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sbpd_papabear ([personal profile] 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.
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[personal profile] chief_mom 2012-04-06 08:00 am (UTC)(link)
"Company and noodles sounds like the best way to end this day." She takes her purse from under the desk and her service weapon from the drawer. "And we can talk about something other than budgets and forms and Mr. Guster and your son and anything else related to police business, maybe?"

It's perhaps a lot to ask, to leave their biggest commonality off of the table, she realizes that as she stands and holsters her gun. But she'd like to not be the Chief for a little while.
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[personal profile] chief_mom 2012-04-06 08:18 am (UTC)(link)
She follows him, leaning on a pillar and trying to look casual as he closes things down.

"Both, you can follow. We do live on opposite sides of town, after all." And opposite directions from the station and the restaurant she has in mind, for that matter.

"Do you know Lotus Garden? Off Mariposa?"
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[personal profile] chief_mom 2012-04-06 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
On the way to the restaurant, Henry's truck never more than a car length behind, she tries to tell herself that they don't need to talk about the lost hour that wasn't lost. It was just a product of overworked, overstressed minds taking a brief break from reality.

That happened sometimes. It was nothing to be worried about.

If she told herself that enough, she'd eventually believe it, right?
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[personal profile] chief_mom 2012-04-07 06:24 am (UTC)(link)
"Yep, best chow mai fun in Santa Barbara, and I've checked." She might have a little bit of a problem with rice noodles, and not enough time or energy to cook for herself.

"I, uh," she pauses, hand on the door handle. "Thanks for joining me."
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[personal profile] chief_mom 2012-04-07 07:10 am (UTC)(link)
"So long as I'm not talking shop, right?" She leads him inside, and the owner shows them to a seat near a window that looks out at a little meditation garden. It's the reason why she likes to stay and eat at the restaurant rather than take her food home and eat it from a box.

Or at least one of the reasons.

"So, I don't imagine someone who can cook like you can has a lot of use for restaurants, unlike me."
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[personal profile] chief_mom 2012-04-07 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, you learned, that's the important part. Everything I've tasted in your kitchen has been terrific. I can't do much more than spaghetti with jarred sauce. Quesadillas with rotisserie chicken from the supermarket."

She laughs, it's kind of sad how undomestic she is. She dropped the ball there, somehow.

"My fridge is full of takeout boxes instead of Tupperware."
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[personal profile] chief_mom 2012-04-07 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
"That's kind of you, but I'd make myself a giant nuisance," she laughs.

It is a kind offer, and she chooses not to read anything more into it. Henry is a good man, and is becoming a good friend. And she could use a few more friends.

"So have you done any fishing lately?"
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[personal profile] chief_mom 2012-04-07 07:49 am (UTC)(link)
"I'll cross my fingers for you." A quiet weekend sounds like a wonderful thing. A quiet hobby sounds even better.

"It must be peaceful, out on the boat, just you and the water and the fish."
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[personal profile] chief_mom 2012-04-07 07:59 am (UTC)(link)
"I wouldn't have the first clue what to do. Lures, bait, reels, all that. My dad was a fisherman,. I used to try to buy him gear for birthdays, Father's Day," she remembers with a smile.

"I never managed to get quite the right things, I ended up just getting gift certificates after a few failures."
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[personal profile] chief_mom 2012-04-07 08:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, there's Iris. That's where my time goes," she says with a shy little shrug. She doesn't know why she feels like she shouldn't admit that.
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[personal profile] chief_mom 2012-04-07 08:39 am (UTC)(link)
She doesn't have a good answer to that, so she just twists her mouth, and takes a sip of her water and stays quiet.

Stays quiet for a beat too long, because then she feels compelled to fill the space.

"This would be a nice time for a hallucination."
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[personal profile] chief_mom 2012-04-07 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
She sits up straighter, turning a little to really look at him.

"Do you really think that's what it was, though?" The topic's been broached, she may as well ask. The whole thing still isn't sitting right with her. "Is that even possible?"

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