crack_van | A Foolish Wit by Petronelle (PG-13)

Fandom: SLINGS & ARROWS
Pairing: Geoffrey Tennant/Ellen Fanshaw, unrequited Oliver Wells/Geoffrey Tennant
Length: 3,900 words
Author on LJ:

petronelle
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Why this must be read:

A better question would be what are you waiting for to sit down and read it? For those who don't know,

petronelle's Slings and Arrows fics are fantastic. In this story, for example, she takes what is a ridiculous premise (Sloan and dead!Oliver write a play) and infuses it with so much humour and heart that it is virtually impossible not to love it.

Sloan doesn't recognize most of the people in the bar other than Ellen and Geoffrey, who book it out of there early and together. They're both way dumber than people that smart have any right to be, but maybe they can work something out. They fucking should.

Tuesday's kind of nervous being there, and Sloan doesn't want to stay super-long, but there's this one guy at one of the tables who looks like nobody's ever going to talk to him. Sloan grins at Tuesday and says, "Just a sec, babe," then goes over to the lonely guy. "Hey," he says, and then he figures out why he knows the guy's face. "You were Banquo's ghost, right?"

The guy gives him this completely blank look for a second. "Yes," he admits.

"I wanted to ask -- how come you're his ghost, when he's black and you're not?" Sloan shakes his head. "I didn't get that."

"It's complicated," the guy says. "I believe your young lady is trying to get your attention."

Sloan looks up, and Tuesday is giving him this really impatient glare. When he looks back, the Banquo's ghost guy is totally gone. "Well, shit."

A Foolish Wit