Phone call - one shot short

[alexdraven]

again, curl, capture, crow and a cup for my own friday ficlet challenge. This time a one sided dialogue-only piece, as an exercise. FB as to whether it workedwould be much appreciated.

[This got itself auto-saved as 'Jesus fuck Steve' which ammuses me far more than it ought to.]

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Yeah – yeah I am calling to ask about what the hell was going on last night.

So Si was right?

Jesus fuck Steve! You're crowing about this like you're winning something! – Newsflash. This is not capture the fucking castle – this is your relationship you're gambling with here.

Yeah, and how the hell is Kev going to feel when he gets back and someone mentions that they saw you sucking off some curly haired twink in the back room. What – he'll buy you a pint and drink to your health?

No, actually Steve. Fuck. You. I'm not going to lie for you. I think you’re being a total shit to him.

Look –I know what I heard, and I know what I saw - if that guy's your cousin then you are seriously fucked up.

Yeah, sure. I'm shit stirring and I'm going to lie about you because I want you break my friend's heart. So I can get in his pants while he's drowning his sorrows? Absolutely. Because taking advantage of guys too far gone to know what they're doing's my speciality. Fuck you, Steve – why am I even talking to you?

Yeah well – me either.

For fuck's sake- of course I'm going to tell him. I'll tell him, Si will tell him – you were in our fucking local, you idiot – there's twenty people who might tell him, so you'd better damn well make sure it's you that talks to him first, hadn’t you?

Yeah Throwing a mug across the room – that's going to help.

Well that's just peachy. You're forgetting that I don’t actually care that much about making you feel better, Steve.

I care about Kev, actually. I just don’t want you to completely fuck him over. Not that much to ask, but apparently more than you can handle.

Oh because you're behaving like a mature rational human being?

I'm sorry – did I dismiss your deep abiding trauma 'cos mummy and daddy didn’t love you enough? You're an idiot Steve. Pull your head out of your fucking arse and sort this out! He's away on a job for ten days. Ten whole days. It's hardly selling your sister on Ebay, is it?

No. No you're right, he' not my boyfriend, but then again – is he going to be yours for much longer?

Forget it – this is pointless. Look Steve, I just wanted to make sure we all knew what was going on, ok. You do whatever you're going to do – it's your choice, and I'll see you and Kev next week, ok?

Nice, Steve, very nice. Fuck you to. Night Night

Comments

[tsuki-no-bara.livejournal.com]

everything makes sense - there's enough context from the dialogue - but i'm really curious about what steve's saying....

[ephemera-tales.livejournal.com]

in all honesty I don;t really know what Steve is saying - guilty defensive anger, for the most part, I think.

did I tell you today that I really appreciate you readig and comenting on everything? Because I do. Thank you sweetpea.

[turps33.livejournal.com]

I think it worked really well.

You could tell what was going on even if the conversation was one sided, and I found myself substituting what I thought Steve was saying at the other end.

Very cool.

[ephemera-tales.livejournal.com]

It's Ben's fault for saying he thought description was somethig I do well, so I figured I'd try pure dialogue which I don't think is a strength of mine. I'm glad it worked for you ;)