Fic: Pre-fixed Experiment 2/2 (Charlie Eppes / Colby Granger, Don Eppes / Billy Cooper)
Title: Pre-fixed Experiment 2/2
Fandom: Numb3rs
Pairings: Charlie Eppes/ Colby Granger, Don Eppes/ Billy Cooper
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Not mine, etc.
Chapter 1/2
Megan grabbed her ringing cell phone from the desk and snapped it open.
“Reeves.”
“Hey, it’s me.”
“Charlie, hey. Do you need something?”
“No, just wanted to hear about last night. Did you get along with Cooper?”
“Not as well as he did with Don. After couple beers those two got all misty eyed
and started reminiscing old times. Last time I saw them they had a bottle of
JD and they were heading over to Cooper’s motel.”
“Oh. Not exactly what I had in mind…”
“What do you mean?”
“Nothing. Are you at the office?”
“Yeah, I just got here. Don called in sick, so I’m in charge for today.”
“He called in sick?”
“He called me before I left home.”
“Did he say what was wrong with him?”
“No. My guess would be that he didn’t want to show up at the office with
a hangover.”
“That’s possible too… Anyway, I gotta get going. I have an early lesson
and the traffic is pure murder.”
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When Charlie arrived to his office at CalSci, he found Don laying on his back in
the middle of the floor, his face covered with his hands.
“Don? Are you okay?”
“Yeah, I’m… fine. I just… didn’t know where else to go.”
“Okay… Would you get up from the floor? This whole setting is pretty depressing.”
“Let it be depressing, I’m already depressed.”
“What happened?”
“I did something stupid.”
“What?”
“Talk about rude awakening…. I woke up in a sleazy motel with a heavy redhead
snoring on top of me. Naked.”
“You mean Cooper?”
“Who else! Then when I started thinking about last night I remembered it.”
“What did you remember?”
“What we did!”
“What did…” Suddenly realization downed on him. “You mean you and Cooper…?”
“Yes! He didn’t even wake up when I got out of the bed and left.”
“Donnie, calm down. Are you feeling okay?”
“I`m feeling sore! I’m sore in places I’ve never been sore before.”
“Don, let’s make one thing clear. You’re my brother and I love you, but I have no
interest in hearing about your sore places.”
“Okay, but what he hell do I do now?”
“What do you mean?”
“I slept with a guy! Not to mention it was one of my oldest buddies. He’s been
trying to call me, but I haven’t answered.”
“Don, which one is upsetting you more: The fact that you had sex with a dude,
or the fact that it was Cooper?”
Don thought about it for a minute. “Both. I mean… this just isn’t me.”
“Did you know what you were doing when you went to bed with him?”
“We were drunk, but yeah…”
“And he knew what he was doing? So where’s the harm?”
“I told you this is not me! I don’t sleep with guys.”
“Apparently you do! Now comes the lesson of the day.”
“What?”
“You are exactly the same guy you were before. Obviously you like both sexes,
but you are exactly the same. Aren’t you?”
“You’re right…”
“I know I’m right.”
“I still like women.”
“Of course.”
“And boobs. Big boobs.”
“Naturally.”
“And guns. And bowling.”
“Sure.”
“I don’t have any girly mannerisms.”
“Actually, you do.”
“I like fast cars.”
“Don, my lesson was supposed to start five minutes ago. Would you wrap it up?”
“I’m just as manly as I was before.”
“Feeling better?”
“Yep.”
“Are you gonna try it again?”
Don grinned. “Maybe.”
“With Cooper or with a guy in general?”
“I’m not sure.”
“I’ll give you a good advice and I’ll try to use terminology you’ll understand. It’s like
learning how to shoot. You better practice on a familiar shooting range, before you
start banging in the middle of the street.”
“You think I should call him?”
“Well, he’s gonna be in town for few days, and you already took a day off. Go and
learn.” Charlie grinned and grabbed his papers from his desk. “And would you give
Cooper a message from me?”
“What message?”
“Tell him I appreciate the favor he did for me, but his aim wasn’t very good.”
“What does that mean?”
“He’ll know what I mean.” Charlie galloped out of the office.