10 Tunes
Author: ps_noir
Title: 10 Tunes
Word Count:888
Rating: PG
Pairing: pre Shawn/Lassiter
Warnings: None?
Challenge: The 10 Songs shuffle thing.
Rules:
1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like.
2. Put iTunes or equivalent media player on random.
3. For each song that plays, write something related to the theme you picked inspired by the song. You have only the time frame of the song: no planning beforehand: you start when it starts, and no lingering afterward; once the song is over, you stop writing. (No fair skipping songs either; you have to take what comes by chance!)
4. Do 10 of these, then post.
1. Mellow Yellow- Donovan
“I can’t believe you.”
“Gus, it’s a compliment!”
The bustle continues to swarm around them, cops trading off files from hand to hand and often exchanging jokes while they do so. The station is never at a standstill but Gus is.
“It’s a joke,” Shawn gives him his come-on-I’m-joshing face but Gus just crosses his arms, “You do look like an electrical banana!”
“Shawn!”
“What’s going on guys?” Jules come up to them manila folder in hand, “Nice shirt, Gus.”
“Thank you, Juliet,” he smoothes it out and looks at Shawn disapprovingly.
“Yeah, you know what they call him,” Shawn turns to Jules but is cut off.
“O’Hara, get me the file on Winston oh and, Guster what are you wearing, you look like-“
“Mellow Yellow!” Shawn cuts Lassiter off and goes to fist bump.
2. Here Comes the Sun Again - M. Ward
Lassiter is sitting at his desk, his back strained from leaning over his desk. Being lanky he never fit well behind any desk, at school, home and not at work. He sets down his pen and stretches, trying to get rid of thinking about elementary. It feels like he’s still in school: it’s a gorgeous day in Santa Barbara and he’s stuck behind a desk doing paper work.
He hears a familiar bustle and before he knows it, Shawn and Gus are sprawled across his desk. He looks disapproving and tunes out half of what Spencer says but laughs when the Chief catches them. Shawn smiles at his outburst and Lassiter thinks maybe the sun came indoors today.
3. Dress Me Like A Clown - Margot
Lassiter did not like to be made fun of. Especially when he’s undercover.
Currently his “partner” (in all terms, even ones he never would have imagined) is flirting up a buxom blonde on the wall opposite him. He doesn’t care what Spencer does, but when he’s pretending to be his boyfriend he kind of cares.
He marches over there, a sense of possession he’s never felt before and clears his throat.
“Oh hey,” Spencer’s smile lights up for him.
“What are you doing?”
“Talking to Trina. She owns an aromatherapy shop! How neat is that? I told her we were just thinking of starting our own small business!”
“He was just about to tell me what,” the Blonde says, eyeing Lassiter like he’s something good to eat.
“Yes, care to share,” he steps away for her and, incidentally, closer to Shawn.
“A sex shop!”
4. Don’t Matter - Akon
“They’re called haters.”
“Haters,” Lassiter says the word like it doesn’t fit right in his mouth.
“Yes, and they’re gonna hate.”
“Spencer-“
“Shawn.”
Lassiter looks at him then tries again, “Shawn-“
“Players are going to play and haters are going to hate.”
“Shawn,” this time it’s a little more firm, “We’re talking about other policeman knowing that we’re. Together.”
“Lassie, we can’t do anything about the haters but…”
“But what,” he’s scared to ask.
“But prove them wrong.”
5. Sick Little Games - All Time Low
Shawn is used to being in the papers. For every case he solves, police involved or not, he usually gets photographic evidence of his triumph. It’s normally a silly posed picture with Gus half cropped out and a caption that reads like he’s a super hero.
What he’s not used to is being on page six. Next to him is Lassiter, looking fabulous in his suit and tossed hair. Shawn is clinging to his arm, mid laugh. Lassiter has a half smile on his face and his hand is reaching down to Shawn’s. The caption says something about the Chief of Police and how the public ‘never saw it coming’ that he would end up with a psychic. Shawn can’t help but smile and remember how much convincing it took for Carlton to actually have sex with him in the back of the squad car.
6. Heroes and Villains - Brian Wilson
His dad was a police officer and he was at the station at least once a week so the cop as a hero myth was debunked for him a long time ago. Or at least it was. That was before he and Carlton Lassiter were in a hostage situation where Shawn was not the one coaxing the gun away from the victim but rather trying to avoid touching the barrel with his mouth as it was pressed harshly into his face.
He didn’t even know heroes existed outside of TV before Carlton got the villain sobbing then nodded ever so slightly to Shawn to ‘move the fuck out of the way’ and shot him in the shoulder. Of course he missed, but Shawn got away and the bad guy tripped and now Shawn’s sitting on the tailgate of an ambulance watching the tall Detective report what happened. He thinks he may have low blood sugar but there’s this almost soft glow around Lassiter and he’s not so much sweating profusely as he is glistening. Lassiter turns to him and Shawn waves. He dumbly waves like Carlton’s a fireman in a shiny red truck and he’s a five year old. Lassiter looks at him then gives him a one-flick wave back. Shawn’s heart swells. Lassiter got the bad guy; he hopes he gets the boy too.
7. The Runaway - Something Corporate
Lassiter let’s the water drip off his face as he takes a deep breath. He blinks the water into his eyes then grabs the washcloth off the hook and dries off. He should have brought his own towels. He discards it on the floor.
The hotel he’s staying at is best described as cheap. After driving for so many hours he had to take a break. He promised himself he wouldn’t stop until he found him but after nearly hitting a car going the opposite way, he had to pull over.
It seems like Shawn is stretching, running farther away from him and he’s just hoping that bike can’t take many more miles. He looks at his eyes in the mirror, the blue even more piercing surrounded by purple. He rehearses to himself what’d he say, I know you better than you know yourself. He tells the reflection, “And I know what you really need.”
8. Warning Mark - Empires
Shawn wouldn’t say that being psychic gets him the ladies. His charm does, his observational skills do, but rarely is he at a bar and someone comes up to him and asks if he’s the psychic in the paper. Gus says it has to do with the younger generations not reading the paper.
And because of this fact is true, he’s never had anyone be turned off by the idea of him being psychic. Except Lassiter. Which is exactly whom he’s thinking about as this Brunette-Blue eyed combo with Legs For Days tells him off about invading peoples privacy. She must be one of the only 20-somethings that’s seen him in the paper. Lassiter has to see him everyday at the station.
Her words mute as she jabs her finger in his face and are replaced with Lassiter’s: “Every time you do that stupid hand gesture, Spencer, I take you less seriously. It’s like a warning mark you’re about to say something less useful than normal.”
9. I Won’t Say (I’m In Love)
“Gus.”
“No, Shawn, I don’t want to hear your excuses. I just told you so you could know not so you could dance circles around it.”
Shawn thinks this is the most ridiculous his best friend has ever been.
“You practically swooned, Shawn.”
“I did not swoon, I have weak ankles and back’s of knees. You know this.”
“So they just happened to give out when Lassiter walked in?”
Shawn clears his throat, “They had been acting up all day.”
There’s a silence between the two friends, Gus looking proud and Shawn avoiding his eyes.
“He was wearing a trench coat okay?!” Shawn finally throws his hands up and confesses.
“Whatever you say, Shawn,” Gus smirks.
10. Zero to Love - Say Hi
Lassiter realizes he has completely lost himself as a person as he’s standing next to punch bowl in the Chief’s living room with Juliet dressed in front of him as a porcupine. He thanks whosever above that he didn’t come in costume but being in the room with so many people that are dressed ridiculously with him dressed normally almost makes him feel like a costume would have been better. Then everyone wouldn’t be commenting on his jeans. And by everyone he specifically means Spencer. Who not ten minutes ago did walk in, comment, then walk away. No real antagonizing or threats.
Then O’Hara caught him and she’s been drinking yes and he’s been drinking, but he can’t help thinking that her rosy nose and turtleneck with tiny cotton spikes sewn to the back of them is possibly the cutest thing he’s ever seen. Which goes in conjunction with his first thought when he saw Spencer who came in his jacket with the label ‘Goose’ and Aviators. He thought: he looks good.
Lassiter’s not sure who this new!Lassiter is or why he decided to wear jeans or even come in the first place but his cheeks feel warm, probably from the booze but also from watching O’Hara giggle snort and touch his arm and from connecting eyes with Spencer over the rim of his shades.
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Title: 10 Tunes
Word Count:888
Rating: PG
Pairing: pre Shawn/Lassiter
Warnings: None?
Challenge: The 10 Songs shuffle thing.
Rules:
1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like.
2. Put iTunes or equivalent media player on random.
3. For each song that plays, write something related to the theme you picked inspired by the song. You have only the time frame of the song: no planning beforehand: you start when it starts, and no lingering afterward; once the song is over, you stop writing. (No fair skipping songs either; you have to take what comes by chance!)
4. Do 10 of these, then post.
1. Mellow Yellow- Donovan
“I can’t believe you.”
“Gus, it’s a compliment!”
The bustle continues to swarm around them, cops trading off files from hand to hand and often exchanging jokes while they do so. The station is never at a standstill but Gus is.
“It’s a joke,” Shawn gives him his come-on-I’m-joshing face but Gus just crosses his arms, “You do look like an electrical banana!”
“Shawn!”
“What’s going on guys?” Jules come up to them manila folder in hand, “Nice shirt, Gus.”
“Thank you, Juliet,” he smoothes it out and looks at Shawn disapprovingly.
“Yeah, you know what they call him,” Shawn turns to Jules but is cut off.
“O’Hara, get me the file on Winston oh and, Guster what are you wearing, you look like-“
“Mellow Yellow!” Shawn cuts Lassiter off and goes to fist bump.
2. Here Comes the Sun Again - M. Ward
Lassiter is sitting at his desk, his back strained from leaning over his desk. Being lanky he never fit well behind any desk, at school, home and not at work. He sets down his pen and stretches, trying to get rid of thinking about elementary. It feels like he’s still in school: it’s a gorgeous day in Santa Barbara and he’s stuck behind a desk doing paper work.
He hears a familiar bustle and before he knows it, Shawn and Gus are sprawled across his desk. He looks disapproving and tunes out half of what Spencer says but laughs when the Chief catches them. Shawn smiles at his outburst and Lassiter thinks maybe the sun came indoors today.
3. Dress Me Like A Clown - Margot
Lassiter did not like to be made fun of. Especially when he’s undercover.
Currently his “partner” (in all terms, even ones he never would have imagined) is flirting up a buxom blonde on the wall opposite him. He doesn’t care what Spencer does, but when he’s pretending to be his boyfriend he kind of cares.
He marches over there, a sense of possession he’s never felt before and clears his throat.
“Oh hey,” Spencer’s smile lights up for him.
“What are you doing?”
“Talking to Trina. She owns an aromatherapy shop! How neat is that? I told her we were just thinking of starting our own small business!”
“He was just about to tell me what,” the Blonde says, eyeing Lassiter like he’s something good to eat.
“Yes, care to share,” he steps away for her and, incidentally, closer to Shawn.
“A sex shop!”
4. Don’t Matter - Akon
“They’re called haters.”
“Haters,” Lassiter says the word like it doesn’t fit right in his mouth.
“Yes, and they’re gonna hate.”
“Spencer-“
“Shawn.”
Lassiter looks at him then tries again, “Shawn-“
“Players are going to play and haters are going to hate.”
“Shawn,” this time it’s a little more firm, “We’re talking about other policeman knowing that we’re. Together.”
“Lassie, we can’t do anything about the haters but…”
“But what,” he’s scared to ask.
“But prove them wrong.”
5. Sick Little Games - All Time Low
Shawn is used to being in the papers. For every case he solves, police involved or not, he usually gets photographic evidence of his triumph. It’s normally a silly posed picture with Gus half cropped out and a caption that reads like he’s a super hero.
What he’s not used to is being on page six. Next to him is Lassiter, looking fabulous in his suit and tossed hair. Shawn is clinging to his arm, mid laugh. Lassiter has a half smile on his face and his hand is reaching down to Shawn’s. The caption says something about the Chief of Police and how the public ‘never saw it coming’ that he would end up with a psychic. Shawn can’t help but smile and remember how much convincing it took for Carlton to actually have sex with him in the back of the squad car.
6. Heroes and Villains - Brian Wilson
His dad was a police officer and he was at the station at least once a week so the cop as a hero myth was debunked for him a long time ago. Or at least it was. That was before he and Carlton Lassiter were in a hostage situation where Shawn was not the one coaxing the gun away from the victim but rather trying to avoid touching the barrel with his mouth as it was pressed harshly into his face.
He didn’t even know heroes existed outside of TV before Carlton got the villain sobbing then nodded ever so slightly to Shawn to ‘move the fuck out of the way’ and shot him in the shoulder. Of course he missed, but Shawn got away and the bad guy tripped and now Shawn’s sitting on the tailgate of an ambulance watching the tall Detective report what happened. He thinks he may have low blood sugar but there’s this almost soft glow around Lassiter and he’s not so much sweating profusely as he is glistening. Lassiter turns to him and Shawn waves. He dumbly waves like Carlton’s a fireman in a shiny red truck and he’s a five year old. Lassiter looks at him then gives him a one-flick wave back. Shawn’s heart swells. Lassiter got the bad guy; he hopes he gets the boy too.
7. The Runaway - Something Corporate
Lassiter let’s the water drip off his face as he takes a deep breath. He blinks the water into his eyes then grabs the washcloth off the hook and dries off. He should have brought his own towels. He discards it on the floor.
The hotel he’s staying at is best described as cheap. After driving for so many hours he had to take a break. He promised himself he wouldn’t stop until he found him but after nearly hitting a car going the opposite way, he had to pull over.
It seems like Shawn is stretching, running farther away from him and he’s just hoping that bike can’t take many more miles. He looks at his eyes in the mirror, the blue even more piercing surrounded by purple. He rehearses to himself what’d he say, I know you better than you know yourself. He tells the reflection, “And I know what you really need.”
8. Warning Mark - Empires
Shawn wouldn’t say that being psychic gets him the ladies. His charm does, his observational skills do, but rarely is he at a bar and someone comes up to him and asks if he’s the psychic in the paper. Gus says it has to do with the younger generations not reading the paper.
And because of this fact is true, he’s never had anyone be turned off by the idea of him being psychic. Except Lassiter. Which is exactly whom he’s thinking about as this Brunette-Blue eyed combo with Legs For Days tells him off about invading peoples privacy. She must be one of the only 20-somethings that’s seen him in the paper. Lassiter has to see him everyday at the station.
Her words mute as she jabs her finger in his face and are replaced with Lassiter’s: “Every time you do that stupid hand gesture, Spencer, I take you less seriously. It’s like a warning mark you’re about to say something less useful than normal.”
9. I Won’t Say (I’m In Love)
“Gus.”
“No, Shawn, I don’t want to hear your excuses. I just told you so you could know not so you could dance circles around it.”
Shawn thinks this is the most ridiculous his best friend has ever been.
“You practically swooned, Shawn.”
“I did not swoon, I have weak ankles and back’s of knees. You know this.”
“So they just happened to give out when Lassiter walked in?”
Shawn clears his throat, “They had been acting up all day.”
There’s a silence between the two friends, Gus looking proud and Shawn avoiding his eyes.
“He was wearing a trench coat okay?!” Shawn finally throws his hands up and confesses.
“Whatever you say, Shawn,” Gus smirks.
10. Zero to Love - Say Hi
Lassiter realizes he has completely lost himself as a person as he’s standing next to punch bowl in the Chief’s living room with Juliet dressed in front of him as a porcupine. He thanks whosever above that he didn’t come in costume but being in the room with so many people that are dressed ridiculously with him dressed normally almost makes him feel like a costume would have been better. Then everyone wouldn’t be commenting on his jeans. And by everyone he specifically means Spencer. Who not ten minutes ago did walk in, comment, then walk away. No real antagonizing or threats.
Then O’Hara caught him and she’s been drinking yes and he’s been drinking, but he can’t help thinking that her rosy nose and turtleneck with tiny cotton spikes sewn to the back of them is possibly the cutest thing he’s ever seen. Which goes in conjunction with his first thought when he saw Spencer who came in his jacket with the label ‘Goose’ and Aviators. He thought: he looks good.
Lassiter’s not sure who this new!Lassiter is or why he decided to wear jeans or even come in the first place but his cheeks feel warm, probably from the booze but also from watching O’Hara giggle snort and touch his arm and from connecting eyes with Spencer over the rim of his shades.
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