Challenge 14: Wagers
Title: Wagers
Author: thirstyrobot
Words: 200
Genre: FPS
Pairing: Dan/Jones
Rating: PG (language)
Disclaimer: Not my property, alas.
Notes: Challenge 14: Opposites. Prompt: serious/frivolous.
Wagers
It's a game he plays, letting the world toss coins for him. If a bicycle goes by next, he'll let the letter blow away (a bus: he goes to university). If Chelsea win, the doctor will have good news (no score: his gran doesn't make it). If the bloke in the corner has blue eyes, he'll just ask the time and leave (Jones might've stayed even if Dan's eyes were blue).
He makes a number of decisions about Dan this way. First kisses him in the should-we-shouldn't-we gaze following laughter because a bird sings before he counts to ten. Doesn't voice the 'I fucking adore you' welling in his throat one morning because it's raining. Does voice the 'stay' when Dan's half onto a train because it's past noon. Remains silent about feelings and futures because a dog barks, because a gig goes badly, because they're out of tea.
So when Dan returns, hours after storming out, with a Kinder egg and a sheepish mutter, Jones shakes the egg thoughtfully. If the toy's crap, he'll say everything. If it's good, he'll let it go, again.
It's surely just too much caffeine making his fingers shake as he tears the foil.
Author: thirstyrobot
Words: 200
Genre: FPS
Pairing: Dan/Jones
Rating: PG (language)
Disclaimer: Not my property, alas.
Notes: Challenge 14: Opposites. Prompt: serious/frivolous.
Wagers
It's a game he plays, letting the world toss coins for him. If a bicycle goes by next, he'll let the letter blow away (a bus: he goes to university). If Chelsea win, the doctor will have good news (no score: his gran doesn't make it). If the bloke in the corner has blue eyes, he'll just ask the time and leave (Jones might've stayed even if Dan's eyes were blue).
He makes a number of decisions about Dan this way. First kisses him in the should-we-shouldn't-we gaze following laughter because a bird sings before he counts to ten. Doesn't voice the 'I fucking adore you' welling in his throat one morning because it's raining. Does voice the 'stay' when Dan's half onto a train because it's past noon. Remains silent about feelings and futures because a dog barks, because a gig goes badly, because they're out of tea.
So when Dan returns, hours after storming out, with a Kinder egg and a sheepish mutter, Jones shakes the egg thoughtfully. If the toy's crap, he'll say everything. If it's good, he'll let it go, again.
It's surely just too much caffeine making his fingers shake as he tears the foil.