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frimfram_sauce

Alarm Call

Mar 28, 2011 22:30

Title: Alarm Call
Length: 2000 words
Rating: NC-17
Characters: Booster/Ted
Notes: For a prompt: "Ted is determined to go to work. Booster is determined to keep him in bed."

( I'm one of those unhappy few whose brain is the most lucrative part of their body. )

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frimfram_sauce April 19 2011, 20:42:26 UTC

Heee, so, did I ever tell you that I worked out after a while that every fic I write (since losing the ability to write gen) obeys the following formula ( ... )

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frimfram_sauce April 28 2011, 19:16:20 UTC

So: half of it dates to his football-star days, when he was nicknamed "Booster" Carter. That all went south, leaving him disgraced and working as a security guard at the Space Museum. When he formulated his brilliant plot to nick shit and become a hero in the C20th, he decided to call himself "Gold Star" - hence the costume. But then:

His first act of 20th century heroism as Gold Star, true embodiment of the Eighties spirit that he is, was to rescue Ronald Reagan and George Bush Sr (I KNOW) from some baddies. The rescue went as planned, and good ol' Ronnie called him up to thank him before a press conference, asking him to tell everyone the name of the new hero who walked among them. Booster, star-struck, tongue-tied, blinked a few times and managed to say "Boost- uh, Gold-at which point Reagan cut him off with "BOOSTER GOLD, everybody; your new hero ( ... )

lb_lee May 25 2011, 05:20:08 UTC

This piece has only one commenter? How can this be? The banter is lovely and entertaining, and I can only imagine the amount of bull that Ted's secretary has heard over the years.