Trans!Reno Headcannons Pt. 4
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Rufus sighed and put his hand over his eyes to shield them from the massive amount of paperwork now piled on the desk.
A few feet away the Turk adjusted his gaze, noticing the dark circles and pallid color on the VP’s face.
“You’re gonna dig yourself an early grave with all these long days, sir. Least you'll leave a real pretty corpse.”
He shot Reno a look. “And what do you expect to be done about it? Shinra never sleeps and it seems that I am destined for the same. While we’re on the subject, a pot of coffee is going to be necessary. This may turn out to be a long night.”
“Oh?” He smirked and raised an eyebrow, “Do tell me more..”
This was their routine now, Rufus giving orders and Reno firing back with an inappropriate comment or proposition. It would have gotten anyone else fired on the spot. Two years on this ‘extended business assignment’ had brought them quite close, and Reno’s ridiculous banter was one of the few things keeping Rufus sane. Not that he would ever admit to enjoying it.
When the clock read 2:46am they were well into their second pot of the night. Hours had passed reviewing endless reports and observing surveillance. Rufus’s phone suddenly rang, jolting the two out of their fog.
“Understood. That can be arranged. No no, 15:00. I’ll be there.” Click.
“We have a highly classified meeting in Costa tomorrow. Have the helicopter ready in 20 minutes.”
“Yes, Boss. I’ll be waitin’ for ya.”
“And Reno,” he waited until their eyes locked. “Not one soul outside of this room will hear of this.”
A quick nod of understanding and Reno was out the door and on the helipad getting prepared. When the VP appeared (not in his usual white suit but a black overcoat and dashing newsboy cap?) the two jumped in and took off without a word.
They rode in silence most of the short flight.
When the city peeked over the horizon, Rufus said over the comm, “Land us on the Shinra building, business as usual. Inside the hangar there is an elevator with a keypad- secluded, looks like it’s for maintenance. Walk straight there. Don’t speak until we are in the apartment. Understood?”
Reno followed Rufus straight to the elevator upon landing, for once in his life staying silent despite all the questions buzzing about his head like killer bees. The ‘maintenance’ elevator had only one button, and went to the 21st floor.
‘Odd, all of the lodging in the building was on floors 16-19. Above that was.. storage? Materials containment? Pretty much the equivalent of a Shinra broom closet until floor 25.’ The lift opened to a drab looking hallway with one door. Rufus entered another passcode and tilted his head for Reno to follow.
Inside was a very posh, albeit extremely tiny, studio apartment. Nothing about the entrance to this space would have given away such luxury digs on the other side.
“Welcome to my own private jail cell,” Rufus said, lifting his hands as if to show it off. “Not too shabby, for a million gil prison. I’d give you the grand tour, but what I’d really like to do is have a shower before I am dead on my feet. You have to be exhausted as well?”
Indeed he was, but it was his job and number one priority to ensure everything was safe. “Go on in and shower or whatever, I gotta do a once over out here first.”
He performed the usual perimeter checks twice over (can’t have anything happening on his watch) which didn’t take long being that the entire apartment was one common room, a tiny kitchen with a bar, and the master suite. Confident that everything was secure, Reno was ready to change out of his suit and finally catch some zzzs.
First thing he noticed was precisely one bed in the center of the room. Second was Rufus, standing near the window drying his hair with a towel. All of the air left Reno’s body with a quiet oh.
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New Chapter is up on AO3!! (This is just the preview hehe) The trans!Reno story continues.
The fic is Trial and Error and my handle is go_ask_ash, message me if you need a link!