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Black Sheep and Green Peas
Bright hates peas.
He hates brussel sprouts and lima beans and succotash and pretty much every vegetable known to man, except potatoes. Potatoes make french fries, and so, they’re okay, but for the most part Bright hates vegetables. When he was little he used to mash his peas and push them around his plate trying to hide them. His mom never fell for it. Sometimes, if he thought his parents weren’t looking he would put his peas on Amy’s plate. She never said anything; she’d just stare at him with big eyes and eat his peas.
He wound up paying for it later.
When they moved Amy to the other side of the table, Bright went back to mashing his peas. Over time he resorted to all sorts of tricks: hiding them under his mashed potatoes, in his napkin. Once he put them in his milk, but then his dad found out and he wound of drinking the peas in his milk. It was really disgusting.
The first time he went to dinner at Colin’s house, Mrs. Hart made chicken fingers and fries, and peas. Bright couldn’t believe his luck. However, when Mrs. Hart left Colin, Laynie and he alone in the kitchen, Colin reached over with his napkin and carefully collected Bright’s peas in it. He did the same for himself and Laynie, and then went to the bathroom.
He came back 30 seconds later with a huge grin on his face. Bright didn’t even know what to say, so instead he gave Colin his last chicken finger with the extra catsup because that’s what best friends did.
They were eight.
Eight years later things have changed, a lot.
Colin still comes to dinner, but now he sits next to Amy, and he eats his peas quietly. Bright watches as unobtrusively as he can, but Colin’s got his arm in that sling and you need two hands to eat peas. Apparently his mom didn’t think about that, so Colin’s there chasing his peas around his plate, and Bright wants to do something to make it better. He wants to take Colin’s peas and throw them away or mash them up and drink them in his milk. Anything to make it right. Except that Bright can see the same thought crossing Amy’s face, and he knows that it’s not his place. Not anymore, but if things had gone differently...
Colin was going to leave Amy before. He was going to leave Amy for Bright, and there really was a life before. Before the accident, before the lost memories, before Ephram Brown and Dr. Brown and comas and all sorts of things.
Bright wasn't always the odd man out.
The problem, however, is that life before doesn’t count.
There’s only now, and there are peas on Bright’s plate; and the only person who can get rid of them won't even look him in the face.
-finis-
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queenofalostart because she likes what I do.
Black Sheep and Green Peas
Bright hates peas.
He hates brussel sprouts and lima beans and succotash and pretty much every vegetable known to man, except potatoes. Potatoes make french fries, and so, they’re okay, but for the most part Bright hates vegetables. When he was little he used to mash his peas and push them around his plate trying to hide them. His mom never fell for it. Sometimes, if he thought his parents weren’t looking he would put his peas on Amy’s plate. She never said anything; she’d just stare at him with big eyes and eat his peas.
He wound up paying for it later.
When they moved Amy to the other side of the table, Bright went back to mashing his peas. Over time he resorted to all sorts of tricks: hiding them under his mashed potatoes, in his napkin. Once he put them in his milk, but then his dad found out and he wound of drinking the peas in his milk. It was really disgusting.
The first time he went to dinner at Colin’s house, Mrs. Hart made chicken fingers and fries, and peas. Bright couldn’t believe his luck. However, when Mrs. Hart left Colin, Laynie and he alone in the kitchen, Colin reached over with his napkin and carefully collected Bright’s peas in it. He did the same for himself and Laynie, and then went to the bathroom.
He came back 30 seconds later with a huge grin on his face. Bright didn’t even know what to say, so instead he gave Colin his last chicken finger with the extra catsup because that’s what best friends did.
They were eight.
Eight years later things have changed, a lot.
Colin still comes to dinner, but now he sits next to Amy, and he eats his peas quietly. Bright watches as unobtrusively as he can, but Colin’s got his arm in that sling and you need two hands to eat peas. Apparently his mom didn’t think about that, so Colin’s there chasing his peas around his plate, and Bright wants to do something to make it better. He wants to take Colin’s peas and throw them away or mash them up and drink them in his milk. Anything to make it right. Except that Bright can see the same thought crossing Amy’s face, and he knows that it’s not his place. Not anymore, but if things had gone differently...
Colin was going to leave Amy before. He was going to leave Amy for Bright, and there really was a life before. Before the accident, before the lost memories, before Ephram Brown and Dr. Brown and comas and all sorts of things.
Bright wasn't always the odd man out.
The problem, however, is that life before doesn’t count.
There’s only now, and there are peas on Bright’s plate; and the only person who can get rid of them won't even look him in the face.
-finis-
Dedicated to
queenofalostart because she likes what I do.
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Date: 2003-03-05 02:27 pm (UTC)They do! Best friends are the bestest. Aww Zahra. It's woobie!Bright. You've got me, all, feeling for him and stuff.
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Date: 2003-03-06 12:43 pm (UTC)Freaky innit? The whole feeling sorry for Bright thing, b/c you know normally he's such an ass, but the show made it SO easy. It's obvious that Colin was going to dump Amy for Bright, but now Bright's been shoved off again in favor of Ephram. That's gotta hurt.
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Date: 2003-03-05 02:38 pm (UTC)Wow, you really made him sympathetic. In a believable way. *applause*
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Date: 2003-03-06 12:44 pm (UTC)Wow, you really made him sympathetic. In a believable way. *applause*
I know, sympathy for Bright. Shortly I expect to see pigs with wings.
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Date: 2003-03-05 02:45 pm (UTC)*sniffle* You do tragic SO well.
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Date: 2003-03-06 12:44 pm (UTC)Why thank you very much.
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Date: 2003-03-05 06:25 pm (UTC)She never said anything; she’d just stare at him with big eyes and eat his peas.
Yes. Amy, with the big eyes and the innocent little sister thing. Yes. Oh man. This rocks.
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Date: 2003-03-06 12:53 pm (UTC)I'm literally working on your beta right now, but I'm glad you liked this. I can see 8 y.o Bright being a tremendous knucklehead, but still very loyal.
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Date: 2003-03-05 06:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-06 12:46 pm (UTC)Not at all, we're just one big dysfunctional multi-tasking family around here anyway. ::offers plate:: Cookie?
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Date: 2003-03-05 08:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-03-06 12:50 pm (UTC)I sweat your icon, you know this right? Oh, well, now you do. Also, this is canon, *we* know it is. The creator wrote Broken Hearts Club for crissake - denial, who? - how can the show not be inherantly gay?
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Date: 2003-03-06 09:50 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2003-03-07 09:06 am (UTC)You learn something new every day!
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Date: 2003-03-06 01:42 am (UTC)Well, wouldja lookit that. You made me like Bright!
Ow, it hurts. I don't like liking him. So many woobies, and I am only ONE WOMAN!
*sniffling* Gorgeous. Hey, maybe Bright can get it on with Clark! They both hate peas, and Clark can mash them with his superstrength and throw them away with his superspeed.
It's possible i need a break from fandom. *g*
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Date: 2003-03-06 12:54 pm (UTC)Well, wouldja lookit that. You made me like Bright!
Ow, it hurts. I don't like liking him. So many woobies, and I am only ONE WOMAN!
*sniffling* Gorgeous. Hey, maybe Bright can get it on with Clark! They both hate peas, and Clark can mash them with his superstrength and throw them away with his superspeed.
It's possible i need a break from fandom. *g*
I know, I write sympathetic Bright, the men in the white coats are patiently letting me make my last posts. And as for your gibberish about needing a break from fandom, do the words 'whatever' and 'i will hunt you down' ring any bells. *vbg*
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Date: 2003-03-06 06:12 am (UTC)It's too early in the morning for you to break me Zahra.
But Bright with peas and the b.f. chicken fingers. And Colin with the sling, and silly peas that won't stay still. And Amy with the big eyes and sitting by Colin. (grr)
C'mere Bright, I'll let you sit by me and eat all your peas. Oh, and Colin's too if you want me too. ;)
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how silly is it that I first read 'comas and all sorts of things' as 'commas and all sorts of things'? I tried to figure out why Bright didn't like commas.. but it made a kind of sense. *g*
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Date: 2003-03-06 01:04 pm (UTC)It's too early in the morning for you to break me Zahra.
But Bright with peas and the b.f. chicken fingers. And Colin with the sling, and silly peas that won't stay still. And Amy with the big eyes and sitting by Colin. (grr)
Never to early for pain. Feel the grudging Bright love. C'mon, you know you want to. He lost his man, *twice*. First Colin, then Ephram, that's gotta smart.
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Date: 2003-03-06 01:10 pm (UTC)*shakes fist at zahra*
And not only did he lose both his men, but he lost them to his sister. Doe-eyed and confident where he stumbles... stupid girl!
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Date: 2003-03-06 07:02 am (UTC)*beams with gratitude*
Darling, you are so sweet. And fabulous. But you already know that.
Bright didn’t even know what to say, so instead he gave Colin his last chicken finger with the extra catsup because that’s what best friends did.
This is great - especially since young boys don't know how to express thanks verbally. But giving up good food, now that's love. *g*
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Date: 2003-03-06 01:02 pm (UTC)Darling, you are so sweet. And fabulous. But you already know that.
It was all you. I had been in the throws of a rather nasty Everwood block for days, but then you came along and peas! black sheep! the bright!fic breakthrough! yay team you! huh. i am normally not this expressive with the exclaimation points. just so you know.
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Date: 2003-03-06 01:15 pm (UTC)And it's okay to use exclamation points in excess - in context, of course. And when talking about things in relation to me. Of course.
*wink*
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Date: 2003-03-06 10:21 am (UTC)Man, I'm like, all verklempt now. Good job! If only we could have some Bright POV on the show...
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Date: 2003-03-06 01:00 pm (UTC)Man, I'm like, all verklempt now. Good job! If only we could have some Bright POV on the show...
I know. I keep waiting for him to start jumping up and down in the background and saying 'hey guys, remember me?'
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Date: 2003-03-06 03:30 pm (UTC)Oh yeah, Yay for Bright! Just because he needs all the love he can get.
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Date: 2003-03-07 08:58 am (UTC)Oh yeah, Yay for Bright! Just because he needs all the love he can get.
Your icon nearly made me break something laughing. But what about Bright (not that I actually like him or anything, but still) Oh, with the threesome. You know this might be the only time in my life I can see the benefits of a three-way relationship. Poor babies.