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darnedchildSummary: Fandom Christmas in July 2020 drabble: July 31 - prompt "Countdown"
Rating: T
A/N - One of thirty-one prompts for the thirty-one days of July. I plan to fill as many of them as I can with two hundred word drabbles.
Time zones, how do they work? No one knows. Just like when twelve tons of metal leaves the earth and no one knows why! – Or – I didn’t want to do any actual research on this thing so let’s all just pretend this is how flying through time zones works, kay?
Happy New Year! Again!
31. Prompt – Countdown
Fandom – Cabin Pressure
Ship – Gen, all character friendships
Title – Happy New Year! Again!
“Three. Two.” Arthur stared at his wristwatch as he counted down. “One. Midnight. Happy New Year!”
Douglas confirmed with his own watch. “So it is. Happy New Year.”
“Brilliant. I’ll be back in an hour!”
Herc shared a look with Douglas, who shrugged as if to silently say, “I have no idea.”
True to his word, Arthur popped through the flight deck door exactly one hour later. “Happy New Year, lads!”
“We are all aware of how—” Herc paused as if carefully considering his word choice. “—unpredictable your short-term memory can be, Arthur; but surely you remember that we’ve already done this.”
“Yes.” Arthur grinned. “That was our first New Year, and then we crossed the time zone and now it’s midnight all over again.”
Douglas cleared his throat. “Technically—and you have no idea how much this pains me to say—Arthur is correct.”
“Are you agreeing with him just to spite me?”
Douglas smirked. “I will admit, it is an added bonus.”
Arthur clapped his hands together. “I can’t wait for you to see what I’ve got planned for the next one. I’ve been making silly hats. In completely unrelated news, we’re out of loo roll.”
Rating: T
A/N - One of thirty-one prompts for the thirty-one days of July. I plan to fill as many of them as I can with two hundred word drabbles.
Time zones, how do they work? No one knows. Just like when twelve tons of metal leaves the earth and no one knows why! – Or – I didn’t want to do any actual research on this thing so let’s all just pretend this is how flying through time zones works, kay?
Happy New Year! Again!
31. Prompt – Countdown
Fandom – Cabin Pressure
Ship – Gen, all character friendships
Title – Happy New Year! Again!
“Three. Two.” Arthur stared at his wristwatch as he counted down. “One. Midnight. Happy New Year!”
Douglas confirmed with his own watch. “So it is. Happy New Year.”
“Brilliant. I’ll be back in an hour!”
Herc shared a look with Douglas, who shrugged as if to silently say, “I have no idea.”
True to his word, Arthur popped through the flight deck door exactly one hour later. “Happy New Year, lads!”
“We are all aware of how—” Herc paused as if carefully considering his word choice. “—unpredictable your short-term memory can be, Arthur; but surely you remember that we’ve already done this.”
“Yes.” Arthur grinned. “That was our first New Year, and then we crossed the time zone and now it’s midnight all over again.”
Douglas cleared his throat. “Technically—and you have no idea how much this pains me to say—Arthur is correct.”
“Are you agreeing with him just to spite me?”
Douglas smirked. “I will admit, it is an added bonus.”
Arthur clapped his hands together. “I can’t wait for you to see what I’ve got planned for the next one. I’ve been making silly hats. In completely unrelated news, we’re out of loo roll.”