http://ladder62.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] ladder62.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] fandom_clinic2006-02-25 09:02 pm
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FTEC Saturday night

Tommy was at his desk with a cigarette and the sports section.

Yes, the cigarette is lit. It's his god damn clinic and he'll smoke in it if he wants to.
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[identity profile] drlambert.livejournal.com 2006-02-26 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
Nat entered the clinic and frowned at the scent of cigarette smoke hanging in the air. Following the source, she found Tommy seated at his desk. "Mr. Gavin," she said with a nod. "Slow evening?"

[identity profile] ladder62.livejournal.com 2006-02-26 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
"This whole place is going to blow up in one huge fireball some day and I'm not gonna care," Tommy replied. He turned the page past the coverage of Olympic bobsledders. Nobody needed to read that.

[identity profile] drlambert.livejournal.com 2006-02-26 05:04 am (UTC)(link)
Natalie arched a brow. Someone's a bit cranky this evening, she thought. "Given the strangeness of this place? I wouldn't be surprised." She gestured to the newspaper. "Anything more interesting happening in the world outside? I've been sequestered in some research all day."

[identity profile] ladder62.livejournal.com 2006-02-26 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
"They're still whining about that anorexic skating chick who didn't make it to the final games," Tommy said. "Plus Canada won the gold for hockey. Where's the justice in that, huh?"

[identity profile] drlambert.livejournal.com 2006-02-26 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
"Probably not a good thing to ask someone from Toronto," Natalie replied with a smirk.

[identity profile] ladder62.livejournal.com 2006-02-26 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
Tommy let the top of the paper fold down enough to look at her. "You're Canadian? Christ. Okay, that's going on the employment forms from now on. Must have some knowledge of medicine, not be freaked out by dead people, and must be from a real country."

[identity profile] drlambert.livejournal.com 2006-02-26 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
Natalie had to fight back a laugh, even if the comment was at her expense. "At least we know how to play hockey." She folded her arms across her chest and the smirk widened.

[identity profile] ladder62.livejournal.com 2006-02-26 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
"You're from Canada! There's nothing to do up there but play hockey!" Tommy said. "It's all hockey-playing, beer drinking, maple-syrup loving and gay marriages. The last two of which probably happen together which explains the beer and the need to spend your time beating the shit out of people using ice skates and sticks."

[identity profile] drlambert.livejournal.com 2006-02-26 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
"And then spend eight months waiting for stitches."

[OMG. Had no idea how to come back to that one! ::howling with laughter:: So. wrong.]

[identity profile] ladder62.livejournal.com 2006-02-26 05:29 am (UTC)(link)
"And mocking Americans because you have national healthcare." Tommy said the last two words with the sort of nasally whine he'd usually use for talking about cops. Or his relatives. Or the French. "I got news for you. Push comes to shove? I'll take living in the country with the Bomb. All the free flu shots in the world aren't going to make a lick of difference when you can find your dog at night because now he's glowing in the fucking dark."

[*bows*]

[identity profile] drlambert.livejournal.com 2006-02-26 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
"Down boy," Natalie says with a laugh. "I was actually making a snide comment about our national healthcare system. It takes too long to get some of the care needed. I don't think that's anyway to run a system, do you -- bomb or no bomb?"

[identity profile] ladder62.livejournal.com 2006-02-26 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
"That I can agree with," Tommy said. "Just ask how long it took for the checks to show up after 9/11. Oh, wait, still not here yet."

[identity profile] drlambert.livejournal.com 2006-02-26 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
"Were you one of the responders?"

[identity profile] ladder62.livejournal.com 2006-02-26 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
Tommy nodded, flicking ashes from his cigarette into a tray. "Knew sixty guys who died that day. Four from my house."

[identity profile] drlambert.livejournal.com 2006-02-26 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
Nat's voice was quiet, solemn. She knew what it was like to lose a comrade. "I'm very sorry. It can't have been easy."

[identity profile] ladder62.livejournal.com 2006-02-26 05:47 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm a firefighter," he said. "It's what we do."

[identity profile] drlambert.livejournal.com 2006-02-26 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
She gives a rueful smile. "If no one ever tells you... thank you. I know the cops I've worked with don't hear it enough. I can't imagine you do."

[identity profile] ladder62.livejournal.com 2006-02-26 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
Tommy shrugged off the words. "What're the cops like that you work with? My brother Johnny's NYPD."

[identity profile] drlambert.livejournal.com 2006-02-26 05:59 am (UTC)(link)
"I worked with the Toronto PD for years before coming here -- homicide division, mostly, given my job. They were hard-working, mostly average guys with husbands or wives and kids," she answered. Aside from the 800 year-old vampire.

"It wasn't easy. Sometimes the cases, they took a toll. I guess it gets to you after a while."

[identity profile] ladder62.livejournal.com 2006-02-26 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
"See, I would've gone with 'asshole' but I guess your thing works too," Tommy said.

[ooc: Must go to sleep. Can slowplay tomorrow or she can catch him again on his Sun night shift. =) ]

[identity profile] drlambert.livejournal.com 2006-02-26 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
Natalie chuckled. "We had our share of those, too." She glanced at her watch. "Well, I just stopped by to check on a few things in the lab, so I'll leave you to your paper."

She smiled. "Thanks for the enlightening conversation."

[OOC: No worries. I can wrap it up because of above reason. =) Thanks!]
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