Nick Hodgson. Character. 086 Choices, 036 Smell, and 066 Rain.
Title: One in the hand...
Fandom: Kaiser Chiefs
Characters: Nick Hodgson
Prompt: Choices
Word Count: 317 Words
Rating: PG
Summary: Nick has a girl problem, and his old pal Ricky is there, as usual, to help him out.
Author's Notes: One of my least favourite, but it's good nonetheless.
Nick had a problem. He had just hung up the phone from Judy, a tall, slim, brunette with bright blue eyes and a chirpy laugh. She was the ideal Indie Queen to his Indie King, and he was crazy about her. Now, this doesn’t seem like a problem, but the problem lies in the person he was talking to before her: Lorraine. She was also tall and slim, but a blonde with deep hazel eyes. She was a Pop Princess, the stereotypical girlfriend of the rock star. He was crazy about her, too.
Now, this would be considered and average problem for a person in love: which one do you choose? However, he had opened his big mouth and given both of them backstage passes to their next show: tonight.
As if he was Nick’s own fairy godmother/father, put on this Earth only to answer his questions, Ricky appeared at Nick’s door.
“Why the long face?”
“You remember Judy?”
“Oh, umm, yeah, sure I do.”
“And Lorraine?”
“Oh my god, of course I do.” Ricky laughed, but Nick didn’t. When Ricky realized that it wasn’t funny to Nick, he stopped laughing. Nick explained his situation to Ricky, who could only scratch his head.
“Hey man, I’m sorry I can’t help you out, I mean, the only thing I can think of is if I took one of the girls for you…” Ricky stopped talking when he noticed that Nick’s eyes had lit up and he was grinning like a fool.
"What?" Ricky asked.
"Which one do you want?"
*****
Nick stepped off the stage and was greeted by the open arms of Judy. She embraced him like he was going to the moon on a six-month voyage. Meanwhile, not ten feet away, Ricky was preoccupied with the lips of Lorraine. The two Kaisers looked over at each other just long enough to flash a thumbs-up.
Title: Eau d'amour
Fandom: Kaiser Chiefs
Characters: Nick Hodgson
Prompt: Smell
Word Count: 346
Rating: PG
Summary: Nick causes a bit of a ruckus in Target
Author's Notes: I don't really think that they have Target in England, so let's just pretend that Nick is just shopping in America on tour or something.
I didn’t see you walking backwards with her hands filled with shoe boxes. This might have been because I was also walking backwards, except that I was carrying a blender. Only in Target could something like this happen. Needless to say, we collided. Hard. We both lost our balance and landed on the floor, but not before knocking over a display of Halston perfume. We became covered in the eau de toilette, as did our purchases. I looked over at you, sprawled out on the floor, surrounded by boxes of shoes, your name-tag askew on your perfume-dripped uniform. You looked at me, hair wet with perfume, blender smashed a few feet away in its crushed box.
We both apologized profusely, claiming distraction and our own faults. I helped you up, trying not to slip in the puddles of perfume. The air smelt very heavily of this aforementioned substance, and the management was quick to run over.
They yelled at you, called you ignorant, said you’d have to pay for everything. I interjected, saying that I was the one who bumped into you, knocking you into the display. They said they would have “none of it”, citing that the customer is always their top priority. You were whisked away by the management, shoes left in the aisle, perfume everywhere, and my blender in ruins.
It’s months later and I finally got my new blender. I never saw you again, though. I never forgot about you and the events that took place.
A month further on, I met another woman in a dimly lit club. We hit it off, talking endlessly about nothing, buying each other drinks, flirting up a storm. There was something familiar about her, but I couldn’t put my finger on it. It wasn’t her looks or her personality. I had to break it off with her; whatever it was about her that was so familiar was making me sad. A week later, as I was trying to figure it out in my head, it finally hit me. It was her perfume: Halston.
Title: Rainy Day Hopes and Dreams
Fandom: Kaiser Chiefs
Characters: Nick Hodgson
Prompt: Rain
Word Count: 287
Rating: PG
Summary: Nick has always been a romantic at heart, and the rain seems to bring it out.
Author's Notes: My first one written for this, and I think it's one of my favourites that I've written.
Nick had always wanted to be kissed in the rain. Call it a girlish fantasy, but it was his fantasy none the less. He was standing at the door to Lilly’s apartment trying to fill the awkward silence with compliments, getting wetter and wetter by the second.
“I had fun tonight.”
“Me too,” she said shifting her feet.
“You looked really pretty,” he quickly said.
“Thanks.” There was more awkward silence. The two of them were getting pretty wet.
“Your hair looked nice too,” he said looking at what it used to be.
“Yeah, well it’s all wet now. You know, since we ran out of money for the cab.”
“I said I’m sorry for that,” he said looking into her eyes.
“I know, I’m sorry I snapped.” He continued to look into her eyes, but this time he moved in a little closer to her.
“I can’t ask you to come upstairs, you know that.”
“Yeah, I know.” He said finally breaking his gaze to look sadly at the ground.
“So, since we’re getting pretty wet, we should say good night now.”
“Yeah, good night,” he said and leaned in to kiss her good night. However, she had already opened her door and slipped inside. Her head was still poking out of the doorway, and she said a final good night before closing her door,
“I’ll call you!” he called back through the door and, when he got no response, he started trudging his way home. He may have not fulfilled his fantasy of being kissed in the rain, but he remained optimistic. He knew he would fins another girl and he definitely knew that it would rain again. After all, it was England.
I have two more that are already written that I'll post in another entry. I didnt want to swamp up my first entry =)
Fandom: Kaiser Chiefs
Characters: Nick Hodgson
Prompt: Choices
Word Count: 317 Words
Rating: PG
Summary: Nick has a girl problem, and his old pal Ricky is there, as usual, to help him out.
Author's Notes: One of my least favourite, but it's good nonetheless.
Nick had a problem. He had just hung up the phone from Judy, a tall, slim, brunette with bright blue eyes and a chirpy laugh. She was the ideal Indie Queen to his Indie King, and he was crazy about her. Now, this doesn’t seem like a problem, but the problem lies in the person he was talking to before her: Lorraine. She was also tall and slim, but a blonde with deep hazel eyes. She was a Pop Princess, the stereotypical girlfriend of the rock star. He was crazy about her, too.
Now, this would be considered and average problem for a person in love: which one do you choose? However, he had opened his big mouth and given both of them backstage passes to their next show: tonight.
As if he was Nick’s own fairy godmother/father, put on this Earth only to answer his questions, Ricky appeared at Nick’s door.
“Why the long face?”
“You remember Judy?”
“Oh, umm, yeah, sure I do.”
“And Lorraine?”
“Oh my god, of course I do.” Ricky laughed, but Nick didn’t. When Ricky realized that it wasn’t funny to Nick, he stopped laughing. Nick explained his situation to Ricky, who could only scratch his head.
“Hey man, I’m sorry I can’t help you out, I mean, the only thing I can think of is if I took one of the girls for you…” Ricky stopped talking when he noticed that Nick’s eyes had lit up and he was grinning like a fool.
"What?" Ricky asked.
"Which one do you want?"
*****
Nick stepped off the stage and was greeted by the open arms of Judy. She embraced him like he was going to the moon on a six-month voyage. Meanwhile, not ten feet away, Ricky was preoccupied with the lips of Lorraine. The two Kaisers looked over at each other just long enough to flash a thumbs-up.
Title: Eau d'amour
Fandom: Kaiser Chiefs
Characters: Nick Hodgson
Prompt: Smell
Word Count: 346
Rating: PG
Summary: Nick causes a bit of a ruckus in Target
Author's Notes: I don't really think that they have Target in England, so let's just pretend that Nick is just shopping in America on tour or something.
I didn’t see you walking backwards with her hands filled with shoe boxes. This might have been because I was also walking backwards, except that I was carrying a blender. Only in Target could something like this happen. Needless to say, we collided. Hard. We both lost our balance and landed on the floor, but not before knocking over a display of Halston perfume. We became covered in the eau de toilette, as did our purchases. I looked over at you, sprawled out on the floor, surrounded by boxes of shoes, your name-tag askew on your perfume-dripped uniform. You looked at me, hair wet with perfume, blender smashed a few feet away in its crushed box.
We both apologized profusely, claiming distraction and our own faults. I helped you up, trying not to slip in the puddles of perfume. The air smelt very heavily of this aforementioned substance, and the management was quick to run over.
They yelled at you, called you ignorant, said you’d have to pay for everything. I interjected, saying that I was the one who bumped into you, knocking you into the display. They said they would have “none of it”, citing that the customer is always their top priority. You were whisked away by the management, shoes left in the aisle, perfume everywhere, and my blender in ruins.
It’s months later and I finally got my new blender. I never saw you again, though. I never forgot about you and the events that took place.
A month further on, I met another woman in a dimly lit club. We hit it off, talking endlessly about nothing, buying each other drinks, flirting up a storm. There was something familiar about her, but I couldn’t put my finger on it. It wasn’t her looks or her personality. I had to break it off with her; whatever it was about her that was so familiar was making me sad. A week later, as I was trying to figure it out in my head, it finally hit me. It was her perfume: Halston.
Title: Rainy Day Hopes and Dreams
Fandom: Kaiser Chiefs
Characters: Nick Hodgson
Prompt: Rain
Word Count: 287
Rating: PG
Summary: Nick has always been a romantic at heart, and the rain seems to bring it out.
Author's Notes: My first one written for this, and I think it's one of my favourites that I've written.
Nick had always wanted to be kissed in the rain. Call it a girlish fantasy, but it was his fantasy none the less. He was standing at the door to Lilly’s apartment trying to fill the awkward silence with compliments, getting wetter and wetter by the second.
“I had fun tonight.”
“Me too,” she said shifting her feet.
“You looked really pretty,” he quickly said.
“Thanks.” There was more awkward silence. The two of them were getting pretty wet.
“Your hair looked nice too,” he said looking at what it used to be.
“Yeah, well it’s all wet now. You know, since we ran out of money for the cab.”
“I said I’m sorry for that,” he said looking into her eyes.
“I know, I’m sorry I snapped.” He continued to look into her eyes, but this time he moved in a little closer to her.
“I can’t ask you to come upstairs, you know that.”
“Yeah, I know.” He said finally breaking his gaze to look sadly at the ground.
“So, since we’re getting pretty wet, we should say good night now.”
“Yeah, good night,” he said and leaned in to kiss her good night. However, she had already opened her door and slipped inside. Her head was still poking out of the doorway, and she said a final good night before closing her door,
“I’ll call you!” he called back through the door and, when he got no response, he started trudging his way home. He may have not fulfilled his fantasy of being kissed in the rain, but he remained optimistic. He knew he would fins another girl and he definitely knew that it would rain again. After all, it was England.
I have two more that are already written that I'll post in another entry. I didnt want to swamp up my first entry =)