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caranfindel ([personal profile] caranfindel) wrote2015-11-02 12:57 pm

Fic: We've got tonight (11.04 drabbles)

Two drabbles for 11.04. Two different stories from the POV of two completely different versions of Piper.




When he offers his phone number, she almost says yes. Because she's been looking for a sign, right? And what could be a better sign that meeting a guy like this right after she has a huge fight with Ricky? God's trying to tell her something, right? Point out that better things are out there, that there's hope after all? But he's not offering a relationship. He's offering an occasional hook-up, and as good as this was, she's not sure she can leave Ricky over a promise of occasional really good sex. He may be a dick, but he does pay half the rent. So she says Let's not make any promises we're not gonna keep and snuggles against his chest.


Later, as sunlight gradually creeps into the car, she feels his fingers running through her hair. She shifts a little to catch his gaze. His eyes are absolutely gorgeous in this light - they were olive green in the diner, and now they're an amazing combination of blue and green and gold - but they're not focused on her. They're focused on her hair, with a distant expression that makes her realize he's thinking of someone else with this hair, some other blonde, and, well. Guy like this probably has a lot of blondes in his life to remember. Probably has one waiting at home for him right now.


She lets them drive her back to the diner, kisses him goodbye, and says thank you before she turns around and heads for her car. This guy isn't The One, but he's made her believe there is one out there somewhere.



...



Oh, God, Piper, you are such an idiot.


She should have known, she really should have known. Everything about Sam screams hunter. Back to the wall, slightly hypervigilant, layers of clothing like soft cotton armor, sucking down the free coffee refills and free wifi. A knife in his boot, for fuck's sake.


Out of the frying pan and into the goddamn fire. I left Ed because I couldn't stand him hunting and then I went and threw myself at another one.


Distracted by his pretty fucking face and his hair and goddamn dimples and those arms and legs and shoulders and well, fuck. By the time she sees the tattoo, she's too far gone to stop. And it's only one night. And by God, she deserves one fantastic night with someone she's never going to see again. Someone she'll never have to worry about, never have to drive to the hospital, never have to talk down from a nightmare. Someone she won't have to mourn and bury (no, burn, she hears him say, you gotta burn me if anything happens, baby) if he's ripped to shreds tomorrow.


Afterward, he tries to give her his phone number, and she says Let's just enjoy this for what it is, okay? Just one really wonderful night. She traces the tattoo with her finger, and then her tongue, and he arches his back into it and phone numbers are soon forgotten.


Mistakes were made, his partner says the next day, and she wants to laugh. Yes, it was a mistake, but fuck if she's ever gonna regret it.

[identity profile] fireheart13.livejournal.com 2015-11-02 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
I really loved both of those!

[identity profile] caranfindel.livejournal.com 2015-11-10 10:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

[identity profile] manzanita-crow.livejournal.com 2015-11-02 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Please please universe, give me the opportunity to make a mistake with Jared/Sam!

[identity profile] caranfindel.livejournal.com 2015-11-10 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Jared's probably safer. :-D

[identity profile] madebyme-x.livejournal.com 2015-11-02 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Perfect!! I loved your two completely different versions of Piper; the innocent girl looking for happiness, and the girl who knows all about hunters and horrors.

What I absolutely adored was Sam's reaction to the blonde hair, and how we associate that with Sam's memories of Jess. I can't remember now if we've seen him with another blonde, but I loved that reference.

Thanks for sharing :)

[identity profile] caranfindel.livejournal.com 2015-11-10 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks! I don't remember Sam being with another blonde, which is why I liked the idea of her assuming he had a whole long history of them.

[identity profile] roxymissrose.livejournal.com 2015-11-02 08:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Both of these are excellent, but the second one is *killer!*

[identity profile] caranfindel.livejournal.com 2015-11-10 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
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[identity profile] caranfindel.livejournal.com 2015-11-10 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
:-)

[identity profile] galwithglasses.livejournal.com 2015-11-03 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
So good, both of these but there is something a bit extra about the second one. Maybe the bit about burning. Then you throw in Sam's girls' survival rate and I don't know whether to be glad she knows what's out there or not.

[identity profile] caranfindel.livejournal.com 2015-11-10 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! I've decided she has no idea what she just stepped in.

[identity profile] zara-zee.livejournal.com 2015-11-03 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
Oh these are awesome. Loved both versions. We get a lot of opportunity as fanfic writers to play around with Piper, because we got so little of her in canon, and what you've done here is wonderful. I couldn't help wondering, when I was watching the episode, if there would turn out to be more to Piper than just a casual hook-up. Because if you remember, Ruby was first presented to us as an insignificant hook-up. :D

[identity profile] caranfindel.livejournal.com 2015-11-10 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
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[personal profile] frozen_delight 2015-11-04 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
Loved both versions of Piper so much! And this sentence was pure gold: Guy like this probably has a lot of blondes in his life to remember.

[identity profile] caranfindel.livejournal.com 2015-11-10 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks!

[identity profile] themegalosaurus.livejournal.com 2015-11-05 05:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Love both of these a lot! The second one even more maybe although that might also have something to do with "She traces the tattoo with her finger, and then her tongue, and he arches his back into it..." which is a very delightful visual indeed. Piper you woman of mystery you

[identity profile] caranfindel.livejournal.com 2015-11-10 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! She's no Dr. Cara but she has potential. ;-)

[identity profile] sylvia37.livejournal.com 2015-11-06 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
These were perfect. I especially like the first one, but they were both very plausible and clever. Good job.

[identity profile] caranfindel.livejournal.com 2015-11-10 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!
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[personal profile] kalliel 2015-11-09 12:04 am (UTC)(link)
I absolutely love your tags in general, but I especially adore these takes on Piper--there are so many things she could be, and I feel like getting to see two possible iterations sitting close together like this is really important, for reasons I cannot articulate at the moment. The idea of her having dating another hunter before is enchanting--both because that's actually pretty likely, given the givens, and also because that's not anything canon (or most fic, as far as I know) has actually ever explored before. Anyway, I love these. <333

[identity profile] caranfindel.livejournal.com 2015-11-10 11:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, there was Annie, who hit the trifecta - Bobby, Dean, and Soulless!Sam...
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[personal profile] kalliel 2015-11-10 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
But Annie was a hunter herself wasn't she? (She's the one who didn't show at the seafood restaurant, right?) IF YOU'RE A HUNTER SHAGGING MULTIPLE HUNTERS, IT DOESN'T COUNT. CIVILIANS ONLY! Er, which is to say, I like your Piper and she is still a special lady. :D