Ice, Ice, Baby by ALF - Challenge #37 - The Secret Life of Don Eppes

[admiralandrea.livejournal.com]

Title: Ice, Ice, Baby
Author: ALF
Pairing/Characters: Don Eppes; OMC
Rating/Category: Gen
Word Count: 220
Summary: Don Eppes celebrates a special win
Notes/Warnings: Okay, kinda kid!fic - certainly a teenage Don. OMC is actually Jack O'Neill, so technically a crossover, except not. Definitely AU, probably crack!fic too. I'd already been toying with this idea before the challenge appeared, although originally it was gonna be slash, but I think this works better...



Don Eppes finished his routine with a flourish and came to a stop on the ice amidst loud applause and screams of approval from the crowd. He took his bows and waved to the crowd, before skating off the rink, to where his coach, Jack O'Neill was waiting for him. They hugged briefly, and then went to sit and wait for Don's scores. Several young girls brought him the myriad flowers and gifts that were thrown to the ice in appreciation of his performance. Jack gripped his shoulder as they waited for the announcement.

The loud speaker crackled to life and the scores flashed up on the big screen. Don couldn't hear the announcer over the din of the crowd, but he could clearly see the line of 6.0 scores going up across the board. After a brief pause, the second set of scores followed, and again, it was a row of perfect sixes.

Don sat in stunned silence. He knew he'd been good today, but hadn't realised exactly how good. Jack dragged him into his arms, hugging him hard, slapping his back and Don wished his parents were there to see him. World Junior Championship gold medallist, aged fifteen, but somehow, ten-year-old Charlie's math antics were still more important to them than Don's skating success. Some things never changed.

Comments

[andeincascade.livejournal.com]

Oh poor Don! It's amazing, considering the dynamics of their childhoods, that D&C do as well together now as they do. Some hurts are hard to get over.

:::takes a moment to admire that fine ass again::: Mmmmm, great way to wake up!

[admiralandrea.livejournal.com]

Thank you, glad you liked it :-)

It is a mighty fine ass... *eg*

[spikedluv]

OMG! That was so quick! And you did give me figure skater Don, lol! With the added bonus of Jack as his coach. (I figured this entire challenge would be full of crack, so no worries if you think this is. *g*)

Yay for the win, but awwww, for neither of his parents being there to see it.

[spikedluv]

And I meant to say, the title! I love the title. *g*

[admiralandrea.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I stole it from the rapper Ice-T, who swiped Queen's riff from Under Pressure with David Bowie for his song. It seemed apt.

BTW, is 1300 words too long for this comm? I have another AU that I'd like to post in response to this challenge and that's the length...

[spikedluv]

1300 words too long for this comm?

You're kidding, right? Remember that SPN3 fic I wrote?!! *g* Seriously, there are no word limits here. I mean, we call it a flashfic comm, but... I know from experience that bunnies can run away with you. *g*

[admiralandrea.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I know you don't actually specify a word limit, but I like to double check these things :-) It needs me to go over it again and delete a few "and then"'s judging by the number of times that popped up during spell check, but I'll post it later... Thanks!

[admiralandrea.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Well, like I said, having read your comments and quotes, the basic idea was already there... Glad you liked it. And re Jack. Well, I thought, we all know he's into ice hockey too, so it seemed convenient *g*

Yeah, poor Don! Always second to Charlie!

[admiralandrea.livejournal.com]

Thanks! That line was just too good to resist *eg* And yeah, poor Don, Charlie always seems to come first...