Fic: Cuffs of Revelation, Chapter 1/2 (Numb3rs, Colby Granger/ Charlie Eppes)
Title: Cuffs of Revelation 1/2
Author: FinnishSphinx
Rating: PG
Fandom: Numb3rs
Pairings: Colby Granger/ Charlie Eppes
Spoilers: None really
Disclaimer: They are not mine, just using them for amusement...
Monday morning had been unusually peaceful. There was no new cases and the only
thing to do was the paperwork for earlier cases. After few hectic weeks, Don was quite
relieved. Friday`s surprise encounter with Charlie and Colby had ended well, and Don
was pretty sure things would work out. It was still little weird to think about his little
brother, dating one of his agents, but both Charlie and Colby seemed to be serious
about the thing.
Don`s cell phone started ringing and he flipped it open.
"Eppes."
"Donny, it`s me."
"Dad, where are you? Are you back in L.A.?"
"Yes, I got back this morning."
"How was your trip? Did Dan get the mall project?"
"My trip was nice, and yes, he did. Donny, I wanted to talk to you about something."
Don walked to the break room and shut the door. "Okay, what is it?"
"Donny, I went to Charlie`s room to bring back his laundry, and..." Alan took a deep
breath and searched for words. "You know I don`t like it when you bring things like
this to the house."
"What `things`? I have no idea what your talking about."
"Your hand cuffs, Donny. Charlie may think guns,and cuffs and badges are exiting
and admirable, but I don`t like you bringing your profession to the house."
Thoughts were running wild in Don`s mind and finally he figured it out, accompanied
by several unwanted thoughts. "Okay, Dad, I understand what you mean but I really
need to go now. We can talk about this later, bye." He opened the door and called
Colby. "Granger, would you come here for a minute?"
Colby got up from his workstation and walked to the break room, while he tried to
remember what he had done now. This morning, when came to work, everything
seemed to be fine, and Don had acted like he always did. Don closed the door and
turned to look at him.
"Think very carefully. Have you forgotten something?"
Colby wracked his brain. "Not that I can remember.."
"I`ll give you a hint. Would you mind showing me your cuffs?"
Colby reached back to take his cuffs from his back pocket, but couldn`t find them.
His face was turning bright red. "I... I think I forgot them home."
Don had to laugh at another man`s discomfort. "Yeah, you did, except it wasn`t
your home. It was Charlie`s place. My dad found them when he got back this
morning."
A deep groan escaped from Colby`s throat. This wasn`t happening...
"Did you tell him..?"
"No, he thought they were my cuffs. I think he`s gonna preach Charlie as soon as
he gets back from work. By the way, even though I asked about them.. don`t ever
tell me details about those activities. I have enough to bear without mental
images of my baby brother in cuffs during sex games."
"I`ll call Charlie and tell him about this. We need to think how to handle this."
Colby opened the door, but turned back to face Don again. "And you don`t need
to worry about that thing... Charlie wasn`t the one in cuffs."
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Colby disappeared to the break room to make the call and half an hour later
Charlie bounced into the office. Both men shut themselfs to the break room for
their chat. Little bit later Charlie came out an asked Don to join them.
"So Chuck, how are you gonna deal with this?"
"Don`t look so happy, Donald. And actually I wanted to ask your help."
"What kind of help?"
"Well.." Charlie was swaying from one feet to another. Colby walked next to him
and placed his hand on Charlie`s shoulder. Charlie leaned against his touch
and continued. "We talked about this, and we decided it`s time to tell Dad. You
remember my friend Paula?"
"Not really."
"She`s the one who owns that restaurant, what was it called... `Full Moon`."
"And I still don`t remember her."
"Anyway, she got us past the queue. I was thinking we could go for a nice
`welcome home` dinner, and tell him. Are you free?"
"Yeah, I`ll be there. How do you think it will go?"
"He`s an old hippie, free love and all that. I think he`ll be fine after the first
shock. He`s met Colby before and they got along."
Don grinned. "Maybe, but you better play it safe."
"How?"
"Don`t mention the cuff games."
"Don, if you bring that up one more time, I`ll start recounting the whole
weekend with all the dirty, little details."
Don looked absolutely horrified. "I`ll shut up."
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Author: FinnishSphinx
Rating: PG
Fandom: Numb3rs
Pairings: Colby Granger/ Charlie Eppes
Spoilers: None really
Disclaimer: They are not mine, just using them for amusement...
Monday morning had been unusually peaceful. There was no new cases and the only
thing to do was the paperwork for earlier cases. After few hectic weeks, Don was quite
relieved. Friday`s surprise encounter with Charlie and Colby had ended well, and Don
was pretty sure things would work out. It was still little weird to think about his little
brother, dating one of his agents, but both Charlie and Colby seemed to be serious
about the thing.
Don`s cell phone started ringing and he flipped it open.
"Eppes."
"Donny, it`s me."
"Dad, where are you? Are you back in L.A.?"
"Yes, I got back this morning."
"How was your trip? Did Dan get the mall project?"
"My trip was nice, and yes, he did. Donny, I wanted to talk to you about something."
Don walked to the break room and shut the door. "Okay, what is it?"
"Donny, I went to Charlie`s room to bring back his laundry, and..." Alan took a deep
breath and searched for words. "You know I don`t like it when you bring things like
this to the house."
"What `things`? I have no idea what your talking about."
"Your hand cuffs, Donny. Charlie may think guns,and cuffs and badges are exiting
and admirable, but I don`t like you bringing your profession to the house."
Thoughts were running wild in Don`s mind and finally he figured it out, accompanied
by several unwanted thoughts. "Okay, Dad, I understand what you mean but I really
need to go now. We can talk about this later, bye." He opened the door and called
Colby. "Granger, would you come here for a minute?"
Colby got up from his workstation and walked to the break room, while he tried to
remember what he had done now. This morning, when came to work, everything
seemed to be fine, and Don had acted like he always did. Don closed the door and
turned to look at him.
"Think very carefully. Have you forgotten something?"
Colby wracked his brain. "Not that I can remember.."
"I`ll give you a hint. Would you mind showing me your cuffs?"
Colby reached back to take his cuffs from his back pocket, but couldn`t find them.
His face was turning bright red. "I... I think I forgot them home."
Don had to laugh at another man`s discomfort. "Yeah, you did, except it wasn`t
your home. It was Charlie`s place. My dad found them when he got back this
morning."
A deep groan escaped from Colby`s throat. This wasn`t happening...
"Did you tell him..?"
"No, he thought they were my cuffs. I think he`s gonna preach Charlie as soon as
he gets back from work. By the way, even though I asked about them.. don`t ever
tell me details about those activities. I have enough to bear without mental
images of my baby brother in cuffs during sex games."
"I`ll call Charlie and tell him about this. We need to think how to handle this."
Colby opened the door, but turned back to face Don again. "And you don`t need
to worry about that thing... Charlie wasn`t the one in cuffs."
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Colby disappeared to the break room to make the call and half an hour later
Charlie bounced into the office. Both men shut themselfs to the break room for
their chat. Little bit later Charlie came out an asked Don to join them.
"So Chuck, how are you gonna deal with this?"
"Don`t look so happy, Donald. And actually I wanted to ask your help."
"What kind of help?"
"Well.." Charlie was swaying from one feet to another. Colby walked next to him
and placed his hand on Charlie`s shoulder. Charlie leaned against his touch
and continued. "We talked about this, and we decided it`s time to tell Dad. You
remember my friend Paula?"
"Not really."
"She`s the one who owns that restaurant, what was it called... `Full Moon`."
"And I still don`t remember her."
"Anyway, she got us past the queue. I was thinking we could go for a nice
`welcome home` dinner, and tell him. Are you free?"
"Yeah, I`ll be there. How do you think it will go?"
"He`s an old hippie, free love and all that. I think he`ll be fine after the first
shock. He`s met Colby before and they got along."
Don grinned. "Maybe, but you better play it safe."
"How?"
"Don`t mention the cuff games."
"Don, if you bring that up one more time, I`ll start recounting the whole
weekend with all the dirty, little details."
Don looked absolutely horrified. "I`ll shut up."
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