The cast soon found that Jimothy’s magic hugs were indeed wonderful things.
At the British Comedy Awards, Larry had been so nervous he’d been sick, Jim had given him a hug to calm him down. When their win was announced Larry had shot up on stage to deliver the now infamous “and if you’re not really really happy for us, that’s the same as punching a baby” speech.
Mat had been suffering a severe case of song writing block when a hug from Jim had yielded a massive burst of creativity which had led to him writing songs furiously for 5 days and then recording his own EP.
And it had been a special Jimothy hug that had put a stop to Ben’s flustered and inept attempts to ask Mat out and given him the confidence to just go up to him, slam him up against the wall, snog his face off and say “you’re coming home with me tonight”.
Though Jim had to admit, he had kind of thought Ben would wait till he and Mat were alone and not do it in the middle of the canteen but still.
Mind you there were times when they weren’t sure this had been such a good idea as instead of witnessing the bumbling and the stammering, they now had to witness the kissing, cuddling and general vomit inducing gooeyness. Generally though, the hugs worked their magic and everyone’s lives were better.
Until one day, when things started to go wrong.
Simon had forgotten his lines - again, they were on take 15 of the same sketch and everyone was becoming more than a little tetchy with him. When he buggered up the 15th take, Mat whispered at Jim to give him a cuddle
“honestly Jim if you don’t, we’ll be here till 9 o clock tonight still doing the same sketch”
“yeh ok” Jim went up to Simon and hugged him – but this time it felt wrong. Usually he could feel the tiredness or irritation or sadness or whatever flow into him but this time he couldn’t. Instead what flowed into him was a small amount of enthusiasm, determination and happiness. Jim frowned, that didn’t feel right at all!
Simon let go of him and yawned again.
“positions everyone” shouted the director “and action”
They all rushed forward waving their swords except Simon who stayed where he was blinking at people in confusion. This was weird he thought, what were all these people doing dressed as Romans, he looked down, why was he dressed as a Roman?? In fact who were these people anyway?
“Simon??” the director was shouting at him “Simon what the hell are you doing?? You’re not even doing the actions now”
Simon looked at him puzzled “what are we doing man??”
The director looked at him “are you taking the piss?”
“no seriously” said Simon, “what are we doing? Why am I wearing a sheet? Who are you people?”
“erm I think we need to take 5” said the director
The others rushed over to Simon
“what are you doing?” hissed Mat crossly
Yes” said larry “it’s not funny mate, we’ve done this over and over, what are you playing at?”
Simon looked at them in confusion “do I know you?”
They looked at each other “er yeh” said Ben “we’re the people you’ve been with practically 24 hours a day for the past 2 months, you know the same ones you’ve been acting with for 3 years”
Simon looked at them blankly “no” he shook his head “sorry”
Ben rubbed his nose “I don’t know what’s going on but he’s clearly not right”
“maybe Jim should hug him again?” said Mat
“well I wouldn’t normally, not so close after the last one” said Jim
“please Jim” said Larry “just so we can be sure he’s not completely whakkus bonkus”
“ok” Jim closed his eyes and hugged Simon again, ah this felt better. He felt confusion, tiredness and puzzlement flow into him and determination and enthusiasm flow back the other way. He let go staggering slightly and Larry put his arm out to hold him up
Simon shook his head again and stared at them “what’s going on man” he asked “why aren’t we shooting?”
“just taking a 5 minute break” said Mat “and then we’re starting again”
This time the shoot went by without any problems and the sketch was wrapped
Jim wondered whether he should say anything about the first hug, after all it had felt all wrong and Simon had gone really weird after it but then the second one was fine. It was probably just an aberration he told himself, after all you never knew with magic. Probably wouldn’t happen again
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Jimothy's Magic Hugs AU 2/?
Date: 2011-11-15 12:12 pm (UTC)At the British Comedy Awards, Larry had been so nervous he’d been sick, Jim had given him a hug to calm him down. When their win was announced Larry had shot up on stage to deliver the now infamous “and if you’re not really really happy for us, that’s the same as punching a baby” speech.
Mat had been suffering a severe case of song writing block when a hug from Jim had yielded a massive burst of creativity which had led to him writing songs furiously for 5 days and then recording his own EP.
And it had been a special Jimothy hug that had put a stop to Ben’s flustered and inept attempts to ask Mat out and given him the confidence to just go up to him, slam him up against the wall, snog his face off and say “you’re coming home with me tonight”.
Though Jim had to admit, he had kind of thought Ben would wait till he and Mat were alone and not do it in the middle of the canteen but still.
Mind you there were times when they weren’t sure this had been such a good idea as instead of witnessing the bumbling and the stammering, they now had to witness the kissing, cuddling and general vomit inducing gooeyness. Generally though, the hugs worked their magic and everyone’s lives were better.
Until one day, when things started to go wrong.
Simon had forgotten his lines - again, they were on take 15 of the same sketch and everyone was becoming more than a little tetchy with him. When he buggered up the 15th take, Mat whispered at Jim to give him a cuddle
“honestly Jim if you don’t, we’ll be here till 9 o clock tonight still doing the same sketch”
“yeh ok” Jim went up to Simon and hugged him – but this time it felt wrong. Usually he could feel the tiredness or irritation or sadness or whatever flow into him but this time he couldn’t. Instead what flowed into him was a small amount of enthusiasm, determination and happiness. Jim frowned, that didn’t feel right at all!
Simon let go of him and yawned again.
“positions everyone” shouted the director “and action”
They all rushed forward waving their swords except Simon who stayed where he was blinking at people in confusion. This was weird he thought, what were all these people doing dressed as Romans, he looked down, why was he dressed as a Roman?? In fact who were these people anyway?
“Simon??” the director was shouting at him “Simon what the hell are you doing?? You’re not even doing the actions now”
Simon looked at him puzzled “what are we doing man??”
The director looked at him “are you taking the piss?”
“no seriously” said Simon, “what are we doing? Why am I wearing a sheet? Who are you people?”
“erm I think we need to take 5” said the director
The others rushed over to Simon
“what are you doing?” hissed Mat crossly
Yes” said larry “it’s not funny mate, we’ve done this over and over, what are you playing at?”
Simon looked at them in confusion “do I know you?”
They looked at each other “er yeh” said Ben “we’re the people you’ve been with practically 24 hours a day for the past 2 months, you know the same ones you’ve been acting with for 3 years”
Simon looked at them blankly “no” he shook his head “sorry”
Ben rubbed his nose “I don’t know what’s going on but he’s clearly not right”
“maybe Jim should hug him again?” said Mat
“well I wouldn’t normally, not so close after the last one” said Jim
“please Jim” said Larry “just so we can be sure he’s not completely whakkus bonkus”
“ok” Jim closed his eyes and hugged Simon again, ah this felt better. He felt confusion, tiredness and puzzlement flow into him and determination and enthusiasm flow back the other way. He let go staggering slightly and Larry put his arm out to hold him up
Simon shook his head again and stared at them “what’s going on man” he asked “why aren’t we shooting?”
“just taking a 5 minute break” said Mat “and then we’re starting again”
This time the shoot went by without any problems and the sketch was wrapped
Jim wondered whether he should say anything about the first hug, after all it had felt all wrong and Simon had gone really weird after it but then the second one was fine. It was probably just an aberration
he told himself, after all you never knew with magic. Probably wouldn’t happen again
would it??