Primeval 'drabble' Just This Once

[knitekat]

Title: Just This Once

Author: knitekat

Word Count: 101 (oops)

Characters: James Lester

Rating: 12

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

A/N: For the P100 Challenge 136: Secret Santa. Many thanks to Fred for the beta.

Lester bit back his groan at the overly-decorated tree, surrounded by presents.

Of course Connor would think an office Secret Santa was a great idea. That Abby and Sarah had aided and abetted him wasn't a surprise. Becker had followed Sarah's lead, and Danny just threw himself into everything.

Lester found himself longing for the far more refined times when Nick, Jenny and Stephen had provided some much needed sanity to Christmas.

Now only he remained to do that and, for once, Lester just couldn't – they reminded him of his own children and he couldn't spoil their fun. Not now.

Comments

[6th-dr.livejournal.com]

Oh thats so sweet! Nicely done.

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Glad you liked it.

[kristen-mara.livejournal.com]

Sad but lovely!

Danny - yep ;)

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Thank, the bunny wrote it *g*
Yep, it is just Danny.

[fredbassett]

That was sad, but sweet.

The word count is odd, as mine gives it as 100 exactly. I think it depends on how it treats hyphenated words. Mine treats it as one word. Yours is probably counting it as two.

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Thanks and thanks again for the beta. It was a very insistent bunny.

Figured out the problem - it is counting the dash in the last paragraph as a word - now all I need to figure out is how to stop it.

[lukadreaming.livejournal.com]

That's lovely, with the sad twist in the tale . . .

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Thanks, it was a bit sad at the end. I blame the bunny (nods).

[madcatt82.livejournal.com]

Awww, that's so sweet... slightly sad, but sweet all at the same time!

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I was wondering about the prompt and got bit by this bunny.

[fififolle]

*hugs Lester very tight*
*sniff*

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Lester needs hugging, *pet fifiolle and passes tissues*

[telperion-15.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwww, that's so bittersweet... See, Lester does have a heart under that snarky exterior!

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Of course he does, but few see it.

[deinonychus-1.livejournal.com]

awwwww, sweet. Lester has a heart really, he just hides it well.

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Of course he does, he just doesn't want it known.

[lilyroseharper.livejournal.com]

Awwwwwwwww! Lester really is a softy

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Shhh don't tell anyone *g*

Thanks for reading.

[cordeliadelayne]

Aw, lovely!

And don't worry about the word count - as Fred said I think it's probably counting the hyphenated word as two. And anyway, I do give a bit of leeway if there's only a word or so over :D

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Thanks, glad you liked it.

Good to know about the leeway - that last word is often a bugger.

Now, if it was counting the hypenated word as two it would make sense, but no, it is counting the dash in the last paragraph as one. *grr*

[cordeliadelayne]

Lol, sometimes there really is no understanding how word count applications work!

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Certainly not mine.

[eriah211.livejournal.com]

Aaawwww, lovely and very sweet, just what I needed right now to try to get into the Christmas spirit.

"Danny just threw himself into everything"
LOL, that's true.

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Thanks and yay for getting you into the Christmas spirit.

Well, that's Danny - leap don't look.

[szychogirl.livejournal.com]

Aww, poor Lester is outnumbered now, I'm afraid. Maybe a little Christmas cheer would do him some good.

Nicely done :)

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

He's definitely outnumbered, I'm sure the team will get him in the Christmas spirit.
Thanks for reading/commenting.

[lsellersfic.livejournal.com]

Poor Lester. His team does seem to have got younger!

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Or at least act younger *g*

[talliw.livejournal.com]

Sweet and sad at once. *hugs poor Lester who has to bear such a burden*

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I blame the bunny that pounced and demanded to be written. *joins in the Lester hug*

[tia198.livejournal.com]

Love Lester's views on the team and I really love the last line especially when he let Connor live with him :)

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reading and commenting. Lester can be a softy (just don't tell him that *g*)

[isamazed]

Yep, don’t spoil it 🤗

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

I think, for once, James won't.

Thanks for reading.