[AU] ... from the 'meet at a different time' meme

[freshoffthefarm]

After two years at the Agency, Annie's job hadn't gotten any better (or worse). Sure, it had it's downsides - namely, being shot at (or being shot), but the biggest one had to be the Agency parking lot.

She could never, ever find a parking spot.

Of course, the morning that she'd gotten up early and proceeded to spill coffee on her first outfit, had to jump start her car and then fill a tire with air? She managed to get behind the chatty son-of-a-bitch in the compensation car at the guard shack. She sat there, plotting the ways to key his car without actually getting caught and then he'd moved on.

Smiling at the guys in the shack, she showed her ID, waited until they'd looked under her cars with mirrors, and then picked up the pace on the way to the agent parking lot.

It just wasn't her morning.

The short cut she took through the visitor lot took her right past the spots in front for all the diplomats and the Agency hotshots. She didn't see Mr. Compensation trying to adjust his parking until she'd plowed into his rear bumper.

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[fakes-death.livejournal.com]

"Glad I found the right one, then." There was a sincerity to the statement that was unexpected. Then he realized he really meant what he said. He was glad he found Annie.

[freshoffthefarm]

Pausing where she was with her hand cupped against his cheek, Annie looked at him with the moonlight coming in the window and came almost too close to whispering words that had no business being said after four (three? five?) dates. Instead, she blinked the emotion out of her eyes and kissed him again, briefly, before laying back down against his side and resting her head against his chest.

"Me, too," she murmured, lost in thought. "Night, Clay."

[fakes-death.livejournal.com]

"Goodnight Annie."

Clay noticed Annie's brief emotional moment, and decided against asking what she was thinking. One thing he'd learned over the years was, if someone wanted to tell him something they would, when they were ready.

He put his arm around her once he felt she was comfortable, and eventually went to sleep.