The Perfect Non-Underwear Gift

[saucydiva]

Title: The Perfect Non-Underwear Gift
Author: saucydiva
Word count: north of 1K
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Clearly I don’t own it or I would be buying my fudge at $55 an ounce
Timeline: 4x10
Summary: As prompted by k8_26_2: Ben, Jean-Ralphio, Christmas shopping. Go!
Author’s Note: Rikyl is the best Christmas elf I know

Comments

[shornt]

um you write a perfect jean ralphio

[saucydiva]

Thank you for saying that and for reading!

[stillscape]

“I gotcha. And I know the perfect non-underwear gift to give her. Panda.”

“Illegal.”

“Airplane.”

“Unaffordable.”

“Date with Ryan Gosling.”

I am dying. Also, I love you and I love Jean-Ralphio and you probably already know how I feel about Ben.

[ballroom_pink]

He knows what the ladies want: Ryan Gosling.

He was going to regret this, but… “Leslie, who I am dating, so stop that, needs a Christmas gift. Something that says, ‘I’m glad we’re together.’”

This is just one example of how perfectly you have captured Ben and Adam Scott's cadences.

[stillscape]

Ben has his Ray-Bans, though...

[ballroom_pink]

The he does.
And he looks good in them.

[grapepjs]

Which is why he was spending Christmas Eve in the mall, staring at scarves and wondering if Leslie already had a scarf. Scarves. This particular scarf, possibly.

"Books are boring, that’ll remind her of you.”

“She has everything, Jean-Ralphio, and it’s all in her living room.”

Hee. I loved everything about this, but these lines, especially.

[saucydiva]

Thanks for reading! I felt like I couldn't ignore the elephant in the room, which is that Leslie could probably hide an elephant in her room.

[jncar]

Your Jean-Ralphio is amazing, and your Ben is pretty darn great, too.

Plus, this: She was a ninja mixed with a Jedi times Wonder Woman at presents, is perfection.

[saucydiva]

That means so much, since I remember reading your Ben Wyatt Quits the Government story this summer and loving your Jean-Ralphio voice, specifically when he and Tom went on Joan's show. It was impeccable. So I am glad you thought the voices rang true for you. Thanks for reading!

[ballroom_pink]

He should get her Wonder Woman underwear.

[rikyl]

He’d done very well with all those gifts you always buy your girlfriend-the ‘I’m sorry our secret dating means you have to go on trial’ horse doll, the ‘please think better of me’ children’s concert, the ‘We have to break up so you can pursue your dreams’ campaign button, even the ‘aborted attempt at proclaiming his love via food’ éclair. Ben was good.

Love that bit. And the rest of it. Hilarious and sweet, and you really do write the best Jean-Ralpio! Clearly some of it rubbed off on you when he had his arm around you last week.

[greenshouse]

Hee! that's exactly what I was thinking when I saw that jean ralphio would be a major character in this fic!

This is so pitch perfect and adorably wonderful!

Ben really does give good gifts!

Loved your disclaimer too! I wish I could gift you with fudge worth $55 but since its not to be eaten, it's not worth the international shipping! (this makes no sense...apologies!)

[saucydiva]

He does give good gifts, a fact Rikyl pointed out to me. And she was so right!

Nice comments are all the Christmas gifts I need, really. And your comments are always so lovely.

[greenshouse]

I have learnt that Rikyl is ALWAYS right :P

Aw thank you! You are the greatest at everything as always too my dear :)

Yay for virtual gifting via comments! :D