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cabinpres_fic) wrote2012-02-03 07:49 am
cabinpres_fic) wrote2012-02-03 07:49 am
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PROMPT POST PART III
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(updated 6 June)
Welcome everybody. How you got here I have no idea but thank you for coming and welcome again, nonetheless . As you may have gathered this is a Fic Prompting Meme dedicated solely to the hilarious and oh-so-addictive BBC Radio 4 sitcom - Cabin Pressure. I'm aiming for this to be pretty anything goes - but in order for everything to run smoothly, there are a few guidelines. Don't worry - they're not too restrictive.
FILLING GUIDELINES
As you probably all know - our meme now has it's very own database created and maintained by the great Enigel. It both catalogues each and every prompt that we post and provides links to fills. You can find it here: Google Spreadsheet
We also have a Pinboard archive which has been put in place by the lovely
oxfordtweed in the place of our late Delicious Archive. This Archive contains a list of all the prompts this meme has to offer - you can find it here: Pinboard ArchiveThis is a great step forward in making our meme just a little more organised (but not too organised of course. This is Cabin Pressure) which is always a good thing.
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This can be done by either posting each part as a reply to that part's immediate predecessor, OR by replying each time to Part I OR - well you get the idea :D
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REPROMPTING
Reprompting is allowed but please include the URL of the original prompt when you do so. It will make it infinitely more easy to Archive which would make both Enigel and I very happy :)
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REALLY IMPORTANT ADDENDUM
According to numerous Child Safety laws it is illegal to provide pornographic material to minors. Seeing that the majority of the stuff we have here is rather adult in nature, this Meme is consequently an 18+ zone. Failing to comply to this rule could result in the Meme getting shut down. So if you're here and you're under 18 please back button now.
+ Please do not post anything regarding minors in a sexual situation. It really doesn't matter how tasteful or crass it is, there are laws that classify that sort of thing as child pornography and as such, I'm afraid we're going to have to go with the attitude that safe is better than sorry.
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Minifill: Because Nobody Wants to Listen
(Anonymous) 2012-03-05 01:21 pm (UTC)(link)Then Arthur realizes that Douglas is looking at something. He follows his gaze.
Someone has plastered a poster to a window across the aisle.
Real men get raped. And talking about it takes real strength.
Arthur doesn't like that word. There are very few things in life he actively dislikes, and that word is one of them. It makes him think of when he was fifteen and his mother sat him down in the kitchen for a rare capitalized Talk.
The Talk covered several things, from why he couldn't play with the neighbour kids when their parents weren't home to why he must never go into a stranger's house alone, especially if nobody knew where he was. The conversation left him feeling uncomfortable and vaguely sick, and nothing had even happened to him. He imagines - when he thinks about things like that, which isn't often - that the actual... that it must be one of the worst things in the world.
There are even fewer things in life that Arthur Shappey hates, but as he looks back at Douglas's face - pale and tight and so very, very not Douglas - he thinks he may have found another one.
---
Skipper and Douglas can sleep through anything when they're tired, and it was a long flight, so Arthur isn't worried about waking them up when he knocks. If either of them answers the door, it will be because he was already awake.
He's just trying to work out what he's going to say if Skipper opens the door when there is the prolonged creak of footsteps on an ancient wooden floor and Douglas opens it instead.
"Yes, Arthur?"
Arthur is suddenly nervous. He tries to pretend he isn't. "You, um. You can talk. To me. If you want."
"What?"
"I - saw you looking at that poster..."
Douglas's face goes pale again, and Arthur continues quickly, "And - it - I thought it made sense, that - I mean, it's not something you see posters about, normally, but maybe that's - because nobody likes talking about it, but talking - talking always helps. So. If you want. You could talk to me. I won't even talk back, unless you want me to. Otherwise I'll just sit there and sort of... listen."
Douglas is quiet for a moment, staring at a spot on the wall off to Arthur's left. Arthur wonders if he's made a mistake. He's about to apologize and go back to bed when Douglas swallows and says quietly, "Nobody ever wants to talk about it because nobody wants to listen to it."
"I'll listen. If you want me to."
Douglas looks him in the eye at last. Arthur tries to hold his gaze and not look frightened.
Douglas nods. It's a small movement, but to Arthur it looks like it felt huge.
They go to Arthur's room and sit on the bed, Arthur against the headboard and Douglas at the foot, facing the other way and looking at the floor, and Douglas talks.
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