Fic: "Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk" (Cal McCaffrey/DCI Bell)
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Title: Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk Author: filthgoblin</lj> Pairing: Cal/Bell Rating: 15ish for smoking-related gubbins Disclaimer: No ownership claimed. No money earned. Word Count: 114
I've been resurrecting the drabbles at my journal, and wrote this fic for karaokegal</lj> for the prompt "Cal/DCI Bell, cigarettes and chocolate milk". The characterisation was somewhat inspired by the epiphany I had reading mikes_grrl</lj>'s fic about how Cal isn't necessarily the whiter-than-white character that I'd made him out to be in my mind.
"Mind if I smoke?"
It was more statement than question, Cal's fingers dipping inside the pack and extracting acigarette, striking the Clipper before placing it delicately on the table. He swallowed nervously, regarding Bell with narrowed eyes through curlicues of smoke wreathing his head.
Bell trembled with barely restrained fury and slammed his palms on the table. Cal arched an eyebrow and leaned forward slightly. “What exactly do you want from me?”
“Do more people have to die before you give me what you have?” Bell hissed through bared teeth.
Cal closed his eyes and breathed. The detective’s breath smelled of chocolate milk. Very fucking scary, he thought, opening his eyes and smiling.