Fic: Falling Through the Rabbit Hole: Coffee, Chaos and Contracts
‟First of all, I'd like to apologize for the delay and… this. The shirt… There's no need to apologize for my breasts.” Chris looked him straight in the eyes, testing the waters of how to handle him. ‟I have been blessed with them.” ‟A fact the shirt makes abundantly clear.” Lex didn't even flinch but held her gaze, causing a tingling sensation in the small of her back. Oh boy, this is gonna be something… Don't blush, you've started this after all. ‟I had a small accident shortly before you arrived —” ‟Right… drinking coffee and not bathing in it.” Chris rolled her tongue in her mouth and tried to keep her features under control. Had her little tirade been loud enough to be heard throughout the entire office? ‟Well, we have an intern who's, uhm, adjusting to… work life.” Lex leaned slightly forward, the hint of a smile twisting at his lips. She couldn't help but stare at the little scar on his upper lip. She wondered where he got it from. It definitely wasn't a harelip scar. ‟I can tell you from personal experience that interns normally function better when you don't go at them like ten sailors on leave.” Chris blinked. ‟Well… Anyone less calm and collected than me would have flayed him alive.” She noticed her voice sounding calm and confident again and less squirrelly as though she were an intimidated school girl. ‟You're certainly not at a loss for words.” Chuckling, he made himself more comfortable in his seat. ‟Anyway… before we discuss my case, I'd really like to know what a rabbit is doing in a law firm.”
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