Title: Chance
Author: Kit-Kate Bar
Realm: Merchant of Venice by Shakespeare
Characters: Launcelot Gobbo, Jessica
Rating: PG
Word Count: 96
Summary: She was not drunk enough to be caught in corners with a jester
Notes: References to DRINKING (le gasp)
He could smell the wine on her breath (though it could have been from his own) as he pressed himself up against her, pushing against the weight of folded skirts. A hand, slender but firm on his chest, shoved him away so sharply he stumbled backwards. Jessica's face was flushed but she was not drunk enough to be caught in corners with a jester. "No Launcelot," she warned sternly, "You had your chance."
Launcelot watched her skirts swish as she exited and wondered how he could have had his chance when she never gave him one.