Inevitable outtake: Cards (futurefic)

[mhalachai]

Cards
An Inevitable outtake

by Mhalachai
Disclaimer: Laurell K. Hamilton owns all things Anita Blake. J.K. Rowling owns all things Harry Potter. Only the story is my own.
Note: At 521 words, this is a quick read. It's an Inevitable future fic, so what happens in here may or may not happen in storyline. Summary? Harry and Anita UST their way through an argument. Jason wonders when they're going to get a room, and Nathaniel wonders when he got that headache.

Inevitable can be found here.

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"I'm being unreasonable?"

Anita's incredulous shout was clearly audible as far away as the kitchen. Nathaniel glanced in the direction of the living room, then shook his head.

"Your deal."

Jason gave the wereleopard a look as he gathered up the cards. "They've been at that for almost an hour," he said. "When are they going to stop it?"

"I'll give it another ten minutes before I go break it up," Nathaniel said distractedly as he looked at his cards. "Or until they start talking about Dallas again."

Jason picked up his cards and sorted them. "You know, one of these days they're just going to give in to their animal attraction and just have a go at it."

Nathaniel didn't react, just tossed down two cards.

"You have to know what I mean," Jason pressed. "Harry's what, twenty-three years old now?"

"Doesn't matter," Nathaniel said. "They can't have sex."

"Why not?" Jason tossed down two cards and waited for Nathaniel to cut the deck. "They spend so much time together, they fight like cats and dogs, and they both think the other's hotter than hot, even if they won't say it."

Nathaniel sighed. "I know all that," he said. "And it wouldn't bother me if they did. But it's still a bad idea."

"Name one reason," Jason insisted.

Nathaniel raised his violet eyes. "For starters? Richard."

Jason bit his lip. "Well--"

"Richard finds out Anita and Harry had sex, he'll get all weird around her and also him."

"Okay, but--"

"Then there's Damian," Nathaniel continued. "Damian would think it was really strange, to the point of freaky, that his master and his grandson got it on."

"Okay, that's two, but--"

"And have you thought about what would happen if Asher found out?"

Jason paled, then winced.

"And Jean-Claude might not mind too much, because he gets Anita and Harry's relationship, but I'm not sure about Micah."

"Wait, what do you mean about Micah?" Jason demanded.

Nathaniel hurriedly looked back at his cards and put one down. "Ten. I'm not sure how Harry would react... you know how he is, but that still leaves the number one reason that Anita and Harry shouldn't have sex."

"Five, for fifteen and two points. All right, fine. I give up. What's the number one reason that Harry and Anita shouldn't have sex?" Jason asked.

Nathaniel put his hand against his forehead, a move that Jason recognized as him developing a headache. "You know I love Anita, but..."

"But?"

Nathaniel was silent for a moment, long enough for Jason to hear Harry's rising voice mention the word "Dallas," and he knew things were turning bad. "But Anita can get whiny when she does stuff she thinks she's not supposed to," Nathaniel said, rising. "So if she has sex with Harry, then she'll think afterwards she did a bad thing, and she'll whine for like a month and that's a really, really long time." He hurried out of the room.

A crash, a smash, then sudden silence. Jason hoped that Nathaniel had averted bloodshed.

If not, then maybe I can have Harry's stereo, Jason thought as he snuck a peek at Nathaniel's cards.

--end outtake

Comments

[practical-puss.livejournal.com]

"she'll whine for like a month and that's a really, really long time."

That's like, SNERK squared. Sing it sister.
I love it when you do things like this. Or. really, anything whatsoever.
Any plans on explaining what 'Dallas' means?

[elle-blessing.livejournal.com]

I was so excited to stumble upon this on my last lj check for the night :)

First of all...Nathaniel is too cute/funny/everything good in this world! I like how he's the voice of reason here.

Secondly, since this is just a possible outtake of Inevitable, I noticed no mention of Ginny/Luna...hmmm. I won't take anything too seriously though ;)

Loved it!

[lishel_fracrium.livejournal.com]

lol guh...*luffs you*

[emeraldswan.livejournal.com]

Oh, you utter bloody tease! (I love it!)

[cissasghost.livejournal.com]

This is very cute, totally how Jason's mind would work, very in-character for everybody. Though, now I want to know what happened (will happen?) in Dallas. Or, to someone named Dallas? *ponders*

-Sonya

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

hey, this just hit me tonight while I was driving home. Cuz really, it needs to be addressed, and Nate and Jason were just the guys to do it for me :)

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

We'll see about Dallas. I can't explain *that* until I end the fic, as there are "issues" outstanding.

But yeah, it all started when I was wondering how Asher would react if Harry and Anita got horizontal in that unclothed sort of way. Yeah, we'll blame that.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

yeah, it was pretty fun to write, too :)

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

Nathaniel is the awesomest awesome thing ever to walk the awesome halls. Anyway, with Ginny and Luna, no worries there... Harry might just be in St. Louis on a vacation, right?

all explanations in time :)

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love Anita, but she can whine. A lot. But that's okay, it's a "character trait"

Dallas? One day. Maybe.

[alydhe.livejournal.com]

Yeesh. Jean-Claude is barely tolerant of Harry for Anita's sake. If Harry and Anita slept together he just might think Asher had a point. Then Richard would get all pissy and Micah all alpha and...

The blood would take forever to clean out of the carpet.

[practical-puss.livejournal.com]

Well, apart from bursting something,(can vampires even do that?) he'd probably end up whining even more than Anita, locking himself in the bathroom and refusing to come out until JC threatens him.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

I think Jean-Claude could understand if Harry and Anita had a go at it. But oh yeah, oh the angst from Asher, and the rest...

bad times in St. Louis.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

maybe bursting into flames. There would be moping, whining, agitation and more rage. JC might have to leave town until the pout-fest blows over. So about ninty years.

[practical-puss.livejournal.com]

I love Asher, but even I have to admit he can get a little... Drama Queen-y.

[mhalachaiswords.livejournal.com]

I like Asher. But his issues can be all weight-of-the-worldy, with reason, making him things are about him when they're not.

Oh well. Hopefully it won't come to that.

[alydhe.livejournal.com]

If Anita wouldn't kill him I'd love to see him get together with Nathaniel, though. *sigh* I've been fantasizing about that since the scene where he was watching Harry sleep.

[whispers-of-me.livejournal.com]

While I like the idea of Anita and Harry...I have to agree with Nathaniel, a month is a very long time! I wonder though ~ would anita get jealous if Harry was with someone else? Say, Jason? I think that would be hilarious to watch! Love the story and am patiently waiting for more!

[ansku]

:D I love it!

[(Anonymous)]

I needed a really good giggle this morning, Monday AND the clocks changed..

[davidbrookes.livejournal.com]

Love the outtake. Quick query - are you planning on posting any Inevitable outtakes on Twisting the Hellmouth as a few friends that don't have LiveJournal accounts I know would love to read this and any other outtakes? Keep up the good work!!!

[shopteacher-guy.livejournal.com]

OK, this time I will log in before I post.. still grinning from this one.
Are they playing "texas hold-um?"
Harry is 23.. well that implies that he survives Voldie.. which is a good thing... but 5 years of sexual tension... if he and Anita do hook up, get the heck out of St. Louis!

Dallas?

[shopteacher-guy.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah.. I wonder how much..
"what do I care.. he can do what he wants" we would get out of Anita?

[jaydeyn-sitari.livejournal.com]

*snicker* priceless! *luvs* Nathanial and Jason hanging out. And given the givens? Heck yeah they are both hot...

Curiosity: Dallas? You are definitely evil. But in a... good way?

:)
Jaydeyn

[catherinecookmn.livejournal.com]

Dallas? Sure. They meet up with Edward's Texas cousin, J.R. Ewing. He's kinda like Edward, except his field is business and not bounties. ;-)