Halrloprillalar   prillalar@gmail.com   http://prillalar.com/

April 20, 1999

RATING: PG13.

FANDOM/SPOILERS: X-Files, Millennium. No spoilers.

SUMMARY: Pendrell/Baldwin. Smiling.

DISTRIBUTION: Archive anywhere. Email forwarding allowed.

DISCLAIMER: CC, 1013, Fox, not me.


QUANTICO DAYS
by Halrloprillalar - prillalar@gmail.com

"I just stopped by to let you know we got the perp, thanks to your
analysis." Baldwin smiled. Smile number 7, Pendrell noted, the Well
Done, Agent smile.

"I'm glad. Nobody hurt?"

Smile number 3 now, Trying to Look Like I Never Worried for a
Moment. "No, we were lucky." Barry took a few steps around the lab,
reaching out absently to touch something, then drawing back,
realising where he was.

"So now you can take the weekend to relax." Pendrell's eyes
followed Baldwin, along the fall of his overcoat and across the
sharp bones in his face. Pendrell swallowed. "Do you have plans?"

Turning from the equipment he was examining, Barry nodded. "Out to
Kelley's for blues and bourbon." Smile number 6, Actual Expression
of a Positive Emotion. Of course he had plans. Pendrell didn't have
quite that many smiles, but he readied his old standby, Sounds Like
Fun, Enjoy Yourself. Before he could paste it on, Baldwin spoke
again. "Want to come with?"

"Yes. Yes, I would." Yes, oh yes.

"Meet you there at eight?" Pendrell had never seen that smile on
Barry's face before. It didn't have a name or number. But it was
the same one on his own.

F I N I S

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