Monosyllabic Sentences
Title: Monosyllabic Sentences
Fandom: NUMB3RS
Pairing/Characters: Colby, Don, David
Rating: PG
Summary: Part 5 of Colby’s Dating Guide. Don tries to weasel information about Colby’s date out of him and is rewarded with a series of repetitive monosyllabic sentences.
I don't own NUMB3RS. Also, this fic is unbeta'd.
Part 1: The Date
Part 2: Sunglasses
Part 3: Security Footage
Part 4: A Smart Squirrel
Monosyllabic Sentences
“So… Granger.”
“Yes, Don?”
“I hear you had an interesting night…. And morning.”
“Yes, Don.”
“You want to tell me about it?”
“No, Don.”
“You sure?”
“Yes, Don.”
“You know, Megan got the footage from this morning?”
“Yes, Don.”
“I saw it. You looked like a frightened rabbit.”
“Yes, Don.”
“Sure you don’t want to tell me about your date with Edgerton’s sister?”
“Yes, Don.”
“Are you ever going to say anything other than yes or no followed by my name in this conversation?”
“No, Don.”
“If I walk away and then come back and start a new conversation will you?”
“No, Don.”
“If I ask you a non yes or no question, will you still just answer yes or no?”
“Yes, Don.”
“No matter what I ask you?”
“Yes, Don.”
“You do know that you sound like a broken record, right Colb?”
“Yes, Don.”
“You really going to keep this up aren’t you?”
“Yes, Don.”
“Alright, how about if I ask you what you’ve found out about our victim?”
“… …”
“You’ll just hand me the folder with your findings.”
“Yes, Don.”
“Damn. You’re good.”
“Yes, Don.”
“How about if I ask you if you slept with Edgerton’s sister?”
“No, Don.”
“Well, I was hoping for a hell no, but I got some inflection there, at least. Better than the deadpan I’ve been getting.”
“Yes, Don.”
“And we’re back to that.”
“Yes, Don.”
“You’re willing to keep this up forever, aren’t you?”
“Yes, Don.”
“Fine, ask David if he finished interviewing the witness yet.”
“Yes, Don. Hey, David? Did you finish with Mrs. Michaels yet?”
“Yeah, I just finished up the interview.”
“Great, thanks. Yes, Don.”
“Colby?”
“Yes, Don.”
“I thought you were refusing to say anything other than ‘yes, Don’ or ‘no, Don’.”
“Yes, Don.”
“But you just spoke to David.”
“Yes, Don.”
“In complete sentences.”
“Yes, Don.”
“Using words other than those three.”
“Yes, Don.”
“You’re not just speaking to him in monosyllabic sentences.”
“No, Don.”
“You’re just doing it to me.”
“Yes, Don.”
“You know that I can fire you, right, Granger?”
“Yes, Don.”
“Wow. You really don’t want to talk about your date, do you?”
“No, Don.”
Fandom: NUMB3RS
Pairing/Characters: Colby, Don, David
Rating: PG
Summary: Part 5 of Colby’s Dating Guide. Don tries to weasel information about Colby’s date out of him and is rewarded with a series of repetitive monosyllabic sentences.
I don't own NUMB3RS. Also, this fic is unbeta'd.
Part 1: The Date
Part 2: Sunglasses
Part 3: Security Footage
Part 4: A Smart Squirrel
Monosyllabic Sentences
“So… Granger.”
“Yes, Don?”
“I hear you had an interesting night…. And morning.”
“Yes, Don.”
“You want to tell me about it?”
“No, Don.”
“You sure?”
“Yes, Don.”
“You know, Megan got the footage from this morning?”
“Yes, Don.”
“I saw it. You looked like a frightened rabbit.”
“Yes, Don.”
“Sure you don’t want to tell me about your date with Edgerton’s sister?”
“Yes, Don.”
“Are you ever going to say anything other than yes or no followed by my name in this conversation?”
“No, Don.”
“If I walk away and then come back and start a new conversation will you?”
“No, Don.”
“If I ask you a non yes or no question, will you still just answer yes or no?”
“Yes, Don.”
“No matter what I ask you?”
“Yes, Don.”
“You do know that you sound like a broken record, right Colb?”
“Yes, Don.”
“You really going to keep this up aren’t you?”
“Yes, Don.”
“Alright, how about if I ask you what you’ve found out about our victim?”
“… …”
“You’ll just hand me the folder with your findings.”
“Yes, Don.”
“Damn. You’re good.”
“Yes, Don.”
“How about if I ask you if you slept with Edgerton’s sister?”
“No, Don.”
“Well, I was hoping for a hell no, but I got some inflection there, at least. Better than the deadpan I’ve been getting.”
“Yes, Don.”
“And we’re back to that.”
“Yes, Don.”
“You’re willing to keep this up forever, aren’t you?”
“Yes, Don.”
“Fine, ask David if he finished interviewing the witness yet.”
“Yes, Don. Hey, David? Did you finish with Mrs. Michaels yet?”
“Yeah, I just finished up the interview.”
“Great, thanks. Yes, Don.”
“Colby?”
“Yes, Don.”
“I thought you were refusing to say anything other than ‘yes, Don’ or ‘no, Don’.”
“Yes, Don.”
“But you just spoke to David.”
“Yes, Don.”
“In complete sentences.”
“Yes, Don.”
“Using words other than those three.”
“Yes, Don.”
“You’re not just speaking to him in monosyllabic sentences.”
“No, Don.”
“You’re just doing it to me.”
“Yes, Don.”
“You know that I can fire you, right, Granger?”
“Yes, Don.”
“Wow. You really don’t want to talk about your date, do you?”
“No, Don.”