Hey guys! This is my very first Covert Affairs fanfic so I really hope you like it. I wanna thank Finlaure13 for proof reading this for me and for her and meburleson for encouraging me to write this. Unfortunately I do not own Covert Affairs, but if I did it would still be on the air. So now without further adieu...enjoy!
It was a quiet day at the CIA. There were no serious threats to be keeping an eye on. Annie was sitting at her desk decoding a Russian file for Joan while Auggie was working on a piece of code on his computer. He had always been into computers and tech savvy since he was a teenager. He was always taking apart or putting back together computers. It was just something he enjoyed doing and was really good at. It was the one thing that never really changed since losing his sight while in Iraq. I mean yeah he had to do it differently, but the feeling he had when he did was the same. It made him feel a sense of accomplishment.
Auggie was briefly lost in thought when he vaguely heard the sound of familiar footsteps walking up to his office. How could he not know whose they were? They belonged to Annie, his favorite operative and girlfriend. As she walked up to the office he took off the headphones he was wearing while he was working on his code and looked up to where he heard her coming.
"What are you thinking about?" Annie asked as she walked into the room.
"Hm?" Auggie asked back. Today was one of those days where Auggie was feeling more down about his lack of sight than he usually was. For the most part Auggie was a confident, independent guy who didn't let his disability define him as a person, but for some reason today was just not one of those days. "What are you thinking about?" Annie asked again.
"Oh, it's no big deal, really I'm fine." Auggie answered back. Annie knew something was up, but she wasn't going to pry. Auggie was the type of person who didn't show much emotion, and she knew that if he didn't want to talk about it to not go on about it so she decided drop it.
"I haven't seen you at all today. I've been so busy trying to decode that file for Joan. How about we go and grab a bite to eat? I'm starving since I haven't moved from my desk since this morning." Annie said to Auggie.
"Yeah, that sounds great. Just give me a minute." Auggie said back.
"Okay, I'll be at my desk when you're ready." Annie answered, and she turned around and walked out of Auggie's office.
Before leaving his office Auggie went to his desk drawer and recovered his white cane from it before he got up and walked over to where Annie said she would be at her desk.
"Ready to go?" she asked.
"Yeah, let's go." Auggie said. Then Annie touched Auggie's hand in standard sighted guide technique and Auggie slid his hand up her arm and grabbed her elbow, and they were off. It just felt so natural to Auggie when Annie was guiding him. She was one of a very short list of people who he actually trusted when it came to people guiding him. Maybe it was that she never made a fuss about his blindness since the first day they've met, or that they always just seemed to fit so natural together. Any way he knew she was a keeper.
Once they got to the café they ordered their drinks and food and waited while the waitress put in their order. Annie and Auggie were sitting there talking about their morning and how work was going when Auggie's phone started ringing. The voice from the phone was reciting a number that Auggie thought was familiar so he answered it.
"Hello?" Auggie said into the phone.
"Auggie, it's Dr. Kessel." Dr. Kessel Auggie thought why would he be calling me?
"Dr. Kessel?" Auggie seemed curious,
"I never expected to hear your voice again." Dr. Kessel was Auggie's only hope a few years back to ever being able to see again and after his last conversation with him those dreams were flushed down the drain.
"We're doing some new tests with stem cells, and I was looking back on your file. You seem like a good candidate for this trial, if you're interested." Auggie sat there in the booth speechless. Annie was looking at him wondering what was going on. Then Auggie spoke,
"Are, are you serious?" he asked.
"Yes absolutely." Dr. Kessel answered back. Auggie just didn't know what to think. He had thrown all those dreams of seeing away after the last time he had spoken with Dr. Kessel. Then he thought for a second.
"What if it didn't work and I put all my hopes up again for nothing, but then what if it could actually work this time and it could improve my life."
Annie knew something was up so she placed her hand on top of Auggie's hand on the table. When Auggie felt her touch he knew then that he wanted this opportunity. Not only because he could see, but that he could finally see Annie.
"Yes Dr. Kessel that sounds great!" Auggie tried not to sound too excited on the phone.
"Thank you so much for this opportunity."
"You're welcome Auggie. When we meet next we'll talk more about the details." And with that he hung up the phone.