FIC: Polianthes tuberosa
Title: Polianthes tuberosa
Author: Valerie Vancollie (valeriev84 [at] hotmail.com)
Characters: Megan
Pairings: Megan/Larry
Rating: G
Summary: Megan's first birthday since leaving LA...
Spoilers: In Plain Sight, When Worlds Collide
Note: This was written for the first fic & art challenge hosted by white_tuberoses. I chose the prompt It's Megan's birthday, but she and Larry are on opposite sides of the country. How does he get around that?
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Numb3rs characters, items or situations. I only lay claim to the original aspects of the fic.
Megan felt all her frustration melt away as she unlocked the door to her office and caught sight of her desk. Placed in the middle of it was a simple vase holding a bouquet of aromatic tuberoses, white as usual. Next to it was a present wrapped in white and silver paper, a box she recognized as their favorite white chocolates and an envelope with her name written on it in Larry's familiar handwriting.
In the blink of an eye, Megan's day brightened like the world after a solar eclipse. A huge smile formed as the wonderful fragrance of the roses washed over her. Oh, the memories associated with that sweet smell! Dropping her things, she touched one of the tuberoses before her hand dropped down to the letter. She wondered how Larry had managed to accomplish this. She knew he was still in California and only a few people had the key to the office. Herself, the department chair, and Dr. Cox.
Though, now that she thought about it, she had seen Cox with one of the physics professors, James Baird she believed his name was.
Well, clearly what Larry had said was true.
Academia was a small world.