Originally posted 2/16/06Rating: G
Setting: Season 1
Spoilers: Season 1?
Disclaimer: Not my characters, not my universe....no money being made....
This was written for the first Weekly Microfic at Terra Firma. The theme for creating a 100-word "microfic" was "Valentine's Day," complete with the understanding that John had explained the holiday to everyone on Moya already.
It's 102 words -- I just couldn't find 2 I wanted to give up!
Hearts
Target practice was bor-ing.
John squeezed off a few more boring rounds. Aeryn scowled, but she didn't say anything, so he kept shooting. Gradually a pattern emerged on the target. Perking up, he began to fill in the dots.
"What are you doing?"
Oops! Busted! "Um, it's a heart," he admitted, hoping she'd just let it go.
"It doesn't look anything like a heart!"
"Aeryn, we talked about this, it's a
symbol--"
With a cluck of disgust, she upped the setting on her pulse pistol and blew his heart away. "If you want to survive, Crichton, you'd better stay with me!"
Author
