Say Hello

Meta: Sometime between "Bye, Darling" and "Platter" (maybe?)
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Andrea creeps into the Rec room with cookies for the three of them.
"Thanks," says Jackson.
Logan mumbles something to that effect.
Andrea scans the room, freezes.
"Hill?"
"Think she's locked up, Jack."
Jackson leans closer to Andrea, follows her gaze. To Logan: "She's staring at the new arrivals." Settles back, nabs a cookie.
"Whif ones?"
"Egan and Riley."
Logan swallows, snorts. "They finally got sent home, ay?"
Jackson shrugs. "Looks like."
"Who are they?" Andrea asks quietly, blinking at the untouched cookie.
Jackson nudges it closer. "They were class after ours. S'posed to get a Jaeger, but--" Puffs up. "--we scored higher and got /Vulcan instead of 'em."
"Been stuck in Lima the last year," adds Logan.
"Waiting for a Jaeger they'll never get." Jackson crosses his arms, tips his chair back.
"Oh," Andrea sighs.
Logan nudges Jackson. "Think it's love at first sight?"
Jackson rolls his eyes. "Probably."
"Which one, you think?"
Jackson contemplates, gives up with a shrug.
"Figure Riley's more /your type, though, ay, Jack?"
Jackson kicks his chair, growls, "Don't start shit you can't finish."
"Speakin' 'a which ...." Logan shoves his chair back, hops to his feet. "Figure I should go say 'hello'." Grins. "Care to join me?"
Andrea meeps.
"Nah. This's all you."
"Awe/some." [Logan swaggers across the room.
"Wha-what's he gonna do?" breathes Andrea.
Jackson sighs. "Be Logan." Bites into the last cookie.
Andrea chews her lip.
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Jason, gazing over Lachlan's shoulder, tenses.
"What?"
"We've got trouble incoming."
Lachlan twists around, marks Logan headed their way, mutters, "Great. Just great."
Logan rolls to a stop next to Lachlan, crows, "Welcome to Sydney, gents! They finally get sick of your pining asses overseas?"
Lachlan replies with a bland look.
"They figured we could do more good here," says Jason.
Logan rocks on his heels. "Didn't know we had room for more wannabe Rangers."
Lachlan's jaw tightens. "Was the budget, not us."
Logan scoffs noisily. "You keep telling yourself that, Riley."
Jason rolls his eyes. "What do you want, Jones?"
"Whadya think, Egan?"
"'m thinkin' he wants a fight." Lachlan pushes to his feet.
Logan blinks in exaggerated surprise. "Way to go! You've seen through my cunning plan."
Lachlan clenches his fists--
Jason sighs.
--steps nose-to-nose with Logan.
"You wanna piece of the action, too, Freckles?" says Logan, keeping eyes on Lachlan.
"Pretty sure Lachlan can handle you on his own."
A nasty grin splits Logan's face. "Only 'pretty sure'? This ain't gonna be much of a fight, is it?"
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Andrea trails Jackson as he pushes through the circle of spectators to the brawl.
Logan's gotten a knee on the new aboriginal person's sternum and's whacking away at their face.
The person's swinging for Logan's gut, drawing a grunt when they connect.
The new white blond grabs Logan from behind--
Logan drives an elbow straight into their stomach.
--doubles over, gasping--
Jackson wades in, seizes Logan's punching arm, yanks him--
"Oi! Lemme finish 'im off!"
--off his target, barks, "That's enough!"
--trips into Andrea an they go down in a tangle.
Andrea squeaks, flails, utterly fails at getting out from under the new person.
"Hi," wheezes the new person, looking upside down at Andrea. "'m Jason, he-him--" Gasps. "--his."
"A-andrea," she whispers. "She-her-hers."
"Pleased t' meetya." Smiles, eyes crinkling--
A very warm /something drops right past Andrea's stomach.
--"Sorry 'bout knocking you down."
Andrea blinks. "Ih--" Deep breath. "It's n-not your fault. 's my--" Shuts her mouth with a click.
Jason eases himself to sitting. "I need to check on my copilot. I'll see you again?"
Andrea gives a minuscule nod.
"Cool. Later, Andrea." He scrambles to his feet, attends the other new person.
Andrea sighs, gets up, slinks out in search of Chantell.]Category:Ficlet
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