Title: John and April Fool's
Rating: T
Summary: Why April Fool's is not John's favourite day…
Disclaimer: I don't own Thunderbirds.
John and April Fool's
If there was one day of the year John hated his job on Thunderbird 5, it was April Fool's Day - although Halloween came in at a close second.
The reason why had nothing to with his prankster brother Gordon, in fact Gordon never pranked him on April Fool's or Halloween – John's threat of leaving nothing below the belt to keep his current girlfriend or boyfriend happy, prior to the first April fool's after IR started to operate, probably influenced Gordon's decision.
No the reason why he hated the day so much was because of all the crank calls for help he got on Thunderbird 5.
Now it was normal for John to get a couple of false call outs about Tiddles getting stuck in a tree in Antarctica in a day. But on April Fool's it was Tiddles, Middles and Piddles stuck up that fucking non-existent tree with the rest of their fucking non-existent family.
Seriously, every April Fool's John gets thousands of crank calls, all of which he has to sort through just in case one of them is the real thing. He usually ends up having to grab Alan to help him sort through it from the island and prays that if there is a real callout, the people who made it can hold on a little bit longer.
By the end of the day John is tired and cranky has very little patience for anything or anyone. When he starts answering his calls with: "What!?" Scott sends him to get some rest and doesn't let him go back to his job for at least twelve hours baring any rescues.
Which is a relief, John can tell you.