Primeval drabble: Self-Preservation

[knitekat]

Title: Self-Preservation
Author: knitekat
Word Count: 100
Characters: James Lester, Stephanie Lester (OC)
Rating: 12
Disclaimer: Primeval belongs to Impossible Pictures. Certainly not me. Writing for fun and will replace.
A/N: For the P100 challenge 265: Is It Meant To Look Like That? Part of my Dreams Of Yesterday drabble series. Thanks to the wonderful Fred for looking at it for me.


“James! You're just in time. What do you think?”

James paused as he looked at Steff's latest painting and, from her expression, her pride and joy.

He tilted his head as he considered it carefully. He knew what it looked like to him: Steff had thrown several tins of paint at the canvas, before she'd fallen on top of it and slipping over several times as she'd tried to stand up again.

What the hell was he supposed to say about it?

But he did know asking what the hell it was supposed to be would not go down well.

Comments

[clea2011]

LOL! Oh no, poor James! I'm sure he managed to think of something. Very funny, that description of the pic was one of those 'glad I wasn't having a drink at the time' moments :-)

[nietie.livejournal.com]

LOL This is art, James!
Great use of the prompt.

[lukadreaming.livejournal.com]

LOL! Great description of the painting. And now it's time for Lester's diplomatic skills!

[freddiejoey.livejournal.com]

I'm sure the diplomat in his soul will come to the fore...

[natchris.livejournal.com]

LOL! Really nice drabble

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Uh oh.

[kristen-mara.livejournal.com]

*giggling* Love his internal description of the artwork, and him keeping it internal!

[joshinator.livejournal.com]

"Steff had thrown several tins of paint at the canvas, before she'd fallen on top of it and slipping over several times as she'd tried to stand up again."

Fabulous!

[judithjohn.livejournal.com]

I'll be smiling all morning now!

[rodlox.livejournal.com]

could be worse, lester - it could look like she had vommitted up paint...or she had covered herself in wet paint and rolled on the canvas. (no, that was later, I'm sure)

seriously, this is an excellent drabble.
" unlike Steff's grasp of art. :) "

excuse my muses, please; they're allergic to drabbles.

this is really, really very good.

[fififolle]

*sporfle*

[telperion-15.livejournal.com]

LOL! I totally sympathise with James! *g*

[fredbassett]

LOL!!!!

[deinonychus-1.livejournal.com]

I'm sure he'll be suitably diplomatic, whatever he ends up saying!

[lsellersfic.livejournal.com]

Maybe he should say something about balance and harmony... *g*

[cordeliadelayne]

Hee, oh dear, quite a dilemma!