A Day in the Life
Collection of drabbles.
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Standing in the break room, Reno cursed his luck. He was alone with Elena.
"How's the shoulder?" She was talking to him. Great.
"Fine—how's the job?" He returned with every bit of sarcasm he could muster.
Elena stood up from her chair to dump her trash into the bin, and then turned to grin at him.
"Perfect," she drawled.
Her expression was not lost on him—it made his skin crawl. "Congratulations, by the way," Reno scowled.
"I should thank you for that, but I won't—I might throw up my lunch," Elena smirked. "Of course, you did take the time to spit that one out, so what the hell." She walked over to where he was leaning against the counter where the coffee maker was trickling its last few drops of decaf into the pot.
"Thanks," she said. But the look on her face denied all sincerity and caused him to bite his tongue.
"If it weren't for your little…" she moved her hands, clearly searching for the right word to describe Reno's situation, "…fuck-up, yes that's it, I wouldn't have had this opportunity." She narrowed her eyes at him. "Yet, at least."
Grinning, she leaned out of his personal space, turning to the side to grab a cup and pour herself coffee.
Reno stared at her for a moment, and then pushed forward to put her in her place, but his shoulder pulled roughly from the movement and he sucked in a harsh breath, quickly moving to ease the pain. With his attention immediately shifted, he didn't notice Elena had moved until she was right on him—again.
"Ah… does it hurt, Reno? Poor thing. I'll be sure to take care of things while you're out recovering."
With a clearly sarcastic expression and a raised eyebrow, she backed out of the room, but crashed right into Tseng who was trying to enter through the same doorway. Her coffee splashed and some of it ended up spotting her white blouse. With a shocked expression, she turned around to complain, but her retort fell short when she noticed who was standing there.
Reno only smirked, "Yo, Tseng—you should watch out for this one, she's a rookie."
When she turned to glare at him with her mouth open, he merely raised his coffee cup in her direction and smiled.
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to be continued.