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sbpd_papabear) wrote2012-04-04 09:24 pm
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OOM: After Stumbling On Milliways
It's been a couple days since they stumbled into some sort of shared hallucination (which is really the best thing he can think to call it) and neither one has broached the topic. For Henry's part, he's decided it's either too weird to talk about or never happened at all.
Instead, he's working late on Thursday night fixing paperwork that tried to claim Gus' car insurance as a state billable work expense. Nice try.
Just after seven, the station had gone more or less quiet - the steady din of the workday tapering off to the solemn click of a few keyboards punctuating the otherwise still environment. It was kind of nice... perfect time to grab a coffee and check out the snack machine for options to stave off dinner until he went home.
Instead, he's working late on Thursday night fixing paperwork that tried to claim Gus' car insurance as a state billable work expense. Nice try.
Just after seven, the station had gone more or less quiet - the steady din of the workday tapering off to the solemn click of a few keyboards punctuating the otherwise still environment. It was kind of nice... perfect time to grab a coffee and check out the snack machine for options to stave off dinner until he went home.
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He raises both eyebrows; "If we're going to figure this out, we need more than just ourselves."
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"Well, we're our own eyewitnesses. We don't know how to get to the... scene."
She hates what she's about to say, but it's been niggling at her every time the matter comes up.
"If this is some otherworldly kind of thing, that's, well, it's rather in the realm of of Psych, isn't it?"?
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"We can handle this, we'll go together - just the two of us - and try the door I went through."
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The idea of going back is tempting, of course, to figure out just what it was that happened. But she's become the sort of person who likes to have some guarantees in life.
"I can't just disappear, Henry."
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On cue, the waiter arrives with their wine and two nice large glasses.
"Might be worth the risk."
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And time didn't pass in their "real" world.
Would that be the case if they went back? Would they at least find out where "there" even was? And why they were able to get there?
Was it worth the risk?
"I think I need to weigh the pros and cons. Unless you want to sell me." She takes a long swallow of wine, food forgotten for now. She's more than a little off kilter.
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The wine helps, a little.
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"So when do we try? Tonight? Tomorrow?"
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Quietly, he replies; "If we go tonight, we're less likely to be seen going in together - but I don't know if you wanna do this at night."
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"Hey, I'm just saying that people might have some very interesting things to say about the two of us hanging out in the evidence room in the middle of the day."
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It's not like she doesn't know that the officers and clerks talk about her behind her back, and not always kindly. It's just how things go. At least they're respectful to her face, and get their jobs done. That's all she really asks.
"But then again, I am the chief. If I want to work in the evidence room with my consultant liaison at any given time, that's my prerogative."
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He finishes his glass of wine, topping hers off before refilling his own glass - mulling over the options.
"Tomorrow, then." He nods slowly, twisting his fork in the noodles, "Just me and you."
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"Tomorrow. We could come in early, avoid the speculation a little, maybe?"
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He chuckled under his breath; "I mean, it's kind funny - me and you..."
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It's out of her mouth before she realizes it. And before she realizes the implication. She twists her mouth, embarrassed.
"Not worried about it, but we could waylay it altogether, is all I meant."
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And then she continues and he only nods. "Sure, yeah... I'm okay with that."
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His way of cutting things down to brass tacks is still reassuring to her, in the end. She trusts his judgment, probably more than anyone else in the SBPD.
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"We will." He nods reassuringly, his eyes softening with a somewhat tentative smile.
"Even if we are in over our heads."
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"Not the first time we've been there. Hopefully won't be the last either. We usually make it out all right."
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He raises what's left in his glass and mutters; "To partnerships?"
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"Partnerships. And solving this mystery."
She hopes and prays that they can, and then maybe she can regain some semblance of her sanity.
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"Tonight..." he chuckles dryly, taking another large bite; "well, tonight I'm trying to eat slowly so we don't have to leave."
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She shouldn't tease. She shouldn't even inch down that path, but shouldn't seems an incomprehensible concept lately. Or maybe it's just the wine, loosening her tongue.
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"Well, it wouldn't be a far stretch by any means." He doesn't mean to smile, or flash the innocent puppy eyes, but somehow they always seem to happen when he can't pull a poker face.
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