Note: After being in a humongously long writing rut for the past couple of months, I'm finally starting to come back into the world of Muses, Monkeys, and Plot Bunnies. A little one holed up in my head last night with this fic, and wouldn't rest until I wrote it. Not much of a chore; I kind of love Buzz. And wonder of wonders, I'm satisfied with the way that this turned out! I hope you like it! :D
Buzz McNab: A Day In the Life
by: jewel of athos
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Hi! I'm Susan Sheppard, channel six news; and I have here with me today Officer Buzz McNab. Hello, Mr. McNab.
Hi! Oh, and you can call me Buzz.
So, Buzz, a typical day for you; what's it like?
A day for me? Well, usually I wake up in the morning around six, and Francie - that's my wife - and I eat breakfast together, and take a few minutes to talk and play with our little boy cat Pete. We both make breakfast...well, I make the coffee and toast, and she makes eggs. We don't always have bacon because I have to watch my cholesterol, but sometimes we do and she makes that, too. And boy, is it good!
That sounds wonderful.
Oh, I love her.
A family man, hm? Mr. McNab, can you tell me where you work?
Well, I'm a police officer at the Santa Barbara Police Department. SBPD, to those of you who like to know abbreviations.
And what does a typical day look like at the "SBPD"? A lot of high profile cases have been coming your way lately. That must be exciting!
Definitely! Well, most of the time...
Can you explain what you mean by that, Mr. McNab?
Well, we get a lot of exciting cases, definitely; b ut I don't always get quite as much field work as I would like. Like Detective Lassiter says, "police work is thirty percent action, and seventy percent paperwork" -
I'm sorry, who?
Oh, sorry. Head Detective Carlton Lassiter. He's kind of like my boss. Well, I mean, Chief Vick is really his boss; so by default, she's really my boss too...but the Head Detective is usually the one in the field giving orders.
Do you like working with the detective?
Of course I do; Detective Lassiter and his partner, Detective O'Hara, are brilliant. I mea, he yells a lot...and he can be insulting and kind of hurtful when he's upset. But he is a great officer, and I really look up to him. That's the kind of officer I'd like to be one day. Except I'd probably smile more.
Haha, well, that shouldn't be too hard; you're very bright and happy already, and you've also become quite well known! I heard that you and Shawn Spencer are also good friends. Does he ever let you in on any of his crime-fighting action?
Yeah, me and Shawn are buddies. Detective Lassiter doesn't really like him, but Shawn's nothing but a great guy. He always brings Lassiter his coffee or his lunch when he comes, and he's a tremendous help with our cases. You know, I think it's really Shawn who has made us so noticed all of a sudden. I don't know how he does it, but that man is a genius! And the cases that he discovers are almost always the most exciting. It's a team effort, solving these cases, but he's the best at finding them.
I see. Well, is there anything else you'd like to say, Mr. McNab? What would you say the best part of your day is?
Well, being a cop and catching the bad guys is great and all; I love my job. But the best part of my day would definitely have to be going home at night to my beautiful wife Francie.
Thank you, Mr. McNab. Well, there you have it, folks. Officer Buzz McNab; friendly neighborhood cop, a team player, and a family man to boot. One of Santa Barbara's finest.
If you would like any more information about the SBPD, or any of the other public services in town, please call the number at the bottom of the screen.
This has been a channel six "community moment"; until next time, I'm Susan Sheppard, signing off.
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Note: I don't know why this fic came to me in the interview style, but I really like it. Originally, it was going to be more of a therapy session, almost, where Buzz was the only one that talked; but when I started writing, this worked much better. Let me know what you think! :D