Title: Caught In The Act
Pairing: Beckett/Norrington (Beckington)
Characters: Beckett, Norrington and Mercer. Mentions: Elizabeth.
Rating: M
Warnings: Hints of a sexual act.
Summary: I played with a scene from How I Met Your Mother.
Note: I wrote this on a weekend chat post over at the cutler_beckett community over on Live Journal over a year ago when I was multitasking – watching TV and commenting/responding on the post. I've added and chopped away at it since then and now I've decided to post it over here, so if you've seen this before and are wondering why it looks different (and yet familiar) there you go.
Lord Beckett and James Norrington had just ended a very sinful act tangled in the sheets of Beckett's bed in his chambers aboard the Endeavour. A few months of teasing one another, Beckett to Norrington to begin with, from a distance was what had finally brought them to this. For Beckett it was predator and prey, he knew that James was weak and simply put it to his advantage. For James it was more a case of looking for something to cling to when he was lost and confused about himself. Of course having Elizabeth at the back of his mind with the memory of her jilting him turned him off thinking of Elizabeth or any other woman that way again. So it was no surprise to Beckett that his prey had finally given himself over and for James he was just surprised that he'd enjoyed it as much as he had.
Beckett turned to James and said "You mustn't tell anyone that we've done this. No one must ever know." James moved closer to Beckett and said "Deal." James knew that it was just Beckett's way of making sure they understood each other.
At that very moment Mr. Mercer walked into Beckett's chamber with a tray of tea and a selection of scones and biscuits that Beckett had asked him to fetch over an hour ago. He spoke, sudden and loud - "Deal."
Beckett and James turned their heads towards Mercer with the same expression - horrified. They'd been caught in the act and yet they were quick to pull the sheets up to cover themselves before climbing out of bed and scrambling for their clothes in all of their shame when it was already too late...
Author notes: For those wondering the HIMYM reference is of course when Robin and Barney where caught in Robin's bedroom together after they'd just finished having sex and then Ted stepped in the room and agreed that he would also not tell anyone. I didn't use the exact words from the conversation because they had to be changed due to the change of context.
This is continued in the second chapter. I wrote the next part after I was asked for more and so the next part has nothing to do with How I Met Your Mother... It's more like a fan service within a fan service!