4 (5) Ben/Riley Drabbles (100 words each)

[seraphina_snape]

Title(s): Meeting, Approach, Friendship, More (plus the canon-adhering Fallout)
Author: sera (seraphina_snape)
Summary: It's pretty much in the titles. And besides, they’re drabbles. All dialogue. Not much plot to tell without giving you the whole thing, is there?
Rating: I’m bad at those, so I’ll just say that it’s nothing too graphic, a little bit implied m/m sex.
Notes: A series of drabbles that came to me while watching NT. The first four are all happy ending type drabbles that go from the first meeting to the last step. The fifth one is incorporating canon and you might want to ignore it if you’re still living on the Cloud of Denial.
Notes #2: In four, I paraphrase and quote another favourite of mine, a tv series. Can you figure out which?


#1 – Meeting

"What do you say? You want the job?"

"Treasure hunting? … Are you kidding me?"

"It’s not a treasure hunt. It’s a research party to uncover a historical eighteenth century ship wreck."

"On which you think you’ll find a treasure."

"There are other people with your references, and if you don’t want to be stuck in the basement of the Library of Congress doing mindless computer cataloguing for the rest of your life, you should give me your answer now. Do you want this job or not?"

"Mister Howe, I don’t think -- who’re you?"

"Riley Poole? I’m Ben Gates…"

#2 – Approach

"So… Ian’s rich?"

"You could say that. As far as I know, he owns the second largest import/export company in Great Britain. And lucky for us, he also believes that the Charlotte exists."

"Wait a second… us? Man, I’ve been doubting my sanity since the moment I quit my old job. It’s been two weeks of treasure here, Benjamin Franklin there, ship somewhere at the bottom of the ocean. You could all be runaways from the local prison, for God’s sake! You don’t even know if it’s real."

"It is real, Riley. Look, this is a drawing of the Charlotte…"

#3 – Friendship

"I can’t believe you really found her."

"No treasure, though."

"It doesn’t matter, Ben. You found her! Okay, so there’s Ian-the-madman and his caballeros chasing us, but still… I can’t remember why I ever doubted you."

"Look, Riley, you don’t have to stick with me, you know. Ian… Once he learns I’m still alive, he’ll come for me. If you’re around – you don’t have to be caught up in this. Go home."

"What?!"

"I don’t want you to get hurt. It’d be best if you went back home. It’s not safe for you to be around me."

"Ben… shut up."

#4 – More

"Well… that was… mmmm…"

"Very eloquent, Mister I’m-a-walking-lexicon. Couldn’t you come up with something like ‘that was the best sex I ever had’ or ‘I think I just got my brains sucked out through my--’"

"--quit teasing, Riley. But if I must… I think my passion just stirred, opened its jaws and howled."

"Is there anything you can’t quote?"

"I’m sure there is, but that wasn’t a direct quote anyway. Just a paraphrase. And it fits the situation, don’t you think?"

"Okay, Ben, if you’re such an expert, figure this one: When you kiss me, I want to die."

#5 – Fallout

"You kissed her! You kissed Abigail!"

"I know that. I just--"

"You just what? Slipped and fell on her lips? Practised CPR? Thought it might be a fun way to tell me I’m being dumped for some chit?"

"Riley, I’m not dumping you, I’m--"

"Oh, don’t give me that. If you’re not interested, Ben, why didn’t you just say so? Why did you lead me on like that? Why the fuck did you sleep with me and quote Buffy and kiss me like that if you didn’t mean it? How could you?!"

"Riley… Come back, let’s talk. …Riley?"

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So... what do you think?

Comments

[koshi700.livejournal.com]

I like them, but you really really need to write more! Please? :-)

[seraphina_snape]

I'm trying...

My semester goes until July 22nd, and after that, I have two months of doing absoutely nothing but write and spend my dad's money with my mum...

I'm glad you liked them.

~ sera

[captaincooze.livejournal.com]

So… Ian’s rich?

I understand how hard it is to write as much as you would like when you've got class to worry about, so I am very excited to see what else you will grace us with.

[seraphina_snape]

Thanks. I think I'll really try that threesome...

[onduril.livejournal.com]

Hey,
I don`t know but the quote could be from Buffy...!?!
you said it in drabble 5...
and for the CD, I would like it...thank you
and I got Constantine and Blade3 on DVD...*gg*
I take them with me

[seraphina_snape]

Of course it's Buffy. And we have a winner!

and I got Constantine and Blade3 on DVD
*heart attack*

I take them with me
*is able to breathe again*

Oh, I can't wait... I need to see them. I don't really have any new movies (you already have all of those anyway). Hmm. Ich freu mich auf jeden Fall schon. Nur noch knapp zwei Wochen. Juhu.

[strifechaos.livejournal.com]

Oh, these were just wonderful. :) There really isn't enough good fiction out there for this fandom, and I can't tell you how pleased I was to stumble across these five gems. I like how you captured Riley in these stories, and really hope to see more of your work in the future! :)

I will have to say, the last one is particularly heart wrenching, but it's also probably my favorite!

[seraphina_snape]

Thank you. *g*

I actually wrote the last one first, got all depressed about it and wrote the others to cheer me up.

~ sera