Bite-sized fic

[catko]

Did this little piece on the spur of the moment in the comment_fic comm; the theme is "mundane problems." Comment fic is fun because you don't worry over it too much...

Prompt by
fatefuls : 

fringe, lincoln/olivia, burnt coffee

Olivia strode into the lab. Lincoln looked over from where he was standing behind Astrid, peering over her shoulder at the computer screen.

"Beat you here," he said cheerfully. Olivia glared. "Bad night," she said shortly. "Is there any coffee?" She headed toward the coffee maker, pulled out the pot, and stared at the brownish crust in the bottom. Her nose wrinkled at the burnt odor.

At once she was hit with a wave of vertigo. Suddenly, the thought rose strong and clear in her mind: "Peter hates burnt coffee." What? Who? She put out a hand to steady herself. Lincoln, noticing, moved to her side and grasped her by the shoulder. "Liv? You okay?"

Olivia shook her head to clear it, and looked at him. "Uh, yeah, sure, just...I need coffee."

As she moved to the sink, she tried to push the unwanted, unfamiliar thought from her mind, but it persisted, like a waking dream.

Comments

[claudiapriscus.livejournal.com]

ooh, yay! Nicely done. Comment fic is wonderfully freeing, isn't it?

I'm still feeling a little pity for the women of the Fringe 'verses: there's Olivia, hogging both Peter AND Lincoln(s)in three seperate universes. The wom(a/e)n should be ashamed of herself, tsk.

[catko]

The only consolation, if you can call it that, is that she doesn't seem to enjoy it much. Poor Liv. My sis and I are rewatching Season 1 and it's quite amazing. Even though you know a lot of the threads go nowhere, the ones that do are pretty remarkable, and even the MOTWs are engrossing. Emphasize "gross."

Thanks for the comment, yeah, I do like comment fic. I've never done much with prompts before but it's kinda fun. I suffer a bit since I don't watch many/most of the shows most beloved by prompters (Spn, Sherlock).

How the heck are you? are you down for the holidays? My sis and I aren't going to make it to Reno this January, sadly...maybe in the Spring. Not much skiing, eh?

[claudiapriscus.livejournal.com]

Yeah, down in Napa, but the family took a quick vacation down to San Luis Obispo...very nice, though my sister was a pain in the ass... no skiing, sadly! I gave up. I've got passes to three resorts, and each of the three have but one run open. Now that we're in the busy season, there are still the same number of skiers, but all on the one run...eugh. Also, I tore the crap out of my brand new skis over at alpine :(