Doctor's Orders

[twilight_sad]

Title: Doctor's Orders
Author: twilight_sad
Rating: T
Type: 200 Word Drabble
Summary: After all, that's what the doctor ordered
A/N: This is a prequel to tjonesy 's drabble Hard Time and frakcancer 's Soft Diplomacy.

Obviously, kudos to both of them, and thanks to frakcancer  for beta and for talking me into this one.

challenge no 5: let's talk in the dark

Comments

[sczep84]

LMAO. Omg, that last sentence. I love all these "hard time" drabbles :p Thanks very much for sharing *giggles*

[twilight_sad]

ha, so glad you are enjoying this :)

[twilight_sad]

yapp. just following medical advice, as he should :D

[bugsfic]

Tee-heh.

Cottle, best Cupid EVAH!

[twilight_sad]

and your icon says it all! cottle just rocks.

[frakcancer]

I love the idea of Cottle as the father confessor to the ship -- he knows all your secrets, and he's very amused by them.

And this is a prime example of how to do a drabble that features only one of A&R and a third-party character but still keep the focus on the A/R relationship. Because you know Cottle was thinking about suggesting a presidential bail-out from the moment Bill told him the problem.

How's your hand, by the way?

Hee!

[twilight_sad]

can i just say that your feedback rocks my drabble-writing world?! :)

and now in more detail:
>he knows all your secrets, and he's very amused by them.
- he SO is, rolling his eyes :D and that's the great about cottle, really, he does know the others so well - and in particular roslin and adama - because he usually sees them when they are most vulnerable, and at the same time there is doctor-patient confidentiality (if he decides to adhere to that, of course), which puts him in an ideal position to observe and occasionally drop comments that just ring true.

>but still keep the focus on the A/R relationship
- ha! i was actually about worried about that, so it's great to know that it worked.

>Because you know Cottle was thinking about suggesting a presidential bail-out from the moment Bill told him the problem.
- hell yeah.

and that's me done now with a comment to a comment that just got unproportionally long for such a short fic :D

[bsg_aussiegirl]

I like 'been there, done that'. Oh, the image. *stop Aussie*

And the president can help you out!??? She totally can.

[twilight_sad]

she SO can. presidential duty. i'm sure it's there, somewhere, in her job description...

ha! glad i could provide you with some mental imagery ;)

[frakcancer]

she SO can. presidential duty. i'm sure it's there, somewhere, in her job description...

Of course. The president is supposed to extend the hand of friendship to the military, be a guiding hand in allocating scarce resources. And sometimes the president, as part of her responsibilities as the civilian closest to the military, should act as a mouthpiece for the military. (And to keep the balance of power, the president also has the duty to mouth off at the military when needed.)

The one thing the head of the civilian government does not have to do is just lie back and take it from the military.

[twilight_sad]

ha - love how your brain just goes on and on with this :D

also:
>The one thing the head of the civilian government does not have to do is just lie back and take it from the military.
- intriguing image, though... (and no, this time sb else can write the sequel ;) )