April's Demise

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

*Sneaks in a bit late as I JUST got home from work*  Sorry.

Title: 
Author: tay_21
Fandom: Primeval
Pairings: Connor/Abby 
Rating: G
Genre: Fluff
Warning/Advertisements: None.  
Disclaimer: Primeval and its characters belong to Impossible Pictures. No copyright infringement is intended.
Author's Note: Written for Primeval_100, challenge: April Leonard

April’s Demise 

The task was simple.  Drive a wedge between the geek and his girl.  She’d done it before.  How hard could it be?

She thought she could pull it off.  But when she caught them shagging in his off-limit office for the fifth time in a week, she started to doubt it would work. 

What did that little blonde minx have that she didn’t?

Was she really seeing honest to god true love?  No, it didn’t exist, wasn’t possible.

April looked back and shook her head.  Connor was still a man, and therefore weak. Her mission would succeed in the end. 

Comments

[evenstar-estel.livejournal.com]

You know, if she wasn't such a villainous bitch, I'd almost feel sorry for her for being so ingorant. But since she is, I just say to April - stew in your own misery, you'll NEVER be as awesome as Abby Maitland.

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

(GOD I *HATE* this commenting page! The new layout SUCKS!! *grumbles* Fracking stupid LJ)

HEE! She's so totally villainous. :-D I almost stood up and cheered in that last ep. LOL! Connor and Abby have true love and there is NOTHING, especially no stupid broad that is gonna come between them. She just ain't got it. :-D

[rodlox.livejournal.com]

strange definition of awesome, given that nobody tortures Connor half as well as Abby does.

[luvconnor.livejournal.com]

Great drabble :) April always kinda made me laugh when she would trying to be all conniving and manipulate them..........woman had no clue what she was dealing with. Those two had dealt with far worse than a meddling bitch and become all the stronger for it. She didn't stand a chance, she was just to ignorant to know it ;)

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

You know, you make an excellent point. If April is guilty of anything it's probably ineptness and underestimation. There was no way she could succeed, but April never quite figured out that she was indeed fighting a losing battle.

[rodlox.livejournal.com]

is it ignorance if she doesn't know? (who would have told her about Caroline? or about Jack?)

[luvconnor.livejournal.com]

Perhaps arrogance would be a better word. Thinking she was dealing with average people, an average couple that could easily be pulled apart with little more than a dropped suggestion or a seed of doubt. I was referring more to their time in the Cretaceous, the mental/emotional trials as well as the physical that created a bond unlike anything that most would ever experience. What's a conniving witch compared to facing down monsters and nightmares on a daily basis?

[natchris.livejournal.com]

Very nice insight into April's extremely interesting thought processes.

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

Thank you. This prompt proved to be the hardest for me so far. I'm not an April fan and I had a hard time getting into her head.

[rodlox.livejournal.com]

very creative.

almost makes me wonder if April is hyperspecialized in terms of what sort of problem-solving she engages in professionally.

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

Thank you.

I just think she was in over her head and didn't ever realize it.

[flaccidduck.livejournal.com]

This is a great drabble!

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much.

[judithjohn.livejournal.com]

I really like this line: "Connor was still a man, and therefore weak"

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

HEE! Thanks. April just seemed the kind to use honeyed words and ego stroking to advance her own position.

[freddiejoey.livejournal.com]

I love April's question: "Was she really seeing honest to god true love?"

Short answer April - I hope so!

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

YES! She was seeing that, but she refused to believe it. Besides., I have a hard time respecting a character that has no other purpose than drive a wedge between two people that love each other.

[prehistoriccat.livejournal.com]

No-one comes between Connor and Abby and true love... certainly not a jumped up blonde with a false voice and pretend glasses. Nice drabble :)

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

HEE! Exactly! Spot on summation. LOL. Thank you. ;-)

[joshinator.livejournal.com]

Fantastic look at April's motives

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

Thank you. It was difficult to get in her head, so I'm glad you liked what I came up with.

[sarah ashfold (from livejournal.com)]

April should have done her research, then she would have said to Phillip your wasting your time trying to come between these two, lol great drabble very good insite into why the hell April was even in the show .

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

DAMMIT I NEED A SUBJECT LINE TO WARN FOR POSSIBLE SPOILERS!!!!!!! ARGH! *Shakes fist at LJ*

Thank you. I think that ANYONE who did research into these two would have known there was no breaking them up. However, I guess we have to give her kudos. If she hadn't had that little threatening convo with Abby in the elevator, Abby wouldn't have copied Connor's hard-drive and they'd all have died in the bug episode. :-D

[reggietate.livejournal.com]

Super drabble - that's definitely April! :-)

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I had a hard time getting a sense of who April was, so I'm glad you enjoyed it. I've never really written her.

[fredbassett]

Pride goes before a fall! In this case, literally...

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

HEE! It does indeed. Thanks. (Off to read S&S in a bit. :-D ) (If you've posted it, I've not even had time to check yet. *Headdesk*)

[basched.livejournal.com]

Scheming cow aint she?! lol but it would never work!

Nice work!

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I was just totally floored that she even had the gall to try. She never had a shot. :-)

[ebonyfeather.livejournal.com]

I do feel a bit sorry for her- she's got a job to do and not a hope in hell of succeeding!

Great drabble.

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

April doesn't have a chance, even on a cold day in hell. She just doesn't know it. Thanks for the comment.

[clea2011]

Great drabble, April doesn't have a hope :)

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

LOL! No she doesn't. Thanks for the comment. :-D

[talliw.livejournal.com]

Well, in this case she apparently miscalculated.

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

She certainly has. Poor girl. Oops. :-P Thanks for the comment.

[knitekat.livejournal.com]

Nice look into April's head. She didn't stand a chance.

[aunteeneenah.livejournal.com]

April's a flipping nitwit! Thing is, she had this supreme ego where she was certain she could break up Connor and Abby but it's obvious she knows nothing of real love. Conby are a team and even if they have some issues, they will always be there for each other. April's a twit! Oh, really liked this, good job.

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the lovely comment. You hit the nail on the head. she was doomed from the start because they are a team. No matter what, that's the deal with them. A team.

[deinonychus-1.livejournal.com]

Hah! April has no idea what she's up against! Great drabble.

Late is fine this time, especially considering that I posted the new challenge early, and I know the timezone differences can make it difficult. Just don't make a habit of it ;-) *puts modly hat away*

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much.

The time zone difference for this can be quite distressing. I'm trying to post earlier than the last day of the week now though. LOL! I'm a procrastinator and I like to mull things over for a while before I post.

[celeste9]

I like this look at April as being just totally misguided and deluded.

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

April is so totally doomed to failure. She just doesn't know it. Thanks for the comment. :-)

[lsellersfic.livejournal.com]

I think April's approach may be wrong!

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

LOL! Yup... probably. Hehehehehe! Thanks for the comment. :-)

[cordeliadelayne]

Great drabble!

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :-D

[samueljames]

Nice look at April who has really underestimated the bond between Abby & Connor.

[tay-21.livejournal.com]

She certainly has. ;-) Thanks for commenting.