Day 09 (Alt) - Roses

General Audiences | No Archive Warnings Apply | Gilligan's Island (TV 1964)

Gen | for lonelygloomyhobbit | 100 words | 2022-06-09 | Pride Month 2022 | AO3

The Professor | Roy Hinkley & Ginger Grant

The Professor | Roy Hinkley, Ginger Grant

Drabble, Prompt Fill

"Why, Professor...for me?"

He frowned. "Of course, for you. Don't take this the wrong way-"

"Oh, but Professor - Roy...? I don't see how I possibly could!"

Another frown, and a stray bit of sand brushed from the crepe-paper roses' petals. Her face was still all adoration.

"Ginger. You know perfectly well I have no interest in such things. Yes, they're for you, but merely because you're my friend. Why don't you give them to Mary Ann, or something?"

Before she could swoon out of habit at the Professor's retreating form, Ginger stopped to think about it. Why not, indeed?