#i'll get the frozen fucking biscuits watch me

[clubsmarties]

That beaming smile wasn't overlooked. That made him smile in return. "Oh, I'll bring her bag of food to the office. One bag should cover you for the two weeks. I'll pack her bag too. She does sleep with one of my old alumni sweaters and thats just when she gets ansty. Which I can assume will happen by the second week. Don't leave for longer than a week so this would be a first for her. But you will have loads of fun. Can't wait to hear all about your adventures when I come back. She loves biscuits. She will give you the eyes if she sees you have the box. It's happened to me before. Clearly knows I won't say no."

"Good thing obligation has no place here." Wally smiled softly meaning the sentiment. He wanted to be there with her. "Maybe to other people but not to me. I'm one of those boring ones who likes to stick to one." The way he looked at her was pretty obvious if she really paid attention. "Consider it done then. Tomorrow I'll come by. Should be back next Wednesday if the detective on sight isn't a lazy fuck. What might be the delay is the paper work."

He hummed as his head nodded. "You are. It's all in your face. Your thoughts show on your face sometimes. Maybe it's just me you do it with who knows. Sometimes it comes right after I surprise you with something. It's pretty funny." He didn't think anything of it really. It was just fun to see her face turn into a wheel of emotions. "You don't have to know someone long to know their cues. Not if they care about said person. Everyone does it, some do it for the wrong reasons but listening to someone when they talk even if they don't say a lot, just makes it easier to get to know them. If said person built a brick wall, well patience goes a long way to let them know it is okay to let that guard down. They're not going to get hurt." He shrugged, "I took a class at Quantico but it wasn't my forte. That's more for forensics and analysts."

All he could was hold back that chuckle that threatened to spill. "Just be glad I didn't keep the entire receipt. This was gentleman behavior." When she seemed to agree he grinned like he had just won that elusive teddy bear at the county fair. "It better be a super cold treat. Freezing ice cold." That spoke to his inability to get cold. He always ran warm. That was probably the reason his family always loved to snuggle up next to him when they went to cold places or the supermarket frozen aisles.

"Oh, so all I needed to do was ask? I didn't know that. Again, I'm blaming this on you." A dimpled smile shot at her as he looked back to the road. Letting out a playful eye roll he smirked. "That's what you think." Would he turn competitive just for the sake of watching her challenge him like she did every other time? That was clear in his smile he gave her. "You're ridiculous. Guess you'll just have to trust me. Maybe watch out for signs that I may be a serial killer. Though doubtful, they aren't many that are Sags." Wally teased as he didn't believe in that. Birth signs had nothing to do with people and their behaviors. "Besides, you're too fun to kill off. That'd shoot me in the foot. I hate quiet. Who else would I annoy."

He looked at her with that small smirk he did whenever she had him fascinated by a topic of hers she'd run with. It was nice to hear her talk about something like she'd heard him. There was so much on the surface that hid in plain sight and one of those was the fact that she was just as nerdy as he was. That alone made him chuckle to himself making his green eyes sparkle with genuine amusement. "They were inventive that's for sure. Think about it lighting fires to act as the flare so they'd be seen. What other facts do you have? Do you think if you could pick a color for a lighthouse you'd choose red?"

The laugh couldn't be helped as he took a quick look at her in his sweater. "Ah, so you notice." He smiled clearly wanting to tease her. The sight a welcomed one as he thought she looked adorable. His eyes went back to the road as he backed out one handed and left his other hand over his thigh. Anyone else would fear the dark but he was used to it. These were the parts he learned to drive around first so now he was more than one with the darkened streets. "If I could live in them I would. You look good in it. Keep it. Afraid I ruined hoodies for you. Won't find one as comfortable as that one. Did you know it has an inside inner pocket for the super cold months. Not that we have them here in Hawaii but still hidden compartment." He still couldn't help chuckling thinking she was cute and noticed how relaxed she was in the moment. Fearing if he said anything else on it she'd revert back to acting like she needed to be rigid he kept his mouth shut and focused on the drive.

"Egypt?" His eyebrows raised in surprise. "Kind of a big bummer that the earthquake made it blur out of existence and now someone else took the credit. Fascinating though. Now, see," he sighed as he made that turn over the cliffs slowly. "I didn't know that. That's got to be the most fun job. Imagine telling someone they get to man it. Though, why is it man and not womanned?" A little silly he had to add. "It's scientific fact that women are stronger, better, smarter." A robotic tone took over as he drove slowly. "Look over at my side." He pointed over to where the lighthouse could be seen over the horizon making it collide with a tall cliff and making the water shine.

"Yeah," she beamed at the thought of Dolly being over for a while. The company would be nice and she did like the canine and wished she would be able to have one herself. Her constant moving kept her from being able to keep any kind of pet so she would settle for having Dolly for a while. " I'll be there all day, stop by any time." Waving away his concern for not being able to keep Dolly for two weeks, she added. "Please, I can handle it. The company would be nice. We'll be fine. Just let me know what her favorite snacks are and what food you feed her and we'll be good."

The statement caught her unaware for a moment. Her head slightly tilting to the side for the moment as she let that thought sink in. He made her feel comfortable, that was a dangerous thing. "Yeah, being obligated would suck." The words were soft and low, still stuck deep in thought. Our time together made her chuckle, until he was looking at her with a eyes that said an idea was brewing. "I don't know about that," she said smirking and looking around the place again, out of nothing but habit, eyeing all the exits and possible security flaws. "A carousal of women sounds like a great way to spend a night." At his question, she turned her attention back to him, lips pressed tightly in a firm line as she considered it. Idea tossing around her head, it would be nice to see some more places around the place before she ultimately left. Dropping her shoulders, with a sigh, her mouth ticked up in half a smile. "Sure, why the hell not. Tomorrow, that's why I'm at the office all day. Just in case. It shouldn't take long but just wanted to make sure I didn't schedule something it if took longer. When do you get back? I can make sure I clear out somethings by the time you're back."

Her left shoulder rose and fell in the tiniest of shrugs. "I'm adaptable." Hazel eyes rolled around , she decided to let go and just laughed. "Me predictable? You haven't known me long." Or at all. "That part of your training? Predict random people? Or am I fitting some serial killer profile?" When he said that he liked her random quotes, a small gentle smile came to her face. She felt like a kid who got told they could have ice cream for dinner. Generally when people said they liked something about her it was under the guise of someone else, doing something that she wouldn't normally do, this hit different and she hated that she was admitting that to herself and simply nodded a yes when he said she could pick up the tab next time.

Taking the ripped up half of receipt, she scoffed with smile. He was weird, but god did she enjoy it. It was better than every other man she had to interact with. Being around Wally was just fun and it would be missed when she left. "Fine," she said sticking her phone and paper into the sweaters pocket. "I'll get us something cold."

It had been a tease, the last thing she wanted to do was incorporate her way somehow into this family of his. Not because she didn't like them, but because the more Wally talked about them, the more she did. It would make it harder to leave when the time came to do so. "Maybe its because you haven't asked."

Hmm, was all she could dull out as a reply listening to his take on why lighthouses meant hope, not minding the holding of her hand. There was something to his take but she couldn't quite grasp it. They usually signaled the end of her journey, a return to land that she looked forward to, to collect supplies and new reading materials, and despised because it reminded her that she could not run from all that she had done. "Oh, this is a quid pro quo thing." She teased as she waved to the staff he said goodbye to and let him lead her out. " Okay, shoot me. I'm a liar. There are things to see but I don't know you. You might be a serial killer yourself in disguise and just want to get me away from the office to kill me."

"Don't crash here?" A slight giggle in the tone of her voice. "I mean they simply adopted the previous method and made it better. People were lighting fires on the tallest hills to let sailors know that land was close. They just made towers to house the fires in and placed them closer to ports and harbors so it would be more obvious and less likely to overshoot land. They weren't original but made it better. "

"Ah," she smiled remembering all the she learned about lighthouses while out on sea. There was nothing but work and reading done during those months. "Misconception. That's a legend. it might have been, but first actually documented and witnessed would be the one in Egypt. Alexandra's lighthouse, poor thing toppled in an earthquake though." Before settling into the passenger seat again, she smirked at him. "Now, did you know that the Boston Lighthouse is the only manned lighthouse in the United States right now. All the others are either decommissioned or automated?" With that she settled in for the ride, excited to see the lighthouse and genuinely happy to be talking about a subject she actually loved. She couldn't recall a time they had talked about something else but work but that was mostly her fault never wanting to actually be friendly with anyone.

Zipping the sweater completely all the way up, she turtled half her face into the top of it, so only her eyes and top half of head were seen. Then tucked her hands into the pockets. It was comfortable. "I see why you always rock these when you're off work." Came from her mouth, slightly muffled by the sweater.

[akaseventysix]

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