Language Barrier
Pair: Amanda & Simon
Set: In one of those episodes he was on the phone to Eva
Don't crane obviously. Don't. Crane. Obviously. Amanda!
I wish I understood what he's saying. Why didn't I take German? Damn German!
Amanda fights the urge to obviously eaves-drop, wars to keep her expression neutral, holds her files a little tighter. She refuses to visibly bristle because her friend is – and how dare he, Amanda? You're not being unreasonable at all – speaking to his wife on the phone.
"You too. Bye." There we go, the one bit I wish I didn't understand.
Damn it. Damn it, woman, behave.
"Amanda, do you feel like dinner?"
More like a quart of alcohol, handsome, but for time with you "Of course."
His eyes shine. That she understands.