CAN-DO REPAIRS
LA
2020
Jack Dalton, now of the FBI (after Kovac, he was done with the CIA for good, and done with being a Delta, too – no more crazy secrecy and black-ops for him), checked the address of the repair store on a piece of paper he'd pulled out of his pocket.
His boss Matty had recommended the place to him when he'd accidentally broken his phone on an op.
(Well, sorta. It was kinda adjacent to an op.)
(It was on a stakeout.)
(He'd sat on it at the wrong angle or something.)
(He was not getting fat, thank you very much, and it was not the fault of all that jalapeno beef jerky.)
It was a little shop (LA real estate was expensive), and seemed to be full of junk, looking like a cross between an industrial-mid-century-slightly-hipster joint, a mad scientist's lab and a junkyard where toasters went to die.
With a bit of hesitation (there was a lot of junk, and Jack had seen more than enough movies to know that mad scientists' lairs should be tagged approach with caution), he opened the door.
Opening the door triggered the dropping of a ball onto a see-saw, which launched another ball, which passed through a laser beam, causing a loud buzzing sound to be emitted.
From behind a vintage refrigerator surrounded by old DVD players at the very back of the shop appeared a surprisingly-young blonde guy in a button-down and chinos, wiping his greasy hands on a rag.
Jack blinked once in surprise. He'd expected some guy in a labcoat with Einstein hair. And for him to be older, rather than this straight-out-of-a-boyband guy.
Though, the streak of grease on his forehead matched with Jack's expectations.
The blonde guy gave up on the grease on his hands, and just waved at Jack, a little awkwardly.
'Hi, I'm Mac. What can I do for you today?'
Jack held up his phone and pointed to it.
'Heard you were the best…so reckon you can save this, brother?'
Mac stared at the phone for a moment, then held his hand out for it. He studied it for a beat, then gave a little smirk, full of confidence and with a little bit of teasing in it, like he knew how Jack had managed to break it in the first place.
'Give me an hour.'
AN: With thanks to Mac MoFam.
To the guest who asked for Star Wars Rebels – there's already a Star Wars AU written, and it's set in the same era as Star Wars Rebels. Unfortunately, I haven't seen the show, so the character matching probably doesn't line up, but hopefully it'll scratch your itch…
