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Jul. 28th, 2014 11:01 pmMelinda breathes.
Melinda breathes, and she enters account information; she cross-checks purchases with receipts; she does her job.
Another boss would have given her the day off, but Fury knows her too well. He's given her a mission that will take months of prep work, and right now she needs to deny extraneous expenses and accept reasonable ones, needs to --
Her breath catches, audibly. She swallows hard, and forces a smile when her supervisor glances over. "Hiccups," Melinda says, and there's concern in Janine's face but she accepts the lie.
Phil's alive. Phil's been alive.
Now it's her job to --
Well. Make sure that if he dies again, it's only because he couldn't live.
Melinda breathes, and she enters account information; she cross-checks purchases with receipts; she does her job.
Another boss would have given her the day off, but Fury knows her too well. He's given her a mission that will take months of prep work, and right now she needs to deny extraneous expenses and accept reasonable ones, needs to --
Her breath catches, audibly. She swallows hard, and forces a smile when her supervisor glances over. "Hiccups," Melinda says, and there's concern in Janine's face but she accepts the lie.
Phil's alive. Phil's been alive.
Now it's her job to --
Well. Make sure that if he dies again, it's only because he couldn't live.
