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tenminutesaday2023-03-03 02:17 pm
shivver) wrote in tenminutesaday2023-03-03 02:17 pm
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Fill: Challenge #171 (DW)
Here's a quickfic (just scribbling whatever comes to mind in the editor) because I am procrastinating writing reviews at work...
His eyes popped open, dazed and glassy for a moment before they focused. He sprang to his feet then stumbled, catching himself with a quick grab at the helmic regulator. "Oo, not quite there yet," he mumbled to himself. He slapped both hands to his face and rubbed the exhaustion away. He blinked a few times, then tested his sight again between splayed fingers and spied the butt of the flask peeking out from where it had rolled under the console. Snagging it, he sniffed at the steam curling from its mouth and grinned. "Brilliant."
Tossing the canister aside, he swung the monitor in front of himself and assessed the situation outside. The alien commander had been grandstanding, his strident voice blaring from the speaker, but now the group was dissolving into chaos and confusion. "Fantastic."
He strode down the ramp, adjusting his dressing gown to the perfect degree of nonchalance and pulling just the right amount of fringe down over his forehead. At the door, he bounced on his toes once, then exhaled heavily. "All right. Grand entrance and dazzling intro in three... two... one...!"
He pulled the doors open, and the corner of his mouth quirked up in a cheeky smile. "Did you miss me?"
His eyes popped open, dazed and glassy for a moment before they focused. He sprang to his feet then stumbled, catching himself with a quick grab at the helmic regulator. "Oo, not quite there yet," he mumbled to himself. He slapped both hands to his face and rubbed the exhaustion away. He blinked a few times, then tested his sight again between splayed fingers and spied the butt of the flask peeking out from where it had rolled under the console. Snagging it, he sniffed at the steam curling from its mouth and grinned. "Brilliant."
Tossing the canister aside, he swung the monitor in front of himself and assessed the situation outside. The alien commander had been grandstanding, his strident voice blaring from the speaker, but now the group was dissolving into chaos and confusion. "Fantastic."
He strode down the ramp, adjusting his dressing gown to the perfect degree of nonchalance and pulling just the right amount of fringe down over his forehead. At the door, he bounced on his toes once, then exhaled heavily. "All right. Grand entrance and dazzling intro in three... two... one...!"
He pulled the doors open, and the corner of his mouth quirked up in a cheeky smile. "Did you miss me?"
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