The joke got only an unimpressed stare back from her that eventually cracked into a grin as she was unable to hold it back. “..Disp on most of the pepperoni.” As spicy as she might be Claire liked it in her food as well. “You are so smooth that it hurts.” Was the last thing she said before practically stuffing piece of pizza in her mouth. She was starving for some junk food like this. He voiced her thoughts so she didn’t have to stop eating to say how good it was.
Her hair was still down and would stay like that until it was dry. A rare sight that Leon, among a few others, had the pleasure to see more often than the others. It made her feel less like herself but with him it didn’t bother her too much.
Claire’s smile dropped a bit when the agent mentioned Sherry. “I miss her too.” While she was practically the only civilian allowed to see her it was highly regulated when she could see her with most of the visits being months apart and only last for a few hours with the occasional surprise of a sleepover at the facility she was held at. “Mhmm..” Leon saw their adopted abducted daughter more than she did. “They are still processing my request of having Sherry visit me for a weekend.” It was the request Redfield had talked about to him with excitement almost a year ago and seemingly it didn’t go nowhere.
“I fucki-” The swear slipped from her before she managed to take a breath. “I mean.. I’m slightly upset because of the bureaucracy.” The more calm alternative of saying fucking hate it was spoken with a bright smile that made her laugh afterwards. It was so unfair. Everytime she saw the little one she had grown so much it felt like she was barely there for her. Hopefully Leon didn’t know that the hesitation of processing her request was most likely for the incident of the biker snapping at the gate of the base Sherry was held in. Claire came late for the set meeting and was denied entry because of it. It made her flip out, toss the bench from the side of the parking lot against the bars of the gate, and driving off only after the guards pulled out the batons.. That was after she had hit one of them in the face when they told her to calm down and leave. She wasn’t proud of it. She hated herself for it. But she couldn’t change it. At least they didn’t press charges because as cold as the government officials were to her they understood having the only civilian contact of Sherry get into trouble like that wouldn’t do her mental state any favors.
It was good Leon brought up something nicer to talk about at the table too. Though she did want to talk about Sherry without dropping it so soon. “Sure, I will come.” Claire was a drop out so she didn’t really have much to do at the moment.. Though TerraSave did keep her busy for the most part but she was still mostly a volunteer and a part-time worker there so it was a bit complicated.
“If you can bring a +1 at the party I will bring my dress.” She had bought a dress for her graduation but now she would never use it for that so why not test it out at the White House instead? It could be fun even if she would feel so out of place there. “..The savior of the first daughter. Who would have thought the rookie became the talk of the day so soon.”
“Just let me know the date in advance so I can make travel plans.” She would be traveling across the country so it wasn’t just a small drive down the road to visit him.
He sure was smooth, since Leon became an agent he had this weird confidence who came out of nowhere. Maybe it was actually him growing up and owning his own persona.
When the Redfield tried correct her swear word, Leon giggled at her, didn’t really understand why she thought she couldn’t there, it was only the two of them... “You will see her soon Claire.” After he munched down the first piece of pizza Leon grabbed the normal cheese pizza and cut two slices for both them even though he knew Claire was going to make the pepperoni pizza disappear real soon. . . it was true though, he was going to see if he could do something about it, he hated the government, sure they gave him this job, perfected his skills. . . but still, it was unfair on her hand to not see the girl she had practically rescued on her own.
“Sweet, I’ll let you know a date and don’t worry I’ll buy you a ticket as soon as I know the date.” Before she could’ve said anything else he stopped her, “don’t say anything, i want to do it. You deserve it and It’s not much, just a couple of bucks.” He could’ve handled it. “Take it as a gift.” Leon smiled and then took a few sips out of his beer.
Leon was actually curious to know if there was anything new for TerraSave, she knew she loved the job. “So how’s TerraSave instead?” He leaned his back against the couch relaxing with the beer in his hands. He knew Claire loved to help people and he really did think that one was the right job for her, something Leon loved to do as well even though sometimes, on his case, the situation would get easily out of control. “Anything interesting going on? Or anyone?” He was curious to know if she had met new people, so he did slip that in there knowing she would notice it but he didn’t care.
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