TDS - Jon/Stephen - PG - Symbol of Peace Author: Emily (lightningrapier) Fandom: The Daily Show Pairing: Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert Rating: PG Warnings: None. Summary: Stephen finds a creative way to apologize to Jon for an argument. Disclaimer: These people own themselves. This is purely fiction. Notes: Written for a drabble meme for geekgirlofdoom on LJ, in which I was told to use the word "olive".
Originally posted at LJ on February 20, 2007. Moved over because SixApart are fucking whores. :D
Jon stared at the box on his desk. It was a small jewelry box -- the kind a necklace would be in -- and it had been sitting there when he'd come back from the meeting, somehow obvious among the rest of the clutter on his desk.
When he'd pulled the lid off, he hadn't quite known what to expect. He'd figured it would have had to come from someone in the office or it never would have gotten through, and though he had faint worries of anthrax and superflu and Captain Trips, he'd decided to take a chance anyway.
Inside the box, sitting on the thin white padding, was a single green olive.
Jon stared at it for a long, long time. Finally, he sighed, replacing the lid on the box and picking it up, coming to a stand and stepping out of the office.
He moved down the hall, box in hand, until he came to a door, half-open. Glancing in, Jon hesitated before reaching his free hand up, knocking faintly on the door. He was almost positive the damn... whatever it was had come from Stephen. It was a weird, weird way to instigate conversation between them, especially after the argument they'd had only days before. They hadn't talked at all since then, and Jon could only hope he wasn't making a fool out of himself by being here at all.
Stephen glanced up, crossed arms over his chest, and raised an eyebrow.
"Yes?"
Jon held up the box.
"...an olive?" he asked, carefully.
"I couldn't get a branch," Stephen answered, casual as always, glancing towards his computer screen.
Jon stared at him in silence for a long moment.
"...you mean, an olive branch, like to represent--"
"Peace, Jon," Stephen answered for him, deadpanned, using his "correspondent voice". Jon couldn't help but grin.
"That's got to be one of the stupidest things I've ever heard of," he replied, stepping into the office and closing the door behind him.