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Fic: Listening // wiccagirl24 // teen
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wiccagirl24.livejournal.comTitle: Listening
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Disclaimer: I'm kidnapping Ducky in September, but until then I do not own any of NCIS. I can't lay any claim to Dead Like Me either.
Warnings: Spoiler for Kill Ari, character death
Fandoms: NCIS/Dead Like Me
Rating: Teen
A/N: I was playing 'six word story' yesterday at my journal. I wrote 'The dead listen, the living don't.' as Ducky.chitown_gal responded with 'The dead don't listen either, Ducky.' as the character Rube, from Dead like me. This fic simmered for the next couple of hours, and when I got home I wrote it in a single setting. If you haven't seen Dead Like Me all you need to know is that Rube is a grim reaper, and his job is to take people's souls before they die and point out the bright light to move on.
Hugs tochitown_gal for the idea and beta, and toomuchfandom for feeding the plot bunny.
XXX
Autopsy was empty when he arrived, and Ducky wondered where Jimmy Palmer had disappeared to. The body was already laid out on the middle table, still dressed in bloody clothing, so he must have come back to NCIS. Probably in the loo, or perhaps in Abby’s lab. This autopsy was going to be a difficult one, and Ducky didn’t blame the young boy for needing some time to prepare mentally. Though there was no such thing as a routine autopsy, some were harder than others. He still remembered seeing Caitlin on the aluminum table, and having to force himself to pick up the scalpel after Jethro left him alone. It had been the first time in years his Y incision started with hesitation marks. He suspected young Mr. Palmer might feel the same way today.
“Mr. Mallard.” ( The doors opened in ghostly silence, and Ducky was no longer alone. )
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wiccagirl24Disclaimer: I'm kidnapping Ducky in September, but until then I do not own any of NCIS. I can't lay any claim to Dead Like Me either.
Warnings: Spoiler for Kill Ari, character death
Fandoms: NCIS/Dead Like Me
Rating: Teen
A/N: I was playing 'six word story' yesterday at my journal. I wrote 'The dead listen, the living don't.' as Ducky.
chitown_gal responded with 'The dead don't listen either, Ducky.' as the character Rube, from Dead like me. This fic simmered for the next couple of hours, and when I got home I wrote it in a single setting. If you haven't seen Dead Like Me all you need to know is that Rube is a grim reaper, and his job is to take people's souls before they die and point out the bright light to move on.Hugs to
chitown_gal for the idea and beta, and toomuchfandom for feeding the plot bunny.XXX
Autopsy was empty when he arrived, and Ducky wondered where Jimmy Palmer had disappeared to. The body was already laid out on the middle table, still dressed in bloody clothing, so he must have come back to NCIS. Probably in the loo, or perhaps in Abby’s lab. This autopsy was going to be a difficult one, and Ducky didn’t blame the young boy for needing some time to prepare mentally. Though there was no such thing as a routine autopsy, some were harder than others. He still remembered seeing Caitlin on the aluminum table, and having to force himself to pick up the scalpel after Jethro left him alone. It had been the first time in years his Y incision started with hesitation marks. He suspected young Mr. Palmer might feel the same way today.
“Mr. Mallard.” ( The doors opened in ghostly silence, and Ducky was no longer alone. )
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