Prompt: Sawdust
Word count: 154
Spoilers: Borderland and Patriot Down (Season 7)
Note: Written for the Gabby Forum's Drabble Challenge
He'd taken off from her lab earlier that day and she hadn't seen him since. She was fairly certain she knew where he was going and why, but it didn't stop the worry his absence brought forth.
She'd finished her shift and actually walked out of the building on time. With no pressing investigations by the lead team, she was able to work normal hours. Under different circumstances, she'd enjoy that.
But circumstances weren't different, which was why she found herself in jeans, an old t-shirt, and rarely worn sneakers, sweeping up the sawdust from his most recent project in the basement workshop. Not that he'd left things a mess, but it gave her an excuse to spend some time in his haven feeling close to him.
With a last sweep of the broom, she gathered the small pile of sawdust onto the dustpan and dumped it into the trash bin in the corner.