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Title: His Hands
Fandom: Jeeves and Wooster
Rating: PG
Words: 135
I intended this to be written for

skyblue_reverie but in the end it was written with her, because her ear for Bertie is as perfect as mine is absent.

Jeeves’ hands are bally marvellous. He does all manner of clever things with them – polishing the silver, tidying up after yours truly, frying up a mess of b. and e., and so forth. The Wooster hands are fit only for frivolity. Tickling the old ivories, poking at a billiard ball with a cue now and then - nothing useful.

Just lately, I’ve taken to tugging at my collar before wandering into the kitchen to enquire about lunch or supper or whatnot. Jeeves always stops what he’s doing to straighten it.

Jeeves’ way with a tie is rather remarkable. The man’s fingers are talented beyond belief. When those fingers fuss with the knot at my throat I go a bit unsteady on my pins. He was fixing my tie when he first kissed me, you see.

Mood::

drained

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There are 47 comments on this entry. (Reply.)

Oh I love this! It's so fun and I can just picture it exactly!

Fry and Laurie.... *sigh*

And it's all about the hands I see! ;)

*has huge grin now*

I'm glad you like it... and yes, *sigh* i can't seem to resist the writing about the hands.

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Bertie Wooster is just so dappy and sweet! Must watch some of that show!

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lord I love hands! its just a lovely bit. and the last line is perfect. thanks

YAY! another hand lover. *welcomes you to the hand adoration journal*

Thank you! :)

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Lovely. "Unsteady on my pins" is a marvelous phrase.

That makes me very happy because that is one of the ones that was mine from the very first draft :D

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Mmm, Jeeves hands are lovely. :0)

J/W is a festival of lovely hands really. *sigh*

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And dogs. I swear, one of these days, I'm going to go through it and make a list of all the breeds they feature. There are different varieties in almost every episode.

Yes, I know, I'm a nutter.

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:giggle:

*points at your icon*

::giggle back::

:)

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For Bertie, that's actually rather clever. *grin*

I expect he did it by accident the first time, and cottoned on that he rather liked the results :)

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This is lovely; beautifully in character and so sweet it has brought tears to my eyes. Thank you

*does a happy comment dance*

Thank you!

skyblue_reverie was very helpful with the in character thing.

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So sweet, so in character. :) Oh Bertie. I just want to hug him.

Bless his cotton socks.

Thank you so much :)

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this was sooo sweet!

Thank you! *g*

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Mymymymymy. Smashing, darling.

*hugs icon, strokes the pretty pretty piano hands*

Thank you! *happy dance*

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Awww! That gave me the Warm Fuzzies. ^_^ I love it!

Yay, warm fuzzies :)

Thank you!

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Oh! Oh! Sweetie, you posted it!!! *does excited Snoopy dance* You sneaky thing you - I just saw it!!

'Absent Bertie voice' - pish tosh! I helped some, but the basic structure and the best phrases were all you ("unsteady on my pins" - so much yay!) And the last line still makes me go all weak in the knees, lo these many re-reads later. :)

I love you for doing this for me! (Well, I love you anyway, but you know what I mean.) Even if you never write another word of J/W (which, you will if I have anything to say about it *g*) I am so ecstatic that you wrote this. It is perfect.

Hugs and kisses and showers of adoration!!!

*hugs you muchly*

I'm glad that it makes you happy. and OMG you did the Snoopy Dance!!!

I hope it's ok that I posted it without checking first :)

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Of course it's okay to post without checking! Far-too-kind co-writing credit aside, this is YOUR drabble, my darling!

And yes, this made me SO so happy, you have no idea. *happy sigh*

Snoopy dance from me is rare, m'dear, so I hope you enjoyed it! *g*

♥ ♥ ♥

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and I made a new icon *points at icon*

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ohdeargod . . .

*dies utterly and completely*

*revives somewhat, molests your icon in a most unseemly manner*

You did that on purpose, just to kill me, didn't you!? That photo - so gorgeous! He looks all sensitive and mysterious! And the hands! *whimper* Does this mean that you're feeling the SF love at all? *hopeful look*

(Gankage? ohpleaseohplease?)

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Thank you :) I'm glad you like it. The perfect voice is down to

skyblue_reverie. The hands are mine ;)

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Oh! This was good! I'd love to see this idea expanded. Especially on the events leading up to that first kiss!

If such a thing were to happen, y'all will be the first to know ;D

Thank you for reading and commenting

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ooo. loverly. i have alwase though jeeves's strong useful hands where sexy too.

Capable hands are teh sex. :)

Glad you liked, thank you.

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AWW! I wasn't expecting that at all! Yay! What a sweet image to be sent off to bed with. That is absolutely wonderful and I'm so glad you let us at Indeed, Sir in on it.

Thank you so much :D

I'm very glad I could send you off to bed happy. I figured you at Indeed, Sir were the perfect audience ;)

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oh, that was bloody marvelous! *goes off to imagine Jeeves' hands*

Why thank you!

He does have lovely hands...

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Mmmhmmm, I could get lost for days watching them...

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When those fingers fuss with the knot at my throat I go a bit unsteady on my pins. He was fixing my tie when he first kissed me, you see.

If Wodehouse wrote slash, it would sound like this, I think.

Thank you! *g*

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Very sweet little ficlet!

[types nervously] By lucky chance, you're a Jeeves and Wooster fan. I have -- ahem -- claimed one of the Jeeves and Wooster prompts over at the hw_fest and I don't suppose -- cough, cough -- that you would care to be a beta for me? It would be so great to have someone who knows the fandom look it over for me and either a) help me correct it or b) tell me gently to find a new hobby to replace writing.

P.S. Have you heard of the Nancy Drew computer games? OMG, such fun. You play the role of Nancy and must walk about finding clues, solving puzzles, and engaging in witty repartee. Even though I am technically "grown up" I have never solved one in under 20 hours of game play, nor without copious note-taking, maps, and a visit or two to the message board for help ;-) This one (https://store.herinteractive.com/product_info.php?products_id=34) is my favourite, but they are almost all fantastic.

I am more than happy to beta, though I am not so much a fan as have been dragged into the whole thing by

skyblue_reverie. Would you mind if I asked her to co-beta with me as she is a HUGE fan and knows the lingo forward and backwards? If it's going to be mostly House I am probably all good anyway ;)

I've heard of the Nancy Drew games but only a long time ago and I'd forgotten about them. When I am not on the work computer I will look! :D

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With a House expert and a J & W expert behind me, I'd be set! (If skyblue_reverie would be so kind as to accept.)

I can't thank you enough. The ideas are brewing and bits are being written down, but I can't say when I'll have something ready to go. But I'm quite excited about the prospect!

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my email is on my userpage, and I am always happy to talk fics, meta house in any way or just generally chat about things as well as beta if you want.

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Why hello there!

rivers_bend told me that you'd asked her to beta a J&W/House crossover, and she asked me to co-beta. If you're interested in having me do so, I'd be thrilled to! I love both House and J & W, and there must be more J&W/House crossover!crack in the world, so I would love to get a sneak preview. And I love to beta! I'm always honored to do so. :)

And you said you had claimed one of the J & W prompts? Does that mean there's more up for grabs? Is it too late to claim? I may have to look into that!

Anyway, my email is in my profile, so whenever you have something to look at, or if you even want to bounce ideas off of me & river, please do feel free to drop us a line!

I'm excited to see what you come up with! :)

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Pleased to meet you! And so happy to find such capable and enthusiastic betas!

Yes indeed, there are two J & W prompts (http://community.livejournal.com/hw_fest/16132.html), #22 and #101, though for some mysterious reason, my claim to #22 hasn't shown up yet [bites back worried tears]. Lots of time left to claim!

P.S. I recently made a little House/Wilson fanvid (http://community.livejournal.com/house_wilson/578634.html) to a song from the musical By Jeeves! It's a parody of House/Cameron, if you are interested...

I'll e-mail you two privately as soon as I have a draft done. (Gotta get some of that school stuff done too though.) Thanks again!

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