15 April 2011 (Drabble Project, Day 330)
Nov. 26th, 2012 02:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
were_lemurStopping by to see her grandfather, Donna meets a floppy-haired, bow-tied stranger.
"Donna, I wasn't expecting you."
"I just thought I'd pop round." She belatedly realizes there's a third person in the room; all legs and elbows, he is, with floppy hair and a bowtie. "I should have called."
"Don't be silly, you're always welcome."
The guest unfolds himself. "Anyway, I was just leaving. Wilfred, it's been wonderful seeing you again."
"Ah, you too," her grandfather says; there's real affection for the stranger beneath the uncharacteristic awkwardness in his tone.
"You don't have to go," Donna says, feeling like an intruder.
"Things to see, people to ... see. It's been lovely meeting you."
"Donna, I wasn't expecting you."
"I just thought I'd pop round." She belatedly realizes there's a third person in the room; all legs and elbows, he is, with floppy hair and a bowtie. "I should have called."
"Don't be silly, you're always welcome."
The guest unfolds himself. "Anyway, I was just leaving. Wilfred, it's been wonderful seeing you again."
"Ah, you too," her grandfather says; there's real affection for the stranger beneath the uncharacteristic awkwardness in his tone.
"You don't have to go," Donna says, feeling like an intruder.
"Things to see, people to ... see. It's been lovely meeting you."
