drabble: Rib count
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Title: Rib count
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Pairings: none...or exceedingly mild Helen/Nick
Spoilers: Episode One
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Characters: Ryan, Helen.
Genre: drabble
Length/Word Count: 108 words.
Disclaimer: None of these characters are mine. ITV owns Primeval and the characters thereof. I am making no money from writing or posting this drabble; I do this purely for enjoyment and fun.
Short Summary: Helen’s finally been caught, so Ryan asks her a question that’s been bugging him.
Notes: Written immediately after watching ep 1 on www.tv-links.co.uk. Unrelated to the Mammoth drabble or the food drabble. The basic idea, I got from an issue of Discover Magazine; yes, it does happen.
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Helen Cutter was at last in custody, held in great secureness to reassure the Home Office.
When Jack Ryan had his turn keeping watch on the nomad of time, he waited a while before asking her - and thereby breaking the silence - “Your ribs okay?”
She quirked an eyebrow. “I wasn’t roughed up, much less manhandled, so why -?”
“Not now.”
Confused, “Then when?”
“The Permian. We found a skeleton there, one your husband said wasn’t yours.”
“And I’m guessing you saw him count the ribs,” Helen said, figuring what’d transpired. When Ryan nodded, “I was born missing a pair of ribs.” Shrugged. “It happens from time to time.”
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The End
Title: Rib count
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Pairings: none...or exceedingly mild Helen/Nick
Spoilers: Episode One
--
Characters: Ryan, Helen.
Genre: drabble
Length/Word Count: 108 words.
Disclaimer: None of these characters are mine. ITV owns Primeval and the characters thereof. I am making no money from writing or posting this drabble; I do this purely for enjoyment and fun.
Short Summary: Helen’s finally been caught, so Ryan asks her a question that’s been bugging him.
Notes: Written immediately after watching ep 1 on www.tv-links.co.uk. Unrelated to the Mammoth drabble or the food drabble. The basic idea, I got from an issue of Discover Magazine; yes, it does happen.
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Helen Cutter was at last in custody, held in great secureness to reassure the Home Office.
When Jack Ryan had his turn keeping watch on the nomad of time, he waited a while before asking her - and thereby breaking the silence - “Your ribs okay?”
She quirked an eyebrow. “I wasn’t roughed up, much less manhandled, so why -?”
“Not now.”
Confused, “Then when?”
“The Permian. We found a skeleton there, one your husband said wasn’t yours.”
“And I’m guessing you saw him count the ribs,” Helen said, figuring what’d transpired. When Ryan nodded, “I was born missing a pair of ribs.” Shrugged. “It happens from time to time.”
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The End