Helping Out Around the House, Bud's Version

By G.B.

Rating: PG-13 for implied slashiness. Pairing: B White/ E Exley

Disclaimer: I don't own LAC characters. Characters are owned by James Ellroy, with contributions from Brian Hegeland and Curtis Hanson. No infringement intended.

Summary: This is a 55 word challenge story that missed for the list. I liked it so much I had to submit it.

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Edmund Exley sat up in bed. "Bud wake up!" He shook his bed partner awake.

"What?" snarled White.

"There's someone outside the house!"

"It's your house." growled Bud.

"You're bigger than I am." whined Exley.

White raised an eyebrow in disbelief.

"You're Chief of Detectives, Inspector!" He rolled over to go back to sleep.

"Bud!" The half blind younger man punched him on the arm while fumbling in the dark for his glasses.

White gave Edmund a marked stare.

"Alright already!" Bud threw off the covers in a huff . He looked back at the shirtless Ed, his expanse of flawless skin luminous in the pale moonlight. Grumbling obscenities, White threw his robe on over the pajamas Ed bought him for Christmas and took an unregistered gun from the dresser drawer.

Moments later Edmund heard the sound of someone being pistol whipped in the front yard along with a man's desperate pleading for mercy. After a few minutes, Bud returned to the bedroom and threw his robe at the foot of the bed. He put the gun in its holster and placed it back in the dresser drawer. Climbing into bed he smirked at his partner.

"Ed, don't ever say I never do anything to help out around the house."

The End

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