Drabble Meme

[mer_duff]

Stealing from queenzulu, where I dithered too long, and deelaundry!

The first TEN people to comment in this post get to request that I write a drabble* of any pairing/character of their choosing. In return, they have to post this in their journal, regardless of their ability level.

1. queenzulu - Foreman, failing
2. hannahrorlove - House/Stacy, home cooking
3. seschat - The Doctor/House or brilliant!Wilson
4. deelaundry - House and Wilson, a warm embrace
5. kirili - House, music or LLB

*(defined in this case as anything that fits in single comment) I'm best with characters from House, but if I've seen it, I'll attempt it (it just might take longer).

On another note - I've been traipsing about Faunasphere, and one of the developers is definitely a House fan. One of the tasks is called "The Volakis Foundation" and requires you to find 10 pieces of Amber and take it to the Differential stump in aid of a cure for something that played off amantadine poisoning :) Needless to say, I'm desperate to finish that one!

Comments

[zulu]

Could I please have Foreman? Backstory would be very interesting, but current if you'd rather. Prompt: failing.

If Foreman doesn't grab you, then Taub, prompt: children.

[mer-duff.livejournal.com]

It's not that Foreman doesn't grab me, it's just that I don't have any real confidence in my ability to write his voice authentically. But that's never stopped me before :)

Double-drabble and a half:

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When Eric sees the number at the top of the test, his first thought is that there's been a mistake. Seventy-eight per cent. It's not even a B. He's never gotten less than a B, not even in freshman gym, before his last growth spurt took care of that extra weight. But the only mistakes on the paper are his.

For a moment, he can't breathe. Seventy-eight per cent doesn't get you a full ride to a good college, and schools aren't giving out scholarships for second string point guards. He may as well have failed the test.

He can almost see his future fade away before him. He imagines four more years in his parents' house; four more years of old friends and new temptations. He'll end up like all the other guys in the neighbourhood who weren't smart enough or fast enough to find a way out.

He knows what will happen when his parents find out. His father will tell him to pray for guidance, while his mother will hug him and say that he'll do better next time. But Eric knows that faith isn't enough to get him an A in Calculus. This one's on him.

It's just one test, he tells himself. He has the rest of the year to fix it. He can study harder, work for extra credit, and pull up his average. He won't make the same mistake again.

One of these days he'll run out of second chances. But not yet.

[zulu]

Dude, that is awesome. And I know exactly how he feels. And this is so perfect because just last night I was rewatching House Training where Foreman tells Lupe how he's afraid someone will find out he's not good enough and "send him back." Wonderful.

[mer-duff.livejournal.com]

I was thinking failure would definitely be a relative term in Foreman's mind, which reminded me of the sturm und drang when I got a B in the first quarter of Algebra 12 (I couldn't draw a proper graph to save my life) :D

I used that conversation with Lupe as a touchstone - it was a good reminder of how much Foreman would have had at stake.