Ten Songs Meme
I snatched this from a Phoenix Wright community, but hell. If I'm ever going to write anything naughty about these two, I'll have force myself to write them outside of my fic universe, or wait a great many chapters.
Which I clearly don't have the patience for.
Title: Ten Songs Meme
Author: daughtermestizo
Beta: Ahahaha no.
Character/Pairing/Group: Horatio/Natalia
Word Count: 940. Pathetic.
Rating: G. I can neither think nor write fast enough for anything else.
Summary: For this meme:
1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like.
2. Turn on your music player and put it on random/shuffle.
3. Write a drabble related to each song that plays. You only have the time frame of the song to finish the drabble; you start when the song starts, and stop when it's over. No lingering afterwards!
4. Do ten of these, then post them
1. How It’s Got To Be [Jeanette]
It may never work. That’s what Natalia kept telling herself. She’d become very conditional with men ever since Nick. The pregnancy scare with Eric had sealed the deal. And yet, Horatio fulfilled every one of her “conditions,” without even knowing that he was being judged.
In truth, she was just waiting for the opportune moment.
2. Holiday [Green Day]
God, what a wonderful day!
For all that she lived in Miami, it had been years since Natalia had been to the beach without a kit. She felt fantastic. She’d gone out and bought and new bathing suit just a day earlier.
Her heart nearly stopped when she saw him. He was here! No way!
Natalia wasn’t sure which would have surprised her more: Horatio at the beach in his usual attire, for no apparent reason, or Horatio at the beach in beach attire.
She decided to stop where she was. Laying down her cooler, she spread her towel out on the sand, not once taking her eyes off him.
3. Smooth Criminal [Alien Ant Farm]
Natalia breathed hard. Her heart refused to slow to anything vaguely resembling normal. She clutched her gun tightly, even though she knew it was the wrong way to hold it.
Trust her to get stuck in crossfire. She’d been separated from Tripp. Where was their backup?
A few shots rang out on all sides. Natalia desperately tried to calculate where the gunmen were.
A gun cocked next to her, and she spun around. It wasn’t pointed at her.
“Are you okay?” he asked.
4. 4 Minutes [Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake]
Four minutes. It was hardly enough time to react, but Horatio moved like lightning. He had grabbed her hand and started running like hell. Down the stairs, one flight after another. Would he remember the way out?
“It’s gonna blow! Run!” he yelled at everyone they passed. Eric took off ahead of them.
Natalia knew Horatio could go much faster than he was. She’d have been touched if she’d had room for any other emotions.
The moment they exited the door, Natalia was pushed to the ground. She fell hard, and couldn’t get up. As the bomb went off, someone was over her, watching over her.
5. The Sailor Song [Toy-Box]
After a few months on the job, Natalia came to realize that, should she so desire, she had her pick of pretty much any man in the lab. They fell head over heels just looking at her. It didn’t make her uncomfortable, per se, but it seemed like she was being pressured to pick.
And yet, the one that was just right was the only one not tripping over himself trying to impress her. But he managed to. He treated her with quiet, gentle dignity. Maybe one day, she could have him.
6. WARU - Bad Blood [Wataru Takagi]
Horatio had come to accept that the only thing he wanted, and could keep, was what he could give to other people. A lonely soldier. Whatever other-worldly force was controlling his life, if any, was obviously flawed.
Was he satisfied? There were many definitions of “satisfaction.”
He watched her and wondered. Was he “satisfied” being her boss? “Satisfied” being a mentor, a guardian?
Yes, and no.
7. Viva Rock [Orange Range]
Life in the lab (for it did consume one’s life), was a constant, hectic run in and out of the field, from one lab to the other and back, running strange things through strange machines, and desperately trying not to trip over one’s required labcoat while doing it.
Alright, so the labcoats were relatively safe, but it didn’t stop Natalia from nearly tripping over it, somehow. Last night had been a hellish trip to migraine-ville and back, and the results showed. Already she’d bumped into Eric, Calleigh, several tables and one computer. But she refused to be deterred.
Then she had bumped into him, and he had offered her a steadying hand.
8. Objection [Shakira]
The downside to being the go-between between the government and the lab, financially-speaking, was that she was required to attend a number of intensely boring events, each one requiring the purchase of a new, and expensive, dress.
Natalia sighed, but couldn’t keep from tapping her foot. The talking was over, the boredom still clung, but at least they had a good DJ.
As if criminalists dance, she thought.
Or so she had thought.
“Ms Boa Vista.”
Natalia said nothing. She stared.
“Do you dance?”
9. Yura Yura [Hearts Grow]
Hearts grow, relationships develop, love blooms. The problem was recognizing it, first in yourself, then in someone else.
But Natalia felt confident. He must feel something. She paused, he paused. She smiled, he smiled.
Of course, she had to remind herself that this was Horatio’s way. But when it was her, she couldn’t help but feel special. After all, that was his, well, specialty.
So how do you know when love is mutual?
Perhaps she would simply have to wait it out, to wait for him to take her hand.
Natalia had confidence. That day was coming.
10. Cod Liver Oil [Great Big Sea]
People, mostly Frank, had gently begun encouraging him to perhaps, just maybe, consider seeing someone. They’d backed off a little when Julia had first stepped back into the picture, but they could only resist for so long.
Beneath the caring exterior, however, Horatio knew what they were suggesting: Marisol had been a mistake. She’d been sick, maybe some sort of chivalrous impulse.
Natalia was everything different, or close to it. But he just couldn’t being himself to it.
Not yet.
If ANYONE wants writing practice, this is the way to do it. Seriously. I'm looking at you, lawmort1980!
D-M
Which I clearly don't have the patience for.
Title: Ten Songs Meme
Author: daughtermestizo
Beta: Ahahaha no.
Character/Pairing/Group: Horatio/Natalia
Word Count: 940. Pathetic.
Rating: G. I can neither think nor write fast enough for anything else.
Summary: For this meme:
1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like.
2. Turn on your music player and put it on random/shuffle.
3. Write a drabble related to each song that plays. You only have the time frame of the song to finish the drabble; you start when the song starts, and stop when it's over. No lingering afterwards!
4. Do ten of these, then post them
1. How It’s Got To Be [Jeanette]
It may never work. That’s what Natalia kept telling herself. She’d become very conditional with men ever since Nick. The pregnancy scare with Eric had sealed the deal. And yet, Horatio fulfilled every one of her “conditions,” without even knowing that he was being judged.
In truth, she was just waiting for the opportune moment.
2. Holiday [Green Day]
God, what a wonderful day!
For all that she lived in Miami, it had been years since Natalia had been to the beach without a kit. She felt fantastic. She’d gone out and bought and new bathing suit just a day earlier.
Her heart nearly stopped when she saw him. He was here! No way!
Natalia wasn’t sure which would have surprised her more: Horatio at the beach in his usual attire, for no apparent reason, or Horatio at the beach in beach attire.
She decided to stop where she was. Laying down her cooler, she spread her towel out on the sand, not once taking her eyes off him.
3. Smooth Criminal [Alien Ant Farm]
Natalia breathed hard. Her heart refused to slow to anything vaguely resembling normal. She clutched her gun tightly, even though she knew it was the wrong way to hold it.
Trust her to get stuck in crossfire. She’d been separated from Tripp. Where was their backup?
A few shots rang out on all sides. Natalia desperately tried to calculate where the gunmen were.
A gun cocked next to her, and she spun around. It wasn’t pointed at her.
“Are you okay?” he asked.
4. 4 Minutes [Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake]
Four minutes. It was hardly enough time to react, but Horatio moved like lightning. He had grabbed her hand and started running like hell. Down the stairs, one flight after another. Would he remember the way out?
“It’s gonna blow! Run!” he yelled at everyone they passed. Eric took off ahead of them.
Natalia knew Horatio could go much faster than he was. She’d have been touched if she’d had room for any other emotions.
The moment they exited the door, Natalia was pushed to the ground. She fell hard, and couldn’t get up. As the bomb went off, someone was over her, watching over her.
5. The Sailor Song [Toy-Box]
After a few months on the job, Natalia came to realize that, should she so desire, she had her pick of pretty much any man in the lab. They fell head over heels just looking at her. It didn’t make her uncomfortable, per se, but it seemed like she was being pressured to pick.
And yet, the one that was just right was the only one not tripping over himself trying to impress her. But he managed to. He treated her with quiet, gentle dignity. Maybe one day, she could have him.
6. WARU - Bad Blood [Wataru Takagi]
Horatio had come to accept that the only thing he wanted, and could keep, was what he could give to other people. A lonely soldier. Whatever other-worldly force was controlling his life, if any, was obviously flawed.
Was he satisfied? There were many definitions of “satisfaction.”
He watched her and wondered. Was he “satisfied” being her boss? “Satisfied” being a mentor, a guardian?
Yes, and no.
7. Viva Rock [Orange Range]
Life in the lab (for it did consume one’s life), was a constant, hectic run in and out of the field, from one lab to the other and back, running strange things through strange machines, and desperately trying not to trip over one’s required labcoat while doing it.
Alright, so the labcoats were relatively safe, but it didn’t stop Natalia from nearly tripping over it, somehow. Last night had been a hellish trip to migraine-ville and back, and the results showed. Already she’d bumped into Eric, Calleigh, several tables and one computer. But she refused to be deterred.
Then she had bumped into him, and he had offered her a steadying hand.
8. Objection [Shakira]
The downside to being the go-between between the government and the lab, financially-speaking, was that she was required to attend a number of intensely boring events, each one requiring the purchase of a new, and expensive, dress.
Natalia sighed, but couldn’t keep from tapping her foot. The talking was over, the boredom still clung, but at least they had a good DJ.
As if criminalists dance, she thought.
Or so she had thought.
“Ms Boa Vista.”
Natalia said nothing. She stared.
“Do you dance?”
9. Yura Yura [Hearts Grow]
Hearts grow, relationships develop, love blooms. The problem was recognizing it, first in yourself, then in someone else.
But Natalia felt confident. He must feel something. She paused, he paused. She smiled, he smiled.
Of course, she had to remind herself that this was Horatio’s way. But when it was her, she couldn’t help but feel special. After all, that was his, well, specialty.
So how do you know when love is mutual?
Perhaps she would simply have to wait it out, to wait for him to take her hand.
Natalia had confidence. That day was coming.
10. Cod Liver Oil [Great Big Sea]
People, mostly Frank, had gently begun encouraging him to perhaps, just maybe, consider seeing someone. They’d backed off a little when Julia had first stepped back into the picture, but they could only resist for so long.
Beneath the caring exterior, however, Horatio knew what they were suggesting: Marisol had been a mistake. She’d been sick, maybe some sort of chivalrous impulse.
Natalia was everything different, or close to it. But he just couldn’t being himself to it.
Not yet.
If ANYONE wants writing practice, this is the way to do it. Seriously. I'm looking at you, lawmort1980!
D-M