Drabble, Misletoe, Nick/Claudia, 12

[fredbassett]

Title : Misletoe
Author : fredbassett
Fandom : Primeval
Rating : 12
Characters : Nick Cutter/Claudia Brown
Disclaimer : Not mine, no money made, don’t sue.
Spoilers : None
Summary : The Departmental Christmas party isn’t Nick’s idea of fun.
A/N : A Christmas present het-drabble for Rodlox.
Tags : Drabble, Nick Cutter, Claudia Brown

Office parties were Nick Cutter’s idea of hell on earth at the best of times.

Office parties when he had to make polite small talk with the Faculty Dean were even worse.

A sudden hand on his arse caused his eyebrows to vie with each other in a facial high jump. If it was the Admissions Tutor again he wouldn’t be responsible for his actions.

He turned.

 A pair of soft lips covered his and a tongue that tasted pleasantly of mulled wine slipped gently past his teeth.

"Well, you are standing under the mistletoe, Professor,” said Claudia Brown, quietly.

Comments

[neevebrody.livejournal.com]

I absolutely love the description of Nick getting "goosed." You are soooo good at the drabble.

[fredbassett]

Thanks :) I love the discipline of making myself turn them in at exactly 100 words.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

heee! I love the 'if it was the Admissions Tutor again' part. *snort*

[fredbassett]

I can soooo see Nick suffering from predatory departmental types, poor man.

[entangled-now.livejournal.com]

*sees you there writing het*

Lol, very cute! Cheeky Claudia is fun, she should get let out more often.

[fredbassett]

Well, as this one involved a mention of tongues, I clearly can't hide behind the label of gen this time. *waves het drabble proudly* I did it, I did it!!

Yes, she's surprisingly fun, and certainly should be allowed out to play more often.

[deinonychus-1.livejournal.com]

Right, that's it. Get out of my head woman! I was writing damn near the exact same drabble this afternoon, with damn near the same first line as well. I just hadn't managed to get it down to the requisite 100 words yet. Grrrr.

On the plus side, Nick/Claudia makes me squeeee! And yours was funnier than mine was anyway. *grin*

[fredbassett]

Oh noes, sorry about that! I wrote this a week ago in France, actually before the challenge came out, just as a genric Xmas drabble, but then when I found the prompt, it just had to appear.

But I still want to see yours !!!!!!

[rodlox.livejournal.com]

I second the motion - I want to see yours too.

[earlybird42.livejournal.com]

"avoids the glares of the slash bunnies"

I'm holding their leashes firmly at the moment, but I'll be letting them loose if I don't see some more of your awesome slash soon.

On a politer note, I did enjoy this. I can just see poor Nick suffering at a faculty party, I feel for him as I hate that kind of thing as much as he does. And then to be 'rescued' by Claudia .. sweet.

[fredbassett]

Thanks! I think we all hate office parties and long for rescue, so he'll probably get the sympathy vote from most folks.

I've got some Lester/Lyle smut nearly ready for posting, honest!! *throws promise of slash carrot to the ravening bunnies*

[11nine73.livejournal.com]

Cute :)

[fredbassett]

Thanks :)

[cordeliadelayne]

Very nice :)

[fredbassett]

Thanks! Have a lovely Christmas, and thanks for all your work on the community this past year, it's been great fun to be here :)

[rodlox.livejournal.com]

wheeeeeeeeeee!!!

this rocked/rocks/be rocking!

very fun.
(though they might want to move away from the mistletoe, just in case the Admissions Tutor returns) ;)

thank you for this present!

[fredbassett]

Glad you liked it!

[munchkinofdoom.livejournal.com]

Considering Nick and Claudia's first meeting, I wouldn't put this past her! *veg*

... and I could just imagine the Faculty gossip mill after that. She is, after all, a very attractive woman. *g*

[fredbassett]

I agree, I could see her doing this quite easily!

[bigtitch.livejournal.com]

Oh that's sweet. Poor Claudia, she hasan't twigged that Nick was waiting for Stephen under the mistletoe. ;)

BTW am insanely jealous over your naked Ryan dream. Some people have all the fun!

[fredbassett]

She might well have snogged Stephen too, given half a chance :)

It's the first time for longer than I care to remember that I've had a genuine erotic dream (that I can remember afterwards, anyway) and the hip!porn was sure as hell an added bonus. I'll be drooling over the memories on the long winter nights, that's for sure *happy sigh*

[telperion-15.livejournal.com]

Well, I seem to be a bit late to the party here *sniggers at all the preceding comments*

Love it!

Office parties when he had to make polite small talk

*totally sympathises*

Looking forward to the rest of the promised fic... *g*

[fredbassett]

I know! Fortunately I missed our office party by being away :)

[sunnytyler001.livejournal.com]

Lol! That was sweet! We need more Nick/Claudia stories!!!

[fredbassett]

Thanks!

I'm normally a slasher, I'm afraid, but you could try throwing plot bunnies to Deinonychus_1, she likes Nick/Claudia, and might well oblige :)

[mysteriousaliwz.livejournal.com]

Aw, sweet :)

I think I'd be very careful where I was standing if they had mistletoe at our office parties, lol.

[fredbassett]

LOL, I think you've been having a drabble-fest this afternoon!

[daxie42.livejournal.com]

Cute!!!

[fredbassett]

*grins*

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Aww Claudia/Nick is good..

[fredbassett]

I do like them together.

[tia198.livejournal.com]

Yay for Claudia taking charge and I love Nick's obliviousness to where he was standing.

[fredbassett]

Nick would definitely be oblivious!

[neferitiel.livejournal.com]

Naughty Claudia!!!! *.* Love it!

[fredbassett]

*g*