Post by Rosie on Aug 2, 2016 21:06:40 GMT 10
Title: Sleeping Bears
Rating: PG
Prompt: #121: Bear Hunt
Summary: Never wake a sleeping bear
(just something short and silly; I have a niece, and we read this book together recently, so I couldn't help myself)
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Alanna isn't the kind of person who appreciates being woken up, particularly when she has planned to sleep in.
"Go away," she growls, pulling her pillow over her head. The sun isn't up, so she sees no reason why she should be.
Jonathan sweeps the pillow away from her; she sits up in bed with a snarl. "Oh my. We were planning on going on a bear hunt, but I think I found a grizzly already. The search is over."
His voice is low and his eyes bright, and she feels her heart thump painfully in response, particularly when he seats himself on her bed. It is too much, having him so close, and much too much as he sweeps a hand through her sleep-ruffled hair.
Then he snatches her sheet.
"Time to get up," Jonathan crows, jumping to his feet with his trophies in hand.
Alanna is going to fill his bed with a million frogs. She is going to collect the slimiest slugs and slip them all into his boots. She will air his tunics in the stables, above the horse dung.
But first, she is going to get up, because there is still something irresistible about the smile he shoots her.
--
The bear hunt is Gary's idea. Apparently, it is recompense for Douglass 'accidentally' unpicking the stitching on Gary's tunic, so that the sleeves dropped off in front of Lady Delia. Douglass's claims that Gary had simply been doing too much exercising fell on deaf ears, and this is the result.
Unpicking stitches. It isn't a bad idea, Alanna muses. She has no teddy bear on which Jonathan could wreak his revenge.
She is the one chosen to slip into Douglass's room, 'to hone her stealth skills' or because the knights are too clumsy to ever manage it on their own. Her Gift highlights her year-mate's slack, sleeping face, and the teddy bear half-hidden beneath his weight.
Guilt momentarily stills her, but Douglass keeps jibing at her lack of beard lately, so she keeps going.
Gingerly, using tricks she has picked up from George, she slips the bear out from under him, taking care to replace its bulk with a balled-up tunic from the floor.
Lord Theodore's glassy eyes stare at her accusingly, and she has to turn him to face the real culprits as she closes Douglass's door behind her.
"What are you going to do with him?" she asks quietly, figuring this probably should have been her first question.
"Give him to Lady Roxanne as a token of Douglass's undying affection," Gary answers with a grin. "Thanks, Alan. You, er, passed the stealth test. Very impressive." He ruffles her hair, and disappears into his own room, tucking the bear under his arm. This is his second mistake, but he will find that out soon enough. Alanna shouldn't need to tell him that he should follow through now, or he will be punished without having the satisfaction of following through on the prank.
Jonathan's eyes light on hers, amused. "Yes, Squire Alan," he says, purposefully nudging her as they head back to their adjoining rooms. "Say, er, since we're already awake-"
"Practice room in ten minutes?" Alanna asks brightly.
Rating: PG
Prompt: #121: Bear Hunt
Summary: Never wake a sleeping bear
(just something short and silly; I have a niece, and we read this book together recently, so I couldn't help myself)
--
Alanna isn't the kind of person who appreciates being woken up, particularly when she has planned to sleep in.
"Go away," she growls, pulling her pillow over her head. The sun isn't up, so she sees no reason why she should be.
Jonathan sweeps the pillow away from her; she sits up in bed with a snarl. "Oh my. We were planning on going on a bear hunt, but I think I found a grizzly already. The search is over."
His voice is low and his eyes bright, and she feels her heart thump painfully in response, particularly when he seats himself on her bed. It is too much, having him so close, and much too much as he sweeps a hand through her sleep-ruffled hair.
Then he snatches her sheet.
"Time to get up," Jonathan crows, jumping to his feet with his trophies in hand.
Alanna is going to fill his bed with a million frogs. She is going to collect the slimiest slugs and slip them all into his boots. She will air his tunics in the stables, above the horse dung.
But first, she is going to get up, because there is still something irresistible about the smile he shoots her.
--
The bear hunt is Gary's idea. Apparently, it is recompense for Douglass 'accidentally' unpicking the stitching on Gary's tunic, so that the sleeves dropped off in front of Lady Delia. Douglass's claims that Gary had simply been doing too much exercising fell on deaf ears, and this is the result.
Unpicking stitches. It isn't a bad idea, Alanna muses. She has no teddy bear on which Jonathan could wreak his revenge.
She is the one chosen to slip into Douglass's room, 'to hone her stealth skills' or because the knights are too clumsy to ever manage it on their own. Her Gift highlights her year-mate's slack, sleeping face, and the teddy bear half-hidden beneath his weight.
Guilt momentarily stills her, but Douglass keeps jibing at her lack of beard lately, so she keeps going.
Gingerly, using tricks she has picked up from George, she slips the bear out from under him, taking care to replace its bulk with a balled-up tunic from the floor.
Lord Theodore's glassy eyes stare at her accusingly, and she has to turn him to face the real culprits as she closes Douglass's door behind her.
"What are you going to do with him?" she asks quietly, figuring this probably should have been her first question.
"Give him to Lady Roxanne as a token of Douglass's undying affection," Gary answers with a grin. "Thanks, Alan. You, er, passed the stealth test. Very impressive." He ruffles her hair, and disappears into his own room, tucking the bear under his arm. This is his second mistake, but he will find that out soon enough. Alanna shouldn't need to tell him that he should follow through now, or he will be punished without having the satisfaction of following through on the prank.
Jonathan's eyes light on hers, amused. "Yes, Squire Alan," he says, purposefully nudging her as they head back to their adjoining rooms. "Say, er, since we're already awake-"
"Practice room in ten minutes?" Alanna asks brightly.
And the fact that Alanna is the kind of person who doesn't always ask questions first.
Maybe once we'd have seen it during Smackdown!