Man Your Guns, Save the Parks Lady - (Leslie/Ben) a Parks and Rec Fic
Title: Man Your Guns, Save the Parks Lady
Author: quick_ly
Fandom: Parks and Recreation
Pairing: Leslie/Ben
Rating: PG-13
Summary: There are few people Ben would trust his life with more then Leslie Knope, but the whole end of the world theme is starting to freak him out a little
Disclaimer: I do not own Parks and Rec.
A/N: Written for Hiatus Fest 2011 over at leslie_ben for the bonus challenge, Apocafic! Really, Parks and Rec plus zombies always equals fun times, so how exactly was I supposed to resist?
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When they finally come to Pawnee, Leslie has a ready made, full-proof game plan, (because according to her, seventy-five percent of intercity invasions are due to zombie attacks) that involves a large use of guns, waffles, and Tommy Fresh. The only downside for Ben is that when the apocalypse comes a-knocking, the weakest tend to go first, and aside from Ron, Leslie, and Donna, the parks department isn’t exactly super strong. (In high school, Ben’s nickname was wimpy Benjy, and while he has been taking healthy supplements for the last couple years (because Chris has been fearing the apocalypse for awhile now and wanted Ben to be ready), not a ton has changed.) Of course, there are few people Ben would trust his life with more then Leslie Knope, but the whole end of the world theme is starting to freak him out a little.
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Quickly, they all just start living in the Parks Department’s room, with Donna and Ron barricading the doors. It’s not the Ritz, but hiding out in there turns out too be a pretty brilliant idea, as there’s plenty of space and food for everybody (ever since news broke that zombies were beginning to emerge, Ron has been stocking up on meat, and although Chris doesn’t exactly approve of the lack of vegetables, everyone else is just happy to not be living off rotten Spaghetti-O's like the Sewage Department.)
Leslie has also taken the liberty of assigning everybody jobs (“Tom, if they come in, spray Tommy Fresh in their faces. April, you can scare them with your face. Jerry, try not to screw anything up.”) As it is, Ben never went to camp, so it’s kind of a little fun for him, getting to be Leslie’s assistant. (Apparently, aside from Ann (who has been given the job of nursing any and everybody that might be harmed back to complete health) Ben’s the only one she trust enough to not completely mess everything up.)
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On their third day in hiding, Leslie asks Ben what his shooting experience is, like it’s the most casual thing in the world, which really, since they’re currently trying to escape the clutches of zombies, it kind of is.
With his only memory of using a gun involving water, Ben’s not exactly thrilled when Leslie suggests that she show him the ropes of shooting (Ron doesn’t care enough to want to help), but it does give him an opportunity to flirt with her, because honestly, without Leslie, Ben’s pretty sure he would have died of depression by now.
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Ben spends most of his time trying to think of anything but their current situation, which is kind of hard since not anything in his life can quite compare to the zombie apocalypse. In fact, it gets so bad that he just starts to go over specific moments in his life and kind of reenact them in his head. After reliving his inauguration for the fifth time, Ben’s pretty sure he’s got a problem.
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Ben leaves Pawnee exactly the way he found it; broken.
They sneak out the Monday after the rest of the government goes under and their big stack of meat begins to shrink (everyone in their group is kind of a stress eater, which doesn’t bode well with limited food supplies.) As they depart, Leslie notes that the city’s original settlers would be proud to see it last so long against such deadly forces, to which Ron says that the only part of Pawnee still intact is the old Sweetums factory. As she watches the ruins of her beloved hometown burn away, Ben kisses her
Author: quick_ly
Fandom: Parks and Recreation
Pairing: Leslie/Ben
Rating: PG-13
Summary: There are few people Ben would trust his life with more then Leslie Knope, but the whole end of the world theme is starting to freak him out a little
Disclaimer: I do not own Parks and Rec.
A/N: Written for Hiatus Fest 2011 over at leslie_ben for the bonus challenge, Apocafic! Really, Parks and Rec plus zombies always equals fun times, so how exactly was I supposed to resist?
--
When they finally come to Pawnee, Leslie has a ready made, full-proof game plan, (because according to her, seventy-five percent of intercity invasions are due to zombie attacks) that involves a large use of guns, waffles, and Tommy Fresh. The only downside for Ben is that when the apocalypse comes a-knocking, the weakest tend to go first, and aside from Ron, Leslie, and Donna, the parks department isn’t exactly super strong. (In high school, Ben’s nickname was wimpy Benjy, and while he has been taking healthy supplements for the last couple years (because Chris has been fearing the apocalypse for awhile now and wanted Ben to be ready), not a ton has changed.) Of course, there are few people Ben would trust his life with more then Leslie Knope, but the whole end of the world theme is starting to freak him out a little.
--
Quickly, they all just start living in the Parks Department’s room, with Donna and Ron barricading the doors. It’s not the Ritz, but hiding out in there turns out too be a pretty brilliant idea, as there’s plenty of space and food for everybody (ever since news broke that zombies were beginning to emerge, Ron has been stocking up on meat, and although Chris doesn’t exactly approve of the lack of vegetables, everyone else is just happy to not be living off rotten Spaghetti-O's like the Sewage Department.)
Leslie has also taken the liberty of assigning everybody jobs (“Tom, if they come in, spray Tommy Fresh in their faces. April, you can scare them with your face. Jerry, try not to screw anything up.”) As it is, Ben never went to camp, so it’s kind of a little fun for him, getting to be Leslie’s assistant. (Apparently, aside from Ann (who has been given the job of nursing any and everybody that might be harmed back to complete health) Ben’s the only one she trust enough to not completely mess everything up.)
--
On their third day in hiding, Leslie asks Ben what his shooting experience is, like it’s the most casual thing in the world, which really, since they’re currently trying to escape the clutches of zombies, it kind of is.
With his only memory of using a gun involving water, Ben’s not exactly thrilled when Leslie suggests that she show him the ropes of shooting (Ron doesn’t care enough to want to help), but it does give him an opportunity to flirt with her, because honestly, without Leslie, Ben’s pretty sure he would have died of depression by now.
--
Ben spends most of his time trying to think of anything but their current situation, which is kind of hard since not anything in his life can quite compare to the zombie apocalypse. In fact, it gets so bad that he just starts to go over specific moments in his life and kind of reenact them in his head. After reliving his inauguration for the fifth time, Ben’s pretty sure he’s got a problem.
--
Ben leaves Pawnee exactly the way he found it; broken.
They sneak out the Monday after the rest of the government goes under and their big stack of meat begins to shrink (everyone in their group is kind of a stress eater, which doesn’t bode well with limited food supplies.) As they depart, Leslie notes that the city’s original settlers would be proud to see it last so long against such deadly forces, to which Ron says that the only part of Pawnee still intact is the old Sweetums factory. As she watches the ruins of her beloved hometown burn away, Ben kisses her