Disclaimer: I do not own Body of Proof or any of its characters. I would so buy them though. And make Kegan happen. Until then.. story time!
She could feel her heartbeat synchronizing with the steady rhythm of the Prada pumps marching towards her office. Her cheeks turned a hotter shade of pink while her throat had seldom felt this dry. It took a lot of mental strength for the blonde to contain her composure as she watched the tiny yet fierce form approaching her. Now was the time to repeat her mental mantra over and over again for within seconds her nose would come into contact with that sweet perfume and then she would be trapped instantaneously in the honeyed fragrance of the gorgeous redhead, clouding her every thought.
"Did you sign those papers Ethan put on your desk last night?"
"Morning Megan."
The blonde kept her icy blue eyes fixated on the other woman's face, raising an eyebrow in expectation.
"Good morning.. Ka- Dr. Murphy."
Megan impatiently balanced on her heels, not letting go of her boss' gaze until Kate eventually broke the eye contact, leaving the redhead with a sense of triumph.
"So.. did you sign them?"
Kate rolled her eyes and shook her head a little while reaching for the papers she had signed first thing that morning – anticipating a scene like this.
"Here you go Dr. Hunt."
Megan bend a little over her boss' desk flashing Kate a grateful smile before leaving the blonde's office, papers waving in her hands.
It wasn't until the sound of her heels had faded that Kate dared to look up again. She could feel her cheeks burning – and not only because she had been holding her breath for the last minute - but mainly because of what had been happening at her eye-level the second Megan had bended over her desk to accept the papers. Kate silently reprimanded herself for lusting over her colleague like this, but then again, she wasn't the one wearing an extremely low-cut orange dress that hugged her exceptional features in all the right places. Kate looked down at her own cream coloured dress with a rather chaste neckline and smiled to herself. She briefly wondered if Megan had ever scanned her body in the same way.. before reprimanding herself once more. The blonde continued mentally cursing herself for all the inappropriate thoughts that were spinning somewhere in the back of her mind when Tommy Sullivan peeped his head around her door:
"Morning Dr. Murphy – have you seen Megan?"
The second he had said her name, they both heard a sharp voice shouting from the morgue, indicating precisely where the object of his search was situated:
".. and where are my detectives?!"
Kate couldn't help but smile and roll her eyes at Tommy in compassion. As she watched his slightly slumped broad-shouldered form heading towards the morgue she thought about how she was finally starting to like the detective. The team hadn't been easy on him, considering his position as a replacement for the well-loved Peter, yet slowly but surely he was winning over their hearts. Kate knew she could always count on him and Adam to get the job done and what's more: he seemed to be one of the few people who dared to step up to Megan. The blonde couldn't ignore the sting of jealousy that made itself known whenever she considered Tommy and Megan. It was not a secret that the two had a past – as Tommy loved to faux-casually mention at least once every conversation – but the thought of Tommy dating Megan left Kate feeling miserable. She knew she had absolutely no right to feel this way – especially considering what had happened the last time she had tried to "deal" with those feelings. Rather than distancing herself from Todd Flemming, she had accepted his invitation for dinner – and his bed. It had been exciting to be with the man who had once warmed up Megan's heart but once she saw the effect it had upon the redhead, she had put an end to it before the idea of leaving Philadelphia – and her – had any chance of forming in Megan's stubborn yet proud mind. Angry Megan did turn her on more than she liked to admit, but the ice cold treatment she got day after day just wasn't worth it. Not to mention Todd, who in the end wasn't even worth a single glare. No, Tommy was different, he meant well. Kate just couldn't help but imagine someone more sophisticated when thinking about a romantic partner for Megan. Someone like her.
Of everything, that thought depressed her the most. She had been crushing on Megan since she started working for her and so far she had done nothing to make her feelings known to the redhead. Kate knew she would rather move to the other side of the world than to tell her how she truly felt about her. Admitting it to herself had been hard enough. Yet, a part of her felt as if by not letting Megan know she cared, she was missing out on all things beautiful. Who knows what might happen? Maybe Megan did feel the same. So far she hadn't dropped any hints but then again, Megan didn't do positive feelings all that well. Either way, it would always be fear of rejection that would hold the blonde back from her shot at happiness. So today, like every other day, Dr. Kate Murphy sat in her office – all elegance and beauty – working with determination on a case that had just presented itself, daydreaming about what could be but would probably never ever happen.
This is not the end, my dearies. More chapters will follow! Reviews are always appreciated =)