Title: Nicknames
Author: Classic She
Rating: G
Pairing: Amy/Josh
Spoilers: General Fifth Season
Legalities: Not mine, they tell me things and I scribble it down.
Summary: Amy being interviewed.
My nickname?
Lockjaw.
It hurts. I can't help it; it's just the way I talk.
It's an old scar, picked fresh daily by the illiterate without much imagination.
Now the intelligent use the correct term for my condition as a slur. The Dentiloquist; a person who speaks with clenched teeth.
My enemies won't attack me on a defensible issue; rather they jab at something I have no control over.
My boyfriend, Josh, calls me the Ventriloquist. He's teasing, saying I put words into the First Lady's mouth. Now that's very clever, but not true.
Lockjaw.
I'm human, it still hurts.