Real Ghostbusters Ficlet: Burden of Proof
Aug. 5th, 2011 09:57 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
andrasteBecause it's a quiet night at work and I finally transferred my pile of unfinished drabbles and unused prompts to Google Docs. Hopefully there will be more fic posting in the semi-immediate future.
Summary: Stranger things have come to be. But not many.
Pairing: Peter/Egon
Author's Note: Because I have long thought of I Don't Believe You as the perfect Peter/Egon theme song.
"I don't believe you."
"You ... what?"
"I enunciated clearly. It's statistically improbable that you're in love with me."
He'd rehearsed his confession for hours, wondering if Egon would laugh at him or be horrified. This was one negative reaction he hadn't expected. "Improbable?"
"You've declared your love for five women this semester while sober, and a further nine while inebriated. I therefore hypothesize that you're just claiming to be in love with me so I'll have sex with you."
"Egon, that's completely different! I wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it."
"You say things you don't mean on an hourly basis. This morning you promised to give Ray back his twenty dollars, and we both know you have no intention of doing so."
Peter put his head in his hands. "I'm sorry. I should go."
Egon frowned at him. "I didn't say I was opposed to the idea. You just don't need to lie to me about your feelings."
Peter stared at his friend for a long moment. His logic was, as usual, impossible to argue with. So he kissed him instead.
If Egon wouldn't listen to what he said, he'd just have to show his love another way.
Summary: Stranger things have come to be. But not many.
Pairing: Peter/Egon
Author's Note: Because I have long thought of I Don't Believe You as the perfect Peter/Egon theme song.
"I don't believe you."
"You ... what?"
"I enunciated clearly. It's statistically improbable that you're in love with me."
He'd rehearsed his confession for hours, wondering if Egon would laugh at him or be horrified. This was one negative reaction he hadn't expected. "Improbable?"
"You've declared your love for five women this semester while sober, and a further nine while inebriated. I therefore hypothesize that you're just claiming to be in love with me so I'll have sex with you."
"Egon, that's completely different! I wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it."
"You say things you don't mean on an hourly basis. This morning you promised to give Ray back his twenty dollars, and we both know you have no intention of doing so."
Peter put his head in his hands. "I'm sorry. I should go."
Egon frowned at him. "I didn't say I was opposed to the idea. You just don't need to lie to me about your feelings."
Peter stared at his friend for a long moment. His logic was, as usual, impossible to argue with. So he kissed him instead.
If Egon wouldn't listen to what he said, he'd just have to show his love another way.
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Date: 2011-08-06 12:55 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-08-22 05:55 am (UTC)Oh, Peter. You know, I don't blame Egon. If college-age Peter declared his love for me, I wouldn't believe him either.
I think if college-age Peter told me the sky was blue, I would look out the window just to make sure *g*.
(Then again, I'm not Egon, which is an important variable Egon is clearly failing to include in his equation. But still.)
Indeed, this is a confounding factor that he has failed to consider.
I do feel bad for him, though, working himself up to be completely emotionally sincere for once in his life, and getting met with...Egon being Egon. But at least Egon is giving him the opportunity to provide proof!
Egon is always interested in proof!