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[mari4212]

I made it back to school, and for a marvel, there were no mechanical problems that caused delays. Seriously, this break started with my father, brother, and I all getting stuck in Evansville for two extra days, and then when Thomas headed back to his school he got stuck in plane delays in Cleavland overnight with no food. I was sort of surprised to make it back intact and without problems.

And when I got back to my dorm room, my roommate informed me that I was going to be celebrating my birthday this year, and she was organizing it all. I haven't actually celebrated my birthday in so long, I forget how. Normally I'm curling up around a box of tissues and drinking large amounts of hot tea instead. I think we're going out to dinner with a group of our friends, so there should be fun and insanity there.

Classes don't start until Wednesday, so to give me something to do tomorrow, I'm posting another drabble meme. Standard rules apply, give me a character and a one/two word prompt and I'll write you a drabble.

Available fandoms: SPN, NCIS, Narnia, Firefly

Comments

[petitecrivan.livejournal.com]

Margaret! I miss you so much! I hope you have fun at your birthday celebration and I wish I could be there!

[mari4212.livejournal.com]

*hugs* Someone will probably take pictures, so you can picture yourself there, okay?

And hey, I half-wish I could be over visiting you.

[heylittleriver.livejournal.com]

Whee! I'm glad you made it back all right.

I haven't actually celebrated my birthday in so long, I forget how. Normally I'm curling up around a box of tissues and drinking large amounts of hot tea instead.

Maybe your 21st heralded the start of a new trend. ;) *fingers crossed* I hope you have fun! And I'll wish you a Happy Birthday now, in case I'm not on before then. Happy Early Birthday! :D *huggles*

Classes don't start until Wednesday, so to give me something to do tomorrow, I'm posting another drabble meme. Standard rules apply, give me a character and a one/two word prompt and I'll write you a drabble.

Available fandoms: SPN, NCIS, Narnia, Firefly

Oh, you tempter. Um. Ziva, long way.

(Or Zoe, sick, since you may not be but I am. :))

[mari4212.livejournal.com]

Ooh yay, Ziva! I've been itching to write Ziva for a while, I just hadn't figured out what to write for her. I'm going to have fun with that tomorrow.

You're sick? *passes you a cup of tea and sympathy* I'm fighting off a cough myself, but I've had much worse, so I'm counting my blessings here.

[heylittleriver.livejournal.com]

Ooh yay, Ziva! I've been itching to write Ziva for a while, I just hadn't figured out what to write for her. I'm going to have fun with that tomorrow.


Excellent! *rubs hand together in glee* There always needs to be more Ziva fic. :D

I'm fighting off a cough myself, but I've had much worse, so I'm counting my blessings here.

Oh, dear. You will defeat it!

And yeah, I've had a fever the past week - it's been normal and then spiked back into fever land on each of the past couple of days which is *irritating* - and now that's mostly done, I've become a cougher too. Grr. Perfect for the middle of summer.

[mari4212.livejournal.com]

Food tasted different. Even her family recipes, when she cooked long past midnight. at her apartment because she couldn’t make herself sleep.

The air felt different against her skin. Too moist, too heavy against her face as she ran in the morning. Nothing like the dry air of her childhood, when she and her sister would race each other home.

The sounds were wrong. English had different rhythms, the cadences not what she was familiar with. Voices in the distance still turned into nonsense, a gibberish backdrop that she strained against each day.

Ziva was a long way from home.

[heylittleriver.livejournal.com]

Oh, Ziva.

I really like this bit:

The sounds were wrong. English had different rhythms, the cadences not what she was familiar with. Voices in the distance still turned into nonsense, a gibberish backdrop that she strained against each day.

because yes.

[mari4212.livejournal.com]

*grins* Glad you liked.

[x5-jondi.livejournal.com]

Happy birthday! Glad you made it back ok!

[hrroyalgeekness.livejournal.com]

Margaret! I missed you!! Having your birthday on the first day of classes is kinda sucky, but I wish you well. I'll give you a big birthday hug when I see you next.

How about: Gibbs, head smack

[mari4212.livejournal.com]

He smacked McGee because it stopped the babbling and made the young agent start working again, instead of overthinking himself into a nervous rut.

He smacked Ziva because she was too willing to make assumptions, too blinded by her own demons to recognize other people’s motivations. The smacks forced her out of her own mind and back to where he could teach her.

He smacked Tony far more often because Tony needed to know that someone was paying attention to him, even if it was just to rebuke him.

He almost never smacked Abby. It would hurt him too much.