SG-1 Drabble, Watching Stargate SG-1 on SciFi

[applecameron]

Watched the SG-1 monday marathon -- well, I only watched 1.5 episodes, actually, 'Ascension' and 'Red Sky', and then got distracted by Billy Wilder's film "The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes" over on Turner Classic Movies.

This is what will happen to you if you channel-surf, kids. Don't let the tragedy strike you! Buy War Bonds today!

Anyway, some bizarre combination of these stimuli led to the following Stargate SG-1 drabble.



"Learn To Knit!"
featuring Sam Carter, Jack O'Neill of SG-1

vague spoiler: Ascension
vague spoiler: Window of Opportunity

author: Apple Cameron, Sept 2003


He fumbled with the two sticks and the string, "Oh, this is -- ". Suppressed a curse before it made it all the way out of his mouth. "Hmph."

"Relax, sir. Let the yarn hang loose. Slid in, and loop out. Now, try it again." Her slim, capable hands fitted over his for a moment, and forced his to make one stitch, then another. They looked awful. "Relax."

"I'm great at relaxing, Carter. But this -- "

"Would you rather take up golf? Or fly a kite?" The inquiry was a little cutting.

Grimace. "I already took up golf. "

Curiously, "Really? I didn't remember that."

---

Tragic, really.

Comments

[tanacawyr.livejournal.com]

You're sort of perfect for drabbles, you know that. Clean, minimalist stuff ... This is wonderful.

[applecameron.livejournal.com]

It's been hard learning to write longer forms over the years. Learned as opposed to innate. The haiku is definitely my native habitat.