A/N: Wow, long time since I wrote anything short enough to go in this. Heh. Obviously I like words too much these days.
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Title: Synchronicity
Author: tromana
Rating: T
Characters: Cho/Lisbon [friendship]
Disclaimer: Don't even bother asking. It's a fun sandpit to play in though.
Summary: It's easier cooking for two, far more sociable and cheaper, too.
Notes: Written for Divinia Serit in the LiveJournal prompt meme. Prompt: cooking
Synchronicity
Apart from the clatter of pots, pans and kitchen utensils, the room is virtually silent.
They do this often. Cook for one another, that is. It's easier cooking for two, far more sociable and cheaper too, so it just makes sense. However little is said, both of them enjoy the company and know the other appreciates it too. They work like a machine now, in perfect synchrony, but neither of them quite know how they fell into this little routine. It feels like they've been doing this since they first met and they have - almost. Lisbon and Cho both joined the CBI within a month of one another and it was only natural that two lonely rookies, albeit on different teams with schedules that occasionally clashed, joined forces. The two of them against the rest of the world, as it were. Now, they're just happy that they have risen through the ranks and that they're working together now. It makes things far easier.
Lisbon nudges Cho gently in the side and automatically knowing what she wants, he places down the knife he's been using to chop up salad and hands her a wooden spoon. She smiles in gratitude and his lips curl up slightly in response. Though Cho isn't exactly famed for wearing his heart on his sleeve, it's the first time he's smiled today and she finds it somewhat disconcerting.
That means that something is wrong with either his girlfriend or his mother. Outside of the team, they're the only two people who Cho is loyal to a fault to. She'd know if it was somebody else on the team in trouble because 'Mother' Teresa always knows.
When the pots and pans are bubbling happily, they take to her dining room table, with a glass of orange juice for her, tap water for him. Lisbon gives him one of those penetrating gazes and he knows that it's time to tell all. After all, they understand each other better than they probably understand themselves. Cho can't help but smile when she gently covers his hand with her own, reminding him that he isn't alone. They can fight his problems together, as they always do.
When a piping hot risotto is on the table, with plenty of cheese, he's beginning to feel better already and he knows she does too. He doesn't like causing his boss undue stress, but the reminder that he always has someone to turn to has helped significantly. Cho just hopes that Lisbon knows that he is always ready to pay back the compliment, too. She's just relieved that she can stop worrying and start planning how to help one of her agents, and more importantly, her friend.
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