Tangles ([info]entangled_now) wrote in [info]libraryofsol,

Fic: Folding

Title:  Folding
Fandom: Dr. Horrible
Pairing: Captain Hammer/Billy
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: In no way mine, or anything to do with me, I own nothing.
Summary: "I'm doing laundry, and you're not allowed to harass me when I'm not in costume," Billy reminds him.
AN: Written for [info]lcm for my icon writing meme.



Billy knows the minute he walks in, he's getting far too good at recognising Hammer with the back of his head. He thinks maybe that's a survival instinct.

"I'm doing laundry, and you're not allowed to harass me when I'm not in costume," Billy reminds him.

It's one of the rules.

Hammer appears at his left, in full costume, Billy's never seen him out of costume maybe he doesn't even have a real identity? Maybe his parents grew him in a tube.

"Evil laundry!" Hammer accuses, and Billy really is starting to wonder if Hammer is actually a crazy person.

"No, just laundry, strangely enough."

Hammer looks tempted, just for a moment, to rifle through it. Billy decides that if he tries it they're going to have a problem.

When nothing happens he turns back to his laundry. The hairs on the back of his neck crawl but he stubbornly refuses to turn back round and see what Hammer's doing. Because if there's one thing Hammer hates it's being ignored and Billy is willing to take every single victory he can get.

Ten seconds later it's significantly harder to ignore him, because Hammer's breathing down his neck like he expects evil to, at any moment, appear out of the back of his head.

Billy slithers round, finds Captain Hammer far too close and he knows from experience that trying to shove him away is a losing battle.

"Seriously, stop harassing me."

"I'm keeping an eye on you for the public good."

"You're keeping an eye on me doing laundry, you must have better things to do."

Hammer leans in, in a way he clearly thinks is fierce and heroic.

Billy looks down, at where Captain Hammer now has him pressed into the dryer with the sort of enthusiasm which isn't the flavour usually found between a hero and his nemesis. Suddenly a lot of things make sense.

"You're just a little bit gay aren't you," Billy says quietly.

There's a very long moment of pointed silence from Captain Hammer.

"Of course not, I'm a superhero," he says, not entirely convincingly.

As protests go, it's an interesting one.

"Of course you are," Billy says sensibly. "And the two are obviously mutually exclusive."

Hammer scowls at him like he doesn't know what that means, but suspects he's being insulted.

Then his expression changes, like someone flipped a switch in his brain.

"So, if I was, would you be-"

"No," Billy says carefully. "No, I don't think I would."

"Why not?" It's more of a demand than a question.

"You dislocated my shoulder last week," Billy reminds him, in case he's forgotten.

"You were doing evil!" Hammer protests.

Which is, broadly speaking, true. But it's the principle of the thing. Billy has a rule about dating people who regularly send him to the hospital.

"The Hammer can be gentle," Captain Hammer says, in what he clearly thinks is absolutely not a creepy voice.

Billy nearly knocks the basket off of the top of the dryer.

"No, I do not, I repeat, do not, in any way, want to become intimately acquainted with 'the Hammer.'" The fact that Billy's brain just put that in air quotes is very, very disturbing.

"The Hammer is-"

"Yes," Billy cuts him off before the mental images get any more disturbing. "I think we established what the Hammer is, or isn't, already, seriously don't you have anything better to do?"

The answer seems to be no.

Billy gets the feeling it's going to be a long day.





 
Tags: dr horrible, dr horrible: dr horrible/captain hammer, genre: slash, rating: pg-13, word count: 500-1500

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[info]dodificus

October 14 2009, 07:38:50 UTC 2 years ago

"The Hammer can be gentle," Captain Hammer says, in what he clearly thinks is absolutely not a creepy voice.

heehee! It's pretty awesome that Captain Hammer being creepy is canon:D

[info]entangled_now

October 14 2009, 07:57:28 UTC 2 years ago

Lol! It is, Hammer's ability to be unexpectedly, and shamelessly, creepy at a moment's notice is far too amusing.

I'm glad you liked it.

[info]miya_tenaka

October 14 2009, 08:19:33 UTC 2 years ago

"You're just a little bit gay aren't you," Billy says quietly.

"Of course not, I'm a superhero,"


LMAO!

This fic soooo made me lol. I love Captain Hammer's creepiness and his silly excuses to stalk Billy.XD

[info]entangled_now

October 14 2009, 09:42:50 UTC 2 years ago

Why thank you! Captain Hammer is such a creepy stalker, and he probably doesn't even know why he's doing it :D

I'm really pleased you liked it!

[info]paxlux

October 14 2009, 09:26:07 UTC 2 years ago

AHAHAHAHA! Oh, YOU. ♥ I love this too! How do you do it?

*cupcakes*

[info]entangled_now

October 14 2009, 09:44:09 UTC 2 years ago

Why thank you! I couldn't resist some creepy laundromat stalking for these two! Because it amuses me, I'm glad it amused you too :D

Cupcakes! \o/

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[info]cormallen

October 14 2009, 13:03:49 UTC 2 years ago

Captain Hammer says, in what he clearly thinks is absolutely not a creepy voice

Yeah, stalking people in laundromats is pretty up there on the creepy scale. Evil laundry! Hee! I love it.

[info]entangled_now

October 14 2009, 16:17:46 UTC 2 years ago

I get the feeling Hammer would stalk Billy in the laundromat in the honest belief that evil laundry would happen if he wasn't there!

I'm glad you liked it.

[info]master_kogane

October 14 2009, 13:09:54 UTC 2 years ago

This totally made my afternoon XD

I love your Billy <3333

[info]entangled_now

October 14 2009, 16:18:23 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you! I love writing Billy so I'm glad you were amused :D

[info]idioticonion

October 14 2009, 14:03:03 UTC 2 years ago

Possibly my new fave Dr Horrible fic of all time.

I love the tone of this. The humour is so perfectly in-keeping with the Blog.

LOVE IT!

[info]entangled_now

October 14 2009, 16:19:55 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you very much! That's so nice of you to say, I'm really glad the humour felt right to you! :D

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[info]entangled_now

October 14 2009, 18:28:40 UTC 2 years ago

Lol! Why thank you! I'm glad I amused you :D

[info]emony2

October 14 2009, 18:57:03 UTC 2 years ago

*giggles* that totally made by day - especially after my boss telling us we're all doomed - you know, 'cause we're all gonna get the evil swine flu and it'll ruin everything... and obviously the three of us in my part of the dept are gonna get the worst... I tried really hard to wait until after he'd gone away to roll my eyes...

[info]entangled_now

October 14 2009, 19:29:57 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you! I'm glad I improved your day :D

I'm sure you're not all doomed, though I can't think why you were told you're going to get it the worst, that's not very nice, that's a focused sort of doom D:

[info]caedesdeo

October 14 2009, 19:10:38 UTC 2 years ago

Oh dude, I made the embarrassing happy squeaky noise before I'd even read this!

Seriously, this is what you do to me.


And this was totally worth the second and third happy squeaky noises it caused. -loves-

[info]entangled_now

October 14 2009, 19:31:49 UTC 2 years ago

I'm so glad it made you happy! Thank you! :D

All embarrassing squeaking noises will be taken as compliments!

[info]adoxography_tea

October 14 2009, 19:21:01 UTC 2 years ago

Awweeeesooomemmemmememeeee! YEAH!

[info]entangled_now

October 14 2009, 19:34:48 UTC 2 years ago

WHY THANK YOU! :D

[info]dmlpacker

October 14 2009, 19:58:05 UTC 2 years ago

Ahahaha, I like the fluffy humor. Perfect for not thinking about depressing schoolwork :)

[info]entangled_now

October 14 2009, 20:22:18 UTC 2 years ago

Why thank you! I'm glad I could distract you away from depressing schoolwork for a while :D

[info]radioactivepiss

October 15 2009, 06:22:55 UTC 2 years ago

I woke up to this, and I'm gonna be giggling all day. XD ♥

[info]entangled_now

October 15 2009, 07:38:41 UTC 2 years ago

Why thank you! I'm really glad it amused you XD

[info]adafrog

October 16 2009, 00:55:05 UTC 2 years ago

heee! Thanks.

[info]entangled_now

October 16 2009, 08:48:39 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you!

[info]missaffliction

October 16 2009, 03:00:33 UTC 2 years ago

That made me giggle and smile and be full of happy :D.

"The Hammer can be gentle," leading into 'Billy nearly knocks the basket off of the top of the dryer.'" made me giggle out loud =P

Especially followed by "The Hammer is-" and Billy cutting him off because we all knew what he was about to say :D.

That was seriously adorable, and from now on whenever I do laundry I'm going to call it 'evil laundry.' :D

[info]entangled_now

October 16 2009, 08:55:30 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you very much! I'm really pleased it amused you, I was hoping it would be funny :D

I would be disappointed if you didn't do evil laundry from now on!

[info]jellymaster

October 16 2009, 08:42:43 UTC 2 years ago

Ha ha, this is great! There just isn't enough Dr. Horrible slash in this fandom, but just this one-shot's amount of epicness was enough to satisfy me immensly. <3 I loved every bit of it, from the dialogue, to the monologue (which was kickass, BTW) and the in-characterness of it all. (Yes, in-characterness is a word! >_>)

But I must comment on the part that really made my inner fangirl squeal! <333

"The Hammer can be gentle," Captain Hammer says, in what he clearly thinks is absolutely not a creepy voice.

Billy nearly knocks the basket off of the top of the dryer.

"No, I do not, I repeat, do not, in any way, want to become intimately acquainted with 'the Hammer.'" The fact that Billy's brain just put that in air quotes is very, very disturbing.

"The Hammer is-"

"Yes," Billy cuts him off before the mental images get any more disturbing. "I think we established what the Hammer is, or isn't, already, seriously don't you have anything better to do?"

That whole scene was win. XD I was laughing so hard when Billy interrupted him before Hammer could state (for what's probably been the umpteenth time in boht their lifetimes, I bet.XD) what 'the Hammer' was. It reminds me so much of that memorable, yet very lolerific moment in the movie when Hammer first says that. XDD You are such an amazing writer. After seeing how much of a concieted douchebag Hammer was in the movie, I couldn't stand him, but the way you portray him in your story makes me actually like him.

And what's funniest of all, is that I can really picture Hammer doing something like this. I agree with dodificus, it IS really great that creepystalker!Hammer is actually canon. xD

[info]entangled_now

October 16 2009, 08:57:46 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you so much for your lovely comment! I'm so glad I could amuse you, I love writing the characters so I'm pleased they both worked for you too. Captain Hammer especially is a lot of fun in a very facepalm-y sort of way. Putting Billy's pessimistic sensibleness against him is always fun.

Billy absolutely must be tired of the Hammer/Penis line by now. I'll bet Hammer just will not stop though. He's absolutely a creepy stalker in canon too XD

[info]demonqueen666

October 20 2009, 04:26:16 UTC 2 years ago

"You're just a little bit gay aren't you," Billy says quietly.

There's a very long moment of pointed silence from Captain Hammer.


And that's where I started sniggering audibly, though I had long begun to do so internally. Like, from word one.

And I know everyone else has alreadu quoted it but:

"The Hammer can be gentle," Captain Hammer says, in what he clearly thinks is absolutely not a creepy voice.

BEST. EVER. XD XD XD

[info]entangled_now

October 20 2009, 13:21:10 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you so much! I'm really glad it amused you, these two are always fun to write :D

[info]quickthorne

November 3 2009, 09:22:23 UTC 2 years ago

Okay so YES to everything everyone else has said about this, but also:

Billy looks down, at where Captain Hammer now has him pressed into the dryer with the sort of enthusiasm which isn't the flavour usually found between a hero and his nemesis. Suddenly a lot of things make sense.

Obviously Billy has never watched Smallville. ... Or else he really, really has.

[info]entangled_now

November 3 2009, 11:22:28 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you very much! I'm glad you liked it.

LOL! He can learn about the mistreatment of villains, if he hasn't watched Smallville then clearly he needs to. It might make a few things clearer.

[info]amedia

November 7 2009, 02:51:13 UTC 2 years ago

ROFL! This was so very much in tune with the flavor that I loved in the original - I would quote a favorite line, but they're ALL wonderful!

[info]entangled_now

November 7 2009, 09:06:53 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you very much! I'm really pleased it made you laugh, I try and get it to feel right because the 'Blog was the most awesome musical web show ever! (Though that doesn't feel exactly fair what with it being the only musical web show ever. Lol.)

[info]darkcrows001

April 16 2010, 12:20:49 UTC 2 years ago

"The Hammer can be gentle," Captain Hammer says, in what he clearly thinks is absolutely not a creepy voice.

The so gonna be in my list of things to say to my boyfriend/girlfriend, soon as get one! And I don't even care if I'm a girl!

[info]entangled_now

April 16 2010, 12:51:19 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you very much! That was my favourite line :D

[info]afullmargin

November 17 2010, 05:58:52 UTC 1 year ago

:) I love this bit of absolute creeper!Hammer. Perfection!

[info]entangled_now

November 17 2010, 10:03:23 UTC 1 year ago

Thank you! Hammer is such a creeper.

[info]chiaki_harada

December 4 2011, 19:19:35 UTC 5 months ago

Someone is turning into a stalker. ;D I love this fandom. And Billy is always adorable. But considering who plays him, that's to be expected.

[info]entangled_now

December 5 2011, 09:27:17 UTC 5 months ago

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it :)

[info]zilentdreamer

January 27 2012, 07:42:16 UTC 4 months ago

Lol'd so hard after reading this!

In fact, still laughing.

[info]entangled_now

January 28 2012, 10:21:14 UTC 4 months ago

Thank you, I'm glad it amused you :)
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