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[am-i-being-rude.livejournal.com]

When: Boxing Day eveningish. Right after the best display of literal self-loathing any curse has yet been able to produce.
Rating: S for Scolding, with an occasional pSH for post-Scolding Hug.
Characters: The Doctor (with the hair) am_i_being_rude and Rose Tyler iam_thebadwolf
Summary: Ten ran into the kitchen to get ice for Rose's face and didn't come back.
Log:

Jumping on the excuse to leave the room, he'd all but bolted into the kitchen entirely under the presumption that he was really going to get some ice and then go back out there. A few minutes later now, and all he had was some melting ice in a bit of square cloth he couldn't identify as either a dishrag or a washcloth, supposing there even was a difference. The entire sequence of events was still playing out repeatedly in his mind, mostly out of sheer disbelief, as though going back through it enough would show him the point where it didn't actually happen. And it wasn't really so much just this single incident. Things had been building to a head like this for a while now, and now that they were here, he found he really wasn't very sure what to do about them.

Comments

[am-i-being-rude.livejournal.com]

'Well, you start eating all the jam and that'll probably be pretty easy.'

They are the current reigning champions of mildly-insult-then-slightly-mollify. They do it to one another just this side of frequently.

[iam-thebadwolf.livejournal.com]

"End up spendin' all my time in the bath gettin' the sticky off. You'd be bored outta your mind."

It's true. They really do. It works for them though.

[am-i-being-rude.livejournal.com]

'And I wouldn't have any jam. This is increasingly a no-win scenario.'

It does. They're lucky. Good sort of bantering.

[iam-thebadwolf.livejournal.com]

Rose ponders that dramatically for a moment before she sighs. "Guess I'll have to come up with somethin' else to get you back for underestimatin' me."

Excellent sort of bantering.

[am-i-being-rude.livejournal.com]

He grins a bit, watching her. 'I don't see where it's entirely necessary at all.' Granted they've just dismissed the lightest of uncomfortable situations so he really oughtn't to be saying anything. 'The surprise of the moment and result in having to do dishes for a week seems like it should be enough to cement the lesson.'