Linus Jackson
All Ages
Gen, Challenge, Drabble, Kidfic (Little Danny)
Episodes: None
Warnings: None
Synopsis: Stargate Kid Drabbles Challenge #1 - use the words "toy soldier", "blanket", "dust bunny", and "night light", with bonus word "music box".
Series: Danny's Entourage
Word Count: 200
Status: Completed January 23, 2009
Linus Jackson
"I know it's in here somewhere!" the little boy exclaimed, tottering dangerously on his improvised ladder as he searched through the top of his dad's closet.
Items were collected and discarded haphazardly, flying out of the closet with little grace and occasionally a fair bit of noise. A green plastic Army Man toy soldier bounced off the bedroom floor, followed by a night light shaped like R2-D2. An Emerald City sculpture--which turned out to be a battery-powered music box that played "We're Off to See the Wizard"--was giggled over before being similarly discarded.
At long last, after pausing to sneeze at a dust bunny, he triumphantly emerged with his prize: a tattered, well-worn, and much-loved blanket.
Clambering gamely down from his perch, he crawled onto his daddy's bed, rubbed his cheek against the blanket, and stuck his thumb in his mouth. Leaving the mess he'd made strewn about the room, Danny Jackson promptly went to sleep.
An hour later, Jack came in from mowing the yard and discovered the disaster as he headed for the shower. He opened his mouth to yell, but spotted the lump on his bed and simply shook his head.
"All right, Linus," he chuckled, kissing his sleeping son on the cheek, "you can keep your blankie."