wavingcat5 (wavingcat5) wrote in qaf_drabbles, @ 2009-12-17 14:33:00 |
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Entry tags: | author: wavingcat5, gusmas 2009 |
The 37 Days of Gusmas
Title: Trumped
Author: wavingcat5
Prompt: Christmas is for children
Notes: 2 drabbles
Brian didn’t know if Gus liked him, or just liked being higher up than all the other babies. At any rate, as long as Brian kept on with the jiggle and sway, Gus seemed happy.
Brian wasn’t. His arms ached. He was tired of the queue, of kids whining in strollers, and of being mentally undressed by their mothers.
Lindsay had trumped him with the deadbeat dad card again. Now Brian was stuck waiting for Baby’s First Ever Photo with Santa.
At last it was their turn. But as Santa reached for him, the corners of Gus’s mouth turned down.
Gus cried when Santa looked at him, let alone touched him. It was in stages. First a squeak, then all-out bawling.
‘Perhaps you’d like to come back later?’ offered the photographer.
‘No...no.’ Brian had had enough of this. He rubbed his forehead with exasperation and the beginnings of a headache.