Sweet with Dex please! If you’re still taking requests 😊
coming up <3 a little fbi!dex bc he's my favorite
another day, another stakeout. they seemed to be getting more regular these days, what with fisk's uneasy collaboration with the fbi and the cloak of crime trying to fit into all the shadows of hell's kitchen.
it's not dex's favorite part of the job. far from it. though, he's hard pressed to say just what is without immediately turning into a flight risk.
you just so happen to be the unlucky bastard that's stuck with him by your side for all these hours.
see, dex doesn't get you.
he doesn't get most people, not unless he puts them under the figurative scalpel quantico had taught him to wield. but you, in particular, are the sort of mystery that exists in the everyday acts of a kind stranger, the sort of altruism hard to find in a career that seemed a magnet for the ambitious jarhead and ladder climber.
you'd offered him dessert from a local cafe close enough to not raise suspicion and, when he'd given you his customary 'no, thanks', you'd decided to return to the van with his favorite dessert.
he's not sure how you know it. he doesn't like the way it settles under his ribs with the kind of warmth that has him shifting in his seat. dex is trying to act the part, here. do his job, limit distractions, stick to structure.
you're considerate enough to chew quietly in the stillness of the van, but even he can tell you're sneaking glances. presses his lips tight with restraint.
"you know, all you have to do is ask."
his eyes slide over to you, the fork with a bite of cheesecake at the ready, and back to you again.
"i'm not going to ask." but it's said with a slight smile at the slight frustration that makes its way to your face.
"c'mon, dex," you say, "you've only had coffee the whole day, and that was in the morning. i don't know how you're still alive at this point."
his stomach flips. you hold out the handle of the fork like an olive branch, and he looks conflicted for a good, long moment.
"just trying to look out for you." you admit, a hint sheepish, still holding out hope.