Displaced

Title: Displaced
Characters: David Moore, Preston Brooks, Halen Moore, Phineas Marlow
Rating: R for language and allusions
Word count: 1896
Summary: TODAY'S HOROSCOPE: Company from out of town could mean trouble.

David's phone has seven missed calls and four voicemails when he gets off work at seven-thirty. Reception's shit in the store, though, so he grabs the usual necessities (two cigars to eviscerate and twist back up, two bags of chips, a box of Neapolitan ice cream, and a six-pack of root beer) and the tortillas Preston asked him to get, checks himself through on a self-serve register (because let's face it, he knows what a pain in the ass it is to check people out, and the one guy he would put through the pain has a line to the moon), and sticks the phone under his chin while he navigates out of the superstore parking lot.

( unexpected company, the best kind! )

Play Again, Get Lucky

Title: Play Again, Get Lucky
Character: Warren Clement.
Rating: G
Word count: 761
Summary: Okay, I haven't slept, and I have this poor guy sitting around in my head for the past two weeks waiting for something to happen. So: sort of an introduction to a man on the go.
Notes: For itsproductivity, prompt January 3: Write about a person who wins something he or she does not want.

Warren's a lucky enough guy. Considering all the driving he does and the fact that he's never been in an accident, he counts that as incredibly lucky on its own; he sticks his name in for raffles and sweepstakes and guess-how-many-jellybeans-in-this-jars, and he's won more than a few times-- nothing big, but hey, free jellybeans, or movie passes, or crazy promotional stuff. He's learned a lot of things since he's been on his own, and one of those things is that free stuff is good.

( but that doesn't include stolen stuff. he's a good, upright citizen. )