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Adam Kaufman // otherworldly bar // 24

Jan 05, 2008 23:43

It's not really a good idea for Adam to be in a bar right now. He has to be at work by 7 tomorrow morning, and his willpower's never been quite the same since Tracy left. At least, not with matters that aren't strictly work-related ( Read more... )

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mm_catch22girl January 6 2008, 05:38:44 UTC

A pretty blond woman sits at the bar.

She's drinking a glass of orange juice and looking through the L.A. Times.

mm_prouvaire January 6 2008, 05:45:32 UTC

The rustling of the newspaper is distracting when he's trying to mope and drink work. He glances up to fling a few choice, irritated words at whoever's reading it.

"Could you not--"

It takes him that long to recognize her, after four years and a different hairstyle.

"Kim?"

mm_catch22girl January 6 2008, 05:49:20 UTC

She is tempted to flip him off before looking up. She knows it's immature, but, she's *reading* a newspaper.

"How do - " her expression softens. "Adam?"

mm_prouvaire January 6 2008, 06:07:16 UTC

Oh, man. It's been forever. He still thinks about her sometimes, when a junior analyst asks a question that he remembers her asking, or whenever he realizes his mistake after spacing out and forgetting to set the group permission on a volume.

"Yeah. It's...wow. It's, uh, been a while."

mm_catch22girl January 6 2008, 06:12:16 UTC

He looks almost the same except that he no longer seems awkward in his movements.

The years have been okay to him, which surprises her, since she's seen so many destroyed.

"It has," she agrees. "You wear suits now?"

mm_prouvaire January 6 2008, 06:24:17 UTC

He shrugs. "Yeah, the dress code in Denver is a little stricter." On the one hand, he likes it--he's always been in favor of keeping the CTU atmosphere solemn and buttoned-up, but it just tends to remind him how far he is from California.

As does this. It's wonderful to see an old colleague, even if they hadn't always gotten along, but all the pleasant conversation dies on his lips when he notices that the spark in her eye that he'd remembered isn't there anymore.

It has been a long four years.

"How've you been?" he asks cautiously.

mm_catch22girl January 6 2008, 06:38:44 UTC

She smiles slightly. "Do the field agents there hate wearing ties as much as - " her smile falters and she glances down. "I don't know what the dress code's like there now." From what they did to her dad, she's thinking they wear colors that don't show blood.

"Peachy," she takes a sip of juice. "You were smart to get away from California."

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