Kick Start Me Meme

[rattyjol]

The first TEN people to comment in this post get to request that I write a drabble of any pairing or character of your choosing*. In return, you are challenged to post this in your own journal, regardless of your ability level- or not as you wish.

01. natural_blue_26: Firefly; River on developing Simon/Kaylee ( FILLED)
02. lisacharly: Animorphs; Peter/Eva ( FILLED)
03. rena_librarian:

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[rattyjol]

It's not a very romantic tale; there's no eyes meeting across a crowded room or love at first sight. It's not particularly exciting either; no damsels in distress or handsome princes swooping in to save the day. (He thinks she'll probably slap him if she ever hears him calling her a damsel in distress, anyway. Then she'll laugh and say he's still handsome, though, and lean in and kiss him. Marco will make a face, so she'll kiss Peter again.)

It isn't even a chance meeting, either, no intervention of fate or destiny required. It's a blind date set up by a pair of mutual friends (who Eva will later push and prod until they get together as well, but that's a story for another day). No sparks fly as she meets him on the sidewalk in front of her apartment and shake hands, exchange pleasantries. They go to the movies - some banal chick flick that neither is interested in - and they've just bought the tickets when Eva sees the sign.

"Let's do that instead," she says, gesturing towards the ice rink next door, so he pockets the movie tickets (they've got half an hour anyway, plenty of time) and rent two pairs of skates. Eva hasn't skated in years, and Peter's never gone at all, and they trip all over themselves just trying to get from the bench to the ice before he realizes he's tied his skates wrong and they have to go back. They skate around the rink, struggling to stay upright and laughing every time one of them falls, and don't even realize that they've missed the start of the movie.

(At this point Marco will interrupt and point out that there's always previews before the actual movie, and the credits, so wouldn't they not have missed anything yet? Eva will laugh and ruffle his hair and tell him that's not the point.)

When they finish skating, their faces are flushed from laughing and the cold, and Peter thinks she's probably the most beautiful woman he's ever seen. Their fingers have gone numb, since they didn't think to bring gloves, so they hold hands on the way back to his car. (Then Marco will grimace and wonder why he wanted to hear this story in the first place, if it's going to be this mushy.) When he takes her home, he makes as if to kiss her goodnight outside her apartment, but she smiles and says "Maybe next time" before she shuts the door in his face. He stands there stunned for several moments, until he realizes that implies the existence of a next time, and returns to his own apartment whistling, where his roommate throws a sofa cushion at his head from where he fell asleep watching TV.

("Okay," Marco will say after the story is finished, his eyes wide and full of childish innocence. "So how did I get made?" Peter and Eva will exchange a look and burst out laughing. "Maybe when you're older," Peter will say fondly, and they'll leave it at that.

The next evening Eva will go out and find herself thrust into the control of a Yeerk named Edriss 562. But that, too, is a story for another day.)

[lisacharly]

Wow, this is fantastic! Totally different than the headcanon I have, but totally charming and believable. I love how assertive you've made/kept Eva and derpy Peter. This is exactly what I was hoping for. :D

[rattyjol]

Oooh, what's your head!canon? :D