Vimes/Sybil Music Drabble Meme Again
1. Southern Girls - Everclear
Why did Vimes wait until he was married to become strangely attractive to powerful women? He didn’t often wonder but every once in awhile, especially after one of them flirted at him, he had to ask. Was it some cosmic joke? Were all the women that flirted at him just catty bitches who were offended at seeing him married to someone as sweet as Sybil? Or maybe... it’s just that you never met powerful women until after you were married, he suggested to himself once. That would put the tin lid on it, if he’d been attractive to powerful and wealthy women all his life but he never met any until now.
2. Don’t Speak - No Doubt
Vimes poured himself another glassful of wine. He felt the change in the air. She was doing it again. He looked over to Sybil but she was already looking intently at her plate. She didn’t say anything and she wasn’t going to say anything. And the way that she went about not saying anything was as bad as a bloody great row. The past few evenings, she’d been going very quiet when he got himself a refill. Was it supposed to be a guilty trip or was she just afraid of what she’d say if she did speak? He sat down again and defiantly took a sip from his glass. He watched her for a reaction. She didn’t speak, she didn’t even sigh. Then the panic set into Vimes. If she didn’t think it was worth saying anything about, didn’t that mean that she’d already decided that he wasn’t worth the trouble?
3. Mentira - El Clon soundtrack
Withdrawal. That’s what they called it at the Meetings. They said the first twenty-four hours would be the worst. They said it would be hard. Clearly they were looking back on those first twenty-four hours through rose-tinted spectacles. Carrot and Nobby heard Vimes pacing around in the middle of the day and he actually snarled when they spoke to him. By around hour 8, the Yard endured an internal hurricane.
“We threw all the liquor out, sir!” Carrot said, picking Vimes up bodily.
“No! You didn’t! Nobby, you’ve got to have something tucked away! WHERE IS IT!?!”
“You don’t want it, sir.” Nobby said.
“Yes, I do!”
“Lady Sybil won’t like it. She’s been very patient with you but-”
“I want a drink! I don’t care if she leaves me!”
“You don’t mean that.” Carrot said gently.
“Course not,” Nobby said, “that’s the biggest lie I’ve ever heard and I’ve told some whoppers in my time.”
4. Chick Habit - Death Proof soundtrack
Vimes was definitely old. He didn’t realize that there was a definite marker for old age until he stumbled across it. When a man has trouble choosing between a drink and a woman, something’s not quite right. There would have been no hesitation when he was young. If it meant that he might get sex, he’d have quite sleeping. But now he was old.
5. Malcolm in the Middle theme song - They Might Be Giants
‘Sir’ was the most brilliant word in the Morporkian language. It could mean anything. Yes, no, maybe, I don’t know, can you repeat the question, anything. Vimes, like guards everywhere, had discovered it early in his career and clung to it like children cling to security blankets. The best part was how much it annoyed superiors. It had annoyed the gallant Captain Rust, though sneezing could annoy Captain Rust, and Vimes was quite certain that it annoyed Vetinari. It even annoyed him when his men used it against him.
6. Ten Cuidado Con El Corazon - Alejandra Guzman
It wasn’t that Lady Sybil was innocent… Well, she was in the sense that mythical dragons considered her a tasty snack, probably, and the whole idea rather puzzled Vimes. Just because she’d never been married that didn’t mean that she’d never… After all, he’d never been married and he’d certainly… Truthfully, she was the female equivalent of those chaps that collect pins and most of them would make a tasty snack for a mythical dragon. That did complicate things somewhat. She was sensible and strong but every so often, she had these Moments. If they weren’t both in their forties, he’d worry that she was actually falling in love with him. Vimes wanted to tell her to be more careful. He really wished that someone else had broken her heart once already. He didn’t like the idea of being the first.
7. Dunnet - Carl Prekopp (yes, that Carl Prekopp, the one that played Young Sam in the radio adaptation of Night Watch)
Sybil opened the little box that had once rested at the foot of Vimes’ bed. It was just papers, he’d said and she’d move them to the desk in the study. She peeled away at the pile as if chipping away at Time itself. The further down in the piles, the older the papers. Sam must have forgotten about most of them. One very cracked and yellowing sheet caught her eye. She skimmed it and laughed.
“Sam, I didn’t know you wrote poetry.” She called out.
Vimes ran into the study as if a murder was being committed there. He tore the paper from her hand, read it quickly and groaned. He’d blessedly forgotten that…
“It’s not a poem.” He muttered. Oh, what the hell, she’d get it out of him eventually. “It’s a song.”
“You wrote songs?” Sybil asked incredulously, despite her best efforts.
“We all do stupid things when we’re teenagers. Can we just drop it?” Vimes asked sullenly.
“I know you can sing but did you play an instrument too?”
“I said drop it.”
8. Tell Me Lies - Natalie Cole
Vimes wasn’t the only one that felt slightly cynical about their relationship. When draco nobilis punctuate one’s love life, one must be cautious. Lady Sybil did wonder what the universe was playing at. Every time they met, a dragon turned up. It was as bad as music swelling. It was too perfect, that was the problem. Fate seemed hell bent on pushing them together and the worst part was, Sybil really really wanted it too. Did Captain Vimes feel it too? Did he feel the same way about her? Probably not. He always panicked around her. She wished he would relax and let it happen. Or at least, he could lie to her just for a little while.
9. Earth Angel - Back to the Future soundtrack
Vimes and his younger self dragged the unconscious Captain Rust to a cell. There’d be trouble for this later but that was later. He locked the cell door and stared for a long time. An insane thought crept into his head. I went out with Ronnie Rust once… Sybil had told him. When had that been? Oh gods, what if was about now? He looked at his younger self and could feel the panic rising. If she came 'round the watch house… he wouldn’t… what was he thinking, of course he would. Sybil had been adorable as a girl. Vimes had seen plenty of portraits. At that age, a girl didn’t have to be pretty to be pretty and when he was young, he turned to goo around anything in a skirt. If they met… It wouldn’t even matter what happened after that, it would be a disaster! Damn, damn, damn those History Monks.
10. Soon You’ll Come Home - All Dogs Go To Heaven soundtrack
Sybil read today’s clacks message. She had to admit even if Sam was doing gods knew what in Borogravia, he still made time to write to her everyday. It had come as a pleasant surprise that always he remembered.
“Everyone’s fine. I hate this bloody place. Miss you. I’ll be home soon, I promise.” Sybil read to Young Sam.
It was always more or less the same message, it was a routine but it made Sybil happy to know that she and Young Sam were an important part of Sam’s routine.