Drabble: School Days

[starsandsea]

Title: School Days
Rating: PG
Characters: Pieter, Michael, Bruce, Clark, Diana, Alan, Ted, Karen, Guy
Word Count: 475
Disclaimer: I own nothing
Author's Note: Inspired by the AU meme from a while ago. I asked jen_in_japan for DC characters as school teachers, and was then inspired to write this from her response! Betaed by jen_in_japan too! :)



Pieter yawned as he stepped into the staff room. It was still dark outside, thanks to the clocks changing, but the sun would be up soon enough. He moved to the coffee machine, going through the motions of the day. Michael would be in soon. So would the others. Alan was already here, he had seen his car in the car park. But he would be making rounds of the school as he did every morning.

Pieter was normally the first in. He was always the first one awake, too, he knew. He needed to exercise Charlie. His owl was really very fussy.

Pieter had just taken his first sip of coffee when the door opened, and a bright-eyed Clark walked in, followed by a bleary-eyed Bruce. Pieter suppressed a smile, and quickly moved away from the coffee machine. Everyone knew not to get between Bruce and coffee, especially in the mornings. And at the end of the day. All the time, if they were truthful. The times that Bruce had been deprived of his beloved coffee...well. Pieter shivered. That was not something he, or any other sane person, wanted to experience twice.

"Morning!" Clark's voice and disposition were sunny, as always. Pieter saw Bruce shudder out the corner of his eye and hid a smile. Clark and Bruce were like night and day, yet they were best friends.

"Good morning," he replied to Clark.

"How's Charlie?"

Pieter nibbled on a biscuit. "Fussy." Before Clark could respond, Diana walked in, quickly followed by Alan and Michael. Pieter moved into a corner and reviewed the day's schedule, before Michael joined him. Karen and Ted came in, arguing as usual. Guy would come in at the last second, of course.

It was relaxing, in its own way, this familiar routine. Clark and Diana talking, Bruce making sounds that sounded slightly more human with each sip of coffee, Alan and Karen talking, Ted interjecting, he and Michael sitting together, not speaking, just enjoying each others' company, Guy then charging in, complaining, then being on the receiving end of one of Bruce's glares when he dared approach the coffee machine.

Perhaps that was why Bruce was such a good math teacher. No one wanted to be on the receiving end of one of Bruce's glares. It was a very useful weapon to have, especially when they were taking the students on a trip somewhere...

Everyone, grumbling, settled down, Bruce not leaving his spot by the coffee machine. Alan got everyone under control quickly enough. He didn't need to glare at you, he would just look at you and you'd instantly stop whatever it was you were doing. Even Guy.

Pieter smiled, seeing the sun come up out of the tiny window. It was going to be a wonderful day.

Comments

[saavikam77.livejournal.com]

*giggles madly* ^_^ Oh, this warmed my teacher heart. Bruce as a math teacher? I fear for his students - *especially* if he's teaching Alg. I part I. :p Knowing him, I'd peg him for calculus and trig, though. All upperclassmen with their heads screwed on straight. XD

And Clark... oh, please let him be the sexy biology teacher in the room next to mine!! ^_~ Gods, the fantasy material I've gotten from that one... *sigh* Of course, he'd probably be the Journalism teacher. :p Hehe..

Bravo!!

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

*grins*

Yay! I'm so glad you liked it! :D

*pets everyone* It's lots of fun to play with this verse! :p

Thank you for commenting! :D

[ilyena_sylph]

This is wonderful.

+grins+

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm really glad you liked it! :D

Thank you for commenting! :D

[bradygirl_12]

Bruce as the Math teacher is perfect, of course, and Clark would be English and Lit, Diana would be History... ;)

Bruce and his coffee! LOL!

I suppose this is stereotyping, but Ted would make a great coach/phys ed teacher! No one would get away with much nonsense with him! :)

[theclexfactor.livejournal.com]

And then there was Teacher!verse...and it was good.

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

I suppose this is stereotyping, but Ted would make a great coach/phys ed teacher! No one would get away with much nonsense with him! :)

LOL, that's what Jen had him as! Her ideas were too good for me to change. :p

*pets Bruce* Coffee is very important. Or so he tells me. ;)

I'm glad you liked this, Brady! Thank you for commenting! :D

[senmut]

Awww!!!

And Charlie's not fussy...he just has his expectations too!

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

LOL, of course Charlie's not fussy! Silly Pieter... :p

Thank you for commenting! :D

[jij.livejournal.com]

Bruce/coffee OTP! :) Don't get in the way of his beloved! :)

I bet people really love classes with Charlie in them! :) I can just see him sitting on his perch and keeping an eye on everyone...

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

Bruce/coffee OTP! :) Don't get in the way of his beloved! :)

*giggles* *pets Bruce*

I bet people really love classes with Charlie in them! :) I can just see him sitting on his perch and keeping an eye on everyone...

You know, it just totally hadn't occurred to me that Pieter could use Charlie for demonstrations! But yeah, I can really see him sitting on a perch looking at all the students...

*hugs* Thank you for commenting, Jen! I'm really glad you liked it. :)

[taro-twist.livejournal.com]

Ohh, what a lovely fic! What an awesome idea to make them all teachers. And this is such a great scene with the JSA (plus Clark and Bruce, yay!) gathering in the staff room in the pre-dawn hours, waking up together and chatting.

This:

He needed to exercise Charlie. His owl was really very fussy.

And this:

"How's Charlie?"

Pieter nibbled on a biscuit. "Fussy."

Were so cute. :)

And I love how all Bruce does in this is glare at people, grunt, and guard the coffee machine. =P And of course he'd be the math teacher! That's perfect for him.

This was an awesome description of Alan, too:

Alan got everyone under control quickly enough. He didn't need to glare at you, he would just look at you and you'd instantly stop whatever it was you were doing. Even Guy.


What a cool AU. :D

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm really glad you liked it! :D

LOL, I really had to include Charlie! He demanded that he be this. :p

And I love how all Bruce does in this is glare at people, grunt, and guard the coffee machine. =P And of course he'd be the math teacher! That's perfect for him.

Hee! *pets Bruce* The coffee machine is very important! Isn't he good as the maths teacher? Jen was spot on with that... :)

I'm so glad you liked the description of Alan! *glomps him*

Thank you for commenting! :D

[isilweth.livejournal.com]

*sporfle* Pieter's observations about Bruce are downright hysterical.

I love how Alan just looks at people and that Pieter and Michael just need to sit together. ♥

[starsandsea.livejournal.com]

Heh, Bruce first thing in the morning is a scary sight! :p

Alan is awesome! :D *pets Pieter and Michael*

Thank you for commenting! I'm glad you liked it! :D