“—Gyver. Angus. Twenty-four. AB neg. I’ve got it all right here, Mr. MacGyver.” She waves the clipboard at him and takes a seat on the stool at her desk, allowing the momentum to roll her a few feet across the tile until she puts a purple Sketcher-clad foot down and comes to a stop in front of him.
“Okay, Mac.” She pulls the pen from behind her ear and runs the tip along the top page as she skims the lines.
She meets his eyes for a moment, warm brown eyes flicking between his as if to gauge his motives, before turning back to her clipboard with a smirk. “Dr. Davis will be just fine.”
“Davis. Been hearing that name a lot, lately, what with the elections coming up. My neighbors had his sign in their yard.”
The pen takes up residence between her teeth as she flips a few pages. “Not you, huh?”
“Not really my guy, no. But my political opinions are pretty much moot now, anyway. You?”
She spares him an arch glance. “It’s not polite to ask people who they’re voting for, Mac.”
“You just asked me. Besides, that’s not exactly what I said.”
“We’ve established that you can no longer vote. But in the interest of fairness,” she chuckles, flipping back a page and marking something, “no. He’s not really my guy, either.”
He quirks an eyebrow, carefully studying a callous at the base of his thumb. “Interesting. Seems like most daughters would vote for their dad.” He senses her go still and chances a look up, shrugging sheepishly. “I remembered you from a photo in the Times last year. A charity gala, or something.”
Her lips have taken on all the softness of a marble statue but her voice is casual as she meets his eyes. “Personal life is off limits while I’m at work, Mr. MacGyver. So for you, that means—”
“Always. Got it. I apologize, I overstepped.”
“I accept.” Her mouth softens into a smile that he’s pleased to see meets her eyes before she turns back to his file. “I see you’re diabetic?”
Mac nods. “Since I can remember.”
From The Courage or the Fall. Filling the bill for @refinedbuffoonery, @kazoosandfannypacks, @impossiblepluto, @holbytlanna, @hollers-and-holmes, @ladyigraineofhistory's roses and then some, because I was working around old dialogue notes. Thanks, loves! This is more than I’ve gotten done on this sucker in months. 😅💕🌹