Drabbles for the restless...

[neotoma]

Since I can't seem to settle tonight, and I'm behind on my writing, I'm asking for drabble prompts.

Currently, I'm writing in a fairly obscure corners of the DC Comics Universe (being The Flash and the Justice Society of America), but I can also try Astonishing Xmen and Xmen First Class if you're a Marvel fan. Actually, I can *try* just about any fandom that I'm familiar with, but if it's been years I might not have any juice.

So... character/pairing and word prompts, please?

Comments

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"Egon, quick! Janine's candy dish!" Ray yelled, pointing toward the secretary's desk.

Wondering how candy was going to help in this situation, Egon nevertheless rushed to the desk and removed the glass lid on the bowl. Inside were what seemed to be a heaping mound of chocolate covered peanuts. It wasn't until the strong aroma of coffee hit his nostrils that Egon realized what they actually were. He grabbed a double handful and raced to the struggling duo.

"Eat these, Peter, you'll feel better," Egon said, and suited words to action by summarily shoving a handful of the chocolates into Peter's protesting mouth. The threats to life and limb stopped as Peter chewed, and Egon knew that Peter's attention would be on him next once he had finished his mouthful.

But once Peter had swallowed, his demeanor completely changed. A blissful expression spread out across his face as he heaved a happy sigh. With Ray no longer the target of his anger, Peter released him to fixate on Egon's other hand, which was still full. "More?" he pleaded, adopting a wistful expression.

"Right here, Peter, this way," Egon coaxed, leading the way back to Janine's desk. Once there, he emptied his handful back into the candy dish, to which Peter happily snatched up. As Peter stuffed his face with an exuberance that resembled Slimer's, Egon made his way back to Ray's side. "I'm so sorry, Raymond," he apologized. "Had I remembered that we were out of coffee yesterday, I would have taken steps to make sure I went and bought some. Are you all right?"

Ray waved it off. "Ehh, what's a noogie between friends? Besides, you know Peter would never intentionally hurt me, and I don't get migraines from noogies like you do. It's just a good thing I remembered that Janine had a stash of chocolate covered expresso beans, I just couldn't get to them fast enough."

"I'm glad you remembered at all; I had totally forgotten that Winston had given Janine a pound of those for her birthday." He looked over to see Peter, sprawled in Janine's chair, and hugging the empty candy dish to his chest. "I'll be sure to replace them before Monday. I only wish Winston had gotten here soon--"

The garage door opened up and Winston strolled in, a tray of coffee cups in one hand and a box of donuts in the other. "Breakfast is served!" he caroled.

Peter popped up from Janine's desk, looking happy as a clam. "Zedd!" he exclaimed, "Just in time..." He bounded over to Winston and unburdened him from the coffee. After locating his own cup by means of smell alone, Peter took a long sip and sighed. "Nectar of the gods," he murmured to no one in particular as he made his way up the stairs.

Winston scratched his head. "Did I miss something? I haven't seen Pete that happy since, well..."

"He fell in love with Egon?" Ray offered.

"Well, yeah."

Egon cleared his throat, his cheeks warming. "Let's just say that I'm keeping a supply of chocolate covered expresso beans on hand at all times. It seems to be more effective than Sanka in an emergency."

"Or maybe we can make a specialized epi pen that'll shoot caffeine directly into his system and eliminate the middle man," Ray theorized, peeking into the donut box.

"Or make sure Egon does the grocery shopping when he's supposed to," said Winston with a wink.

"Indeed," Egon agreed.

[kangeiko]

Awwww!!! That's so cute! Thank you!

[nugatorytm.livejournal.com]

No, thank *you*. My writing skillz were getting rusty. ;)

I really should do another set of GrannieWin challenges soon.