Magnets and Mirrors

The Morning After…

LaSalle and Percy were so very aware of each other that they unconsciously gravitated toward one another. So much so in fact that others had begun to take notice of the phenomenon.

Just this morning in the squad room Dwayne "King" Pride made note of their unconscious mirroring of each other. They were discussing a new case when Sebastian Lund and Dr. Loretta Wade, the super duo from the Medical Examiner's office, video called with some interesting findings. When they all turned to watch the monitor, Pride noticed the positioning of his two agents.

Sonja was standing slightly to the side of her desk and Chris, having just come in from the kitchen, had walked up behind her. They were not touching in any way, but at the same time it almost appeared that they were somehow tethered to one another. What really caught Pride's attention was their stances, they were close together with Sonja in front of Chris. Their legs were slightly opened in a stabilizing positon, their arms were crossed right over left and their hands were resting, slightly cupped around their biceps, almost like they were embracing themselves. Both of their heads were cocked slightly to the left while they were staring up at the screen. They were almost exact mirror images of each other. Pride supposed that's what happened when partners had been working together for a while and got really in tune with one another, it's what made a good team.

Indeed LaSalle and Percy were just as Pride described them, but what was going on inside of the agents was a riot of emotions. Sonya was so hyperactively aware of Christopher that she could feel him behind her. He wasn't intrusively close to her and yet she was aware of his every move, his every breath and was she imagining things or could she feel his body heat? She wanted to reach back and touch him so badly that she had to hold on to herself to keep from doing just that.

Chris, on the other hand, had the vantage point of being behind the diminutive agent Sonja Percy, his partner, his friend and as of last night, his lover. She was beautiful to him, he could smell the clean fresh scent of her hair and skin from the soap and shampoo she had used this morning in what had turned out to be one hell of a shower! He could still picture her wet, caramel skin glistening under the warm spray of the shower. He could still taste her lips from when he just had to kiss her smiling mouth. God help him, he had to get a grip and concentrate on what Sebastian and Dr. Wade were saying, because right now he had to hold on to himself to keep from taking that one step that would close the distance between him and Percy. It would put him directly behind her where he could reach out and enfold her in his arms and just breathe her in.

The video call ended and Pride and Patton Plame, or Triple P as he had dubbed himself were discussing the case. When Pride asked for LaSalle's input and he didn't get a response he looked back over his shoulder to find his agents frozen in the same position with only one small change; they were now both staring at the floor seemly deep in thought.

Sonja's gaze was focused on the floor, her mind racing and split between all the "feels" and facts of the case. Chris' gaze was focused on the back of Sonja's neck, where he could imagine his lips right now. However, being the professional agent that he was, he too had heard the specifics of the case and was mulling them over. Yay for multi-tasking!

But it wasn't until Pride called LaSalle's name again that both of their heads snapped up and swiveled toward him with Chris replying, "Sorry King, just concentratin' on what Ms. Loretta said about the body." Percy chimed in with, "Yeah, Sebastian made some really good points too." Pride grinning, truly fascinated and not a little amused, just shook his head and said, "Alright you two, you mind joining us in the here and now please?," to which they both replied, "Yes Sir!"

While that exchange was going on, Patton was looking speculatively back and forth between the two of them. He narrowed his eyes and a little knowing smirk touched the corners of his mouth. Rather than comment on the happenings he just continued with his computer analysis breakdown of the case.