A Bud of Conversation

[suzume]

Title: A Bud of Conversation
Challenge/Prompt: 92 - flower
Original Fiction or Fanfiction: Original
Characters/Pairings: Bashir & companions
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Disclaimer: This belongs to me~
Summary: Saselia will get to know Bashir one way or another.

“Do you have a favorite kind of flower, Bashir?”

“A favorite flower?” He didn’t know about that. “Is that something common to have?”

Ofika giggled, hiding her smile behind her hand. “It’s common enough,” Simcha added his own thoughts in, “If you’re a girl.”

“Uncle Simcha!” Saselia protested. He wasn’t making Bashir any more likely to answer with that kind of talk.

“I prefer orchids,” Fado supplied, countering Simcha’s stance on the issue.

“Whether it’s girlish or not doesn’t bother me…” Bashir mumbled, “I just don’t know…”

“You never thought about it, right?” Ofika suggested.

“I never thought about it.”

Argument

[asenathwaite]

Title: Argument
Challenge/Prompt: 89 - lesson
Original Fiction or Fanfiction: Original
Rating: G
Warnings: None

"It's beautiful, isn't it? The biggest city humankind has ever built."

"Beautiful from up here, maybe."

"Don't start on that political nonsense tonight, please. No one wants to hear it, least of all me."

"Could you be more selfish?"

"I assure you, the true depths of my selfishness remain unplumbed. Now come inside and smile for the guests.

"Mother--"

"Have you considered how much money some of these people could donate to your precious causes? Hmm? Has such a thought made even the briefest appearance in your self-righteous head?"

"Mother--"

"I don't want to hear it. In you go. Now."