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"I think I like this one." she said, pulling a heavy SRS off the shelf.
'She always has to go for the big ones.' Fred sighed inside his mind, couldn't help to feel the pull of a smirk on the corner of his mouth. He smothered it quickly, giving himself a mental slap on the back of the head.
Since when he had inappropriate thoughts towards Lopis?
And why did he think it was inappropriate, if he'd just been pointing out a fact?
"If you want to go sniping things, Inspector, then you should take Linda with you. There's no one better."
"Yeah, I mean, you can't go sniping without a good spotter, right?" Veta shrugged, holding the gigantic rifle between her arms, close to her chest. She arched an eyebrow and looked up to find his face, with absolute nonchalance. "A little bird told me that you're the best."
"What kind of bird was that?"
"A classified one." she smiled a little.
"I see." he had to smile back, it was stronger than any other impulse. "I already had plans for today…"
"Oh, I'm sorry." her expression fell down. "Well, I guess I'll go ask Linda, then."
Fred raised a hand to stop her, closing his eyes. "I didn't say I was planning on keeping up with those plans, Inspector. Let me get some things ready and we can go sniping things. As long as it's with educational purposes, of course."
Lopis made her best imitation of a shocked face. "Of course it's educational, Lieutenant. You hurt me."
"Good. Meet me at the garage in fifteen minutes, then."
"I'll be there."
"And give me that before you hurt your back, please." he took the weapon off her hands and put it back on the shelf.
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Might add more chapters if there's audience interest in a follow up, for now it's just a snippet. Felt like writing it. Also felt like posting it. Thank you very much for the support, as always! Check out my other works for more Halo fanfiction :3