The Nose Knows
Disclaimer: I wish, but no, I don't own the characters/show.
Author's Note: An idea I had after watching Henry's furry side come out when he was threatened in "Fragments." Which, of course, snowballed as all plot bunnies (nubbins?) do. Enjoy!
He didn't like him. From the moment he met him he didn't like him.
He- smelled funny. But of course, he couldn't really tell her that. He was already a weirdo in her eyes, he could only imagine the barbs he'd get for saying something like that.
"Seriously? He smells funny? Geez, Hank, do you go around smelling people or something?"
Nope, better to just keep that little piece of information to himself.
So he went along with the plan, even readied all the tech himself because weird smelling contact or no, the Abnormal they were after was as rare as they came, not to mention extremely dangerous. That word often got thrown around a lot, but he wasn't taking any chances this time, only the gear that he knew worked was set for the big night.
He told himself it was because he didn't want anything to go wrong, but truth be told he just didn't want anything to go wrong where she was concerned, especially since she was going with that smelly guy.
"Henry."
"Huh? Oh, hey Doc."
"Are you alright? You seem rather distracted tonight."
"I'm fine, just want this one to be over and done with, ya know?"
"Having second thoughts about this Leo fellow?"
"You could say that. Wait, you too?"
"Quite. Kate's contacts have always been a touch shady, but this one is-"
"A shade darker?"
"To put it politely, yes. Actually, that's why I've come to see you. He claims to want only Kate with him for this venture because he trusts her due to past endeavors, but I would feel more assured if another one of my team were keeping an eye on him. Even if only in a furtive sense. What do you say?"
"So you're asking me to tail them?"
"More or less."
"I'm in."
To be continued...