Letters

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

Title: Letters
Author: phinnia
Rating: PG for innuendo.
Warnings: Written in eight minutes (minus formatting) for flashslash, so bear that in mind. :-)


"That is not how you spell 'loquacious'." Wilson rolled his eyes. "Which you very well know."

House's mouth twitched into a smirk; thwarted, he gathered up the offending letters and rattled them around in his hand like dice as he scanned the board. "You're just jealous because I managed to spell 'loquat' on a triple word score in the first place and all you've got are vowels."

"True, which is why you should have even less of a reason to cheat." He sighed and stared out the window. The sky was the same hazy grey as the lake; the falling maple leaves were pallid yellow with mottled bits of brown, a sad contrast to the brilliant reds and oranges of their eastern cousins. It was pouring rain, had been for three days, and showed no sign of letting up. The only sounds around them were rain, the occasional loon and the soft whisper of the cabin's gas fireplace. They sat still like that for several minutes, an unspoken but unanimous response to the natural silence.

"You're the one that wanted to go to a temperate rainforest on vacation." House replied, reading the unspoken echoes of his partner's sigh like tea leaves. "It always rains in the northwest."

"I always figured that was an exaggeration."

"Nope. Haven't you seen Sleepless in Seattle?"

"I'm surprised you have."

"Late night cable." House stretched his arms over his head, arching his back and shoulders like a long, graceful bow. "Bored, bored, bored." He swirled the letters around the board, breaking the words apart and shuffling the pieces before laying them out in careful lines again.

quit moping wanna make out

Wilson rolled his eyes again, but he was already smiling as he fished through the rest of the tiles.

your silver tongue is tarnished

Greg chuckled, and his eyes flashed a dark blue.

should polish it then huh

As he slid the last few words into place, James was already shirtless and heading toward the bedroom. Greg's gaze flickered lazily over the board, grinned and followed him.

i have just the thing for that.

A/N: (I know there's no punctuation in the last bit. Scrabble doesn't have punctuation. I should have done it in all caps, but that always feels like shouting to me.)

Comments

[theyreforrachel.livejournal.com]

Eeeee! Scrabble!Fic.

Love it.

[melawen-c.livejournal.com]

Your icon is awesome! Yay for The Office. :D

[theyreforrachel.livejournal.com]

Andy just makes me lawl. :)

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-)

[aquatic-fishy.livejournal.com]

I <3 your icon XDDDD

[theyreforrachel.livejournal.com]

Hehe, thank you.

[mystcphoenxcafe.livejournal.com]

Greetings!

Ya know, this is probably the first piece of slash that I am really comfortable with. I just love the easy way of it, the flirting through game, and then the sheer sexiness of it. It's not forced, I really believe in the two as a pair, it's simply wonderful! :-)

And no, you did exactly the right thing. All caps would have been too loud, for sure. The only thing I would rec. would be to put lines in between the paragraphs, so folk can read it a little more easily, but other than that... 'tis most excellently done! :-) The perfect little fic-bit b/f I dive back into housework, etc.

-Katrina

-Katrina

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

I usually do put blank lines in: I don't know why I didn't this time. *headsmack* :-D
Thanks so much! I'm really glad you liked it. :-)

[starlingthefool.livejournal.com]

I squeed. I do not admit squee-age easily, but holy god I really LOVE Scrabble. This was great.

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-)

[mondeo.livejournal.com]

Yay, Scrabble!fic. I love it. It's adorkable =]

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-)

[tourmaline1973.livejournal.com]

Fabulous. Triple word scores to you!!

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :-)

[daisylily.livejournal.com]

Hee! That was great fun.

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It was fun writing it. :-)

[melawen-c.livejournal.com]

This really made me smile. I can definitely picture them playing Scrabble on a rainy vacation. :)

[phinnia.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you liked it. :-) Thanks!