FIC: Stuffed Bears (Rymon, PG)

[vanillalime]

Title:  Stuffed Bears
Pairing:  Ryan Seacrest/Simon Cowell
Rating:  PG
Summary:  Ryan's preoccupation with bears pays off in a big way on Valentine's Day.
Length:  521 words
Notes:  Orignally posted on my tumblr for campcupcake11, who asked for a fluffy Valentine's Day Rymon fic.  The trufax information on Care Bears characters came from Wikipedia.  This fic became all the more relevant after the Daily Mail broke the story that Ryan and Julianne had been headed to London (!) for Valentine's Day weekend until their plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Las Vegas.  Hmmmm....

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Ryan blew out the candles and turned down the Frank Sinatra.  It had been a culinary challenge to prepare Simon's favorite fishsticks in a manner that he himself found edible, but he had managed to pull it off.  Serving the meal with a lot of wine seemed to be the key.  As Simon sat down on the couch and sighed contentedly, Ryan handed him a wrapped package.

"Happy Valentine's Day," he said to Simon.  "A special something for my special someone."

Simon gave him a look.

"OK, OK, just open it," Ryan said as he sat down next to him.

Simon tore through the wrappings to reveal a stuffed animal:  Wish Bear, from the line of Care Bear characters.

"A bear for my bear," murmured Ryan.

Simon smiled and giggled.  He slowly read the manufacturer's card attached to Wish Bear's paw: "Wish Bear helps make wishes come true, and although they don't always come true, making wishes and working hard to help make them come true is still fun."

Simon turned to look at Ryan, his brown eyes sparkling.

"Wow.  That?  Is sheer poetry," he said.

"I know, I know!" exclaimed Ryan as he clapped his hands involuntarily.  He then began babbling....

"Most people would have probably gotten you Grumpy Bear, but I know you better than most people.  I mean, Tenderheart Bear and Love-a-Lot Bear were out of the question, obviously, but I considered Friend Bear and even Funshine Bear until I saw Wish Bear.  Wish Bear just has 'Simon Cowell' written all over it."

Ryan paused to catch his breath before adding, "You've made a few of my wishes come true, anyway."

"Quite the accomplishment, considering what you wish for," Simon replied with a grin.  He looked at his bear again.  "I do like the shooting star across its tummy."

Ryan slumped further down into couch, snuggling next to Simon.  "I did some research into Wish Bear after I bought it.  The shooting star is its best friend.  Guess what its name is?"

"Don't tell me it's 'Ryan'."

"Nope.  It's Twinkers."

Simon laughed.  "You're kidding me!"

Ryan started laughing, too.  "Honest to God, I'm telling the truth.  Look it up yourself."

"So, you're the Twink to my Bear?"

"Yep, but get this.... the shooting star is the source of all of Wish Bear's powers.  Take away Twinkers, and Wish Bear becomes just another bear."

They both laughed uncontrollably.

Simon was the first to catch his breath.  With a pout, he said, "And here I had always thought that I was Prince Charming to your swooning princess."

"Oh, you can be that, too," said Ryan.  "You know how I feel about role-play," he added in a breathless voice.

He gave Simon a look that he hoped would convey the desire that had been steadily growing all evening in direct proportion to the amount of wine he had consumed.

Intuitively, Simon pulled him closer and said, "Well, my valentine, in that case, why don't you climb aboard my noble steed and let me carry you away?"

And Ryan chalked up this Valentine's Day as another wish come true.

Comments

[ignazwisdom.livejournal.com]

SQUEE! This was SO cute, and SO funny. Is that Care Bears stuff actually true?

[vanillalime]

LOL, trust me, even in my wildest imagination, I would never have come up with "Twinkers the Shooting Star" who gives Wish Bear his powers. That all came from the Care Bears' Wikipedia entry. Truth is stranger than fiction sometimes!

Ryan's recent fixation on bears (haha) aside, my decision to use Care Bears in the story was based on canon in part. Ryan gave an interview after Simon got "engaged" in which he said he might buy him a Care Bear to put on his bed as a wedding present. As weird as that was, it became even weirder when someone posted an old, unrelated audio clip from Ryan's radio show in which Ryan said how he loves to be called a Care Bear by "certain people." It was quickly established in my mind that Care Bears must be a *thing* with them (akin to their "I'm your oxygen"), and it was a natural decision to use it here. ;-)

Thanks for commenting!

[finitejester37.livejournal.com]

Apparently I missed when this happened -- which is tragic -- but also: WISH BEAR WAS TOTALLY THE CARE BEAR THAT I HAD AS A KID!!!!!!!!

I'm pretty sure this is a sign. Of what, I don't know. But it must be a sign.

Simon would be unimpressed by my saying so, but the boys can be really adorable when they want to be.

[vanillalime]

I felt a little guilty for turning a subject matter so innocent into a big ball of smutty innuendo. But I quickly got over it. :D

You're not on tumblr, are you? I hope you're not missing [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]'s Rymon video clips that she's been posting there-- they're priceless!