Okay, but I feel bad for First Ending!Sofia. Like, imagine you fell in love (IMPLIED), they asked you to prom (We never knew who asked), only for them to die on the same night???
Bro, your first dance with eachother was your last dance. The supposed to be eventful night was eventful, alright.
Sofia's stuck wondering what would've happened if Cathy didn't die, would have it evolved? Would it not? She'll never have an answer. Like, DUDEEE.
Catfia date night AU (aka on date night we wear red)
see under the cut for a mini fic/companion piece to this set
Sofia looks up from the microscope and catches a glimpse of the clock on the wall. Shit. She's late. She runs to the locker room almost knocking Greg, and the boxes of evidence he is carrying, over on the way. She strips her lab coat and her clothes off as quickly as she can, not caring who can see her. She grabs the freshly dry cleaned dress out of her locker and slips it over her head. She gently tugs on her hair to ensure that none of it is caught up in the straps. She almost falls over in the process of trying to put her shoes and earrings on at the same time. She thinks for a moment that if she ends up in the ER then Catherine surely won't be that mad at her. But she thinks she really better not actually test the theory.
Catherine reluctantly places her food order with the waitress. She's an hour and forty five minutes - and four drinks deep - into waiting for Sofia to show. She'd long stopped caring what the other patrons thought of her. She knows exactly how it looks, her sitting alone in a fancy restaurant. But at this point she's a little tipsy and very hungry so she's not about to leave without having something to eat. Perhaps this was a mistake. Dating at work was always a risk, but after months of back and forth Catherine had finally decided this was a risk that was worth taking. Now all she can hope is that she wasn't wrong.
When Sofia finally walks into the room Catherine is certain that everything else stops, including her breathing. The minutes she spent waiting, the glances she'd received are all forgotten. The hunger in her stomach is replaced with a different kind of hunger. She is simply stunning, a vision in red. The effort she's put into her appearance tells Catherine that she wasn't planning to stand her up. Her anger softens.
Sofia, of course, apologises profusely for her lateness. As Sofia stumbles over her, clearly rehearsed, explanation of how she got caught up in the lab and then nearly landed herself in the hospital twice as she rushed to make it here, Catherine finds that she doesn't actually mind so much. She knows exactly what it's like to get so wrapped up in a case that you lose all track of time. She finds it endearing that Sofia cares so much, about her work and about her lack of time management.
They stay at the restaurant for hours, talking, eating and laughing. The staff change shifts, but they don't even notice. It isn't until Catherine's reminder to pick Lindsay up goes off that she even realises the time. They'd spent the better part of six hours together. Catherine can't ever recall having laughed this much on a date, ever.
Sofia is surprised at how quickly the time passed and how at ease she felt. She's always hated dating. When she was starting out as an officer she was so intently focused on her job. The few dates she had been on were either boring or with people who showed a bit too much of an interest in her line of work. When she'd been transferred to CSI she'd pretty much given up dating completely. Catherine asking her out had been a surprise, a pleasant one but a surprise nonetheless. She hadn't known Catherine to have dated anyone in her whole time working at the lab. She'd planned to say no, her mothers voice ringing in the back of her mind about what she needed to do to be successful, but somehow she found herself saying yes. Right now, she's very glad that she did.
They walk out together and Sofia kisses Catherine gently on the cheek before helping her into a cab. As the cab pulls away Catherine turns to glance back. As Sofia fades from her sight the only thoughts running through her mind are of how Sofia really was worth waiting for, and she doesn't just mean tonight.
I do like very much that we weren't treated to the tale of Roland's first wish and why the well was hidden... yet. It leaves some good room for world building/ speculation by the fans. Plus eventually we *shall* get that story... with hope. But apart from the very close resemblance kitty-fia has to those Princess Palace Pets they keep peddling, good episode. Now though maybe Sofia might actually have an idea that at least Wormwood wants her amulet, even if she doesn't connect it to Cedric. And both my brother and I agree that the well is creepy. (He also says the flower shape left on her tail is her cutie mark)
