Not Off to a Great Start -- Even By Monday Morning Standards

[rusty_armour]

Today hasn't been great so far. I ended up eating a bowl of cereal with sour milk, found a cockroach in my bathroom, and was half an hour late for work because Toronto has finally received its first real snowfall.

I want to go home, despite the cockroach in the bathroom. I tried to make a deal with the cockroach. I've asked it if it could do one of the following before I return home tonight: go back down the drain, be in the sink so I can flush it down the drain, or hide somewhere I can't see it so I can pretend it's gone down the drain. Unfortunately, I have a feeling that it will still be exactly where I left it next time I walk into the bathroom...

Comments

[2ndskin.livejournal.com]

ah, that's great--so things are looking up (except for the cockroach--we hope he has found his way down the drain of his own accord). I am completely procrastinating--and have to stop it--have a work project due tomorrow, but instead . . . have been pondering how to make Lestrade the awkward and uncomfortable one in a Mystrade fic. It's not easy! Am a little stumped but assume it will all work out eventually . . . Sleep well. . . .

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

Good luck with both the work project and the brainstorming session for your Mystrade fic. The only thing I can come up with is Lestrade feeling awkward and uncomfortable because of a certain social situation. I'm probably being influenced by fengirl88, but Lestrade could feel like a fish out of water if they're at a fancy party or somewhere with a lot of posh people. Oh, another idea that just popped into my head is something that triggers a bad memory or a situation involving a phobia. I know Lestrade thought Mycroft was claustrophic in that elevator, but maybe Lestrade himself has a phobia that's real.

[2ndskin.livejournal.com]

omg--love the phobia idea! !!! (I was thinking posh black tie too, but really didn't want to be in fengirl's Maurice/Lestrade territory)
phobia is brilliant! am stealing that, if it's okay with you. argh. just started on RL work, so have to finish, but maybe I can dream of mystrade . . . and will let you know when the holmestice folks post my melancholy Lestrade Xmas tale. no idea when that happens. thank you for the phobic!Lestrade!

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

Please steal away! If phobic!Lestrade works for you then take the idea and run with it! Besides, on a purely selfish level, I'd love to see you write this story! :-D

Sorry you have to finish the RL work first. However, this gives you a chance to play around with some ideas in your head. Oh, and please let me know when your melancholy Lestrade Xmas tale is posted because I definitely want to read that story as well!

cynophobia

[2ndskin.livejournal.com]

oh dear. have been thinking off and on about the phobia idea and now you're going to be completely blamed for a lot of smut and foolishness. Lestrade's phobia: dogs. but mycroft has five at his country house. he must cure Greg because he really can't be with a man who doesn't love his doggies. Greg may not be able to even kiss Mycroft's sweet lips once he realizes those mutts have all been there before him. . . . this is a major relationship crisis! I hope they survive!

Re: cynophobia

[rusty-armour.livejournal.com]

Ooooooh! I'll totally accept the blame because I love this idea! :-) For some reason, I can easily picture Mycroft with both a country house and five dogs that he absolutely adores. I can also imagine him doing the baby talk thing and smothering his dogs with affection, which is why Lestrade's phobia would be such a problem. I can't wait to see poor jittery Lestrade and learn how Mycroft plans to cure him of his cynophobia!