Yikes! I seem to have missed rather more weeks than I’d realised. Clearly I need to get out less. 😉
Today being the first day of advent, how about a Christmas snippet? This one’s from Batteries Not Included, a very silly seasonal story about a guy who wakes up in bed with his rock star idol – to the surprise of them both! Sam thinks he’s dreaming – but Cain knows he’s not!
“Mmm, Cain,” I murmured.
“Look, just shut up, will you? And, and tell me who the fuck you are, where the fuck we are, and just how the hell I got here?” Cain’s voice got higher and higher, and cracked on the last word. It was a good thing this wasn’t real. It couldn’t have been good for his vocal chords.
I sighed. “Look, it’s a dream, okay? Just relax, and it’ll turn into that one with the teddy bears and the novelty condoms.”
“You’re completely insane,” Cain muttered. “And depraved. Seriously, teddy bears? I’m calling my manager.”
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Batteries Not Included
How would you react if you woke up one morning to find you were in bed with your favorite rock star? More to the point: how would the rock star react?
Animal rescue worker Sam is content to live a quiet life, dreaming of an unattainable man, rock sensation Cain Shepney. Trouble is, his meddling mother, Lilith, thinks he deserves to have all his dreams come true—and she isn’t above performing a little magic to achieve her ends! Sam’s shocked to wake up one morning to find himself actually in bed with his celebrity crush—but that’s nothing to how Cain feels about it! Suddenly Sam’s got to deal with an irate, naked, and very distracting rock star in his bed.
Cain has it all—he’s good-looking, famous, and adored by millions. But his life takes a turn for the surreal when he wakes up in bed with Sam. Expecting everyone to be worried sick by his disappearance, Cain’s horrified to find his manager—and even his mum—insisting that he’s an imposter, and that the real Cain Shepney is right where he belongs.
Sam just wants to help, but with Cain convinced he’s a crazed, celebrity-kidnapping stalker, Sam’s got his work cut out to convince the object of his affections to trust him long enough to find out just what the hell’s going on.
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JL Merrow 
Love the fact it’s the teddy bears that Cain considers the pinnacle of depravity!
Poor Cain – he’s not having a good morning. And it’s only going to get worse. 😉
Alas, dreams aren’t always what we hope for…(wry grin) Welcome back!
Thank you! It’s great to be back and catching up on everyone’s snippets. 🙂
Hahaha… love how he’s trying to convince the dream guy that it’s a dream. 😄
Ha! Really love this scene – it’s so good it must be a dream! And the teddy bears! – have a feeling he’s going to regret sharing that when he realizes it’s all real! lol.
I love this!
This is just fun.