December 15th - Holiday Party by Cleo the Muse
All Ages
Gen, Drabble, Holiday (Christmas), Humor
Warnings: Brief mention of... um... the involuntary expulsion of bodily fluids
Episodes: Season eight
Synopsis: The AO Happy Place Advent Calendar challenge, in which each day of December (until Christmas), a new door is opened on the Advent calendar, and a picture prompt revealed.
Word count: 200
Status: Completed as of December 15, 2007
December 15th - Holiday Party
"Well," Daniel began, picking at the edge of the blanket. "There is one good thing about being laid up in the infirmary."
"The sponge baths?" Jack teased, fiddling with a sterilized kidney dish.
"Uh, no." He frowned. "Will you stop playing with that? Somebody's probably puked in it."
The general immediately dropped the receptacle onto the bedside table and shoved his hands into his pockets. "Okay, I'll bite. What's so great about being laid up in the infirmary this time?"
"The base Christmas party. I have a good excuse for not going, now."
"Ah," answered Jack simply. He then reached out and pressed the nurse's call button.
"What are you doing, Jack?"
The door burst open and a troupe of base personnel entered the medical ward, bearing seasonal decorations, dishes of foodstuffs, and coolers of drinks. Sam and Teal'c entered last, the Jaffa carrying the large stereo he had purchased for his quarters while the colonel juggled a stack of CDs. The close confines of the infirmary were not suited for holding so many people, but like circus clowns in a car, they all managed to squeeze into the room anyway.
"We'll just bring the party to you," Jack grinned.
Author's Notes:
Jack would NEVER have gotten away with that while Janet was there! "The man" or not, she'd have kicked his butt out the door... Brightman just didn't know any better, I guess.