* Just testing the waters with one of my own works. *
Human Words: Favorite Quotes of HUMANS Fanfiction
Story: Tracking Source Code by Be_The_Spark
She could still hear herself laughing about it that last Christmas.
“Are you trying to turn me into a lazy hack?” she’d asked Leo on the sofa, taking a swig of his gin.
His brows had knit together in mock puzzlement as he’d chuckled, “No, of course not! I very much respect that you’re not a lazy hack. I just figured that between school and your job at the store, this could be used as a last resort.”
Mattie raised her eyebrows. “And you’re sure it’ll decrypt anything?”
“Just about,” he promised.
“You know, I could just use your super-brain as a last resort,” she said slowly, eyeing him with speculation.
Leo’s tone turned cautious. “Well, I can’t always be here to get you out of a fix.”
Then Mattie withdrew a cardboard box of her own. It was small, half the size of Leo’s palm.
“I don’t wrap things,” she said, shrugging as Leo opened it.
He stared at the small brass key lying inside it.
Feeling self-conscious, Mattie explained, “Maybe you can be around to get me out of a fix more than once in a while.”
A noise caught in his throat, a slight aha that spoke volumes for his emotions. “So am I to crash in whenever I want?”
“You could,” said Mattie. “Or you could live here too.”
She couldn’t tell whether the look he gave her was pained because he didn’t want it, or pained because he did. All she knew was that when he said, “Thank you, Mattie,” it meant he was accepting her gift as being under consideration. Regardless, it was good enough for her. He was good enough for her
