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storypaint) wrote2012-01-20 12:59 pm
storypaint) wrote2012-01-20 12:59 pm
[Chrestomanci Chronicles] knows the corners (Millie/Christopher)
Title: knows the corners
Fandom: Chrestomanci Chronicles
Length: 269 words
Prompt: Millie/Christopher, curtains, for![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
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Pairing: Millie/Christopher
Other: n/a
Excerpt: "They're the same color, Christopher," she says, rubbing the bridge of her nose a little, and her husband shakes his head decisively.
Millie appreciates Christopher's enthusiasm. She really does. When she first decided to embark on the difficult journey of redecorating the inside of the castle, she hadn't expected the enthusiasm at all. Perhaps resistance, simply because he was used to the old. Perhaps warnings about stray enchantments in the library (it would have been nice to get the warning, anyway, instead of spending all day extracting herself in it). She didn't expect for him to have an opinion on every tiny detail. Honestly, it's beginning to wear her out a little.
"They're the same color, Christopher," she says, rubbing the bridge of her nose a little, and her husband shakes his head decisively.
"No, look closer. See, this one is a bit more purple in the design, here, and this one is more orange. We definitely have to go with the purple."
His tone would be the same discussing legislature and it's this realization that makes Millie begin to laugh. He looks up at her, confused.
"Should we not have maroon curtains in the dining room? Would that clash too much? Maybe we should go with the black after all," he says.
"Do you hear yourself?" Millie asks. "Do you?"
And without any further explanation, she picks up the swath of maroon-orange cloth and dumps it over his head so that he looks like an unfashionable sort of mummy.
"This won't do at all. Not my color," he says, voice muffled, and then she's up and out of her chair because he's given chase, and they're both laughing now.
Remodeling could wait a while longer.
Fandom: Chrestomanci Chronicles
Length: 269 words
Prompt: Millie/Christopher, curtains, for
Pairing: Millie/Christopher
Other: n/a
Excerpt: "They're the same color, Christopher," she says, rubbing the bridge of her nose a little, and her husband shakes his head decisively.
Millie appreciates Christopher's enthusiasm. She really does. When she first decided to embark on the difficult journey of redecorating the inside of the castle, she hadn't expected the enthusiasm at all. Perhaps resistance, simply because he was used to the old. Perhaps warnings about stray enchantments in the library (it would have been nice to get the warning, anyway, instead of spending all day extracting herself in it). She didn't expect for him to have an opinion on every tiny detail. Honestly, it's beginning to wear her out a little.
"They're the same color, Christopher," she says, rubbing the bridge of her nose a little, and her husband shakes his head decisively.
"No, look closer. See, this one is a bit more purple in the design, here, and this one is more orange. We definitely have to go with the purple."
His tone would be the same discussing legislature and it's this realization that makes Millie begin to laugh. He looks up at her, confused.
"Should we not have maroon curtains in the dining room? Would that clash too much? Maybe we should go with the black after all," he says.
"Do you hear yourself?" Millie asks. "Do you?"
And without any further explanation, she picks up the swath of maroon-orange cloth and dumps it over his head so that he looks like an unfashionable sort of mummy.
"This won't do at all. Not my color," he says, voice muffled, and then she's up and out of her chair because he's given chase, and they're both laughing now.
Remodeling could wait a while longer.