Scene/Moment/Story

Nominator and motivation

Lori O

Teaspoon's Almanac

at Writers' Ranch

Broedy

Gluttony: Too Much Of A Good Thing

at Writers' Ranch

Mercy

This is one of those stories that you can't help but laugh aloud when you read it.

Jo

You Wanna do What?

at Writers' Ranch

Leah

Buck agrees to help kid and Lou with a delicate task. Teaspoon overhears only part of the conversation and gets the wrong idea. He is flustered as he tries to talk the riders out of the proposed threesome. (yes its PG rated!)

Karen

It's Time

at Ponnyexpressen

What?” asked a puzzled Teaspoon.

His friend turned to face him, and Teaspoon immediately recognized the look of joy and terror residing on his features. He worked to control the chuckle that threatened to overtake him.

“She said, ‘yes’,” his friend repeated a little bit louder.

“That’s good, isn’t it?” asked Teaspoon. “You didn’t want her to refuse you, did you?”

“I’m not sure,” came the hushed reply. “I guess I was so positive she would say no that I didn’t even think about what would happen if she didn’t.”

This time Teaspoon couldn’t contain the laugh. “Why in tarnation did you even ask then?” he finally managed to ask.

His companion smiled and relaxed a little, “Well, after everything that happened this past week, I suddenly realized all I needed to be happy was her. So, this evening while we were sitting there talking after dinner, I proposed and she. . .”

Teaspoon waited grinning. After a few seconds, he prompted, “She. . .”

“She accepted.” His friend turned his joyful, frightened gaze back to Teaspoon. “What do I do now?”

Teaspoon’s grinned widened. “You get married, you fool. What did you think you’d do?”

“I honestly don’t know. Like I said, I really thought she’d say no. That she couldn’t, or wouldn’t, because of my job being dangerous. It being too hard . . .” he sighed.

Wendy M

I got such a chuckle out of this story...I could so picture the shell-chocked expression on Sam's face because Emma said yes, and the amused one on Teaspoon's.