| Irony: the opposite of wrinkly ( @ 2009-02-16 23:42:00 |
| Entry tags: | genre: angst, pairing: "stephen"/sweetness, pairing: jon'n'"stephen", series: fake news |
Fake News: Till It Be Morrow
Title: Till It Be Morrow
Series: TDS/TCR
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Unspecified mental illness; unelaborated allusions to violence.
Disclaimer: Two.
For the Report characters: They and their universe are property of Stephen Colbert, the other Report writers, and of course Viacom. Not mine. Sue me not, please.
And for the real people, the poem:
Please, make no mistake:
these people aren't fake,
but what's said here is no more than fiction.
It only was writ
because we like their wit
and wisecracks, and pull-squints, and diction.
We don't mean to quibble,
but this can't be libel;
it's never implied to be real.
No disrespect's meant;
if you disapprove, then,
the back button's right up there. Deal.
Summary: A bit of angst. Stephen tries to piece his world back together.
(Title is of course snagged from the Bard.)
( Jon has visited him before; he is sure of that. His wife has visited too. He can't remember if he's seen his kids. He has taken a lot of pills; he can't remember what was in them. The nurses are nice. )