Title: Telephone
Fandom: Swallows and Amazons series
Rating: G
Length: 500 words
Content notes: Spoilers for Pigeon Post. One side of the conversation is borrowed (with minor tweaks for flow) from the book.
Author notes: Written for the "telephone" prompt at
fan_flashworks. Also fits the "communication" and "burn" challenges. 9th in my personal 50x500 Swallows and Amazons fic challenge (prompt: telephone).
Summary: "Colonel Jolys sat down by the telephone after dinner, ready to answer immediately if anyone should ring. But a full stomach and a hot day conspired against him, and though he would never have admitted it, he fell into a doze. The jangling telephone bell woke him with a start."
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Fandom: Swallows and Amazons series
Rating: G
Length: 500 words
Content notes: Spoilers for Pigeon Post. One side of the conversation is borrowed (with minor tweaks for flow) from the book.
Author notes: Written for the "telephone" prompt at
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Summary: "Colonel Jolys sat down by the telephone after dinner, ready to answer immediately if anyone should ring. But a full stomach and a hot day conspired against him, and though he would never have admitted it, he fell into a doze. The jangling telephone bell woke him with a start."
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