Title: Earnest Appreciation (1/3)
Series: Of Innocence and Empathy
Author: Frogg
Beta: None
Rating: FRT-13, mention of f/f slash
Disclaimer: I don't own them. Damnit.
Author's Note: Set after Earnest Victory.
Author's Other Note: This was a snippet that came to mind during a chat with
hawk_dancing. I fleshed it out a bit.
Emily glanced up from the hideously expensive arrangement: white rosebuds, some edged with pale blue; baby's breath, tiny specks of white thick in fist-sized clouds, enough to give the impression of fog; silver-green ferns, and not the normal wide-leafed variety, but soft and feathery, sticking up in spikes that begged a touch; all in an obviously hand-blown glass vase, complete with jewel-toned fish swimming among the stems. There hadn't been a card. "What?"
Morgan reached out, running a thumb delicately over the edge of a velvet-soft rose petal. "These are gorgeous."
"And?"
"You aren't curious who sent 'em?"
Emily laughed a little in wry amusement. "It doesn't matter, I'm already taken."
Morgan raised an eyebrow, pointedly not looking at JJ as she walked into the pit, stopping behind Emily with a grimace for the flowers. "So if Brad Pitt sends you flowers, you aren't even going to take a second glance?"
Snorting at the ridiculous suggestion, Emily shook her head, then shrugged. "JJ's prettier."
JJ choked and turned bright red.
~~~to be continued~~~
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