Chocolate Chip Mint 30, Fudge Ripple 3: ice over
Title: ice over
Main Story: In the Heart
Flavors, Toppings, Extras: Chocolate chip mint 30 (innocent), fudge ripple 3 (exhaustion), FOTD (malversation: misconduct, corruption, or extortion in public office), pocky, chopped nuts.
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Summary: Gail has gone quiet, now.
Notes: This is an AU where Gail was accused of embezzlement two years after being appointed.
Gail had gone quiet. Nathan hated it. He preferred her angry, raging, fighting, anything to this.
She sat at the table with her feet together, hands folded, staring straight ahead, eyes red from exhaustion, or tears. The reporters had their home number now; he'd unplugged the phone.
He sat down beside her. "Gail..."
She started, shook her head. "Don't. Please, don't."
"Gail, you didn't do anything wrong. We can..."
"No." She pulled away from him, hugged her chest. "It's over. I can't. Not anymore."
"Gail..."
She smiled bitterly-- "Court of public opinion, Nathan. It's over." -- and closed her eyes.
Main Story: In the Heart
Flavors, Toppings, Extras: Chocolate chip mint 30 (innocent), fudge ripple 3 (exhaustion), FOTD (malversation: misconduct, corruption, or extortion in public office), pocky, chopped nuts.
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Summary: Gail has gone quiet, now.
Notes: This is an AU where Gail was accused of embezzlement two years after being appointed.
Gail had gone quiet. Nathan hated it. He preferred her angry, raging, fighting, anything to this.
She sat at the table with her feet together, hands folded, staring straight ahead, eyes red from exhaustion, or tears. The reporters had their home number now; he'd unplugged the phone.
He sat down beside her. "Gail..."
She started, shook her head. "Don't. Please, don't."
"Gail, you didn't do anything wrong. We can..."
"No." She pulled away from him, hugged her chest. "It's over. I can't. Not anymore."
"Gail..."
She smiled bitterly-- "Court of public opinion, Nathan. It's over." -- and closed her eyes.