Title:
Embarrassing Moments
Characters: Harry, Murphy
Rating:
G
Prompt: Heat
Spoilers: None
Word count:
489
Summary: There are a few moments in my life when
I've truly felt like an idiot.
Author's notes: First time writing any sort of Dresden fanfic, so here goes nothing! This was done for the LJ group Dresden Flashfic and the "heat" challenge.
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There are a few moments in my life when I've truly felt like an idiot. The first being when I asked a girl out for the first time. I tried to be smooth, but I don't do smooth well and ended up with a pat on the shoulder and a "better luck next time." Oh yeah, I had felt like quite the brilliant wizard after that little fiasco. At least my pick up technique has improved over time. The idiot thing was going to take a little more time.
My current humiliation came in the form of a badly placed book, a loosely tied towel and Murphy's silent eyebrow raise. That probably needs some explaining. See, I had just gotten into the shower after a nasty night chasing down a kappa that had taken up residence underneath the Monroe street bridge. The chase had ended up with me going for a swim in the wonderfully green Chicago river. That was why I was in the shower, to keep myself from mutating and growing an extra arm or something. I was just starting to decontaminate when there was a knock at my door. I would have ignored it, I really didn't want an extra arm, except it was Murphy. I was behind on my rent, again, and some extra cash would keep me from getting evicted, so I decided to risk the extra arm. I grabbed and towel and headed for the door.
This is where the badly placed book comes in. My apartment was just a tad darker than normal, since I hadn't bothered lighting all the candles, just enough so I could make my way to the stairs and said shower. In my rush to open the door for Murphy I forgot to look where I was going and tripped over a book. Being the epitome of grace that I am, I ended up face first on the floor after a few seconds of useless arm failing. In the chaos, the towel came loose.
So, here I was face down on the floor of my apartment, my cheeks so hot with embarrassment they might just light the carpet on fire and my bare ass in the air with Murphy watching the whole thing. Without looking up I knew she had one eyebrow raised and was trying not to laugh at me. See what I mean about the idiot thing? Yeah, it's going to need a lot of work.
Eventually, I scrambled to my feet, put my towel back on and let Murphy in. "Sorry about that." I said as I held the door open for her.
"I'm going to have to mark you down for that landing, Dresden," She said as she walked past me. "And the wardrobe malfunction."
"Aw, Murphy does this mean I don't get the gold medal?" I managed as I closed the door.
"Maybe not, that all over blush you do is kinda cute."
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