Three Engineers & Miles + Bennett/Melanie, Rated G
“Babe?” Bennett muttered absently, eyes glued to his screen.
“Yeah?” Melanie answered. Javi’s eyes darted between them, wondering if he was hallucinating. A quick look at Miles-who was looking at them in confusion-told them that whatever was happening was very real.
“Come look at this for a second,” Bennett asked.
“Sure,” Melanie replied, walking towards him. Javi’s eyes met Miles’ as they watched the odd scene play out in front of them.
Bennett and Melanie-oblivious to the fact that they were being studied like zoo animals-talked in hushed murmurs while the other two engineers watched and debated who would butt in to ask them what the hell was going on.
Miles finally bit the bullet, “What are you looking at?”
Melanie startled a bit, turning to him and frowning slightly, “It’s complicated.”
“Mel?” Javi questioned, raising his eyebrows-as if daring her to ignore him.
She blew hair out of her face, “It’s not a big deal. Promise.”
“How about you trust me for once?” Javi snapped, frustrated; Bennett and Melanie had a terrible habit of getting so lost in their own world that they forgot they worked with other people, too.
“Javi,” Melanie breathed, pinching the bridge of her nose, “Of course I trust you.”
“Then tell me,” he challenged. Melanie looked at Bennett. The silent conversation they had was short-nevertheless, it irritated Javi. He mouthed ‘oblivious’ to Miles, who smiled at him in understanding. It was nice to have a new face in the engine, he’d decided shortly after Bennett and Melanie had sorted their shit out. There was solidarity with Miles in being left out of the loop just as often.
Melanie sighed, “Alright.”
It was, Javi realized, truly no big deal.But that didn’t make it any less infuriating for them to leave their other two coworkers in the dark.