nickngreg | Dribble Drabble (Reply)

Okay, so my brain isn't the best with this whole "stopping" thing. Here are two more drabbles, one sad, one not.

Title: He's Never Had Cancer
Author: Quettaser
Rating: PG for both (I think)
Spoilers: Both are post-GD, but nothing specific given away
Summary: Greg muses on cancer and other things.

He’s never had cancer, never knew anyone who did, but he knows what it’s like now. To stand there, watching someone you love die. God, he’d almost died. He always thought that people remembered every detail, but they don’t, he doesn’t. Sometimes he forgets, forgets it happened, forgets the way his body ached, forgets those first tortured whimpers. But then it all comes flooding back and he can’t hold on. He used to think about what he’d do if someone he loved ever got cancer, he’d be poetic, heroic, strong, comforting. Now he knows that he’d be just plain scared.

Title: M-F, 10:30 AM, Channel 23, That's My Baby
Summary: It's something they do every day now.

They’d never admit it, but they love it. Sure, they were two grown men, but who could resist those little animals and the people who loved them? They tried to watch it everyday, but sometimes 10:30 is hard to do with their schedules. And sure, it probably has more to do with the fact that it was the first thing they watched when Nick came home, and they could laugh and coo and smile for a half hour, pretend that things were normal. The giraffe always got to them, those first steps, so delicate, so awkward, a newborn discovering the world. It’s their little indulgence and even though they’ve seen each episode a dozen times, they still watch.