I've got a few ideas for drabbles and ficlets hanging around, so I decided to see what other people made of them. The title's taken from an unrelated and unsuspecting song by a band called the Brunettes. Um… enjoy?
First off: a drabble written while I was supposed to be writing an essay.
Word count: 98
Don't Spend It All At Once
It seemed like Bernadelli's entire workforce was in his office, looking entirely too shifty. Karen, however, looked smug. The Chief sighed and buried his head in his hands.
"Let me get this straight. You all bet on what would happen to Stryfe?"
One filing clerk, nervous: "Uh, yeah. Most people bet that she'd never find The Stampede, or that she'd come home crying, and some bet she'd kill him… and Karen – only Karen - bet that they'd… get married."
"So what does this have to do with getting an advance on your pay?"
Karen handed him the invitation.
Does this make any sense to anyone else? Kindly review.