Life on Mars Drabble: Attention

[kat_lair]

Drabble Fest 2/12 – for pushkin666. Fandom and pairing/characters as requested.



Attention – Life on Mars – implied Chris/Ray – PG-13
Prompt: Male strippers


“It’s disgusting!” Ray pulls his jacket tighter even though it’s sweltering inside the club. “Being gawked at, like cattle.”

Sam scowls at him. “You didn’t voice any moral objections when we were interviewing the female strippers.”

Chris tunes out the bickering, staring at the dancers, half-naked and doing things that he doesn’t even know the name for. The audience is riveted, their faces hungry.

For a moment Chris is jealous; no one ever looks at him like that. Sometimes he really wishes someone would, just once.

Because with the right set of eyes, Chris thinks he can understand the appeal.
 

Comments

[samueljames]

I liked this, poor Chris and his insecurities. The Ray/Sam banter seems so them.

[ihavecake.livejournal.com]

Naaww, Chris. Chris was always my favourite. He'd be good once he got confidence too! Hippy hips...

I love your Sam and Ray dialogue, I can hear the voices perfectly :D

[billytaylor.livejournal.com]

Oh yay!

Very nice piece, this.

[ssquirrel-fic.livejournal.com]

*grin* Loved it! Chris is so innocent - but he just needs someone to teach him...
xXx

[pushkin666.livejournal.com]

I love this. Thank you so much. See in my mind at some point Chris will feel confident enough, or need it enough, that he will strip for Ray and Ray's eyes will be the right set.

[saintvic.livejournal.com]

Really liked this. Liked the bickering between Sam and Ray and Chris' insecurity rings very true.

[margaret-r.livejournal.com]

You've caught the characters very well! I can just see them there and the look on Chris's face:-)

[thesmallhobbit.livejournal.com]

Really clever. I can just see the three of them sitting there, all with their own separate thoughts.