due South snippet: "Gifts"

[luzula]

Title: Gifts
Characters: Ray V, Elaine (implied Frannie/Elaine)
Rating: PG-13
Wordcount: 293
Prompt: befuddled
Summary: Ray wants advice.
Notes: This snippet is brought to you by my boredom on the train. Thanks to andeincascade for beta!


"Hey, Elaine!"

Elaine turned around to see Ray Vecchio. "Hi, there! I was hoping I'd run into someone I knew."

"You're at the 1-8 now, right?"

"Yeah." Elaine waved the stack of files she was carrying. "Thought I was done with running errands like a civilian aide, but I guess not."

"Stuck doing grunt work, huh? Don't worry, you'll work your way up. Want to grab a coffee?"

Elaine glanced at her watch. "Yeah, sure."

The coffee in the break room was as bad as she remembered, but it wasn't like it was better at the 1-8.

"So what's up here?" she asked.

"Not much. Same old, you know, but it's kind of a relief."

Elaine nodded. She bet it was. She didn't know much about Ray's undercover, but she could guess.

"So--you and Frannie are spending a lot time together, huh?"

"Yeah," Elaine said cautiously.

"You getting her anything for her birthday? See, I never know what to get her," Ray continued. Elaine breathed out. Not that talk, then.

"A hat?" she couldn't resist saying.

Ray snorted. "Funny. Anyway, I tried getting her make-up once, but it was apparently the wrong color. Frannie didn't say so, but Ma and Maria did." Ray shook his head. "God, my family can be cruel."

Elaine stifled a smile at the thought of Ray, befuddled by miles of make-up choices. "Yeah, I get you. My dad is really hard to get presents for, too."

"What are you getting her?"

Elaine bit her lip so that she would not accidentally say a pink sparkly strap-on, even though it was true. "Um, well. I'm going shopping this afternoon. I can look for something for you, if you want."

"That’s great! Thanks, I owe you one."

Elaine grinned. "I'll collect on it."

Comments

[exbex]

\o/ You've caught Elaine's cute, sexy, and competent in one little snippet.

[luzula]

Thanks! I love Elaine.

[andeincascade]

Sparkly pink strap-on will always make me gleeful!

[luzula]

It just seemed very Frannie to me. : )

[brigantine]

"God, my family can be cruel."

Hee. Poor, Ray. He's surrounded by ornery females. It's a good thing he's got Elaine on his side! ;)

[luzula]

Yeah, it felt a little to me like Ray was going "Elaine's one of the boys! Except she's one of the girls, too, so she can totally help me out with this."

[jesse_the_k]

pink sparkly strap on for the win!

[luzula]

Um, well, the whole snippet was basically an excuse to get to that line. *g*

[mergatrude]

♥

[luzula]

: )

[spuffyduds]

Pink sparkly strap-on IS a delightful thought. :)

[luzula]

I know! It seems very Frannie, too.

[lemposoi]

I bet it would be a glaringly bright pink one, too.

Thumbs up for a fantastic pairing and Vecchio and Elaine being friendly. Thanks for sharing!

[luzula]

Also sparkly!

Yeah, Frannie/Elaine is one of my favorite femslash pairings in due South, but I also really like Maggie/Frannie. Heh, talk about rare pairing.

And thank you!

[lemposoi]

I read some Frannie/Meg that had a formative influence, but they're all so awesome. I've seen some Frannie/Maggie, too.

As always, the only sensible solution is a massive poly girlpile.

[china_shop]

Aww! This is adorable!

[luzula]

Thank you! : )

[ride-4ever.livejournal.com]

Sweet, Sweet, Sweet!

(And you are a snippets-while-traveling inspiration. Now I want to write something for the fan_flashworks amnesty challenge while I'm on my way to BP.)

[luzula]

Thank you! And I hope you get some writing done, too.