chaos_silk | Fic-bits. Prompts courtesy of Muse.

Characters: Reno, Tseng.
Prompt: Funhouse.

“Say Boss?” Reno chirped into his microphone, having stopped mid-chase through a funhouse to observe himself in one of the mirrors. His tone was one Tseng was familiar with, mainly because it always preceded a question or –very rarely- a statement that made him want to bash his –or Reno’s- head into the wall repeatedly. Taking his eyes off the monitor for a moment to pinch the bridge of his nose in an attempt to stave off the headache he knew was coming.

“Boss, you listenin’?” Apparently he had remained silent for too long, Reno’s tone was just a hair’s breadth away from whining. If he started whining, Tseng would definitely get a headache and the chances of the target getting away increased. Fortunately, Elena and Rude were stationed at either entrance just in case Reno failed or, as he had wisely predicted, got distracted by the mirrors.

“Bosssss?” This time it was a full-out whine as Rude quietly reported that the mission had been accomplished and could he please get Reno to shut up?

Tseng sighed, ignoring the monitor completely as he rested his forehead in the palm of his hand. “What is it Reno?” He stated as calmly as he was able to. It had been a long day and it continued to get longer. Reno’s nonsense was not high on his priorities of things to deal with, but he was going to be forced to, otherwise the redhead would stand there and whine until Tseng answered him.

“D’ya think Heidigger has one of these in his bathroom?” Tseng couldn’t see it as he wasn’t looking, but a pale hand snuck into view on the monitor to indicate his reflection, which was predictably distorted. “It would explain why he thinks he’s so pretty.”

“Reno.” Tseng exhaled between gritted teeth, gripping his desk tight enough to leave an impression in the cheap metal.

“Yeah boss?” One could practically hear the pleased smile in Reno’s voice.

“Get back to work before I decide that you would be better suited to guarding Palmer for the next month.”

“Awwww.”

Characters: Reno, Tseng, Rufus.
Prompt: Taser

“You deserved that.” Tseng commented, leaning over to look Reno in the eye. The redhead was sprawled on the ground ungracefully, twitching like he had just received a bolt spell directly to the chest, which technically he had, but Tseng maintained that he was just being dramatic. If he hadn’t have been fooling around with a taser he had stolen from one of the security guards, he wouldn’t have shocked himself. Tseng saw it as justice delivered to those with sticky fingers and less than serious attitudes towards their jobs.

“Shut up and help me up.”