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Screw Kansas
Title: Screw Kansas
Author: windout
Genre: Het (sorta)
Fandoms: Life on Mars
Characters/Pairings: Sam Tyler/Annie Cartwright
Ratings: G
Disclaimer: Life on Mars is not mine (but I want a DVD)
A/N: Yeah I'm on a roll! faynia's ficlet-a-thon prompt "He makes me laugh. Most days, that's enough."



Beep…beep…beep

The trick is to acknowledge that it’s there, listen to the steady and high-pitched beeps, then to quickly forget that they’re there. To immunize himself from further intrusions on his crazy (comatose) brain. Yes, they are there, and they’re very strong and steady, aren’t they? Don’t think I’ll be kicking the bucket today; oh, what? What beeps? No, must be that tinnitus again.

Beep…beep

It works well enough for his purposes. Keeps him steady on his feet until the he finds himself miraculously on a barstool with Nelson doting on him. Fine by him; the alcohol puts him to sleep, meaning there’s less of a chance he’ll wake up to an unwanted stranger.

Beep…beep…beep

But then there’s always the problem or whether or not that’s ethical or not. He’d always figured that drinking was just an escape mechanism—and a poor one at that. Looking at DCI Hunt…well, Gene Hunt seemed to be getting by well enough. Nothing but professionalism oozing out of his numerous flasks. Gene Hunt would never stoop so low as to drink on the job, get so drunk he’d pass out, let his anger get the best of him, no not at all. Cream of the crop, that one.

But really, he supposes that the reason he hasn’t gone completely nutty is Annie. She tries so damned hard to make sense of him, that he’s not entirely sure whether he should be speaking another language or not. Then again, maybe he is.

Beep…beep

Annie, bless her, keeps him grounded. Usually, it’s her look of hurt and sadness that does it, reminds him that he’s not exactly in Kansas or 2006 anymore. He’s working on that, though. It’s a lot easier now to “remember” that he’s stuck in this unfashionable era, that the beeping in his ears is probably just imagined.

When Annie Cartwright smiles at him, no matter how badly his day is going, he knows things will turn out okay, regardless of how they end. She makes him smile, laugh…when he’s with her, he’s optimistic—and nowadays, it’s not such a foreign feeling anymore. And that’s more than enough for Sam Tyler.

Sam doesn’t even mind admitting it anymore. If given a choice, he’d take Annie any day. (Even if he was stuck with the Gov and the rag tag group he helped operate.)

Beep…beeeeeeeeeeeeeee

And boy did it feel good to get that off his chest.