hypothetical fic meme

[emef]

stolen from celli!

Give me the title of a hypothetical fic (and fandom/characters/pairing if you like) and I will:
-tell you what it's about
-recall my favorite or least favorite parts
-possibly attempt to write an excerpt of it

EDIT: hypothetical fic descriptions so far
- David Mitchell/James Acaster giraffe prompt story
- Oz Ballet AU gender change Christina Keller/Tabitha Beecher story
- John Robins/Elis James. Prompt: Turnabout
- Generation Kill: the one where Brad Colbert has a crush on a disembodied voice.
- hypothetical fic about David Mitchell, villain of your dreams
- Ashes to Ashes hypothetical fairy tale fic
- James Acaster/David Mitchell 'Call Me' prompt

Comments

[crispfencer]

oooooh.

Britcom RPF, 'Call Me When You Get Back'

James Acaster/David Mitchell Call Me When You Get Back prompt

[emef]

Ok so. James Acaster REALLY enjoys making David Mitchell laugh during the WILTY recordings so he keeps it up for a while after the show, and somehow it turns into a bit about James being David's mistress. Lots of people get involved in it, it is extremely funny, etc. So that's a thing. But then! Here's what happens: when David has to leave James says "call me when you get back" and it is so completely a joke to James that he doesn't even remember it later on. David, however, does remember it and at first he thinks that it was part of the joke, but then he starts getting worried about whether he should call James. James is young and rather kind, actually, and David knows that sometimes younger comedians can feel slighted by older ones and - and James did in fact give him his phone number. So that's. How they accidentally start regularly calling each other.

My least favourite part of this story is worrying about the logistics while writing it (I DON'T KNOW HOW TELEVISION IS MADE! I DON'T KNOW HOW BRITAIN WORKS! send help) but my favourite part of this story is the part where the next time they're both booked for the same thing David happens to see James hugging someone very pretty, and suddenly experiences a very embarrassing jolt of envy/jealousy and it makes him feel foolish in the best way.

Re: James Acaster/David Mitchell Call Me When You Get Back prompt

[crispfencer]

YES YES YES
I love David’s soft spot for James morphing into something more and then he catches himself doing it but whoops, too late.
Each time you post James/David things I get more convinced that this is solid gold ship. <3

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[emef]

OH ALSO - at one point James records a frankly appallingly competent rendition of Blondie's 'Call Me' for David