Prompt-Fic: Pregnant Pause

[charisstoma]

Title: Pregnant Pause
Author: charisstoma
Word count: 100
Prompt: the power to read each other’s thoughts


“Well what do you think?” Nathan turned to look over his shoulder at Tian who kept his stoic mien in the face of provocation.

“I think that it’s,” an asinine idea is what his mind thought, “an ill considered choice,” he said instead.

Nathan pivoted angrily to glare at Tian. “You mean you hate it. Why can’t you just come out and said the words instead of wrapping it up neatly.”

“Is it the words or is it that I’m not agreeing with your choices.”

Growling, Nathan blurted, “Just be honest.”

Tian blandly weighed, “Honestly … you’d hate that even worse.”

Comments

[theotherdibbler.livejournal.com]

Oh dear...

The fine line between honesty and trying not to piss someone off unforgivably.

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

*snickers* I love the icons you choose for your replies. You fit them so nicely into the tone of the, in this case, drabble.
I don't think it would be unforgivably, they are friends of a sort I think (no idea even if I did write this) but there would be blood escaping into the red freshness of air.

[theotherdibbler.livejournal.com]

Thanks, I try. :)
(And am currently using my subtle distraction icon to disguise the fact I have nothing more appropriate at hand.)

Reading it I got the impression they were friends, or possibly a couple, but really het-up over this issue, so too much honesty would end in angry avoidance for a while. And possibly some fists doing painful things to faces.

[charisstoma.livejournal.com]

Have to be selective of the students one says certain things to but periodically I mention that there's a crawl space under the school which is where their body is going to fit.
Did find out that there's a couple large empty fallout shelters that are walled off in the basement from one of the workmen who renovated this building. *evil grin*