To Keep Time in a Locket

by Carnivorous Moogle

Cut the memories down to pretty little snapshots, sealed with a pretty little tune like a pretty little kiss, and never you mind when they bleed around the edges. (Assorted SDMI drabbles, assorted pairings, original Mystery Incorporated-centric, humannunaki AU)

2. Context

Ricky has wanted to learn German ever since the first time Pericles swore at him.

At least, he's fairly certain it was swearing. Even seven-year-olds can draw conclusions from tone, context, and body language, and Ricky was never a stupid child (although it took years for him to realize this).

Somehow, though, he's never gotten around to it.

So, although Ricky can guess, he'll never understand the awful things his friend screams at him in his anger, or the unwitting slips of that sharp tongue, or the soft murmuring into his hair when Pericles thinks he's not awake to hear.