Sync- Ch 5: Restrung
Title: Sync
Fandom: FlashForward
Pairing: Bryce/Nicole (Nyce)
A/N: I don't own it, this is just my toybox & Bryce & Nicole are merely borrowed action figures. I know it's been a bit since the last update but I've been seriously busy & hadn't had the time to post. The next chapter will be up soon. Thx for reading in advance!
Bryce was pouring over papers as he sat behind the nurses' station. His attention though, was divided as he kept looking up whenever anyone walked into the unit. He was looking for Nicole. She was running late but that was only important to him insofar as he'd been looking forward to seeing her. So he was taking advantage of a lull and more or less waiting for her but trying not to look like he was waiting for her. Someone would walk through. He'd look. It wouldn't be her. His heart would sink just a little and he'd go back to the same thing he was reading a moment before but not really reading, simply waiting for the next time he'd be prompted to look up again.
He glanced up to see a young woman in a dark grey suit walk in. She not being Nicole, he went back to his papers.
"Excuse me."
Bryce looked up to see it was the woman in the dark grey suit, "Yes?"
"Hi. Is Nicole Kirby around?" she barely glanced at him as she asked. Her attention was mostly on the screen of her mobile phone.
"Not yet. She should be here soon though. You can wait for her if you want."
She checked her watch. "I really can't wait. I'm already running late."
"Can I help?" he offered, standing.
"Are you insanely trustworthy and dependable?" she asked regarding him askant, sizing him up.
"Yes. On both counts." Bryce answered, amused by her question.
"Okay. This" she held up a violin case, "is Nicole's. Can you make sure it gets to her? Like, personally hand it to her."
"A violin. Sure." he said and accepted the case.
"Newly restrung from the luthier. I've got to run, but tell her Quinn said she all out of excuses."
"And you're Quinn?"
"I am. And just in case I need to track you down for failing to hand that over... you are?"
"Bryce."
"Ah, the amazing Dr. Varley." she smiled brightly, finally able to put the name to a face.
"Yeah, a little less than amazing, but that's me. Nicole talks about you all the time."
She chuckled. "I can guarantee you, not nearly as much as she talks about you." Quinn smiled, sure she couldn't have left Nicole's violin to anyone better. "It's good to meet you Bryce and thanks."
She was already backing away to take her leave and get on to her next task.
"You too. No problem." he said and turned over the violin case, surprised that Nicole had never mentioned that she played.
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"I am so sorry I'm late." Nicole said rushed over when she arrived.
Paige running late by forty minutes that morning had totally set the tone for Nicole's entire day. As a result, she had missed her Psych class. She'd thought she'd get back on track but then Paige called her and said she needed to bail early, so Nicole needed to go back home in the supervise their mother in the interval between, while waiting for the home healthcare aide. Paige was always good for showing up late and leaving early. Most days, while Nicole would have minded, she would have been much more able to adapt to it. But this day she was just markedly thrown off by it and still trying to find the moment where she and her day would catch up to each other.
All Bryce could do was smile at the sight of her. "Don't worry about it. It's been kind of a slow day. But I do have one urgent thing just for you."
"Really? What is it?" she asked thinking it was a work thing but hoping it wasn't.
Seeing him made her day just about ten times better. She'd decided that though intimidated by the prospective future's affect on their relationship she wanted to enjoy the present. And in the present, she knew that they got on well together, had common interests and were often finding new things to add to their "to do" list. Kissing was just the best and newest addition.
"Come with me and find out."
"Hm, said the spider to the fly." she feigned caution as she walked with him.
Their destination was the doctor's lounge and Nicole was almost sure she knew why they were there.
He handed her the violin case. "Under penalty of what I think is pain of death, I'm supposed to tell you that, Quinn says you don't have any more excuses."
"Quinn was here?" the disappointment in her voice was clear.
Bryce presenting with her violin was the furthest thing from her mind. She knew her face gave her away and hoped that Quinn had at least not said anything that would embarrass her... more, but knew the odds of that were pretty slim. "Okay, so just tell me what she said so I can be embarrassed and get it over with."
"She spilled all your secrets. It's really hard to remember every detail right now, but there was something about you and me and how you just loved kissing me and..." he said pulling her close, unable to resist the moment to tease her.
"Oh really?" she smiled up at him expectantly. The feel of his hands on her waist took away whatever cares she'd been harboring and she let the violin case slide to the floor and lean on the wall.
"I'm just telling you what she said."
"Yeah, right. Whatever." she rolled her eyes and settled into his embrace.
"Oh, so you don't love kissing me?"
"There may be one thing I love about it."
"And that would be?"
"The part where you kiss me back." she said just before his lips met hers.
Everything else that sucked about her day fell away as she had that moment she'd been searching for all day where everything just clicked. The realization of the kiss obliterated all earlier concerns. There wasn't anything else other than the two of them. And then the most dreaded of intruders, Bryce's pager, spoke up. There was no question it demanded answer and action.
"I've gotta go so... later?" he asked, poised to leave but his hand still resting on her waist.
"Definitely." she grinned, her head still spinning from the kiss.
And with a smile and nod he was gone, leaving Nicole blushing, grinning and already counting off the minutes. She sighed and leaned on the wall by the door for a moment.
"Just one more thing." Bryce appeared in the doorway once again.
"Anything." she said and meant it.
He pulled her into one more kiss sending her on another dizzying spiral and leaving her dazed and trying to reclaim her bearings when it ended and he was gone. She knew she'd glide through the rest of her shift most giddy inside while faking being nonchalant and normal on the outside. A steep price to pay but she didn't care.
She told herself not to go back to thinking about anything more than the present. Just focus on the moment. She told herself not to get used to the way he kissed her or the way he looked at her. She told herself not to like it too much. She told herself that if she didn't expect more than right now, she couldn't be heartbroken or break a heart in the end. She told herself a lot of things.
Fandom: FlashForward
Pairing: Bryce/Nicole (Nyce)
A/N: I don't own it, this is just my toybox & Bryce & Nicole are merely borrowed action figures. I know it's been a bit since the last update but I've been seriously busy & hadn't had the time to post. The next chapter will be up soon. Thx for reading in advance!
Bryce was pouring over papers as he sat behind the nurses' station. His attention though, was divided as he kept looking up whenever anyone walked into the unit. He was looking for Nicole. She was running late but that was only important to him insofar as he'd been looking forward to seeing her. So he was taking advantage of a lull and more or less waiting for her but trying not to look like he was waiting for her. Someone would walk through. He'd look. It wouldn't be her. His heart would sink just a little and he'd go back to the same thing he was reading a moment before but not really reading, simply waiting for the next time he'd be prompted to look up again.
He glanced up to see a young woman in a dark grey suit walk in. She not being Nicole, he went back to his papers.
"Excuse me."
Bryce looked up to see it was the woman in the dark grey suit, "Yes?"
"Hi. Is Nicole Kirby around?" she barely glanced at him as she asked. Her attention was mostly on the screen of her mobile phone.
"Not yet. She should be here soon though. You can wait for her if you want."
She checked her watch. "I really can't wait. I'm already running late."
"Can I help?" he offered, standing.
"Are you insanely trustworthy and dependable?" she asked regarding him askant, sizing him up.
"Yes. On both counts." Bryce answered, amused by her question.
"Okay. This" she held up a violin case, "is Nicole's. Can you make sure it gets to her? Like, personally hand it to her."
"A violin. Sure." he said and accepted the case.
"Newly restrung from the luthier. I've got to run, but tell her Quinn said she all out of excuses."
"And you're Quinn?"
"I am. And just in case I need to track you down for failing to hand that over... you are?"
"Bryce."
"Ah, the amazing Dr. Varley." she smiled brightly, finally able to put the name to a face.
"Yeah, a little less than amazing, but that's me. Nicole talks about you all the time."
She chuckled. "I can guarantee you, not nearly as much as she talks about you." Quinn smiled, sure she couldn't have left Nicole's violin to anyone better. "It's good to meet you Bryce and thanks."
She was already backing away to take her leave and get on to her next task.
"You too. No problem." he said and turned over the violin case, surprised that Nicole had never mentioned that she played.
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"I am so sorry I'm late." Nicole said rushed over when she arrived.
Paige running late by forty minutes that morning had totally set the tone for Nicole's entire day. As a result, she had missed her Psych class. She'd thought she'd get back on track but then Paige called her and said she needed to bail early, so Nicole needed to go back home in the supervise their mother in the interval between, while waiting for the home healthcare aide. Paige was always good for showing up late and leaving early. Most days, while Nicole would have minded, she would have been much more able to adapt to it. But this day she was just markedly thrown off by it and still trying to find the moment where she and her day would catch up to each other.
All Bryce could do was smile at the sight of her. "Don't worry about it. It's been kind of a slow day. But I do have one urgent thing just for you."
"Really? What is it?" she asked thinking it was a work thing but hoping it wasn't.
Seeing him made her day just about ten times better. She'd decided that though intimidated by the prospective future's affect on their relationship she wanted to enjoy the present. And in the present, she knew that they got on well together, had common interests and were often finding new things to add to their "to do" list. Kissing was just the best and newest addition.
"Come with me and find out."
"Hm, said the spider to the fly." she feigned caution as she walked with him.
Their destination was the doctor's lounge and Nicole was almost sure she knew why they were there.
He handed her the violin case. "Under penalty of what I think is pain of death, I'm supposed to tell you that, Quinn says you don't have any more excuses."
"Quinn was here?" the disappointment in her voice was clear.
Bryce presenting with her violin was the furthest thing from her mind. She knew her face gave her away and hoped that Quinn had at least not said anything that would embarrass her... more, but knew the odds of that were pretty slim. "Okay, so just tell me what she said so I can be embarrassed and get it over with."
"She spilled all your secrets. It's really hard to remember every detail right now, but there was something about you and me and how you just loved kissing me and..." he said pulling her close, unable to resist the moment to tease her.
"Oh really?" she smiled up at him expectantly. The feel of his hands on her waist took away whatever cares she'd been harboring and she let the violin case slide to the floor and lean on the wall.
"I'm just telling you what she said."
"Yeah, right. Whatever." she rolled her eyes and settled into his embrace.
"Oh, so you don't love kissing me?"
"There may be one thing I love about it."
"And that would be?"
"The part where you kiss me back." she said just before his lips met hers.
Everything else that sucked about her day fell away as she had that moment she'd been searching for all day where everything just clicked. The realization of the kiss obliterated all earlier concerns. There wasn't anything else other than the two of them. And then the most dreaded of intruders, Bryce's pager, spoke up. There was no question it demanded answer and action.
"I've gotta go so... later?" he asked, poised to leave but his hand still resting on her waist.
"Definitely." she grinned, her head still spinning from the kiss.
And with a smile and nod he was gone, leaving Nicole blushing, grinning and already counting off the minutes. She sighed and leaned on the wall by the door for a moment.
"Just one more thing." Bryce appeared in the doorway once again.
"Anything." she said and meant it.
He pulled her into one more kiss sending her on another dizzying spiral and leaving her dazed and trying to reclaim her bearings when it ended and he was gone. She knew she'd glide through the rest of her shift most giddy inside while faking being nonchalant and normal on the outside. A steep price to pay but she didn't care.
She told herself not to go back to thinking about anything more than the present. Just focus on the moment. She told herself not to get used to the way he kissed her or the way he looked at her. She told herself not to like it too much. She told herself that if she didn't expect more than right now, she couldn't be heartbroken or break a heart in the end. She told herself a lot of things.