Paris With An Artist
Set post Predator in the pool, Angela makes an accidental discovery that leaves her questioning the status of her re-warming relationship with Hodgin's. Hodgela, multichap. References, to Predator in the pool, the parts in the sum of the whole and salt in the wounds.
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Outside the city is hot and hectic but within the air-conditioned Jeffersonian a normal Wednesday is progressing. There is a new case, just come in and the team is scattered around the lab working.
"Angela can you grab me a pen, I don't want to put this down" Cam shouts waving the partially flesh covered skull at her.
"Yeah sure, just ahh don't wiggle that thing at me 'Kay" she replies with a tight smile, thoroughly repulsed by the sight in front of her, its not the worst she's seen but still... rotting flesh will never be a comfortable sight for this soft hearted artist.
Angela hurries down the stairs of the platform to get the pen and then hopefully escape away to her office where the live feed from the aquarium still plays. Hodgin's desk is closest and she highly doubts he'd mind if she pinched a pen, in fact she's pretty sure he'd never deny her anything. A grimace graces her features and she swallows hard as she stoops to open his top draw, telling her self not to think about it now, god knows she's thought about him, them enough these past few weeks.
As she slides to draw fully out Angela is surprised that it is virtually empty- just one read pen, three pictures of her and Hodgin's that used to be in a big frame on his desk, an envelope and.... her earring? Frowning she reaches in for the earring which is hooked onto the envelopes corner. Why does he have this? Angela can't help but be baffled, she can't remember the last time she wore the pair, and they're nothing especially beautiful or valuable, so why? As the puzzling earring lies in her palm the envelope is suspended from her hand and since it's unsealed her movement to bring the earring closer tips its contents into the floor. She bends to pick the paper that fell up, so focused on the earring she doesn't hear Cam telling her "I don't have all day" or for a long moment realise that what she's picked up are two plane tickets. When she looks down at them and does realise she is as surprised by them as she was that Jack had keep one of her earrings. Paris? This new discovery only confounds her further, who would Jack be taking to the city of love?
"ANGELA" Oh right- Cam. Calling back an apology she tells Cam she'll go get a pen from her office, Hodgin's doesn't have one. Striding as quickly as she can (and very conspicuously she realises) out of the room her usually sharp mind and senses balk as she try's to understand what a memento of her and two plane tickets for some romantic trip he plans to take mean for them and their returning closeness.
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