(War Crimes – 3x05)

Amidst the bright Communications Bullpen, Toby's office is a lot darker. With his feet up, Toby is sitting on his couch reading a newspaper. CJ walks in the bullpen and puts a file on a desk. She was just about to leave when she sees Toby. She walks inside. Toby becomes flustered, a bit nervous.

CJ: Hey.

Toby: I-I-I'm not here.

CJ: I called you at home. I had you paged.

Toby: Yeah.

CJ: I didn't know you were here.

Toby: [covers his face with the newspaper] I'm not.

CJ: I think the jig is up.

Toby: Clearly, I'm here, but I-I-I'm not open for business. I heard the President was meeting with Hoynes, so I-I-I wanted to see how-how it goes.

CJ: Listen...

Toby: And I see you picked Chicago over Cincinnati so let me explain to you why your money's gonna be in my pocket.

CJ: If the President wins reelection, it's gonna be on the Vice President's coattails?

Toby: [pause] You want to know what's weird? I-I-I just said... that exact same thing a couple of days ago.

CJ: I know. You know how I know? Will Sawyer just told me.

Toby: Will Sawyer's in Myanmar.

CJ: He got kicked out of Myanmar. He's in the room now.

Toby: CJ, I said it... I said it at that W.A. meeting. I said it a the end of the meeting. We were talking about areas where Hoynes is polling stronger than... It was... [awkward chuckle] I said to our own... [pauses and sighs] Do I have a little time?

CJ: A little.

Toby: Thank you.

CJ: You're here now?

Toby: [chuckling] Yeah.

She adored how cute he was sometimes. He was actually hiding out and that was relatively un-Toby-like, but it was pretty endearing. She would be offended that he was ignoring and hiding from her, but she couldn't really judge people on hiding, given her height and inability to, plus she still found it incredibly cute. A newspaper Tobus, really? Never mind, she'd have to get onto Will about the possibility of Toby's quote being a thing.


That night, Toby's apartment:

"I tried dealing with Will about the remark," CJ said coolly, running circles on Toby's chest with her finger.

"Tried?" he responded.

"He's not running it." She told him.

"One less thing to think about." Toby sighed and pulled her closer.

"Yeah. Sam told me about your speech to the staffers." She grinned up at him. "It's cute when you show people that you care, Tobus."

"You're only saying that 'cause I show you every night." He flirted, fingers reaching her breast.

She slapped him playfully, "I was trying to be nice and you think I was trying for sex?"

"You're naked in my bed, CJ. Your point's pretty invalid." Toby pointed out.

"Shut up." She laid her head back against his chest.