Title: Awkward Research
Originally Posted: November 29, 2016
Prompt: "Awkward Research"
Word Count: 200
Pairings: past Natalie/Jeremy, Dan/Natalie
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Poor Danny. I can tell that he's getting frustrated.
Jeremy and Natalie are helping him put together a piece about the Olympic doping scandal. They've worked like this hundreds of times before. But this is different. There's a whole new level of weirdness that they've never had to deal with before, not even when Natalie and Jeremy were fresh off of a break up. The rhythm is all off. Natalie's frustrated, and Danny just doesn't get why he can't get a straight answer, because he doesn't realize what's changed. Natalie probably doesn't either.
But Jeremy knows. Just like us, he's seen them together. But while we're all enjoying the vicarious thrill of watching two old friends finally realize that they were meant for each other, all poor Jeremy has his regrets. Because he's the one that ended things with Natalie for good.
And, because Dan and Natalie haven't yet realized what we all know, they can't tone things down to spare Jeremy's feelings. So things are awkward.
As their boss, I should probably go in there and make things better, but I think this is above my pay grade. Now how can I convince Isaac that he should handle this?