Week Five: Hope
After long last, some Nick and Katherine. Incredibly short - family stuff got in the way this week, so I've been preoccupied - but still. Can be interpreted as a snippet of romantic banter, if you want.
Set during 02x05.
"Oh, do stop it, Nick," Katherine snaps suddenly, sitting up in her seat. "You're giving the entire building a migraine with your insistent worrying."
Nick pauses, one foot in mid air, before resuming his insistent pacing a moment later. "Right. Yes. Of course. I'm just -"
"Of course your idea will work." Katherine taps a manicured hand on the desk, already knowing what he's griping about. If she wasn't a professional, she would be griping too. Good job that she is. "Have a little hope."
This catches his attention. "Hope?"
"Yes. Hope. I assume you're aware of that concept."
She can practically hear the gears turning in his head as he thinks. "I didn't know that you were aware of it."
She wrinkles up her nose. "Of course. What kind of person do you take me for?"
"Hm." Is all Nick replies with; he's giving her a strange look, one he's never given her before, caught somewhere between surprise and curiosity.
"Besides," she continues, not sure what to feel about the expression on her employee's face. "If this idea of yours does go wrong, you can have hope that the least I will do is fire you."
The look is gone within a moment, replaced by sarcasm. "Thanks, Katherine. Great encouragement."
She raises an eyebrow. "Any time, Nick. Any time."