FIC: Warning: Danger (Family Secrets)
Title: Warning: Danger
Series: Family Secrets
Author: Valerie Vancollie (valeriev84 [at] hotmail.com)
Characters: Don, Billy Cooper
Rating: G
Summary: Don had never had a problem with dogs before.
Spoilers: Man Hunt
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Numb3rs characters, items or situations. I only lay claim to the original aspects of the fic.
"Hey there," Don said as he stepped out of the store and noticed the German Sheppard chained to a post.
He held out his hand, intending to pet the animal. The dog, however, took one sniff of his hand before flattening its ears and whining as it cowered away from Don, or tried to, the leash making it difficult.
"What the?" Don muttered, confused.
That was the third time this had happened. He'd never had a problem with dogs before. Unlike Charlie, he'd always liked them and they him. He'd begged his parents forever to get a dog as a child, promising to take care of it so that they wouldn't have to. It hadn't worked, but that hadn't deterred him from liking them. He didn't get why they suddenly disliked him so much, they never had before-
Don's thoughts derailed as something suddenly occurred to him and his head turned sharply towards the pickup. Coop had finished filling the tank and was leaning lazily back against the hood, eyeing a skimpily clad woman washing her car over the rim of his sunglasses.
"Coop!" Don growled as he stalked towards his partner, secretly pleased at the way the man jumped.