A/N: It's entirely possible someone else have written a fic similar to this before, but I haven't seen one yet, and thought it was a good idea. So I wrote it, and I hope you enjoy reading it
Humour, friendship. Rated PG to be safe. Betaed by JennMel. All remaining faults are my own.
Name
Calling
(aka Just One Word)
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"Daniel!" Notice the high volume, the lighter tone of the vocals-
"..." Silence-
"Daniel?" The letters have more spacing between them, and there's the slight upwards tilt at the end-
"....." If possible, what you can call a 'tense' silence-
"Daniel!" Notice the hard, clipped tones, the way the letters are quickly forced out-
"Jack?" Remarkable, really, the hint of honest questioning and, in my opinion, not-so-honest surprise-
"Daaanieell..." Notice the stretching of the vocals, along with a curve going from the upper range to the lower, with the end trailing softly out-
"Jack." A clipped end, hard stressed 'c' and 'k', indicating annoyance, or perhaps resignation-
"Daniel?" Light vocals, again the hint of honest, if teasing, questioning-
"Jaaack!" Notice the curving waves of the singular vocal, the tone range is simply marvellous-
"Daniel." The slight hesitation, the clipped letters, the low tones, indicating, perhaps, something intimate, something important-
"Jack...?" Notice the slow, careful wording, the same low tones, and, in my opinion, reluctant attention-
"Daniel..." Again low tones, this time clipped, precise wording-
"Jack." Also precise, but with even spaced letters, a slight finality to the...
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"Janet?"
"Hm? What, hun?"
"Who is that guy Daniel and the Colonel are harassing?"
"Oh, him. That's the new linguistic specialist. His first day, poor guy."
"Linguistics? So he's working under Daniel now? Tough luck, getting on the Colonel's bad side on his first day. But maybe he'll turn out okay, who knows, right?"
"Mhmm. Well, you know what they say about linguists and their, err, oral skills..."
"Jan!"
"Sam?"
"Jaanet...!"
"Saam..."
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"I just don't get those two! I mean, how do they do that?"
"Do what?"
"You know, the one-word sentences thing. It's just weird."
"Jack."
"Hm? Daniel?"
"Jack..."
"Daaaniel?"
"Jack!"
"Dan- Oh! Right. Good point."
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End.
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