Daily Drabble 1

[coffeebuddha]

In this post I asked if anyone would be interested in helping me with a new writing project where every day I write a short fic (between 100-500 words) based on a prompt taken from the first comment of the previous day's fic. The feedback was good enough that I decided to go ahead with the idea. Since topetine was the first to comment with a prompt in my question post, I'm going to use her prompt for my first ficlet.

Title: Pining
Author: coffeebuddha
Rating: PG/FRE
Characters/Pairing: Carlton Lassiter
Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me.
Word Count: 270
Spoilers: Contains spoilers from 5x10 onwards.
Prompt: "Shassie! Sweet lassie pining for shawn angst!" Requested by topetine .

 

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Carlton's a better detective than Spencer gives him credit for-he saw the change in the two of them the first day after they got back from Canada. Even if it hadn't been written all over O'Hara's face, the sudden shift in her attitude spoke volumes. Yes, she's always listened to Spencer's crazy theories and given them more weight than they deserved, but not like this. Never like this. And then there's Spencer, who practically inflates every time she enters the room. Carlton wants to take a needle to him just so he'll drift back down to earth with the rest of them. Maybe put him in holding until that goofy grin starts to fade.

T​hey don't want to tell him. He understands that. Likes it, even. It makes things easier for them, but it also makes it easier for himself. Easier to ignore, easier to pretend. Carlton's done a lot of both of those things since Spencer first flailed his way in​to his life. He ignores the way Spencer is always perching on his desk or the way his eyes flash when he gets angry. He pretends that the heat in his cheeks when Spencer manhandles him during one of his 'visions' is just from annoyance and that he doesn't remember that night when Spencer complimented his eyes. He's good at ​distancing himself, and the more he watches O'Hara and Spencer make goo goo eyes at each other, the more he withdraws.

Carlton's a better detective than Spencer gives him credit for, but Spencer's not nearly as good of one as he thinks he is if he's never noticed.

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Thanks for reading! Feedback is always appreciated!

Okay, so here's the deal. Whoever comments first can choose what I write about in tomorrow's fic. Obviously I can't make you read the fic before commenting, but I'd certainly appreciate it if you did. You can request absolutely anything you want-within reason, of course. Please remember that your kink might not be mine-so get creative with it! Or not, if you want something cliched...Oh, just have fun! :)

IMPORTANT: Because of classes, I'm several episodes behind on Criminal Minds and won't be able to catch up until probably Thanksgiving. If you request something for Criminal Minds, PLEASE keep that in mind and keep the spoilers AWAY from my journal. Thanks!