Prompt: Temperature
Pairing: Tony/Michelle, Jack Bauer, Ryan Chappelle
Rating: PG-13
24 universe but AU anyway
Disclaimer: Not mine. *dreams*
Warnings: None.
“Why her? I don’t understand.”
Tony paced the situation room and tried his best not to look up at the feed playing over and over on the large monitor.
“Because you’re stupid, Almeida! Stupid and careless!” Chappelle yelled and Jack cringed a little. He’d only heard the man get this upset a few times and it was always in his direction. He glanced at Tony and noticed the other man didn’t seem phased.
Tony glared back at Chappelle. “We never did anything at the office. We didn’t even stay in the city when we saw each other outside of work. How the hell did they know when you didn’t?”
“Obviously they had you tailed. You didn’t think this would happen? I thought you’d learned your lesson with Nina.” Ryan smirked when that got him an angry look from Tony. “They have you by the balls on this, Almeida.”
Tony stopped pacing and looked up at the monitor. Michelle’s frightened face stared back at him; a gun to her head in the side of the frame. His jaw clenched. “Look, Ryan, you can scream at me all ya want later. Right now, all I’m concerned about is Michelle.”
“What you should be concerned about is the information they are asking for. We can’t give it to them, Tony. I know it’s not what you want to hear but we can’t deal with them.”
Tony moved into Ryan’s personal space, his nose almost touching the other man’s. “So...what? I’m supposed to just let them kill her?!”
“Get out of my face, Almeida! If you’d kept your dick in your pants and not fucked everything in the office we wouldn’t be in this situation!”
Jack pushed off the wall he was leaning against and grabbed Tony’s shoulders when he noticed him curl his fingers into a fist. “Enough! Calm down, Tony. We’ll get her out. We just have to think.”
“How, Bauer? How do you think we can do that? We don’t even know where they are?!”
“Ryan, do you think you could give Tony and I a second?” Chappelle looked at Tony, clearly angry, but turned and left the room. Once the director had left Jack continued. “When was the last time you saw Michelle?” He pulled a keyboard towards him and brought up at map on the monitor.
“I uh, I dropped her off about a block from the office.” Tony scratched his cheek and sighed. “Since we couldn’t be seen coming into work together she likes to go by this cafe’ close by. Pick up coffee.”
Jack keyed in a few things and the map scaled to show the corner Tony was talking about. “We’ll pull sat feeds from anything we have in the area.” Tony just nodded, the worry never leaving his face. “Tony, we’ll get Michelle back. It’s having to explain dating a subordinate you should be worried about.” When Tony smirked slightly, Jack was glad his joke had helped him feel a little better. But, the smile didn’t stay long. “We aren’t dating, Jack.”
Bauer squinted in confusion. “But...I thought you just said-”
“She’s my wife.” There were few things that surprised Jack Bauer. Tony got a small thrill out of having done it himself. Jack just motioned for Tony to follow him and they made their way out of the situation room. Tony noticed they were heading for the armory.
Neither spoke as they collected the equipment they needed. Jack finally broke the silence. “How long?” Tony didn’t stop loading his clip as he spoke. “About four months.” Jack glanced over at him and saw the small smile on his face. “I know that smile.” Tony looked up from his gun to see Jack smiling back at him, his grin slightly sad. “I remember the first few months Terri and I...”
Tony didn’t press when he just trailed off. He holstered his gun just as Jack finished loading his.
“Alright, Tony.” Jack pulled back the steel slide of the weapon and the click echoed in the room. “Let’s go get your wife back.”
Rating: PG-13
24 universe but AU anyway
Disclaimer: Not mine. *dreams*
Warnings: None.
“Why her? I don’t understand.”
Tony paced the situation room and tried his best not to look up at the feed playing over and over on the large monitor.
“Because you’re stupid, Almeida! Stupid and careless!” Chappelle yelled and Jack cringed a little. He’d only heard the man get this upset a few times and it was always in his direction. He glanced at Tony and noticed the other man didn’t seem phased.
Tony glared back at Chappelle. “We never did anything at the office. We didn’t even stay in the city when we saw each other outside of work. How the hell did they know when you didn’t?”
“Obviously they had you tailed. You didn’t think this would happen? I thought you’d learned your lesson with Nina.” Ryan smirked when that got him an angry look from Tony. “They have you by the balls on this, Almeida.”
Tony stopped pacing and looked up at the monitor. Michelle’s frightened face stared back at him; a gun to her head in the side of the frame. His jaw clenched. “Look, Ryan, you can scream at me all ya want later. Right now, all I’m concerned about is Michelle.”
“What you should be concerned about is the information they are asking for. We can’t give it to them, Tony. I know it’s not what you want to hear but we can’t deal with them.”
Tony moved into Ryan’s personal space, his nose almost touching the other man’s. “So...what? I’m supposed to just let them kill her?!”
“Get out of my face, Almeida! If you’d kept your dick in your pants and not fucked everything in the office we wouldn’t be in this situation!”
Jack pushed off the wall he was leaning against and grabbed Tony’s shoulders when he noticed him curl his fingers into a fist. “Enough! Calm down, Tony. We’ll get her out. We just have to think.”
“How, Bauer? How do you think we can do that? We don’t even know where they are?!”
“Ryan, do you think you could give Tony and I a second?” Chappelle looked at Tony, clearly angry, but turned and left the room. Once the director had left Jack continued. “When was the last time you saw Michelle?” He pulled a keyboard towards him and brought up at map on the monitor.
“I uh, I dropped her off about a block from the office.” Tony scratched his cheek and sighed. “Since we couldn’t be seen coming into work together she likes to go by this cafe’ close by. Pick up coffee.”
Jack keyed in a few things and the map scaled to show the corner Tony was talking about. “We’ll pull sat feeds from anything we have in the area.” Tony just nodded, the worry never leaving his face. “Tony, we’ll get Michelle back. It’s having to explain dating a subordinate you should be worried about.” When Tony smirked slightly, Jack was glad his joke had helped him feel a little better. But, the smile didn’t stay long. “We aren’t dating, Jack.”
Bauer squinted in confusion. “But...I thought you just said-”
“She’s my wife.” There were few things that surprised Jack Bauer. Tony got a small thrill out of having done it himself. Jack just motioned for Tony to follow him and they made their way out of the situation room. Tony noticed they were heading for the armory.
Neither spoke as they collected the equipment they needed. Jack finally broke the silence. “How long?” Tony didn’t stop loading his clip as he spoke. “About four months.” Jack glanced over at him and saw the small smile on his face. “I know that smile.” Tony looked up from his gun to see Jack smiling back at him, his grin slightly sad. “I remember the first few months Terri and I...”
Tony didn’t press when he just trailed off. He holstered his gun just as Jack finished loading his.
“Alright, Tony.” Jack pulled back the steel slide of the weapon and the click echoed in the room. “Let’s go get your wife back.”