2%. Let’ss go.”