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themeletorjust pretend this fits into the timeline of 3x04, The Mole. also, pretend I looked up and got right all the things that I totally pulled out of my ass.
At first, Colby thought it didn't seem like a bad idea to just not let David in. Every time he buzzed, it made Colby's headache throb a little worse, and at least that made his chest hurt a little less. It was four in the morning. David sounded tired.
"Colby, I know you're up there, and I know you're awake, so I know you can hear me. Open the damned door." Silence. Nothing. "I got muffins."
Bastard knew all of Colby's weaknesses, right down to which baked goods to bribe him with. Colby trudged over to the intercom and buzzed David in, unlocked his apartment door and then sat back down on the couch. About a minute or two later, he heard footsteps and the faintish crinkling of a paper bag and shouted, "It's open."
David closed and bolted the door behind him, and stopped at the edge of the den. "Shit, man. Tell me that's your first one."
Colby held up four fingers.
"Yeah. Figured it'd be something like that." David moved Colby's legs out of the way and sat down, dropping the bakery bag next to a stack of Tom Clancy novels. "You know, most people would drink."
"I'm not most people." Colby turned the page. "Besides, drinking alone sucks." He reached for a muffin.
"Are you gonna make any eye contact at all?"
"Nope." Colby took a bite of his muffin and added, "The KGB just arrested Filitov."
"Right." David put his elbows on his knees. "You know, if it helps any, I think --"
"Don was right."
David turned to look at Colby, but Colby wasn't looking back. "Hey, man, it's not your -- "
"Don't even try it, David. Don't you dare." Colby looked up from his book just long enough to make David reconsider not wearing body armor, then he was back to reading. Or what everyone was supposed to mistake for reading. "I should have taken Carter in for questioning the minute I recognized him on the security footage. I should have been cuffing him while I asked about the picture. I should have seen it. I should have -- I should have told Don."
David picked up a muffin and contemplated it. "Yeah."
"I fucked up, man. Big time."
"Yeah."
At first, Colby thought it didn't seem like a bad idea to just not let David in. Every time he buzzed, it made Colby's headache throb a little worse, and at least that made his chest hurt a little less. It was four in the morning. David sounded tired.
"Colby, I know you're up there, and I know you're awake, so I know you can hear me. Open the damned door." Silence. Nothing. "I got muffins."
Bastard knew all of Colby's weaknesses, right down to which baked goods to bribe him with. Colby trudged over to the intercom and buzzed David in, unlocked his apartment door and then sat back down on the couch. About a minute or two later, he heard footsteps and the faintish crinkling of a paper bag and shouted, "It's open."
David closed and bolted the door behind him, and stopped at the edge of the den. "Shit, man. Tell me that's your first one."
Colby held up four fingers.
"Yeah. Figured it'd be something like that." David moved Colby's legs out of the way and sat down, dropping the bakery bag next to a stack of Tom Clancy novels. "You know, most people would drink."
"I'm not most people." Colby turned the page. "Besides, drinking alone sucks." He reached for a muffin.
"Are you gonna make any eye contact at all?"
"Nope." Colby took a bite of his muffin and added, "The KGB just arrested Filitov."
"Right." David put his elbows on his knees. "You know, if it helps any, I think --"
"Don was right."
David turned to look at Colby, but Colby wasn't looking back. "Hey, man, it's not your -- "
"Don't even try it, David. Don't you dare." Colby looked up from his book just long enough to make David reconsider not wearing body armor, then he was back to reading. Or what everyone was supposed to mistake for reading. "I should have taken Carter in for questioning the minute I recognized him on the security footage. I should have been cuffing him while I asked about the picture. I should have seen it. I should have -- I should have told Don."
David picked up a muffin and contemplated it. "Yeah."
"I fucked up, man. Big time."
"Yeah."
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Date: 2006-10-23 02:06 am (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2006-10-23 04:39 pm (UTC)hooray! you liked it! thank you! *vbg*
thing is, Colby is just full of little secrets. and David knows all of them. ♥
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Date: 2006-10-23 04:40 pm (UTC)