Title: Snapped
Author: MouseBebe
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Harper learns something about Rommie.
Spoilers: None.
Pairing: None.
Setting: No particular time.
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Feedback: Constructive criticism welcome.
Author's Note: Sillyfic. Mostly based on a challenge to use a bit of dialogue from Mutant X... but I didn't follow it.
Rommie was mostly ignoring Harper as they worked beside each other. He was focused on his task anyway, chatting less than usual as they repaired the blown-out station on Command, which was why the yelp caught her attention. "Harper?" she asked, suspicious at the way he was clutching the waistband of his pants. "Are you feeling all right?"
"Yeah. Um. My, uh… The elastic snapped." And yes, when she checked her recordings of a moment before there had been a barely-there noise before his clothes had shifted. "It's a little weird, you know."
She blinked. "I wouldn't know. I don't wear underwear."
"You don't—"
"No. It's unnecessary and impedes my range of motion."
"Huh." He grinned. "I'm going to find new shorts. I may be a while."
"You have ten minutes before I send Tyr after you."
"Or I'll be back in ten minutes."
Beka got three steps past Harper before the dopey grin penetrated her consciousness. She backtracked and stopped him with a hand on his chest. "You look too happy. What's up?"
He looked at her, still with the same dreamy expression. "Rommie doesn't wear underwear," he informed her, then stepped around her hand and kept walking.
She watched him go, noticed that he appeared to be holding his pants up, shook her head, and resisted the urge to wipe her hand on her shirt. "I don't want to know."
The End