Really, really, really short Vorkosiverse fic

[nineveh_uk]

I thought about writing up a longer version of this, but decided that (for now, at least) I’d let you use your imagination...

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‘You know,’ said Illyan, ‘people seriously overestimate how difficult it is for the Chief of ImpSec to get laid.’

Six pairs of eyes turned to him in horrified fascination.

Comments

[ironed_orchid]

It says exactly enough.

[nineveh_uk]

Or from the observers' perspective, far more than they'd have wished to know :-)

[castiron]

That says it all, doesn't it?

[nineveh_uk]

Details would only spoil it!

[pensnest]

That is splendid. And really, the questions it raises are more interesting than answers could possibly be!

[nineveh_uk]

So many, many questions!

[wendylove]

No, wait, I want to know if Miles is hosting that dinner-party too!

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

Nice one :-)

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

It amused me!

[mrs-redboots.livejournal.com]

:)

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

:-)

[alitheapipkin.livejournal.com]

Nice :)

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[lareinenoire.livejournal.com]

Heeeee. Love it.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Thanks :-)

[philomytha.livejournal.com]

Ha! No doubt they do!

Six, huh? This could be a completely different story depending on which six they are.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

Good point. I confess to not having decided who they are and picked the number to allow for flexibility, though Miles and ivan surely have to be in there.

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'When?' asked Ivan. 'How? Who? And – oh my God, does my mother know?'

Miles considered. 'If she didn’t before they went to the Orb she must since. They make you do that quiz. So you won’t have to challenge him to a duel or anything, although I don’t think even in the old days you could really call out your stepfather for sleeping with someone else twenty years before he got involved with your mother.'

'Simon is not my stepfather.'

[a-t-rain.livejournal.com]

:: snort ::

[alitheapipkin.livejournal.com]

*Hehehe*

[philomytha.livejournal.com]

Oh, Ivan. Keep telling yourself that.

I was picturing something completely different, one of those very awkward morning-after reveals forced by circumstance of one kind or another.

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

There can be that as well! The great advantage of no detail is that there can be any detail.

[joyeuce]

Tee hee!

[shezan]

Only see this now, and I guffawed so loud I scared the cat.