Fanfiction: Numb3rs (G)
Title: Relationships
Pairing/Characters: Special Agent Megan Reeves, Special Agent Colby Granger, Professor Charlie Eppes, Professor Larry Fleinhardt; Charlie/Colby, Larry/Megan
Rating: G
Fandom: Numb3rs
Word Count: 810
Spoilers: N/A
Summary: Colby and Megan go to Cal Sci to give Charlie some information from their latest case.
Notes/Warnings: Dæmon!AU. If you don't know what a dæmon is, go here. Written for emmademarais in response to a prompt of hers on comment_fic. There will probably be more. Beta by umbralillium.
Relationships
When Megan entered the Cal Sci mathematics and science complex with Colby, she hardly noticed when her Abyssinian dæmon, Gabriel, jumped up and draped himself across her shoulders to avoid being trampled by students going and coming. Colby's coyote dæmon, Sela, trotted along behind them, large enough that the substantial foot traffic didn't bother her. There are times I wish I'd settled as something a little larger.
Don't worry about it, Gabe. Megan reached up to stroke his ears and he purred. We manage just fine.
He licked her ear and she shivered at the touch of his rough tongue. I can't help it, when Sela's being so smug.
Megan glanced over to see the coyote's tongue lolling in a canine grin. Oh, Colby complains often enough when she's a little too big and you're just the right size.
Advantages and disadvantages, then? Gabriel purred once more.
She smiled, but didn't respond as they reached Charlie's office. Inside, the young man was busy at one chalkboard, while his capuchin monkey dæmon, Sophia, wrote on another. Larry sat in a chair, stroking his ferret dæmon, Estelle, in absent thought. Suddenly, Charlie broke off in his writing and turned to the other board. "No, no, no, not that equation."
"This is the best way to help Don and Vivian," Sophia shot back, holding tightly to the piece of chalk in her paws when Charlie tried to take it away. "Using the other equation won't get us anywhere. This one will."
Charlie sighed, running a hand through his hair and unwittingly smearing chalk dust through it. "How can you be so sure?"
"You haven't considered all the variables, have you?" Sophia propped her hands on her monkey hips, sounding exasperated. She turned to the older professor. "Larry, tell him!"
The astrophysicist blinked and paused in his stroking of Estelle. "Tell who what?"
At that moment, Colby knocked on the door, drawing the others' attention. "Sorry to break up the family moment, but we found something that you four might find useful."
He offered a notebook of information to Charlie while Sophia jumped down from the stool she'd been using and loped over to greet Sela and stroke her dark fur, to rumblings of pleasure from the coyote dæmon. Gabriel jumped down from Megan's shoulders and purred as Estelle met him halfway, the two gently butting heads and rubbing against each other. Larry got up to peer over Charlie's shoulder at the notebook, and then glanced at the chalkboards. "Charles..."
"I know, Larry." Charlie sighed, rubbing his forehead and smearing chalk dust across it. "Sophia was right and I was wrong."
"See?" Megan wasn't sure how a monkey could manage to look smug, but Sophia managed it, even perched as she was on Sela's back.
"So, any idea how much more time you're going to need?" Colby asked, tilting his head. "It's kind of urgent."
Charlie shrugged, turning to his board and erasing his work. As he began to copy the equation Sophia had been working on, his dæmon answered for him, "Maybe a few more hours. Depends on if he'll listen to me next time we have a difference of opinion."
"You're a fine one to talk," Charlie muttered, even as he began to continue working on the equation. "You don't even tell me when I've spelled something wrong."
She jumped from Sela's back to Charlie's desk, stalking across it and jumping onto his shoulder. "Don't blame me for our horrible spelling. We're bound to be horrible at something."
As the two continued to bicker good-naturedly, Larry gently herded the two FBI agents out of Charlie's office and into the hallway. "I will never understand how he accomplishes anything with all the arguing they do."
"It's just the way they are, Larry," Estelle commented from her perch on his shoulder. "You'll notice that she never interferes with his teaching."
"Just his calculations," Colby offered with a good-natured grin, reaching down to stroke Sela's head as they moved down the hall towards Larry's office. He turned to Megan. "Did you want to ride back to the office with me?"
Megan shook her head and Gabriel answered for her, "No, we'll take our lunch now and hopefully bring Charlie's results back with us afterwards."
"Right." Sela's tongue lolled out again, but neither made any other comment as they turned and continued down the hall.
Larry turned to her with an amused smile. "Would you like to have lunch with us?"
"You read my mind." She smiled and leaned in to kiss him. Perched on their shoulders as they were, Estelle and Gabriel nuzzled each other.
After the kiss, Larry's cheeks were fetchingly pink. "Have you been to Pie and Burger yet?"
"I don't believe so," she answered after a moment's thought.
Smiling shyly, he offered her his hand and they followed Colby from the building.
End
Pairing/Characters: Special Agent Megan Reeves, Special Agent Colby Granger, Professor Charlie Eppes, Professor Larry Fleinhardt; Charlie/Colby, Larry/Megan
Rating: G
Fandom: Numb3rs
Word Count: 810
Spoilers: N/A
Summary: Colby and Megan go to Cal Sci to give Charlie some information from their latest case.
Notes/Warnings: Dæmon!AU. If you don't know what a dæmon is, go here. Written for emmademarais in response to a prompt of hers on comment_fic. There will probably be more. Beta by umbralillium.
Relationships
When Megan entered the Cal Sci mathematics and science complex with Colby, she hardly noticed when her Abyssinian dæmon, Gabriel, jumped up and draped himself across her shoulders to avoid being trampled by students going and coming. Colby's coyote dæmon, Sela, trotted along behind them, large enough that the substantial foot traffic didn't bother her. There are times I wish I'd settled as something a little larger.
Don't worry about it, Gabe. Megan reached up to stroke his ears and he purred. We manage just fine.
He licked her ear and she shivered at the touch of his rough tongue. I can't help it, when Sela's being so smug.
Megan glanced over to see the coyote's tongue lolling in a canine grin. Oh, Colby complains often enough when she's a little too big and you're just the right size.
Advantages and disadvantages, then? Gabriel purred once more.
She smiled, but didn't respond as they reached Charlie's office. Inside, the young man was busy at one chalkboard, while his capuchin monkey dæmon, Sophia, wrote on another. Larry sat in a chair, stroking his ferret dæmon, Estelle, in absent thought. Suddenly, Charlie broke off in his writing and turned to the other board. "No, no, no, not that equation."
"This is the best way to help Don and Vivian," Sophia shot back, holding tightly to the piece of chalk in her paws when Charlie tried to take it away. "Using the other equation won't get us anywhere. This one will."
Charlie sighed, running a hand through his hair and unwittingly smearing chalk dust through it. "How can you be so sure?"
"You haven't considered all the variables, have you?" Sophia propped her hands on her monkey hips, sounding exasperated. She turned to the older professor. "Larry, tell him!"
The astrophysicist blinked and paused in his stroking of Estelle. "Tell who what?"
At that moment, Colby knocked on the door, drawing the others' attention. "Sorry to break up the family moment, but we found something that you four might find useful."
He offered a notebook of information to Charlie while Sophia jumped down from the stool she'd been using and loped over to greet Sela and stroke her dark fur, to rumblings of pleasure from the coyote dæmon. Gabriel jumped down from Megan's shoulders and purred as Estelle met him halfway, the two gently butting heads and rubbing against each other. Larry got up to peer over Charlie's shoulder at the notebook, and then glanced at the chalkboards. "Charles..."
"I know, Larry." Charlie sighed, rubbing his forehead and smearing chalk dust across it. "Sophia was right and I was wrong."
"See?" Megan wasn't sure how a monkey could manage to look smug, but Sophia managed it, even perched as she was on Sela's back.
"So, any idea how much more time you're going to need?" Colby asked, tilting his head. "It's kind of urgent."
Charlie shrugged, turning to his board and erasing his work. As he began to copy the equation Sophia had been working on, his dæmon answered for him, "Maybe a few more hours. Depends on if he'll listen to me next time we have a difference of opinion."
"You're a fine one to talk," Charlie muttered, even as he began to continue working on the equation. "You don't even tell me when I've spelled something wrong."
She jumped from Sela's back to Charlie's desk, stalking across it and jumping onto his shoulder. "Don't blame me for our horrible spelling. We're bound to be horrible at something."
As the two continued to bicker good-naturedly, Larry gently herded the two FBI agents out of Charlie's office and into the hallway. "I will never understand how he accomplishes anything with all the arguing they do."
"It's just the way they are, Larry," Estelle commented from her perch on his shoulder. "You'll notice that she never interferes with his teaching."
"Just his calculations," Colby offered with a good-natured grin, reaching down to stroke Sela's head as they moved down the hall towards Larry's office. He turned to Megan. "Did you want to ride back to the office with me?"
Megan shook her head and Gabriel answered for her, "No, we'll take our lunch now and hopefully bring Charlie's results back with us afterwards."
"Right." Sela's tongue lolled out again, but neither made any other comment as they turned and continued down the hall.
Larry turned to her with an amused smile. "Would you like to have lunch with us?"
"You read my mind." She smiled and leaned in to kiss him. Perched on their shoulders as they were, Estelle and Gabriel nuzzled each other.
After the kiss, Larry's cheeks were fetchingly pink. "Have you been to Pie and Burger yet?"
"I don't believe so," she answered after a moment's thought.
Smiling shyly, he offered her his hand and they followed Colby from the building.
End