Fic: The Bachelor and the Sheriff's Daughter ~ PG-13 (1/11)
Title: The Bachelor and the Sheriff’s Daughter (1/11)
Rating: PG-13 (for language and innuendo)
Summary: Keith requests that Lamb spend time with 16-year-old Veronica to curb her crush on the deputy. Only Keith hadn’t imagined his plan backfiring.
Spoilers: None for this chapter
Pairing/Characters: Eventual V/Lamb, Keith, Lilly, Sacks, mentions Lianne, Aaron, canon Lilly/Logan and canon Dick/Madison
Word Count: 1179 (this chapter)
Disclaimer: Veronica Mars is not owned by me, but by Rob Thomas. I’m simply borrowing these characters for non-profit entertainment.
A/N: Yes, this was inspired by “The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer” but it holds no spoilers for the film and you don’t need to see it in order to understand this.
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Chapter 1:
“Don, could I see you for a moment?” Keith asked his deputy with a wave of his hand towards his office.
“Uh, sure,” he replied as he stood from his desk. But not before he once again caught his mentor’s daughter’s stare that she broke the second he looked at her. He couldn’t help a small smile as he headed towards the office. Not that his ego really needed the extra stroking, but he couldn’t deny enjoying that he just happened to be the one Veronica had a not-so-secret crush on.
She was cute, but he didn’t have a death wish so he made sure to keep his looking to a minimum. Her father was his boss and she was only sixteen. Still, she was there as much as she could be and nearly every day, it wasn’t a secret as to why when he was the one she always made it a point to talk to and simply be around when she could.
All the while he couldn’t really say he minded. Winning points with the sheriff’s daughter would translate into winning points with the sheriff, right? Maybe into a recommendation should he need it? Maybe into a sheriff gig of his own one day?
“Have a seat, Don,” Keith told him as he walked around to take his own seat.
Okay, maybe he hadn’t been winning points after all. Oh well, there was always private security and other counties if he was about to be fired.
“I’m pretty sure you’ve noticed how my daughter has been loitering around the station more lately,” Keith sighed as he took his seat.
“Yeah. I didn’t think you minded though, since she’s not usually under foot or anything.”
Keith wasn’t quite sure how to put it, but he decided then coming right out with it might be the best option. “It seems Veronica has developed a fondness for you. Really, I don’t have much of a problem with that as it hasn’t been negatively affecting your work and you and she seem to get along. However, there is something I must ask you.”
Lamb had sensed this conversation would come. He hadn’t looked forward to it as he had somewhat considered Veronica a friend, but he had sensed it all the same. If nothing else she had really made him feel welcome here in Neptune. But he was twenty-six and she was sixteen and he knew Keith had a right to be worried since Veronica didn’t exactly act, or entirely look, her age.
“Don, how would you feel about spending more time with Veronica? Namely outside of the station?”
“What?” Had he heard that right?
“If you have some free time I would appreciate it if you would spend time with her. See, I believe part of the reason that she’s so enamored with you is because she doesn’t know you.”
Lamb tried not to laugh at that. Being flat out told that she wouldn’t like him after getting to know him. Nice.
“I think that if she has less to romanticize about you in her head the more likely it is she’ll go back to her world of pep rallies, malls and basketball games.”
“What do I have to do?”
“You’ll see Veronica as often as I feel appropriate, weekends should be good. I’ll be sure you have off. As soon as her infatuation with you wears off you can resume your usual weekend activities.”
“And what if it doesn’t wear off?” he asked, hoping not to sound too cocky.
“It will,” Keith assured him. Veronica was a teenage girl, these things happened and often inside of a month, or less, she would have a new interest. He hoped in her own age group.
Lamb couldn’t say he liked how certain Keith sounded, he preferred to think of himself as irresistible. As it was he was only single now by choice. It had nothing to do with the fact none of the women he had dated recently didn’t have as quick of a wit or sharp of a tongue as he had discovered he liked.
“Now don’t get me wrong, Don. I don’t like this idea as it’s against my better judgment and I’d probably arrest you if I wasn’t the one giving you permission for this. But I do think this is the only way that Veronica will stop spending so much of her free time here and will return to spending time with her friends and boys her own age.”
Lamb nodded. “I gotcha. So, turn down the charm, pig out on onion rings if we grab a bite to eat? That kinda thing?” Keith was asking him this directly and frankly he didn’t mind the idea of spending one on one time with Veronica. He could only hope his ‘yes’ wouldn’t come as being too enthusiastic.
“Exactly. Let her see that there isn’t a chance for you to be more then friends, that there isn’t much you two have in common.”
Lamb stood from his seat and smirked. “So when do I start, boss?”
Keith laughed. He hadn’t been sure Lamb would go for it, but he had to admit he was relieved. It was nice to see the younger man seemed to want to get Veronica back to her normal teenaged life as much as he did. “Sooner the better.”
“You look happy. What happened in there?” Veronica asked with a quirked brow when she saw Lamb return to his desk with a grin that was reaching those gleaming eyes of his.
“What are you doing this weekend?” he asked, deciding to get a jump on this. Not that he was really in a rush for her to forget about him, but if absence made the heart grow fonder then he could only imagine what she would have planned for him on her eighteenth birthday if this went the way it was supposed to. As sick as he knew it was, he couldn’t wait to find out. In that moment he wondered if he wasn’t more excited for that day then she was.
“I don’t know of anything. Why?” She was getting worried. Had Dad transferred him?
“Trick question. I know what you’re doing. You are going to have yourself a police escort to the boardwalk arcade or beach or movie of your choice. On me.”
“What? Is this a trick? What’s going on? Did my dad put you up to this?”
“Actually, he did,” he whispered as he leaned in to her. “But apparently he doesn’t mind this friendship you and I have going so he’s asked me to spend more time with you. That is, if you don’t mind being seen around town with some old guy,” he went on before his signature smirk crossed his face as he settled back in his chair.
Did I somehow forget it’s my birthday? No, wrong month. Okay, what the hell? Who cares?! Deputy Don is mine this weekend!
“I don’t know, Deputy, think you can keep up with me?”
“One way to find out,” he answered.
Rating: PG-13 (for language and innuendo)
Summary: Keith requests that Lamb spend time with 16-year-old Veronica to curb her crush on the deputy. Only Keith hadn’t imagined his plan backfiring.
Spoilers: None for this chapter
Pairing/Characters: Eventual V/Lamb, Keith, Lilly, Sacks, mentions Lianne, Aaron, canon Lilly/Logan and canon Dick/Madison
Word Count: 1179 (this chapter)
Disclaimer: Veronica Mars is not owned by me, but by Rob Thomas. I’m simply borrowing these characters for non-profit entertainment.
A/N: Yes, this was inspired by “The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer” but it holds no spoilers for the film and you don’t need to see it in order to understand this.
~~
Chapter 1:
“Don, could I see you for a moment?” Keith asked his deputy with a wave of his hand towards his office.
“Uh, sure,” he replied as he stood from his desk. But not before he once again caught his mentor’s daughter’s stare that she broke the second he looked at her. He couldn’t help a small smile as he headed towards the office. Not that his ego really needed the extra stroking, but he couldn’t deny enjoying that he just happened to be the one Veronica had a not-so-secret crush on.
She was cute, but he didn’t have a death wish so he made sure to keep his looking to a minimum. Her father was his boss and she was only sixteen. Still, she was there as much as she could be and nearly every day, it wasn’t a secret as to why when he was the one she always made it a point to talk to and simply be around when she could.
All the while he couldn’t really say he minded. Winning points with the sheriff’s daughter would translate into winning points with the sheriff, right? Maybe into a recommendation should he need it? Maybe into a sheriff gig of his own one day?
“Have a seat, Don,” Keith told him as he walked around to take his own seat.
Okay, maybe he hadn’t been winning points after all. Oh well, there was always private security and other counties if he was about to be fired.
“I’m pretty sure you’ve noticed how my daughter has been loitering around the station more lately,” Keith sighed as he took his seat.
“Yeah. I didn’t think you minded though, since she’s not usually under foot or anything.”
Keith wasn’t quite sure how to put it, but he decided then coming right out with it might be the best option. “It seems Veronica has developed a fondness for you. Really, I don’t have much of a problem with that as it hasn’t been negatively affecting your work and you and she seem to get along. However, there is something I must ask you.”
Lamb had sensed this conversation would come. He hadn’t looked forward to it as he had somewhat considered Veronica a friend, but he had sensed it all the same. If nothing else she had really made him feel welcome here in Neptune. But he was twenty-six and she was sixteen and he knew Keith had a right to be worried since Veronica didn’t exactly act, or entirely look, her age.
“Don, how would you feel about spending more time with Veronica? Namely outside of the station?”
“What?” Had he heard that right?
“If you have some free time I would appreciate it if you would spend time with her. See, I believe part of the reason that she’s so enamored with you is because she doesn’t know you.”
Lamb tried not to laugh at that. Being flat out told that she wouldn’t like him after getting to know him. Nice.
“I think that if she has less to romanticize about you in her head the more likely it is she’ll go back to her world of pep rallies, malls and basketball games.”
“What do I have to do?”
“You’ll see Veronica as often as I feel appropriate, weekends should be good. I’ll be sure you have off. As soon as her infatuation with you wears off you can resume your usual weekend activities.”
“And what if it doesn’t wear off?” he asked, hoping not to sound too cocky.
“It will,” Keith assured him. Veronica was a teenage girl, these things happened and often inside of a month, or less, she would have a new interest. He hoped in her own age group.
Lamb couldn’t say he liked how certain Keith sounded, he preferred to think of himself as irresistible. As it was he was only single now by choice. It had nothing to do with the fact none of the women he had dated recently didn’t have as quick of a wit or sharp of a tongue as he had discovered he liked.
“Now don’t get me wrong, Don. I don’t like this idea as it’s against my better judgment and I’d probably arrest you if I wasn’t the one giving you permission for this. But I do think this is the only way that Veronica will stop spending so much of her free time here and will return to spending time with her friends and boys her own age.”
Lamb nodded. “I gotcha. So, turn down the charm, pig out on onion rings if we grab a bite to eat? That kinda thing?” Keith was asking him this directly and frankly he didn’t mind the idea of spending one on one time with Veronica. He could only hope his ‘yes’ wouldn’t come as being too enthusiastic.
“Exactly. Let her see that there isn’t a chance for you to be more then friends, that there isn’t much you two have in common.”
Lamb stood from his seat and smirked. “So when do I start, boss?”
Keith laughed. He hadn’t been sure Lamb would go for it, but he had to admit he was relieved. It was nice to see the younger man seemed to want to get Veronica back to her normal teenaged life as much as he did. “Sooner the better.”
“You look happy. What happened in there?” Veronica asked with a quirked brow when she saw Lamb return to his desk with a grin that was reaching those gleaming eyes of his.
“What are you doing this weekend?” he asked, deciding to get a jump on this. Not that he was really in a rush for her to forget about him, but if absence made the heart grow fonder then he could only imagine what she would have planned for him on her eighteenth birthday if this went the way it was supposed to. As sick as he knew it was, he couldn’t wait to find out. In that moment he wondered if he wasn’t more excited for that day then she was.
“I don’t know of anything. Why?” She was getting worried. Had Dad transferred him?
“Trick question. I know what you’re doing. You are going to have yourself a police escort to the boardwalk arcade or beach or movie of your choice. On me.”
“What? Is this a trick? What’s going on? Did my dad put you up to this?”
“Actually, he did,” he whispered as he leaned in to her. “But apparently he doesn’t mind this friendship you and I have going so he’s asked me to spend more time with you. That is, if you don’t mind being seen around town with some old guy,” he went on before his signature smirk crossed his face as he settled back in his chair.
Did I somehow forget it’s my birthday? No, wrong month. Okay, what the hell? Who cares?! Deputy Don is mine this weekend!
“I don’t know, Deputy, think you can keep up with me?”
“One way to find out,” he answered.