Fic: Comparing Notes 1/1 (Numb3rs, Charlie Eppes/ Colby Granger)
Title: Comparing Notes 1/1
Fandom:Numb3rs
Rating: PG
Pairing: Charlie Eppes / Colby Granger
Disclaimer: Not mine, just playing with them.
“Where’s David?" Don walked to the half empty bullpen. “And Granger?”
“They finished their reports. They said they were gonna go for a beer.” Megan
informed. “Now that they are gone, what do you think is going on?”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean David. He’s been acting weird for some time. First I thought he was seeing
somebody, but lately he’s been spending his evenings with the team at the bar or
gone home to sleep. Maybe he had somebody, but they broke up.”
“Are you serious?”
“And those conversations.”
“Conversations?”
“Haven’t you noticed? He’s always in talking to Colby alone, and when I come closer
they change the topic. And he’s been having those conversations with Charlie, too.
Sometimes with both of them. I know he and Colby were good buddies, but Charlie?
Something’s going on.”
“Let me guess… You already have a theory?”
“I do. I think Charlie and Colby are recruiting a third party.”
“A third party?”
“You know what I mean.”
“Do you mind if I say something to you off the record? Not as your boss,
but as a friend.”
“Go ahead.”
“You need to get laid. Your hormones are overriding your brain cells.”
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“So, should I send Charlie a thank you card?” David grinned.
“Why?”
“Because he allowed you to go to a bar for a beer. I was starting to think he keeps
you locked up in the basement or something.”
Colby looked frustrated. “He doesn’t have a basement. And he had a late
lecture tonight, so it’s not like I had anything better to do.”
“In other words, I rank above laundry and cleaning. I’m flattered. But seriously,
is everything going okay with you two?”
“Yeah. Why do you ask?”
“Well, how could I put this nicely…. You’ve been walking around like a
re-animated Zombie, no offence.”
“Non taken, I guess… I just haven’t been sleeping much lately.”
“Are you having those nightmares again?”
“The ones where Don butchers me with a rusty meat cleaver? No, not
lately. It’s Charlie…”
“Should I run away now?”
“You’re the one who wanted to have a buddies night out. Anyway, you
know what Charlie is like when he’s working on something?”
“Yeah.”
“That’s exactly what he’s like in bed.”
“Colby, I know I asked, but-”
“Imagine what its like to share a bed with someone who has the sex drive of
Easter Bunny, energy of a hamster in a running wheel, and only needs few
hours of sleep per night. Not that I’m complaining, I mean I love him to bits
and-”
“Whoooo, let’s go back a bit. You love him? Is it really that serious?”
Colby was turning bright red. “Yeah, it’s that serious.”
“Well…wow… I guess that explains it.”
“Explains what?”
“Why the vending machines at the office never have any energy drinks left.”
“That’s not funny.”
“It is! And don’t put too much weight on what I say, I haven’t had sex for
three weeks.”
“How are things with you and Edgerton?”
“Vague. He’s coming back to L.A. next week. He’s running a training course
or something like that.”
“Are you two together or not?”
“We’re… trying to see if it would work.”
“Okay. Have you talked to him?”
“We’ve called few times.”
“You could try phone sex, Charlie’s really into it. Last time he was on a
lecturing trip, we-”
“Granger! I’m talking about my potential future partner, who I haven’t seen for
weeks. I don’t want to hear that you`re having more sex than you can handle!”
“Hey! I can handle it!”
For a moment both of them were quiet. Then both started laughing.
“This conversation is going really weird really fast!” David laughed, trying
to gasp for air.
“In this situation that’s very likely. So, what are you gonna do?”
“Maybe I really should consider phone sex, this thing giving the word `frustration`
a whole new meaning. Ian’s really good at dirty talk, but I just can’t do it.”
Colby chuckled and let out a deep sigh. “You know, when I came to L.A. I never
would have guessed that we would end up here.”
“End up where?”
“Talking about our men.”
“That’s true…” David grinned and raised his beer bottle to make a toast. “To the
men’s men of the L.A. office.”
“Sounds good.” Colby raised his beer. “I’ll keep misusing energy drinks and
vitamins, and you’ll start rehearsing your dirty talk.”