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nnyThe conclusion of the Sports Night Fic. Have yet to decide on a title. :D
Continued from here.
“Kelly, we’re on you in five, four, three, two, one. Five minutes back, everybody.”
Casey unclipped his microphone, even before pulling off his earpiece, then leaned across the desk to yank Dan’s off, too.
"Now you talk," he said, voice low and menacing, and Dan flipped through the pages of his script with a smirk.
"This is a world war two movie, now?"
"Ve haff vays," and when Dan gave him a skeptical sidelong look Casey lowered his voice still further. "Tell me or I'm telling Dana what you really think about her new haircut."
Dan raised an eyebrow. "I like Dana's new haircut."
"You know that and I know that, my friend, but does Dana know that?"
"... you are a small and evil man."
Casey preened.
"It's seriously nothing, I swear." Dan had his pencil spinning between his fingers again, and Casey was starting to think that that wasn't a good sign. "There's this woman who's been after me, is all, and I figured it was just easier to tell her that I was seeing someone."
"And you chose me?"
"Yours was the first name that came into my head!" Dan's look was aggravatingly miserable, and Casey was pretty sure that one way or the other he was going to end up forgiving him way too easily for this. "She kinda put me on the spot, I needed an excuse to say no."
"So what's wrong with her? How come you need an excuse?"
Dan fiddled with the collar of his shirt, then smoothed his tie fussily.
"She's... moderately batshit," he eventually answered, and Casey snorted.
"Moderately?"
"More than moderately. Persistent, too."
"So you told her you were dating me."
"It's okay, man, I swear." Danny was looking earnest, now, leaning across the desk towards him. "She works at my therapist's, she's not going to tell anyone."
"...I hadn't even thought about that," Casey answered, shaking his head slightly. "Seriously, Danny, I'm still stuck on the fact that mine was the first name you thought of."
"Stuck on it, huh?"
"Can't get past it."
"That'd be all the hot man loving," Danny said wisely. "It blows the mental fuses."
Casey shot him a look, his mouth twitching irresistibly at the corners.
"It's hot?"
"Oh trust me, it's hot."
"You're sure it's hot?"
"Oh it is very hot."
"...with you?"
"...keep this up and I'm making you impotent."
Casey laughed, leaning back to let Alison clip his mic on again, hooking his earpiece back over his ear.
"You know that's not gonna get rid of her, right?"
"I'm nursing you through it."
"What are you nursing him through, Dan?" Natalie's voice came over his earpiece, a little too loud like always. Casey grinned and slouched back in his chair.
"My impossible crush on you, Natalie. I really thought we had something, there, but Jeremy's your boyfriend now, right?"
There was a small squeak from Jeremy, and Natalie's voice was distinctly suspicious.
"Yes, he's my boyfriend. Where've you heard different?"
"Oh, Jeremy just didn't seem sure, is all," and he couldn't help laughing when he heard the distinct sound of an arm punch over the earpiece.
"You are so my boyfriend," Natalie told Jeremy firmly in the background.
"Thirty seconds back, people," Dana said longsufferingly.
"What was that about?"
Casey directed his grin at Dan, pushing himself into a more upright position.
"Oh, just doing my bit for humanity. I think it's generally better when both parties know they're dating, don't you?"
Dan's eyes widened a little, then he turned to look in the direction of the control room.
"Dana, you know I love your new haircut, right?"
*
It wasn't until they were both back in Wardrobe that Casey got a chance to pester him about it again.
"Seriously, the first name you thought of?"
Dan's back was turned to him as he unbuttoned his shirt, and Casey noticed with interest how his shoulders tightened.
"Casey, you want to leave this alone."
"Actually, you know what? I don't think I do." He left off his own shirt, leaving it still halfway buttoned, his tie loose around his neck, and took a couple of steps closer to Dan. "Because this doesn't warrant you acting weird all day, Danny, and I want to know what does." He put his hand on Dan's shoulder, muscles tense against his fingers. "And I want to know why, when someone asks you who you're dating, mine's the first name that comes to mind."
Dan spun around, one hand firm in the center of Casey's chest.
"This is why, okay?" he said, voice barely controlled as he pushed Casey until his back hit the wall, leaned close enough that he could feel Dan's quickened breathing against his cheek. "This is why."
And then his mouth, thin-lipped and fever hot, was pressed against Casey's, hand still pressed tight enough to his chest that Casey was pretty sure he could feel how fast his heart was beating, could feel the vibrations of the small noise he couldn't do anything to swallow back. And it was just - for a few seconds there, it was perfect. Right until Dan pulled back, pulled in on himself, got the same shuttered look in his eyes as he had earlier.
"Huh," said Casey, a small breathless noise, and he reached out to touch Dan's face, his thumb tracing the edge of his slow-forming smile as he pulled him back in.
He was pretty sure this was the most sense anyone had made all day.
Continued from here.
“Kelly, we’re on you in five, four, three, two, one. Five minutes back, everybody.”
Casey unclipped his microphone, even before pulling off his earpiece, then leaned across the desk to yank Dan’s off, too.
"Now you talk," he said, voice low and menacing, and Dan flipped through the pages of his script with a smirk.
"This is a world war two movie, now?"
"Ve haff vays," and when Dan gave him a skeptical sidelong look Casey lowered his voice still further. "Tell me or I'm telling Dana what you really think about her new haircut."
Dan raised an eyebrow. "I like Dana's new haircut."
"You know that and I know that, my friend, but does Dana know that?"
"... you are a small and evil man."
Casey preened.
"It's seriously nothing, I swear." Dan had his pencil spinning between his fingers again, and Casey was starting to think that that wasn't a good sign. "There's this woman who's been after me, is all, and I figured it was just easier to tell her that I was seeing someone."
"And you chose me?"
"Yours was the first name that came into my head!" Dan's look was aggravatingly miserable, and Casey was pretty sure that one way or the other he was going to end up forgiving him way too easily for this. "She kinda put me on the spot, I needed an excuse to say no."
"So what's wrong with her? How come you need an excuse?"
Dan fiddled with the collar of his shirt, then smoothed his tie fussily.
"She's... moderately batshit," he eventually answered, and Casey snorted.
"Moderately?"
"More than moderately. Persistent, too."
"So you told her you were dating me."
"It's okay, man, I swear." Danny was looking earnest, now, leaning across the desk towards him. "She works at my therapist's, she's not going to tell anyone."
"...I hadn't even thought about that," Casey answered, shaking his head slightly. "Seriously, Danny, I'm still stuck on the fact that mine was the first name you thought of."
"Stuck on it, huh?"
"Can't get past it."
"That'd be all the hot man loving," Danny said wisely. "It blows the mental fuses."
Casey shot him a look, his mouth twitching irresistibly at the corners.
"It's hot?"
"Oh trust me, it's hot."
"You're sure it's hot?"
"Oh it is very hot."
"...with you?"
"...keep this up and I'm making you impotent."
Casey laughed, leaning back to let Alison clip his mic on again, hooking his earpiece back over his ear.
"You know that's not gonna get rid of her, right?"
"I'm nursing you through it."
"What are you nursing him through, Dan?" Natalie's voice came over his earpiece, a little too loud like always. Casey grinned and slouched back in his chair.
"My impossible crush on you, Natalie. I really thought we had something, there, but Jeremy's your boyfriend now, right?"
There was a small squeak from Jeremy, and Natalie's voice was distinctly suspicious.
"Yes, he's my boyfriend. Where've you heard different?"
"Oh, Jeremy just didn't seem sure, is all," and he couldn't help laughing when he heard the distinct sound of an arm punch over the earpiece.
"You are so my boyfriend," Natalie told Jeremy firmly in the background.
"Thirty seconds back, people," Dana said longsufferingly.
"What was that about?"
Casey directed his grin at Dan, pushing himself into a more upright position.
"Oh, just doing my bit for humanity. I think it's generally better when both parties know they're dating, don't you?"
Dan's eyes widened a little, then he turned to look in the direction of the control room.
"Dana, you know I love your new haircut, right?"
*
It wasn't until they were both back in Wardrobe that Casey got a chance to pester him about it again.
"Seriously, the first name you thought of?"
Dan's back was turned to him as he unbuttoned his shirt, and Casey noticed with interest how his shoulders tightened.
"Casey, you want to leave this alone."
"Actually, you know what? I don't think I do." He left off his own shirt, leaving it still halfway buttoned, his tie loose around his neck, and took a couple of steps closer to Dan. "Because this doesn't warrant you acting weird all day, Danny, and I want to know what does." He put his hand on Dan's shoulder, muscles tense against his fingers. "And I want to know why, when someone asks you who you're dating, mine's the first name that comes to mind."
Dan spun around, one hand firm in the center of Casey's chest.
"This is why, okay?" he said, voice barely controlled as he pushed Casey until his back hit the wall, leaned close enough that he could feel Dan's quickened breathing against his cheek. "This is why."
And then his mouth, thin-lipped and fever hot, was pressed against Casey's, hand still pressed tight enough to his chest that Casey was pretty sure he could feel how fast his heart was beating, could feel the vibrations of the small noise he couldn't do anything to swallow back. And it was just - for a few seconds there, it was perfect. Right until Dan pulled back, pulled in on himself, got the same shuttered look in his eyes as he had earlier.
"Huh," said Casey, a small breathless noise, and he reached out to touch Dan's face, his thumb tracing the edge of his slow-forming smile as he pulled him back in.
He was pretty sure this was the most sense anyone had made all day.
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Date: 2007-06-05 07:08 pm (UTC)I'm also going to try and find a way to use "That'd be all the hot man loving ... It blows the mental fuses" in a sentence today.
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Date: 2007-06-07 09:29 am (UTC)*grins*
I'm chuffed you liked it, darlin', 'cos your picture made me so very happy. :D
(Do you mind if I make an icon from it?)
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Date: 2007-06-09 02:00 am (UTC)Oh, go ahead! ♥
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Date: 2007-06-07 09:30 am (UTC)*pouncehugs*
I'm so pleased you enjoyed it.
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Date: 2007-06-05 08:14 pm (UTC)I was just getting grumpy at the weekend that there had been nothing new for aaaages (understand this is LJ time, where 'ages' = 'anything over half an hour or so', but even so), and then two marvellous new fics turned up in as many days. It's a miracle, is what it is. Hurrah!
Um. Yes. Thank you for writing this - I enjoyed it hugely.
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Date: 2007-06-07 09:32 am (UTC)*licks*
XD
I'm really glad you liked it, and thanks so much for the lovely feedback.
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Date: 2007-06-05 08:59 pm (UTC)Excellent Sorkinese, great story...*hugs the fic, it's so cool*
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Date: 2007-06-07 09:33 am (UTC)Thank you!
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Date: 2007-06-05 10:31 pm (UTC)He was pretty sure this was the most sense anyone had made all day.
Well, with a day like that...
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Date: 2007-06-07 09:34 am (UTC):D!
Thank you for the feedback!
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Date: 2007-06-06 02:19 am (UTC)*squishes you and your awesomeness*
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Date: 2007-06-07 09:35 am (UTC)Thanks so much, lovely.
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Date: 2007-06-07 09:36 am (UTC)Thanks for the feedback!
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Date: 2007-07-17 07:46 pm (UTC)Thankee!
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