Comments | arrivals_only: Not in Princeton anymore.

drcuddy in arrivals_only

Not in Princeton anymore.

Apr 27, 2007 22:09

The flight attendant’s laugh echoed down the narrow corridor, and while House’s words were inaudible it was easy enough to imagine what might have been said. Some vaguely inappropriate joke tinged with a laugh, leaving the promise of more to come. And with House, promises were never set in stone. They were always scratched out in ink, appearing to ( Read more... )

camilla macaulay, charles "trip" tucker iii, lisa cuddy, arrival

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triple_charles April 28 2007, 04:49:04 UTC

Trip needed a haircut.

After, what, four months in the airport, he was starting to look as if he belonged with a bunch of Klingons. Okay, so maybe not that bad, but his hair had a distressing tendency to fall in his eyes, especially when he went jogging; something he'd taken to doing lately to pass the time and to make sure he wouldn't get fat on all the pan-fried catfish he'd been eating.

Hair flopping humorously over his forehead, the sweaty Trip jogged through baggage claim, up the escalator and along the arrivals concourse, humming a little tune under his breath. It was some ditty he'd heard repeated during training at Starfleet Academy, and the lyrics were quite rude, so he didn't bother singing them. A good thing, too, for when he turned a corner he almost ran down a lady.

"Woah! Sorry, ma'am," he said, stepping aside just in the nick of time, "Didn't see you there."

drcuddy April 29 2007, 08:08:08 UTC

The voice took Cuddy by as much surprise as the speaker seemed to possess, and she lifted her eyes to his face with quick precision. "It's fine," she said. "I'm actually glad to see anyone around here. Can you tell me if you've seen a man with a cane? Tall, irritable, bad temper?" Her smile stayed friendly and calm, and she kept telling herself there was no need to panic yet.

No need just now.

triple_charles April 29 2007, 08:38:47 UTC

"Cane?" Trip asked, confused. Irritable? Bad temper? Was she after this guy to give him a smack? "Uh...don't think so, ma'am. Sorry," he said.

He hadn't seen her around before. "You new?" Great. Airport just kept pulling in unfortunates. If only one of 'em had a working spaceship.

drcuddy April 29 2007, 21:06:46 UTC

That didn't mean House had left already. Cuddy fought her own irritation back, still trying to stay calm.

"New? I just landed, if that's what you mean," she replied. "I came from Malaysia, when I was at a medical conference. And you?"

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