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NotEverything (noteverything) wrote in qaf_drabbles,
@ 2008-12-30 14:11:00

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author: ne, challenge #96: 'tis the season

*challenge #96: 'tis the Season*
Title: If It Weren't for Bad Luck
Notes: No beta, all mistakes are mine. Go Brian!! (I accidentally posted this at my own journal earlier, so sorry if you're having to see it twice)
And the condom goes to: Brian Kinney.

Brian was tired. And hungry. Working on New Year’s Day was ridiculous. He was ready for takeout, a bottle of whiskey and a hot, hot shower, preferably with a hot, hot blond.

Instead, he walked into the smell of something horribly burned, pots and pans littering the kitchen and Justin standing in the middle of it all, sucking furiously at his thumb.

Brian raised an eyebrow in question.

“I was making black-eyed peas for New Year’s. You know, for good luck?” Justin began. “But I burned them and then I burned my thumb.”

Brian began laughing and couldn’t stop.

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	besamislabios 2008-12-30 02:21 pm UTC (link)
	LOL, loved this. We cook lentils for good luck, and wear yellow underwears too. ;) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	noteverything 2008-12-30 11:08 pm UTC (link)
	Yay! I'm glad you did. And I'd wear yellow underwear in honor of you if I had them. I have some lime green panties...think that's close enough? Maybe I'll eat lentils instead of black-eyed peas this year... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	outlander 2008-12-30 02:22 pm UTC (link)
	snickers along with Brian I can only imagine what burned black eyed peas smell like... (and just as good the second time!) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ex_4cupcakes771 2008-12-30 03:00 pm UTC (link)
	They smell BAD! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	noteverything 2008-12-30 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	:D I don't know...but it can't be good! (and just as good the second time!) hehehe. Good one... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	nerilka24 2008-12-30 02:43 pm UTC (link)
	Different kind of hot, hot blond than he expected ;) Hehe (Reply to this) (Thread)

	noteverything 2008-12-30 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	hahahaha! So true. Thank you! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	suze_y 2008-12-30 02:58 pm UTC (link)
	Now I'm laughing, too :D (Black-eyed peas are good luck at New Year's? So this is something new I've learned...) (re-commented for posterity, and b/c I want to use my Happy New Year icons :D) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	noteverything 2008-12-30 11:11 pm UTC (link)
	It's definitely a Southern tradition. I didn't know what they did in PA, so I took some liberties. And Yay! for New Year icons...there are some good ones this year, aren't there? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ex_4cupcakes771 2008-12-30 03:02 pm UTC (link)
	YAY Southern traditions! Too funny...Poor Justin's finger! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	noteverything 2008-12-30 11:12 pm UTC (link)
	Transference...I burned my hand earlier this week. Do you do the black-eyed pea thing too? When I first got married, my mom would always check to make sure we had our peas on New Year's Day. Guess she didn't want to take any chances! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ex_4cupcakes771 2008-12-30 11:45 pm UTC (link)
	Yes! I just this second realized that my brother in law always has them and we have them at my sister's house at their New Year's day pajama brunch. They have it every year. Then I just realized that they aren't having it this year. (She's having a baby in two weeks.) Either that, or we didn't get invited. Shit. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	noteverything 2008-12-30 11:48 pm UTC (link)
	Yikes! I hope it's not the last one! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	brianslave68 2008-12-30 07:48 pm UTC (link)
	Black-eyed peas for New Year's? Is that a Texan thing? Pork & sauerkraut is the good luck tradition here. :D Poor, poor Justin. He'll need some extra special care from Brian tonight! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	noteverything 2008-12-30 11:14 pm UTC (link)
	It's a southern thing...but we definitely do it in Texas. I was too lazy to try to figure out what they do in PA...I should have just check with you. Yeah, poor Justin. Brian's going to have to really make up for all his bad luck. Wonder what he'll come up with? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	noteverything 2008-12-30 11:14 pm UTC (link)
	*checked, not check (Reply to this) (Parent)

	brianslave68 2008-12-30 11:20 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, I didn't mean you got it wrong, I didn't even think about that! I was just curious about the black-eyed peas thing. I find traditions in different parts of the country interesting. :D There is no way on earth Justin would ever make sauerkraut for Brian. He'd hate the smell! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	qafcracked 2008-12-31 02:48 am UTC (link)
	I love all the little vivid details of this drabble. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	noteverything 2009-01-02 09:11 am UTC (link)
	Awww, thank you! What a nice thing to say. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	passing_through 2008-12-31 07:12 pm UTC (link)
	Black-eye peas, hamhocks and cabbage...nothing like southern New Year side dishes. Very cute! (Reply to this) (Thread)

	noteverything 2009-01-02 09:11 am UTC (link)
	Thanks Book! I didn't eat any black-eyed peas this year. I wonder what will happen... (Reply to this) (Parent)