Solace, Chapter Two
Title: Solace
Author: rainbowsfics
Fandom: Covert Affairs
Rating: K
Warnings: N/A
Pairings (if applicable) Annie/Auggie
Character(s) (if applicable) Annie, Auggie, Danielle
Summary: "Wait. How am I gonna get home?" What if Annie brought Auggie to Danielle's dinner?
"Annie!" Danielle exclaimed as the sister in question entered with Auggie in tow. Danielle raised her eyebrows and crossed her arms, bemused. "You're late. But, I might forgive you if you tell me who this is," she smirked.
Annie rolled her eyes, more for her benefit than anyone else's, and replied, "Danielle, this is Auggie. Auggie, my sister Danielle. Auggie and I work together, Dani," She finished her statement with a stern nod, ensuring Danielle wouldn't attempt to inference a relationship between the two of them.
Danielle's face lit up like a star and eagerly shook Auggie's hand. Dani, oblivious to Annie's silent warning. "Wow, it's so great to meet you. It's been a while since I've met one of Roo's friends. She doesn't bring people home often," she shrugged, releasing her tight grip.
Auggie raised his eyebrow, bemused, "Roo?" he questioned, nearly unsuccessfully stifling his laughter.
"Oh," Dani recalled nostalgically, leaning back onto the countertop, "Well, when Annie was five, she was convinced she was convinced she wanted to grow up to be a kangaroo." At this point, both parties seemed oblivious of Annie's growingly red face, to accompany her growing embarrassment, "And so we called her Roo."
Before Danielle could recall anymore potentially humiliating stories from their childhood, Annie interrupted, "Dani, you said we were late, yeah?"
Dani appeased to her sister's silent request and nodded, "OK, I'll see if I can't try to stall. The girls should be getting ready for bed."
Annie muttered a quiet "Thank god," forgetting that Auggie would have heard her, and pulled him along as she padded out of the kitchen.
xXx
Annie had reached the corner of the stairs and was about to go up the steps when she felt a hand pull her back. With a frown, she turned around, and before she could deduce what was happening, Auggie had her pinned to the pinstriped wall.
His hands were on her forearms, holding her still. Although, if she would have admitted it to herself, his very presence would have held her still.
His fingers danced like little spiders, up her arms and neck, until it reached her face. If the heat radiating of her face didn't give her away, the shallow breaths she was taking certainly would.
The most infuriating part of the situation was the smirk that seemed permanently painted on his face, as his subtly gauged her reaction.
The back of his hands rested lightly on her cheeks, tickling her like a soft feather.
"You're blushing," he murmured, almost reverently.
And then, as quick as it had begun, it was over, and Auggie had stepped away from her and began searching for the banister. Once he was half-way up the stairs, he noticed that she wasn't following him, and he turned around. Annie was still by the wall, as if pinned by an invisible force.
He raised his eyebrows expectantly, "Well, are you coming?"
xXx
"Annie! Annie," were yelled by the two young girls before they both leaped out of their pink and blue beds and raced over to Annie, Chloe clutching on to her older sister's color to not be left behind. Each gripped Annie's leg and buried their face in her shirt. Annie hugged each head and kissed each bobbed hair.
Eventually both of the girls unlatched from their aunt, and Katia finally took noticed of Auggie.
"Ooh, who's that?" she questioned, her head tilting to the side and eyes squinting, a look she undoubtedly inherited from her aunt.
Annie and Auggie crouched simultaneously, and Chloe took this time to imitate her sister's expression.
"Girls," Annie began "This is my friend Auggie. Auggie this is my niece Katia." At this point, Annie nudged Kati closer to Auggie, so he could positively identify her. Katia shyly stuck her hand out. "Hi, Auggie," she said timidly. Auggie chuckled quietly, and shook her hand, once it brushed with his.
"Hi Katia," he responded.
"And this," Annie continued, "is Chloe." Annie didn't need to prompt the youngest Brooks daughter, as she enthusiastically shook his hand.
"Hi, I'm Chloe!" she giggled giddily.
"It's nice to meet you, Chloe," Auggie replied.
"Well," Annie stated puling Auggie up with her, as she glanced at her watch, "It's past the girls' bedtime and I'm sure that Danielle is going to come hunt us down any minute now. "
The girls understood the subtle hint and made their ways back to their respective beds, and curled into their pillows. Annie flicked the lights off, and looped her arm through Auggie's, but halted when she heard the Katia's exclamation of "Wait!"
Katia came barreling towards them at an impressive speed and when she reached them, she latched her arms around Auggie, hugging him unyieldingly.
"Bye, Uncle Auggie," she whispered, and then stepped back with a shy smile gracing her young face.
Slowly, a smile began to creep on to Auggie's face. "Bye, Katia," he managed out of the sheer shock.
xXx
Annie shut the door quietly, so as not to disturb the girls. Auggie still had a smile permanently glued onto his face. They stood against the wall as Auggie began to process what had happened. Annie glanced at him and studied him silently.
His hair was mussed, but she didn't feel the overwhelming urge to comb it that she normally did when she say men with no regard for their hair. It had a boyish just-got-out-of-bed type of look. She found herself blushing when realized what her train of thought actually was.
His eyes were sparkling when he spoke, "I . . . don't have any nieces. Only nephews. The Andersons were born to breed sons, I guess. I've got four older brothers, you know," he shrugged.
She nodded, "Yeah, I heard about the polygraph. You know that guy goes the other way anytime you're in the same room," she smirked, moving to standing.
He chuckled at that, and he felt her relax next to him.
She nudged him once when he was deep in his thoughts, "Well, now you've got two nieces. Just make sure to share them with me, yeah?"
He nodded as she looped her arm through his. "I bet Dani's getting impatient down there, don't you think?" she whispered to him conspiringly, as they scurried down the stairs.
Next Chapter.
Author: rainbowsfics
Fandom: Covert Affairs
Rating: K
Warnings: N/A
Pairings (if applicable) Annie/Auggie
Character(s) (if applicable) Annie, Auggie, Danielle
Summary: "Wait. How am I gonna get home?" What if Annie brought Auggie to Danielle's dinner?
"Annie!" Danielle exclaimed as the sister in question entered with Auggie in tow. Danielle raised her eyebrows and crossed her arms, bemused. "You're late. But, I might forgive you if you tell me who this is," she smirked.
Annie rolled her eyes, more for her benefit than anyone else's, and replied, "Danielle, this is Auggie. Auggie, my sister Danielle. Auggie and I work together, Dani," She finished her statement with a stern nod, ensuring Danielle wouldn't attempt to inference a relationship between the two of them.
Danielle's face lit up like a star and eagerly shook Auggie's hand. Dani, oblivious to Annie's silent warning. "Wow, it's so great to meet you. It's been a while since I've met one of Roo's friends. She doesn't bring people home often," she shrugged, releasing her tight grip.
Auggie raised his eyebrow, bemused, "Roo?" he questioned, nearly unsuccessfully stifling his laughter.
"Oh," Dani recalled nostalgically, leaning back onto the countertop, "Well, when Annie was five, she was convinced she was convinced she wanted to grow up to be a kangaroo." At this point, both parties seemed oblivious of Annie's growingly red face, to accompany her growing embarrassment, "And so we called her Roo."
Before Danielle could recall anymore potentially humiliating stories from their childhood, Annie interrupted, "Dani, you said we were late, yeah?"
Dani appeased to her sister's silent request and nodded, "OK, I'll see if I can't try to stall. The girls should be getting ready for bed."
Annie muttered a quiet "Thank god," forgetting that Auggie would have heard her, and pulled him along as she padded out of the kitchen.
xXx
Annie had reached the corner of the stairs and was about to go up the steps when she felt a hand pull her back. With a frown, she turned around, and before she could deduce what was happening, Auggie had her pinned to the pinstriped wall.
His hands were on her forearms, holding her still. Although, if she would have admitted it to herself, his very presence would have held her still.
His fingers danced like little spiders, up her arms and neck, until it reached her face. If the heat radiating of her face didn't give her away, the shallow breaths she was taking certainly would.
The most infuriating part of the situation was the smirk that seemed permanently painted on his face, as his subtly gauged her reaction.
The back of his hands rested lightly on her cheeks, tickling her like a soft feather.
"You're blushing," he murmured, almost reverently.
And then, as quick as it had begun, it was over, and Auggie had stepped away from her and began searching for the banister. Once he was half-way up the stairs, he noticed that she wasn't following him, and he turned around. Annie was still by the wall, as if pinned by an invisible force.
He raised his eyebrows expectantly, "Well, are you coming?"
xXx
"Annie! Annie," were yelled by the two young girls before they both leaped out of their pink and blue beds and raced over to Annie, Chloe clutching on to her older sister's color to not be left behind. Each gripped Annie's leg and buried their face in her shirt. Annie hugged each head and kissed each bobbed hair.
Eventually both of the girls unlatched from their aunt, and Katia finally took noticed of Auggie.
"Ooh, who's that?" she questioned, her head tilting to the side and eyes squinting, a look she undoubtedly inherited from her aunt.
Annie and Auggie crouched simultaneously, and Chloe took this time to imitate her sister's expression.
"Girls," Annie began "This is my friend Auggie. Auggie this is my niece Katia." At this point, Annie nudged Kati closer to Auggie, so he could positively identify her. Katia shyly stuck her hand out. "Hi, Auggie," she said timidly. Auggie chuckled quietly, and shook her hand, once it brushed with his.
"Hi Katia," he responded.
"And this," Annie continued, "is Chloe." Annie didn't need to prompt the youngest Brooks daughter, as she enthusiastically shook his hand.
"Hi, I'm Chloe!" she giggled giddily.
"It's nice to meet you, Chloe," Auggie replied.
"Well," Annie stated puling Auggie up with her, as she glanced at her watch, "It's past the girls' bedtime and I'm sure that Danielle is going to come hunt us down any minute now. "
The girls understood the subtle hint and made their ways back to their respective beds, and curled into their pillows. Annie flicked the lights off, and looped her arm through Auggie's, but halted when she heard the Katia's exclamation of "Wait!"
Katia came barreling towards them at an impressive speed and when she reached them, she latched her arms around Auggie, hugging him unyieldingly.
"Bye, Uncle Auggie," she whispered, and then stepped back with a shy smile gracing her young face.
Slowly, a smile began to creep on to Auggie's face. "Bye, Katia," he managed out of the sheer shock.
xXx
Annie shut the door quietly, so as not to disturb the girls. Auggie still had a smile permanently glued onto his face. They stood against the wall as Auggie began to process what had happened. Annie glanced at him and studied him silently.
His hair was mussed, but she didn't feel the overwhelming urge to comb it that she normally did when she say men with no regard for their hair. It had a boyish just-got-out-of-bed type of look. She found herself blushing when realized what her train of thought actually was.
His eyes were sparkling when he spoke, "I . . . don't have any nieces. Only nephews. The Andersons were born to breed sons, I guess. I've got four older brothers, you know," he shrugged.
She nodded, "Yeah, I heard about the polygraph. You know that guy goes the other way anytime you're in the same room," she smirked, moving to standing.
He chuckled at that, and he felt her relax next to him.
She nudged him once when he was deep in his thoughts, "Well, now you've got two nieces. Just make sure to share them with me, yeah?"
He nodded as she looped her arm through his. "I bet Dani's getting impatient down there, don't you think?" she whispered to him conspiringly, as they scurried down the stairs.
Next Chapter.