There's got to be a Catch

by kirayasha aka kira

Series of short stories written for LJ's Fandom Bake-off, featuring various fandoms and genres, with "Catch" as the main theme linking them together. Chapters 1, 6, 13, 14, 16 and 17 are all IY.

9. Chapter 9

Title: Catch of the day
Fandom: Ristorante Paradiso
Author: kira

Words: 114

Rating: T

Genre: Romance

AU/Canon: Canon

Characters: Nicoletta. Claudio
Summary: Nicoletta catches sight of the object of her desire…
Warnings: none

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Nicoletta eyed the bushels of fish warily. When Teo told her last night to come in early as he needed help with the "catch of day," he was not kidding. And after cutting the heads off and cleaning about twenty or so fish, she was beginning to wonder how she let him talk her into in the first place. Sure, it meant another opportunity to ogle Claudio as well as a fatter paycheck, but her hands were beginning to hurt from touching the ice cold fish. Looking up to grab another flounder from the basket, Nicoletta felt her breath catch in throat as her heart skipped a beat. Claudio just came in to work…