This is the first drabble for my table at slashfic40. I hope that you enjoy it and yes most of them may be out of order.
Title: My Lover's List
Pairing: John Dorian/Perry Cox
Prompt: 023 Ipod
Word Count: 400
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: None
Warnings: slash
Authors Notes: He always knew that his lover had a weird taste in music, he just never knew how weird.
Entering the apartment, Perry realized that it had truly been a long day. He had just come off a twenty hour shift, the third one in past week. He also hadn’t had any days off for the past three weeks and was starting to feel completely worn out. To top it all off, he hadn’t been able to spend much time with J.D like he had wanted too. He laughed at the feeling of actually missing the kid. He noted that if someone had told him that he would be in love with the kid five years ago, he would have laughed uncontrollably in their faces. Now, it was no laughing matter. He was deeply in love with J.D and on the days that they spent apart, he couldn’t help but feel sad.
Sighing, the older man walked over to his sofa and threw his lab coat on the couch. He started to walk into the kitchen when something on the table caught his attention. He walked over to the table and picked up the object that had caught his eye. It turned out to be the newest electronic device that Newbie just had to have, an iPod Nano. He could remember how excited the young man was when he had finally been able to buy one. J.D had tried to urge him to get one too but he quickly turned him down. He didn’t even know how to work the device let alone knew about 2000 songs to store in one.
Laughing he picked it up and realized that it was still on. Using his common sense, he scrolled down to see that J.D had categorized his songs into different play list. The first play list he happened upon was labeled Journey’s best songs. Scrolling down he also saw play list entitled 70’s, 80’s and 90’s classic hits and thought that the boy was his own infomercial. His smile suddenly widen when he reached the last play list that was shamefully titled Perry’s songs.
Walking back over to the couch, iPod in tow, he placed the earplugs into his ear and started the play list. He was surprised to find that the first song was I Touch Myself, making him blush uncontrollably. “Is this what he does when I’m not around” he asked himself as he switched to the next song. He realized that didn’t help him much about the blushing because the next song happened to be “Kiss” by the man who’s name was a mere symbol, Prince.
Scrolling down further he listened to “Wind Beneath My Wings” by Barbara Streisand, “It’s In His Kiss” by Cher and “I Will Always Love You” by Whitney Houston. That song alone made Perry smile even more because this particular song seemed to be J.D’s favorite. He would sing it religiously every morning in the shower, only to irk his nerves but J.D never knew that Perry secretly loved the song.
The blushing continued followed by laughter as he continued to look through the play list. The one song that made him start to laugh was a song titled “What a Girl Wants” by an ex-teen pop princess. He had only just started humming the words to the song when he looked up and saw J.D coming through the door. Taking out the ear plugs, while listening to Aerosmith’s “Don’t Wanna Miss a Thing”, he smiled as J.D made his way over to him and sat down.
“Is that my iPod?” he asked as took the metal device out of the older man’s hands.
“Why yes it is Elizabeth, is there a problem with that”
“No there’s no problem.” smiling as he placed it back in Perry’s hand. “I just thought you didn’t like things like these.”
“I said no such thing.”
“You called it a piece of crap and a waste of hard earned money. You also said that if I wanted to waste money then I should work at the hospital for free, God knows you shouldn’t be getting paid for killing people anyways” he replied in the voice labeled as Classic Perry.
Perry had to smile at the elephant memory that J.D possessed and at the voice that he used to characterize him so well.
“It is still a waste of money but it’s not so bad. It’s definitely loud enough to drown out your whiny girl voice during sex.”
“Not funny” J.D sulked as he got up from the sofa and made his way to the kitchen.
“It’s very funny” he laughed in response and walk into the kitchen behind J.D, tenderly placing his hands around his waist. It felt good to hold him this close, even if it was for just a second. “Anyways what are you doing home?”
“Well thanks to me catching Kelso make out with the new Korean nurse in an empty supply closet and threatening to tell his wife, I convinced him to give me the rest of the day off and to let us have tomorrow off.”
“Seriously”
“Seriously” J.D beamed as he turned around to face his lover, throwing his arms around his neck. “So now we can spend the entire day together, alone, just me and you, just the-”
“Lisa Marie I get it,” Perry snarled as he gently pressed his lips against the boy’s soft lips. He smiled as he felt J.D’s leg wrap around his own and moaning into the kiss. He suddenly pulled away when the iPod in his hand started to play “Fantasy” by Mariah Carey.
“So I’m your fantasy Newbie,” Perry growled at his nibbled his young lover’s ear.
“I see that somebody has been listening to my play list”
“Okay I admit it, I was curious about what your girly interest in music was. I have to say I was quite surprised when I had a play list dedicated just to me. I want to know, why.”
“I don’t know” J.D shrugged not removing his arms from Perry’s shoulder, intertwining his fingers in the process. “It’s just something to listen to whenever I miss you. It feels like you are with me when I listen to the songs.”
“Okay” sighing playfully. “I was right. You are even more of a girl than I imagined.”
J.D laughed at the words and pressed his forehead lightly against Perry’s. “Whatever. I may be a girl but I am the only girl that you have ever truly loved.”
“You may be right about that Amanda”
“I know that I am” J.D laughed, kissing Perry one more time before letting him go. He snatched his iPod from Perry’s hand and headed back to the sofa. “Oh and this doesn’t mean you can borrow my iPod anytime you want.”
“Don’t worry” Perry smiled as he walked to the bar and made himself a drink. “I’m thinking about buying my own.”
“Do I get to have my own play list?”
“J.D” placing himself down and wrapping on arm around the boy, kissing his temple. “You can have anything that you want.
Thanks for reading!
~Ricka~