Title: Nonsense

Author: Kit-Kate Bar

Realm: Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare

Characters: Lorenzo, Gratiano

Rating: PG

Word Count: 156

Summary: "You haven't heard a word I've said, have you?"

Notes: Contains boy/boy relationship. No likey, no readey.


Gratiano did talk an awful lot of nonsense, Lorenzo decided under the quiet shade of an oak tree in Portia's gardens. The young man was halfway into another of his elaborate speeches. Idly, Lorenzo watched his friend's mouth move while not paying attention to his speech. A leaf had fallen onto Gratiano's head and was moving with the man, bobbing with his hypnotizing head movements. Lorenzo tilted his head in wonderment as he watched the brown leaf joining with its hosts' unsuspecting dance.

A pair of lips were on his own and Lorenzo drew back, startled out of his reverie.

Gratiano was grinning mischievously at him, brushing the leaf from amidst his tangled honey locks.

"You haven't heard a word I've said, have you?" he asked Lorenzo, wagging a finger in mock disapproval. Lorenzo grinned back, matching his lover's playful tone. "What is there to hear?" he teased, and then leaned in for another kiss.