FAKE Drabble: The Ashtray – Sequel to ‘Last Cigarette’

[bk_forever]

Title: The Ashtray – Sequel to ‘Last Cigarette’

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: Dee

Rating: G

Setting: After the manga.

Summary: Dee’s not a smoker anymore, so there are a few things he should probably throw out now he doesn’t need them.

Written For: The tw100 prompt ‘The Ashtray’

Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.

Now he’d stopped smoking, Dee decided to clear out any smoking-related paraphernalia from his apartment. He’d already tossed his last pack of cigs; the matches and his lighter could be used for other things, like lighting candles on romantic evenings in.

That left the ashtrays.

Solemnly, Dee gathered them from the kitchen, bedroom and lounge, wondering what to do with them. Maybe he’d just take them to the 27^th, let his colleagues have them. Some of them still smoked. Idiots.

Reaching for a glass Knicks ashtray, he hesitated. Ryo had given it to him.

Maybe he’d keep just that one.

The End

Comments

[lil-1337.livejournal.com]

That was really sweet. Goes to show that sometimes things have more meaning than just what they were made to do.

[bk_forever]

Thank you! I like to think Dee has a sentimental side, some things are just special to him because of memories they invoke. He tries to be the hard-headed, practical cop, but anything to do with Ryo just gets him right in the heart, there's no way he could throw out something Ryo gave him. He'll probably rationalise it to everyone else as "I keep my keys in it" or something.

[lil-1337.livejournal.com]

Ashtrays are good for holding keys or change or all those things that you carry in your pockets.

[bk_forever]

Exactly! It's the pefect excuse to keep one without seeming sentimental, even if you're really only keeping it for sentimentsl reasons.

[awieatti.livejournal.com]

Of course he has to keep that one! Let's just hope it won't trigger the urge to smoke again :D

[bk_forever]

It won't, Dee likes not having it coated in ash, it looks good and it's a great place to put his keys when he comes home. That makes Ryo smile.

[timelordshines.livejournal.com]

Aww lovely :-)

(So much for me spending the day catching up with fics - just starting now!)

[bk_forever]

Dee is a sentimental guy when it comes to Ryo!

Thank you!

LOL! Some days just get away from us, don't they? I had the best intentions yesterday to catch up on some reading and read one short fic. *sigh*