Fighting Oblivion
By Angelfirenze
Disclaimer: Not mine. Never were or will be.
Summary: A collection of Bobby drabbles featuring Thursday lyrics; this is the sixth installment, continuing when he is forty-two years old. It's now 2003, and Bobby just heard some disconcerting news...for him, anyway...
Archive: Amorous Intent, of course. Anywhere else, please ask.
Rating: R just for caution...
Fragments
Don't forget to breathe...
She can't be serious. This…this is some elaborate joke Alex thought up just to rile me. There's a hidden camera somewhere and later tonight, Alex is going to laugh her ass off…okay, wait, stop thinking of Eames' ass. She's your partner, stupid, not a girlfriend. And she can't be one. Not ever. That's a violation of fraternization rules. We could lose our jobs. Which isn't a worry, because we're not attracted to each other. Right?
If we say these words…it'll be too late…to take them back…
Okay, wait. Concentrate, you idiot! Now she's smirking at me, clearly trying to gauge my reaction to her words. Her words. Bobby, I've decided to be a surrogate for my sister. I'm pregnant. You can't say what I think you're going to...
"This means you're going to have a temporary partner, Bobby, so...you know, try to be on your best behavior."
Damn it. I don't want to be on my best behavior.
"Promise me you'll try not to freak them out." She gently turns my face toward hers from its position staring out the front windshield. I must be pouting or something because she traces the side of my face. Why does that feel so good?
When the curtain falls...and you're caught on the other side...just trying to keep up the act…
Alex reaches again across the car where we are, in the parking garage and leans her head on my shoulder. I can feel my heart going ahundredmillionmilesasecond now and it's not entirely bad, this lightheadedness.
"You'll be okay," she assures me. But I won't be. However, I am being a selfish prick so I smile for her and tell her I promise to try and then tell her congratulations again. Alex smirks up at me and I try not to gasp. I think I actually see tears in her eyes.
"I'll miss you, too, partner."
We don't have to be alone…ever again…