Post by jazzyjess on Feb 20, 2010 6:05:47 GMT 10
Title: Laughter
Rating: G
Length: 485
Competitor: Owen
Round/Fight: 1/D
Summary: Owen loves lots of stuff.
-
One of the things Owen loves dearly is laughing. For a long time he didn’t want to laugh, first because his mother died, and then later because he got bullied as a page, and then his best friend ever Kel left to be a squire, and then when it was his turn to be a squire he got stuck with Sir Myles – who, though he was really nice and all, just didn’t have as jolly a job researching history as he would if he were sword-fighting. But ever since Lord Wyldon asked him to be squire, there are just so many things that give him some sort of amusement – there are people he meets in his squiredom who say such silly things and there are dogs who act so playfully in Lord Wyldon’s kennels that he can’t help but laugh at the sheer joy of life.
Owen also loves his friends. For a long time he didn’t have friends – mostly because his father liked to keep him at home to work on learning his letters, but partly because the other children felt bad that he was a bit chubby and the younger son of a lord and had no mother – so meeting a jolly group like the ones he found in page training was certainly one of the greatest things to happen to him. He is loyal to the core and though he knows he looks a bit boyish with his round rosy cheeks and his baby-soft curls, he won’t hesitate to take down anyone in a fight who tries to insult his friends and get away with it.
But one thing that Owen loves above all else is laughing at his friends.
“Hee hee, a-ha ha ha! You should see your face!”
Beside him, he sees that Kel is laughing too, and though she keeps trying to hide it with her hands he can see the smile shining through. “Neal,” she says, and Owen can tell she’s having trouble keeping the serious expression on her face. “You may want to, um, go see about that – about that – ” She has to pause as she gains composure again. “I mean, you may need to wash up before dinner.”
Neal grumbles as he heads out of headquarters and towards a well for water, and as soon as he’s out of earshot, Owen and Kel fall into each other, both giggling like madmen. Owen beams up at Kel and says, “You can really tell how much Yuki’s missed him!”
“If the men see him like that, he’s never going to live it down!” she manages, and as she sits up she wipes her eyes with both hands. “Goddess, I needed a laugh like that.”
He loves laughter and he loves his friends, and it’s that big grin on her face like the one she’s wearing now that makes Owen’s heart beat a little faster than it should.
Rating: G
Length: 485
Competitor: Owen
Round/Fight: 1/D
Summary: Owen loves lots of stuff.
-
One of the things Owen loves dearly is laughing. For a long time he didn’t want to laugh, first because his mother died, and then later because he got bullied as a page, and then his best friend ever Kel left to be a squire, and then when it was his turn to be a squire he got stuck with Sir Myles – who, though he was really nice and all, just didn’t have as jolly a job researching history as he would if he were sword-fighting. But ever since Lord Wyldon asked him to be squire, there are just so many things that give him some sort of amusement – there are people he meets in his squiredom who say such silly things and there are dogs who act so playfully in Lord Wyldon’s kennels that he can’t help but laugh at the sheer joy of life.
Owen also loves his friends. For a long time he didn’t have friends – mostly because his father liked to keep him at home to work on learning his letters, but partly because the other children felt bad that he was a bit chubby and the younger son of a lord and had no mother – so meeting a jolly group like the ones he found in page training was certainly one of the greatest things to happen to him. He is loyal to the core and though he knows he looks a bit boyish with his round rosy cheeks and his baby-soft curls, he won’t hesitate to take down anyone in a fight who tries to insult his friends and get away with it.
But one thing that Owen loves above all else is laughing at his friends.
“Hee hee, a-ha ha ha! You should see your face!”
Beside him, he sees that Kel is laughing too, and though she keeps trying to hide it with her hands he can see the smile shining through. “Neal,” she says, and Owen can tell she’s having trouble keeping the serious expression on her face. “You may want to, um, go see about that – about that – ” She has to pause as she gains composure again. “I mean, you may need to wash up before dinner.”
Neal grumbles as he heads out of headquarters and towards a well for water, and as soon as he’s out of earshot, Owen and Kel fall into each other, both giggling like madmen. Owen beams up at Kel and says, “You can really tell how much Yuki’s missed him!”
“If the men see him like that, he’s never going to live it down!” she manages, and as she sits up she wipes her eyes with both hands. “Goddess, I needed a laugh like that.”
He loves laughter and he loves his friends, and it’s that big grin on her face like the one she’s wearing now that makes Owen’s heart beat a little faster than it should.