Title: Crossed Wires

Disclaimer: Primeval and it's characters belong to Impossible Pictures, no copyright infringement is intended.

A/N: This is a silly little short fic I wrote a while ago. Hope you like it. :-)

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Danny was walking through the forest, the fallen leaves crunching beneath his feet. The team had been sent to the site of a possible creature sighting, though no anomaly had been detected.

"Psssst!"

Danny frowned, looking round to see Becker calling him.

"What is it?"

"They've done it again."

"Who's done what?"

"Abby and Connor have left their radios on, or one of them has anyway."

Becker smirked, it was probably Connor's, it was always Connor. You'd think he'd be good at remembering to switch it off, him being a technical whiz. They both listened to Abby and Connor's friendly banter.

"Do not!" Connor said sulkily.

"Yes you do." Abby replied.

"I don't."

"You do."

"Abby, I do not snore!"

"Oh please! I hear you from downstairs you're so loud!"

There was silence for a few moments, followed by the sound of rustling.

"Connor, what are you getting that thing out for?"

"Because I want to. don't you want to take a look?"

"No I bloody don't!"

"Just touch it."

Becker and Danny exchanged worried glances. Was Connor a closet pervert? Did they need to rush in and rescue Abby?

"I am not touching it, it's huge."

"Just with one finger, it won't hurt you."

"Connor, there's a time and a place, put it away."

Danny was having trouble keeping a straight face now and the odd snort escaped his lips.

"Just, give me your hand." Connor said softly.

"I can't, you know they scare me."

"Well, what better way to get over your fear?"

There was silence again for a moment.

"Oh!"

"See, not scary."

"It's soft . . . and hairy."

Becker lost it too and both men fell to the floor in fits of giggles.

A few minutes later Connor and Abby walked into the clearing, shocked to see two of their team mates laughing hysterically. Specifically the usually stoic Becker.

"What's up with you two?" Abby asked.

"C . . .C . . .Connor . . . left his . . . radio . . .on." Danny breathed.

"Again?"

She turned to Connor with her hands on her hips.

"But what could we have possibly said that was so funny?" She asked as they pulled themselves from the forest floor.

"Yeah, all I did was show Abby my spider."

They set off again and Abby shook her head.

Connor got the tub back out of his pack with the rare spider he had found and took it to Danny and Becker to show them. Danny looked at it curiously but Becker stepped away, shrieking like a girl.

Abby chuckled.

"Who knew Becker the brave soldier was afraid of spiders." She said.