FIC: Surprises II
1. What To Do With a Child Named Peter?
After Neal had pocketed his cell phone, he led Peter over to the conference room, where Hughes, Jones, and the rest of Peter's team were waiting for them. Neal warily eyed the woman standing next to Hughes-he didn't recognize her. Neither did Peter, who had decided to attach himself to the CI's leg as soon as he had spotted the stranger.
"Caffrey, this is Ellen Matherson," Hughes said, introducing the woman, "she's with Child Services."
"Not going," Peter mumbled into the leg he was clinging to, "don't let them take me, Neal."
"Agent Hughes, Pe-Agent Burke's not a child," Neal observed, earning a cocked eyebrow from the assistant director, "not really."
"Mr. Caffrey, right now, Agent Burke is a child," Matherson observed, "and until he is returned to his proper age, we must treat him as one."
"He's staying with me," Neal volunteered.
"I do not think it wise to leave an impressionable child in the care of a criminal," Matherson declared.
Neal scowled at the woman.
"Why don't we ask Agent Burke what he thinks?" Jones suggested.
Matherson shook her head, but her objection was ignored.
"Peter, do you want to stay with Caffrey?" Hughes asked, trying his best to seem non-threatening to the child clinging to the CI's leg (he didn't really succeed, in Neal's opinion).(1)
Peter nodded wordlessly.
"Well then, I guess that's settled," Hughes declared, "Caffrey, you have the rest of the day off to get everything you need to take care of Peter."
"What about tomorrow, sir?" Neal asked, "do you want me to come in?"
Hughes nodded.
"And bring Peter with you," he added, "I have some cold cases the two of you can work on together…or, rather, that you will be working on by yourself, Caffrey."
1. I'm always a bit terrified of Hughes, and I'm not even a criminal.
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After Neal had pocketed his cell phone, he led Peter over to the conference room, where Hughes, Jones, and the rest of Peter's team were waiting for them. Neal warily eyed the woman standing next to Hughes-he didn't recognize her. Neither did Peter, who had decided to attach himself to the CI's leg as soon as he had spotted the stranger.
"Caffrey, this is Ellen Matherson," Hughes said, introducing the woman, "she's with Child Services."
"Not going," Peter mumbled into the leg he was clinging to, "don't let them take me, Neal."
"Agent Hughes, Pe-Agent Burke's not a child," Neal observed, earning a cocked eyebrow from the assistant director, "not really."
"Mr. Caffrey, right now, Agent Burke is a child," Matherson observed, "and until he is returned to his proper age, we must treat him as one."
"He's staying with me," Neal volunteered.
"I do not think it wise to leave an impressionable child in the care of a criminal," Matherson declared.
Neal scowled at the woman.
"Why don't we ask Agent Burke what he thinks?" Jones suggested.
Matherson shook her head, but her objection was ignored.
"Peter, do you want to stay with Caffrey?" Hughes asked, trying his best to seem non-threatening to the child clinging to the CI's leg (he didn't really succeed, in Neal's opinion).(1)
Peter nodded wordlessly.
"Well then, I guess that's settled," Hughes declared, "Caffrey, you have the rest of the day off to get everything you need to take care of Peter."
"What about tomorrow, sir?" Neal asked, "do you want me to come in?"
Hughes nodded.
"And bring Peter with you," he added, "I have some cold cases the two of you can work on together…or, rather, that you will be working on by yourself, Caffrey."
1. I'm always a bit terrified of Hughes, and I'm not even a criminal.
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