eclecticmuses, December 2007 Prompt: "Christmas wants"

eclecticmuses, December 2007 Prompt #1 "What's something you really wanted for Christmas but never got?"

This could be split into two facets – the want of a child, and the want of an adult. When I was a kid (around nine, I think), all I wanted for Christmas was a surfboard. I’m a born, bred, and natural Australia, so being brought up on the beach wasn’t uncommon. I loved the sun, the sand, the water. Even getting sand in my shorts wasn’t an issue.

I used to sit and watched the burly surfers for hours, my feet dug into the hot sand. I started asking for a surfboard when I was six years old. I was fascinated with how they managed to stay on and even spent a few years of my early childhood believing what my cousin told me in that surfers got glued to their boards, and some even used chewing gum to hold them in place. Great! Fly about in the water and get to chew loads of gum to pull it off. The mind of a six year old lives in simplicity.

Christmas at nine years old, I was convinced was going to be there year. I saved all my pocket money to buy special straps to carry it on my shoulder. It never came. In fact, my Christmas presents that year consisted of things like a school bag and a fountain pen. I think my father really believed he could start molding me at that age.

I bought my own surfboard when I was sixteen, though I never really got over hoping to see a board-shaped package sitting under the tree for me every year up to that point. It’s funny the things that stick with you once you leave your childhood behind.

eclecticmuses, December 2007 Prompt: "Egregious"

eclecticmuses, December 2007 Prompt: "Egregious"

Without a doubt, Gregory House was one caustic guy. It took Chase close to a year to stop being shocked by things that would come out of his notorious boss’ mouth. No one and nothing was sacred. It took Chase even longer to analyse why House managed to be such a genius doctor in the face of it, and then even longer still to realise there was no point even trying to figure it out. It was just one of those things, like buses running late or getting black coffee when you ordered white – not worth really worrying about because it was beyond your control.

Chase did learn enough, however, to know he didn’t want to become egregious like House. Amusingly so, the word actually contains the snarky doctor’s given name. He’d likely tell you that it was deliberate or he invented the word himself. Modesty certainly wasn’t a concept House was familiar with, to say the least.

Though, could one really avoid elements of egregiousness in themselves? Chase’s teen years contained many a questionable event. In fact, one such time he only barely avoided getting kicked out of med school and ending up with a criminal record. That wasn’t something he chose to willingly reveal now that he was a fully qualified, crime-free physician. But still, if the definition of egregious is conspicuously bad or offensive, Chase knew he was guilty of it in the past… he just didn’t pride himself of it like his elusive ex-boss, who Chase still, despite everything, respected unconditionally.

chasemd's DECEMBER 2007 ROUND-UP

thetenspot:

- Prompt 002: TEN Facts About Your Muse
- Prompt 022: TEN worst dates ever
- Prompt 053: TEN Things that you wish didn't take so long
- Prompt 056: TEN moments that define you as a person
- Prompt 066: TEN things you'll never forget about 2007

fandom_muses:

- introtofandom: Dr Robert Chase
- December 2007 Prompt 1: Picture prompt, shovel & pail

muse_playground:

- December 2007 Prompt 160: What are your favourite names?

licenseartistic:

- September 2007 Prompt 1: Don't worry, it only seems kinky the first time

eclecticmuses:

- December 2007 Prompt 1: What's something you really wanted for Christmas but never got?
- December 2007 Prompt 2: Egregious


All submissions can be found in chasemd's MEMORIES.

un_love_you Prompts Table for Dr Robert Chase

01.	You were right about me.	02.	I was wrong about you.	03.	This cancels out the hurt.
04.	I need to want you.	05.	You can be like me.	06.	I want to need you.
07.	Prove it.	08.	I'm cruel.	09.	Always wondered what this'd be like.
10.	I'm broken.	11.	Thought I needed this.	12.	I'm drunk.
13.	I want to hurt you.	14.	I'm awake and you're breathing.	15.	This is my desperation in action.
16.	I want to break you.	17.	Wish I didn't love you.	18.	I pity you.
19.	This isn't about you at all.	20.	I hate you, you bitch.	21.	You'll do.
22.	I hate myself.	23.	You remind me of me.	24.	I want you to hate me.
25.	You remind me of someone.	26.	I can be like you.	27.	Author's Choice.
28.	Author's Choice.	29.	Author's Choice.	30.	Author's Choice.