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knitekat ([personal profile] knitekat) wrote2009-11-02 11:37 pm
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Primeval Drabble: Tap-tap-tap

Title: Tap-tap-tap

Author: knitekat

Word Count: 100

Characters: Connor, Rex

Rating: 12

Disclaimer: Primeval belongs to Impossible Pictures. Certainly not me. Writing for fun and will replace.

A/N: From P100 Challenge 130: 'Things that go bump in the night'. Thanks to the wonderfully Fred for the beta.



Connor sat in the dark as he watched “Triffids”.

Abby was out and Rex was sitting on the settee beside him, happily munching salad.

In a lull in the film, he heard a tapping sound.

Connor dismissed it as nothing.

But it came again and again.

A steady tap-tap-tap.

His heart thudded in his chest as he slowly turned to look.

Someone – something – was tapping on the window.

Swallowing dryly, Connor slowly crept and opened the curtains.

He sighed at the branch the wind was blowing against the window.

And screamed as Rex landed on his shoulder.

[identity profile] kristen-mara.livejournal.com 2009-11-03 12:19 am (UTC)(link)

Love the end line ;)

I watched the Triffids mini series a while ago and had a similar panicked moment when I was out walking and heard a similar noise - it was a gull's wings flapping as it flew overhead...

[identity profile] knitekat.livejournal.com 2009-11-04 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks. Rex just wanted to see what Connor was looking at.
I have watched Triffids with a tree branch tapping the window - but at least I knew what it was (someone else got with it scared earlier)