Silver furred ears fell momentarily as Renton slid up next to her. She turned her face to him, regarding him quietly as he posed his question. The appendages pushed forward, and her carefully curated neutral expression was broken momentarily. Her brow furrowed, she chewed the inside of her cheek, visibly debating on whether it was something she wanted to discuss with him. “Yes,” she said after a few heartbeats. It was sharp and too quick and she could hear how mean she sounded in her own ears. Had she sounded like that all morning? If she had it was no wonder he seemed so put out.
She cleared her throat, suddenly self-conscious and looked away from him. “I don’t like small spaces,” she explained. “I especially don’t like them if they are crowded and I most especially do not like them if they are dark.” Julianna had been claustrophobic before her accident, but it was safe to say that the accident did not help matters. These details she withheld.
Catherine returned with the files and Julianna was grateful for the distraction. It was quite an impressive stack of color-coded file folders and laminated cover sheets. The secretary dropped the pile on the counter and placed Julianna’s access card on top of it all. She sighed, blowing hair away from her face in the same motion. “That’s everything we have,” she reassured, her gaze flickered to Renton who was still leaning against the counter. Julianna caught the glance as she put her card away. “Can I get anything else for you Ms. Maxillion?” A breathy, high-pitched tone always made Catherine sound much too eager to please.
“No that will be all, thank you,” she replied, still making great efforts to modify her tone into something warm. Warm for her, at least. She lifted the stack from the counter, and looked at her clutch and tablet still sitting on the counter top. She looked at the pile in her hands and then back at her belongings. She looked at Renton.
“Would you mind grabbing those for me?”
She momentarily considered that placing her phone and her tablet in the hands of a hacker might not have been the best idea, but it wasn’t as if she was going to let him out of her sight with them. So, safe enough. Right?
Julianna made the conscious decision to trust Renton until he gave her a reason not to. Otherwise, she really wasn’t any better than those who made him wear a badge that outed him as a criminal.
Still ruminating over her earlier attitude one of her ears fell lopsided, her tail made an appearance over her shoulder. “Why don’t we get an early lunch?” she offered. “Get off base for an hour or two?” She had been made very aware that he was only permitted to leave the grounds during his working hours with an escort. “And then maybe we can talk?”
She cleared her throat, suddenly self-conscious and looked away from him. “I don’t like small spaces,” she explained. “I especially don’t like them if they are crowded and I most especially do not like them if they are dark.” Julianna had been claustrophobic before her accident, but it was safe to say that the accident did not help matters. These details she withheld.
Catherine returned with the files and Julianna was grateful for the distraction. It was quite an impressive stack of color-coded file folders and laminated cover sheets. The secretary dropped the pile on the counter and placed Julianna’s access card on top of it all. She sighed, blowing hair away from her face in the same motion. “That’s everything we have,” she reassured, her gaze flickered to Renton who was still leaning against the counter. Julianna caught the glance as she put her card away. “Can I get anything else for you Ms. Maxillion?” A breathy, high-pitched tone always made Catherine sound much too eager to please.
“No that will be all, thank you,” she replied, still making great efforts to modify her tone into something warm. Warm for her, at least. She lifted the stack from the counter, and looked at her clutch and tablet still sitting on the counter top. She looked at the pile in her hands and then back at her belongings. She looked at Renton.
“Would you mind grabbing those for me?”
She momentarily considered that placing her phone and her tablet in the hands of a hacker might not have been the best idea, but it wasn’t as if she was going to let him out of her sight with them. So, safe enough. Right?
Julianna made the conscious decision to trust Renton until he gave her a reason not to. Otherwise, she really wasn’t any better than those who made him wear a badge that outed him as a criminal.
Still ruminating over her earlier attitude one of her ears fell lopsided, her tail made an appearance over her shoulder. “Why don’t we get an early lunch?” she offered. “Get off base for an hour or two?” She had been made very aware that he was only permitted to leave the grounds during his working hours with an escort. “And then maybe we can talk?”
I fear no fate (for you are my fate, my sweet) I want no world (for beautiful you are my world, my true) and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant and whatever a sun will always sing is you.
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