i feel the pull on the rope, let me off at the rainbow

General Audiences | No Archive Warnings Apply | Mork & Mindy (TV 1978)

Other | for candybaroque, slightly_petty | 100 words | 2023-03-25 | the lamb | AO3

Mindy McConnell/Mork (Mork & Mindy)

Mindy McConnell, Mork (Mork & Mindy)

Drabble, Inspired by Music, Source: Genesis, Source: Peter Gabriel

"Now, Mork, you know, when I first mentioned you to my dad, well-"

Mindy paused, almost instinctively; already she'd gotten used to the pattern of Mork's interjections at every reference to Earth-normal concepts. No interruption came, however, probably because they'd already addressed the concept of patrilineage. Somewhat.

Mork smiled, gentle and inquisitive.

So: "I referred to you as 'him', and he - that is, my father - was surprised to hear that. But I was sort of surprised too, because, well..."

No real reaction. Then again, she had no reason to suspect that Mork was something so simple as a guy, either.