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Chapter 7: Seems Distracted As Of Late

It was early afternoon at the FBI Offices. Don Eppes and his team were hard at work on yet another case that had finally started moving somewhere, thanks to a certain curly haired math whiz.

David Sinclair was sitting at his desk when he happened to glance at the breakroom and stopped at what he saw. He then turned to Megan, who was ready over a report.

" Megan." Whispered David and he tapped her on the shoulder.

Megan looked up to meet David's gaze.

" What is it?" She asked. Her only response was David beckoning her to come over to him. With her brow knotting in confusion, Megan walked over to where David was sitting.

" You seeing what I'm seeing?" He asked as he gestured to the breakroom.

Megan followed David's gesture and found herself staring with wide eyes at what she saw.

In the breakroom, Charlie was handing Colby a mug of coffee with this funny little smile on his face. What made things interesting was that Colby had the same look on his face as he accepted the mug, his fingers mingling with the other man's that held the mug. Megan and David watched as Charlie bowed his head and shyly pulled his hand away. The smile on Colby's face grew as he took a sip from the mug.

" What the hell is going on with those two?" Whispered Megan as she faced David, who shrugged before turning back to the tender moment.

It was a good thing Don was in the men's room at the moment. If he'd seen what David and Megan had just witnessed.

Megan and David quickly scrambled back to what ever they were doing prior to being an audience when Colby headed out of the breakroom with his mug of coffee, with a deep brown gaze following him longingly.

Colby went back to his desk and continued working, not noticing to pairs of eyes staring at him like he was from another planet.

A little while later, Don came back to give Charlie a lift back to CalSci. As the two brother's passed them by, David and Megan caught the look Charlie and Colby shared before the Eppes brother's disappeared behind the elevator doors.

Megan and David shared a look, What the hell was that all about?

Throughout the drive to CalSci, Charlie remained silent, staring off into space. Now that Don thought about it, his brother seemed somewhat distracted as of late.

When they pulled up to the building, Don had to tap Charlie on the shoulder to shake him from whatever day-dream he was in.

" Thanks for the ride bro." Said Charlie as he headed back to the building, and his office.

" See you at Dinner." Said Don, his eyes lingering on his brother's retreating form a moment before he headed back to the office.

Once inside his office, Charlie took a seat at his desk and found himself staring out the window at the fluffy white clouds in the sky. He was so caught up in thinking about a certain green eyed, ex-military, FBI Agent, he didn't notice Larry Fleinhardt standing in the doorway, watching him.

" What's got you so distracted my friend?" Thought Larry as he knocked on the door to get Charlie's attention.

When the young man snapped out of his trance, the two of them begana conversation, with Larry secretly hoping he'd get a few clues about what was going on.

When evening came, Alan Eppes found himself staring at his youngest son, who was currently laying on the over-stuffed sofa in the livingroom, staring off into space.

Charlie didn't look up, even when Don walked in through the front door.

" Hey Don, C'mere." Said Alan quietly, beckoning his oldest son to join him in the kitchen.

" Donnie, I think there's something going on with Charlie." Said Alan.

" You notice it too." Said Don.

" What do we do?" Asked Alan.

" Well, it looks like I'm gonna have to do some Charlie stalking." Said Don.

" For now, let's observe the subject over dinner." He added as he set about helping his Dad with the food.