Fic: Overcome, Day Ten

[emilyfairy.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, here I am again, starting a new 'Survivor' day for the second time in a row. Do not adjust your computer screens, because kalimyre said it was okay.

And that's good enough for me. *g*

So, Day Ten... in which there will be an Immunity Challenge and assorted other things.







Overcome

By emilyfairy and kalimyre

Category: First time, AU, sheer crack

Rating: possibly NC-17, if we can get away with it *g*

Pairing: Ryan/Colin

Summary: Ryan and Colin on Survivor. No, really.

Day One | Day Two | Day Three | Day Four | Day Five | Day Six | Day Seven | Day Eight | Day Nine




Colin wakes to rhythmic drumming on his back. He rolls over, and jumps a little when he sees Dave's crocodile smile. "Good morning, Colin!" he exclaims, moving the beat to Colin's shoulder without breaking it.

"What are you doing?" Colin asks, blinking. He's not annoyed exactly, just surprised.

"Ryan's heartbeat," Dave says. "I learned it yesterday. I thought you'd like to wake up to his heart. Like a puppy with the alarm clock!"

Colin bites back a smile, torn between laughing and giving Dave a big hug. "Thank you," he says, settling for an affectionate pat on the arm.

"Are we going to play today?" Dave asks hopefully. "I still haven't shown you Wal-Mart!"

"Well, kind of," Colin says. "I think we're doing an immunity challenge today, remember?"

"Oh, yeah. And Dave's team is going to win again. Right?"

"We'll see," Colin says, feeling a little guilty.

He hates the thought of blowing the challenge on purpose, especially when there are so few of them left already... But he has to see Ryan, has to touch him, make sure he's all right. And he can't do that if he's here.

Dave's stomach growls. "I'm hungry! Maybe I'll be a bear this morning." And he gets up and lumbers out of the tent, looking for all the world like a bear off to forage for some breakfast.

Colin shakes his head and lets his smile free. Dave is one of a kind, that's for sure.

"Colin!" Dave exclaims, peeking his head into the tent. "There's no one up yet! Can you help Dave with breakfast? Do we have cereal? I miss Lucky Charms!"

Colin sighs and stretches, getting to his feet. "I don't think we have cereal," he says. "But I'm sure I can come up with something."

"Yay!" And as Colin puts on his t-shirt, through the tent flap he can see Dave cavorting around, bending his arms and legs. "I'm a dancing bear! Like the rainbow ones on the bumper stickers with the funny spiky collars! I'm a dancing bear and I need my Lucky Charms!"

Colin turns away for a moment, trying to compose himself. He wonders if Dave would be any good at improv. He thinks maybe he'd like to teach Dave a few games. Dave likes to play after all, and improv's basically one long game of make believe.

"All right, I'm coming," he says. "I can't promise you Lucky Charms, but I'll see what I can do."



More comedy stylings of Dave... What can I say? He amuses me. *g*

Emily :)

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[kalimyre.livejournal.com]

Playful Dave! Jumprope Dave! *loves on him* And yeah, I do get the feeling he was abandoned by people who told him they'd come back. :(

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Colin thinks maybe he can tire Dave out (although the man is a ball of restless energy and Colin's not sure he ever actually gets tired) and he ties one end of the vine off to a branch, standing on the other end. "You first," he says, twirling the vine invitingly. Dave beams and jumps in, keeping the rhythm easily and belting out a nonsense verse at the top of his lungs.

The noise attracts Gina and Shannon, who appear from out of the main tent and stand a few feet away, watching. Shannon smiles openly at Dave, who appears to have lost his limp and all of his earlier unhappiness, and Gina's lips twitch upward a little too, although her expression cools when she looks at Colin.

Dave trips eventually and throws himself on the ground with a dramatic yell, lying sprawled and breathless, grinning up at the sky. "Did you see?" he asks, waving at Colin. "Did you see me? I went for a long time, did you see?"

"I saw," Colin says, dropping the vine. "You did great."

Dave nods and rolls to his feet, holding his fists straight up over his head. "Dave is the best," he says. "Dave wins!"

"Yay Dave!" Colin calls, just because he's getting into that playful place in his head where he can say goofy things like that and not feel like an idiot. It always comes from having someone to play with, someone who will act just as silly so he's not alone. "Victory dance," he decides, throwing his hands in the air and wiggling. Dave stares at him for a moment, baffled, and then he crows happily and joins in, bumping against Colin and weaving erratically.

Shannon laughs and quickly muffles the sound with a hand over her mouth. Gina cracks a smile, but her arms are still folded sternly. Colin catches Dave when he stumbles, holding him steady until he gets the idea that the dance is over now and quiets.

(Cut)