Okay, this isn't really a drabble, but it's a ficlet, so I'm putting it here anyway. I'm sure you folks will forgive me :)
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"Unexpected Views" (Mareel's 5-Minute Fic Challenge)
No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get the scene out of his mind. He didn't think he'd ever get over the sight of his captain in such an...undignified position. Really, Malcolm thought--a bit miffed--he wouldn't have even entered the captain's quarters without knocking if not for the alarm going off.
But to enter and see...that. It was just beyond the pale, honestly. Cruelty to unsuspecting armory officers, that's what it was.
One minute he was minding his own business on the bridge, the next, the system was giving him an intruder alert in the captain's quarters. Well, you don't leave that kind of thing to subordinates, so Malcolm pelted through the corridors, slammed in his security override code faster than ever before, and there it was: the captain's arse sticking up.
And the noises. Malcolm wasn't sure he'd ever look at the man the same way.
"Damn it, Porthos, how the hell did you get into the damn ventilation shaft to begin with?" Archer shouted over the sound of frenzied barking. "Malcolm, what are you waiting for? I don't want my dog roaming the insides of the ship. Come and help me!"
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::innocent look:: What? What did you think it was? ::runs off, giggling::
Mareel challenged us to write a story beginning with "No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get the scene out of his mind. He didn't think he'd ever..."
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"Unexpected Views" (Mareel's 5-Minute Fic Challenge)
No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get the scene out of his mind. He didn't think he'd ever get over the sight of his captain in such an...undignified position. Really, Malcolm thought--a bit miffed--he wouldn't have even entered the captain's quarters without knocking if not for the alarm going off.
But to enter and see...that. It was just beyond the pale, honestly. Cruelty to unsuspecting armory officers, that's what it was.
One minute he was minding his own business on the bridge, the next, the system was giving him an intruder alert in the captain's quarters. Well, you don't leave that kind of thing to subordinates, so Malcolm pelted through the corridors, slammed in his security override code faster than ever before, and there it was: the captain's arse sticking up.
And the noises. Malcolm wasn't sure he'd ever look at the man the same way.
"Damn it, Porthos, how the hell did you get into the damn ventilation shaft to begin with?" Archer shouted over the sound of frenzied barking. "Malcolm, what are you waiting for? I don't want my dog roaming the insides of the ship. Come and help me!"
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::innocent look:: What? What did you think it was? ::runs off, giggling::
Mareel challenged us to write a story beginning with "No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't get the scene out of his mind. He didn't think he'd ever..."