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origamiflowers) wrote2009-03-05 09:27 pm
origamiflowers) wrote2009-03-05 09:27 pm
fic: "not in kansas" for heureviolet; "the eighth wonder" for sunshine 1112
not in kansas. harry potter/chuck crossover; fluff. scorpius and rose visit the buy more to get computer help. pg, 570 words, written for ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
heureviolet.
"Look, we have no idea who these people are or what they do," hisses Scorpius, yanking on Rose's arm and tugging uncomfortably on the collar of his button-up shirt at the same time. "I say let's blame your mother. It was her idea to take us on a trip. Whatever happened to the comp ... comptrooper … cromp--"
Rose gives him enough of a Look that he backs down lets go immediately and shuts up (it's a wise decision, based on past experience). "We're not all completely useless when it comes to technology, Scorpius," she sniffs, the laptop clutched close to her chest.
Scorpius glances around the … whatever it is … mistrustfully. It's too plastic and white to be worthy of a Malfoy's faith, he decides. "I don't know what this place is," is his petulant answer. "I don't want to be here." Really, the atmosphere of Borgin and Burkes is quite superior.
"It's a Buy More, Scorpius," Rose says with exaggerated slowness, and points to a sign that reads Nerd Herd. "They know about computers. Which is how you say it, by the way. They can help fix it before Mum finds out."
With a confidence that Scorpius simultaneously deplores and admires, Rose strides up to the Nerd Herd desk; he follows at her heels. "I need help with my laptop," she says, imperiously and without preamble, setting the object in question on the counter.
"That is in fact what we do here," says the guy behind the counter slowly, his shaggy black hair obscuring most of his face. "Unfortunately … we have a slight problem."
"What's that?"
"I am … just about to go on break. Yeah, so … hey!" he shouts suddenly. "CHUCK! HEY! Need your expertise over here!"
A guy in the next aisle breaks off in mid-sentence, turning around with an annoyed expression. He had been talking to a pretty blond woman, who then touches his arm and whispers something before smiling and walking away.
"Lester, if you're taking another break, I swear …" the guy named Chuck says through gritted teeth.
Lester shrugs unapologetically and adopts a very serious look. "Irritable bowel syndrome never takes a break, Chuck," he says, pointing at him as he walks away. "Remember that."
Chuck just shakes his head before smiling at Rose. "Okay, what seems to be the problem here?"
"I – I think … there might be a virus, maybe?" Rose squeaks, and Scorpius snaps to attention.
He has never heard her stutter before. Or sound uncertain at all, really. Astonished, Scorpius sneaks a glance at her sideways, and sees her biting her lip, sees her fingers tangling together anxiously.
"Well, what were you surfing right before your computer shut down?" The guy smiles at Rose, but Scorpius is glaring at him openly. What a prat.
"Television Without Pity," Rose says breathlessly, her eyes wide.
He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named laughs and nods in a way that grates on Scorpius's last, raw nerve. "Yeah, that one's been going around for the last week or so. One of the ads on tee-wop contained a virus. If you leave your computer with me for an hour or so, I can get it back up and running."
Scorpius understands approximately one-fifth of that, but it doesn't matter; he's paying much closer attention to the pink flush slowly spreading over Rose's cheeks. He gapes at her briefly, before closing his mouth.
Well, that just won't do.
the eighth wonder. harry potter/heroes crossover; gen, fluff. hiro and ando get some unexpected help when looking for refuge. pg, 500 words, written forsunshine1112.
"A hero does not run and hide, Ando," Hiro says solemnly, taking a huge bite out of his cheeseburger. Mayonnaise drips out of the bun and plops onto the paper plate with a wet sound.
"Hiro," Ando groans, making a grab for one of Hiro's fries and stuffing it in his mouth before Hiro can protest. "Have you not heard? Discretion is the better part of valor. Being a hero does not mean dying when there could be a better way to fight … later."
Hiro sighs. "Where would we hide, Ando? The bad guys can always track you down." He licks his fingers.
That does, at least, stump Ando for the moment. Hiro's family, while extremely wealthy and well-connected, is too obvious a choice. Ando has contact information for a few of the other heroes, but most of them are on the run themselves, or so he guesses. He takes the opportunity to munch on another fry. Maybe Daphne …
Without warning, Hiro drops his burger. Ando glances up, startled. "What?"
But Hiro isn't paying attention. His eyes are wide and shining, and his face can only be described as rapturous.
It's an expression that has scared Ando on more than one occasion.
"I know what we will do," Hiro says excitedly, all thoughts of fast food forgotten. "I know who can help us in our time of need."
Ando is understandably wary. "Who? Where?"
"Trust me, Ando," says Hiro with a grin, and pulls him into the men's bathroom. "Besides, if it does not work, we will only be lost in the space-time continuum, right?"
Ando's eyebrows shoot up and he chuckles (not, you understand, in a hysterical way, at all). "Lost in the space-time continuum? What are you talking about? Is this going to be dangerous?" He quickly loses focus as Hiro herds him into one of the little stalls. "Hiro, why are we in a bathroom stall?" he demands, trying to make more room so that they aren't smooshed together.
Hiro claps his hands onto Ando's shoulders and squeezes. "So no one sees us teleport, of course."
Before Ando can ask where they're going – or how likely it is that they'll get hurt – Hiro squeezes his eyes shut, and the stall door swings into the empty space where they had just been.
Ando is a little afraid to open his eyes when they pop into … wherever they are.
"Ah," Hiro breathes. "It worked!" He hits Ando on the shoulder, twice. "Look, look!"
Ando opens one eye cautiously. They're standing on a patch of grass, on the edge of a forest. That seems safe enough. He turns his back to it and looks around them.
There is a dark lake. A castle rises up in the distance, towers plunging into the sky to create a perfectly gothic picture that Ando recognizes immediately.
He's seen the movies; there's no mistaking it.
"Hogwarts!" Hiro cries. He raises his arms in victory. "Yatta!"
lusciouslucas, your story is coming soon.
heureviolet."Look, we have no idea who these people are or what they do," hisses Scorpius, yanking on Rose's arm and tugging uncomfortably on the collar of his button-up shirt at the same time. "I say let's blame your mother. It was her idea to take us on a trip. Whatever happened to the comp ... comptrooper … cromp--"
Rose gives him enough of a Look that he backs down lets go immediately and shuts up (it's a wise decision, based on past experience). "We're not all completely useless when it comes to technology, Scorpius," she sniffs, the laptop clutched close to her chest.
Scorpius glances around the … whatever it is … mistrustfully. It's too plastic and white to be worthy of a Malfoy's faith, he decides. "I don't know what this place is," is his petulant answer. "I don't want to be here." Really, the atmosphere of Borgin and Burkes is quite superior.
"It's a Buy More, Scorpius," Rose says with exaggerated slowness, and points to a sign that reads Nerd Herd. "They know about computers. Which is how you say it, by the way. They can help fix it before Mum finds out."
With a confidence that Scorpius simultaneously deplores and admires, Rose strides up to the Nerd Herd desk; he follows at her heels. "I need help with my laptop," she says, imperiously and without preamble, setting the object in question on the counter.
"That is in fact what we do here," says the guy behind the counter slowly, his shaggy black hair obscuring most of his face. "Unfortunately … we have a slight problem."
"What's that?"
"I am … just about to go on break. Yeah, so … hey!" he shouts suddenly. "CHUCK! HEY! Need your expertise over here!"
A guy in the next aisle breaks off in mid-sentence, turning around with an annoyed expression. He had been talking to a pretty blond woman, who then touches his arm and whispers something before smiling and walking away.
"Lester, if you're taking another break, I swear …" the guy named Chuck says through gritted teeth.
Lester shrugs unapologetically and adopts a very serious look. "Irritable bowel syndrome never takes a break, Chuck," he says, pointing at him as he walks away. "Remember that."
Chuck just shakes his head before smiling at Rose. "Okay, what seems to be the problem here?"
"I – I think … there might be a virus, maybe?" Rose squeaks, and Scorpius snaps to attention.
He has never heard her stutter before. Or sound uncertain at all, really. Astonished, Scorpius sneaks a glance at her sideways, and sees her biting her lip, sees her fingers tangling together anxiously.
"Well, what were you surfing right before your computer shut down?" The guy smiles at Rose, but Scorpius is glaring at him openly. What a prat.
"Television Without Pity," Rose says breathlessly, her eyes wide.
He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named laughs and nods in a way that grates on Scorpius's last, raw nerve. "Yeah, that one's been going around for the last week or so. One of the ads on tee-wop contained a virus. If you leave your computer with me for an hour or so, I can get it back up and running."
Scorpius understands approximately one-fifth of that, but it doesn't matter; he's paying much closer attention to the pink flush slowly spreading over Rose's cheeks. He gapes at her briefly, before closing his mouth.
Well, that just won't do.
the eighth wonder. harry potter/heroes crossover; gen, fluff. hiro and ando get some unexpected help when looking for refuge. pg, 500 words, written for
sunshine1112."A hero does not run and hide, Ando," Hiro says solemnly, taking a huge bite out of his cheeseburger. Mayonnaise drips out of the bun and plops onto the paper plate with a wet sound.
"Hiro," Ando groans, making a grab for one of Hiro's fries and stuffing it in his mouth before Hiro can protest. "Have you not heard? Discretion is the better part of valor. Being a hero does not mean dying when there could be a better way to fight … later."
Hiro sighs. "Where would we hide, Ando? The bad guys can always track you down." He licks his fingers.
That does, at least, stump Ando for the moment. Hiro's family, while extremely wealthy and well-connected, is too obvious a choice. Ando has contact information for a few of the other heroes, but most of them are on the run themselves, or so he guesses. He takes the opportunity to munch on another fry. Maybe Daphne …
Without warning, Hiro drops his burger. Ando glances up, startled. "What?"
But Hiro isn't paying attention. His eyes are wide and shining, and his face can only be described as rapturous.
It's an expression that has scared Ando on more than one occasion.
"I know what we will do," Hiro says excitedly, all thoughts of fast food forgotten. "I know who can help us in our time of need."
Ando is understandably wary. "Who? Where?"
"Trust me, Ando," says Hiro with a grin, and pulls him into the men's bathroom. "Besides, if it does not work, we will only be lost in the space-time continuum, right?"
Ando's eyebrows shoot up and he chuckles (not, you understand, in a hysterical way, at all). "Lost in the space-time continuum? What are you talking about? Is this going to be dangerous?" He quickly loses focus as Hiro herds him into one of the little stalls. "Hiro, why are we in a bathroom stall?" he demands, trying to make more room so that they aren't smooshed together.
Hiro claps his hands onto Ando's shoulders and squeezes. "So no one sees us teleport, of course."
Before Ando can ask where they're going – or how likely it is that they'll get hurt – Hiro squeezes his eyes shut, and the stall door swings into the empty space where they had just been.
Ando is a little afraid to open his eyes when they pop into … wherever they are.
"Ah," Hiro breathes. "It worked!" He hits Ando on the shoulder, twice. "Look, look!"
Ando opens one eye cautiously. They're standing on a patch of grass, on the edge of a forest. That seems safe enough. He turns his back to it and looks around them.
There is a dark lake. A castle rises up in the distance, towers plunging into the sky to create a perfectly gothic picture that Ando recognizes immediately.
He's seen the movies; there's no mistaking it.
"Hogwarts!" Hiro cries. He raises his arms in victory. "Yatta!"
lusciouslucas, your story is coming soon.
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