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jedibuttercupPG; B:tVS/Jurassic Park. Double drabble. (Follows "Earth", "Fire" and "Air")
Alan wasn't so old yet that he could mistake the signs of interest in a woman.
Title: Elemental IV: Water
Author: Jedi Buttercup
Disclaimer: The words are mine; the worlds are not. I claim nothing but the plot.
Rating: PG
Summary: Alan wasn't so old yet that he could mistake the signs of interest in a woman. Double drabble.
TtH100 Prompt: #16, Water
Notes: B:tVS post-"Chosen"; JP post-"Jurassic Park III" (2001). Follows "Elemental I: Earth", "Elemental II: Fire" and "Elemental III: Air".
Alan looked up from the young velociraptor skeleton his team had been uncovering-- an excellent find, remarkably preserved-- and found himself caught by the intensity of Ms. Summers' sea-green gaze.
He'd marveled earlier as she flowed smoothly around Billy's polished advances and effortlessly buoyed young Eric's mood; she was everything he'd expected of a protégé of the notorious Dr. Giles, witty and perceptive and self-possessed, though she seemed a little light on paleontological knowledge. Why she'd been sent rather than one of the museum's experts, he couldn't begin to guess.
She blushed suddenly, realizing that she'd been caught staring, and looked out toward the glittering surface of the lake. Alan wasn't so old yet that he could mistake the signs of interest in a woman, but he couldn't fathom why she should be taken with him; at her age, with her beauty, all the world was hers to fish in.
And yet... as she stole another glance, he saw a familiar weariness in the lines of her face, something left behind by experiences no human being was meant to bear.
He wondered if she'd appreciate an invitation to the local watering hole when the dig closed up for the evening.
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Alan wasn't so old yet that he could mistake the signs of interest in a woman.
Title: Elemental IV: Water
Author: Jedi Buttercup
Disclaimer: The words are mine; the worlds are not. I claim nothing but the plot.
Rating: PG
Summary: Alan wasn't so old yet that he could mistake the signs of interest in a woman. Double drabble.
TtH100 Prompt: #16, Water
Notes: B:tVS post-"Chosen"; JP post-"Jurassic Park III" (2001). Follows "Elemental I: Earth", "Elemental II: Fire" and "Elemental III: Air".
Alan looked up from the young velociraptor skeleton his team had been uncovering-- an excellent find, remarkably preserved-- and found himself caught by the intensity of Ms. Summers' sea-green gaze.
He'd marveled earlier as she flowed smoothly around Billy's polished advances and effortlessly buoyed young Eric's mood; she was everything he'd expected of a protégé of the notorious Dr. Giles, witty and perceptive and self-possessed, though she seemed a little light on paleontological knowledge. Why she'd been sent rather than one of the museum's experts, he couldn't begin to guess.
She blushed suddenly, realizing that she'd been caught staring, and looked out toward the glittering surface of the lake. Alan wasn't so old yet that he could mistake the signs of interest in a woman, but he couldn't fathom why she should be taken with him; at her age, with her beauty, all the world was hers to fish in.
And yet... as she stole another glance, he saw a familiar weariness in the lines of her face, something left behind by experiences no human being was meant to bear.
He wondered if she'd appreciate an invitation to the local watering hole when the dig closed up for the evening.
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Date: 2006-09-17 12:21 am (UTC)Glad you liked them.
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