Dinning on Pluto by Vermin-disciple (9+)

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Fandom: LIFE ON MARS
Pairing: Gen but hints of Gene/Sam and mentions of Gene/Missus
Length: One-Shot
Author on LJ:vermin_disciple 
Author website: Fic List

Why this must be read:

It shows how truly intelligent Gene is, sometimes he can be portrayed as an idiot compaired to Sam but his strength lies in his understanding of people. In this fic his view on a subject that would normally be seen as more Sam's area (Greek mythology) reveals how much he really does know and understand people and their motivation showing a view that Sam had never even considered.

It also has some lovely banter that is very 2x07, beautifully in character and shows a real warmth between the two of them despite their bickering.

 

"What the bloody hell is that?" he said, pointing. "That's not proper food."

Sam glanced down. "It's a pomegranate."

"I know that, smart-arse. I was being—" Gene plopped himself into the opposite chair, "—rhetorical."

"You've got something against pomegranates? Or is this just part of your general disdain for any food item that isn't traditionally fried in lard?"

"If you're going to eat fruit instead of just being one, you should go for something you can really stuff your gob with – put a stopper in, block up all that rubbish comes pouring outta your mouth," said Gene. "A banana'd be right up your alley," he added, with a leer.

"So it is the pomegranate. Fascinating. It's like witnessing the birth of a new psychological condition. Carpoxenophobia, say."

"Give over, I didn't say anything about fish."

"Fear of foreign fruit," finished Sam. "Carpo, not 'carp.' It's from the Greek, karpos. Means 'fruit.'"

"Keep that up, and I'll carpo you, right quick – and your diem too, for good measure."

 

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Comments

[moorspede.livejournal.com]

You may wish to edit "dinning" to "dining"

[mountland.livejournal.com]

Cheers for pointing that out, sadly I don't think you can edit once you've posted on the crack_van (I may be wrong).

It's the only bit I didn't spell check as when I copied and pasted everything into word it obviously didn't take the header as it wasn't part of the main body of text, so please forgive this dyslexic for this one small over sight.