Tea and Company for brightillusions

[periwinkle27.livejournal.com]

Title: Tea and Company
Author: periwinkle27
Written for: brightillusions
Prompt: Something goes bump in the night and scares Abby.
Archive: yes, but please tell me
Warnings/Spoilers: none
Genre: Suggestion of het, mainly Gen
Pairings: Ducky and Abby, Jimmy/Michelle
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own any parts of NCIS or the characters, unfortunately. This is a work of fan fiction and is not for profit.
Word Count: 2,684
Summary: First Ducky surprises Abby with a late dinner then she gets a second surprise when she returns to the NCIS building.

Tea and Company

Comments

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

*Chuckles*

This is superb, really it is. So very in character; I could hear the conversation so clearly between Ducky and Abby and I loved how he really did the gentleman bit with taking her out to dinner - which of course he would do. Tut, tut, Abby for even trying to push it *g*

Lovely bit back in Autopsy too, again I could hear and ::coughs:: see it all. So well done and definitely 'less is more' is perfect here.

Dear Abby, she can't lie well, can she?

And wicked of them to put their heads together like that - poor Jimmy.

I *really* enjoyed this.

[periwinkle27.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It's the one I struggled with the prompt on. I haven't had time to read my gift (I'm at the library) but I'll try to get to it soon.

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

I remember you saying you struggled with the prompt (a lot of that this time *g*).

And I know you were worried about this too, but to me this is one of your top stories (and you know how I feel about gen normally). So extra kudos for that.

[periwinkle27.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much. Once I dragged poor Ducky into it (as if he'd ever be adverse to telling a story) it went much better. The biggest problem for me was coming up with the surprise - it took me a long time to think of Jimmy, which is unusual as I like to write him.

I didn't realize my prompt would give you trouble. Isn't it odd how things that seem obvious to us are difficult to another?

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

You are welcome. *Smiles at the image* Well indeed he isn't. I know how much you like to write him.

*Smiles* I think the problem was I got it stuck into my mind when I first read it that you were expecting a 'Ducky is Illya' story (that is what seemed so obvious to me from the wording) and I apologise sincerely if that is what you were hoping for (but as you know I don't think that way). And you know what it's like when you get an idea into your mind, it's tough to get out of it.

Then I had an idea, but it really had to be ER. So . . . But J came to the rescue and I just slotted in the 'romance' around it. I'm glad it worked for you.

[periwinkle27.livejournal.com]

Actually, no, I wasn't thinking Ducky is Illya, although we discuss that a lot. It was more of just that Ducky rambles on with no one truly listening to him and how outrageous some of his stories are. It's like Sherlock Holmes - you get tantalizing glimpses of other cases, but you never actually learn what they were. Ducky's stories are tantalizing glimpses to me..

[nakeisha.livejournal.com]

Ah, now there you go. I was sure you were so spent time angsting over not being able to give you what you wanted.

Yes, poor Ducky, with people not listening to him. Bless him. They are to me too.

[lark_ascends]

Nicely done.

[periwinkle27.livejournal.com]

thank you