ryu's corner: This prompt comes from Marimo161. I have to admit, the idea for this one came oddly easily. I blame the Ask Ace Attorney Tumblr I found. o3o
...Actually, the original plan was for Edgeworth to be the one with glasses, but then a different idea struck me...
Drabble rating: K
Miles Edgeworth pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed. This was proving to be quite the exhausting case, and Wright wasn't even involved with this one!
Suddenly, someone knocked loudly at his office door, and he frowned. "Enter," he groused, not stopping to look up from the file or his notes.
"Mr. Edgeworth, SIR!"
Urgh. He should have known from that knocking.
"What is it, Detective Gumshoe?" the prosecutor demanded wearily. "I don't exactly have time for dilly-dally at the moment."
"Oh," Gumshoe said, scratching at the back of his head. "Well, I just picked up those files you asked for, pal..."
"Ah." Still, he didn't look up from his work. "If you could please set those by the lamp..."
"All right." The files landed with a dull thump. "Is that all you needed, pal?"
"I believe so..." Edgeworth glanced up. "Well, actually, if you could—" He stopped. "Detective...what are you wearing?"
Gumshoe looked confused, as evidenced by the vacant expression and consequent looking himself over. "Huh? This is what I normally wear, pal, isn't it—?"
"I've never seen you wearing glasses before, Gumshoe."
Realization dawned on his face. "Oh! These?" Said glasses slipped a bit and he pushed them farther up his nose. "I guess I've had 'em for a while, pal, I've just never really felt like I needed to wear 'em, then I started getting headaches when I tried to read..."
"...They don't look bad on you, Detective. They make you look more...academic, maybe? ...No. Intellectual. No, that's not it, either..." Edgeworth tapped his pen against the desk as he tried to think of the proper way to describe this new development. "...They make you look like less of a bumbling moron."
"...O-Oh. Thank you, Mr. Edgeworth." I think.
"Well, in any case," Edgeworth coughed. "Thank you for the files. I shall call you if there is anything else I need, but for now, I have quitea bit of work to be doing." He paused. "And thank you for the company, brief as it may have been."
"Umm...you're welcome, pal." Gumshoe shoved his glasses back up and shuffled his feet awkwardly before turning to leave.
As the door closed behind the detective, Edgeworth started tapping his pencil again. Glasses weren't exactly cheap, especially with a detective's salary. Perhaps he shouldn't be so vicious with those pay cuts...
~fin~