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“... ‘ello?”
“H-hello, Bobby, are you there?”
“...Yeah? What’s wrong?”
“It’s Buck.”
“What’d he do?”
“No, it’s me, it’s Buck.”
“What’d you do?”
“What? Nothing. Well, I-I mean, I’m sorry, were you asleep?”
“Kid, what’s wrong?”
“I need a favor, no questions asked.”
“No, I’ve got questions. What’s wrong?”
“Um, well, we need someone to come down and get us.”
“Come down where, and who is we?”
“That’s kind of a lot of questions-”
“Buck!”
“O-okay, yeah, to the police station, and me, Eddie, Chim, Ravi, and Albert.”
*sigh* “What. Happened.”
“We kind of got into a fight with some guys at Buckets and they turned out to be off-duty cops and
very
serious about their jobs.”
“... The five of you got into a fight and got arrested?”
“Listen, Cap, I know you deserve an explanation, but they were pretty clear on the whole, ‘five-minute, one phone call’ rule. Eddie already used his to check in with Carla, Chim wasted his calling Hen, Ravi's freaking out, and Albert doesn’t know any phone numbers.”
“Wait, Chim wasted his? Did Hen not answer?”
“Nope, it’s date night, you know her policy on calling her on date night.”
“Right, alright, I’m on my way. I’ll call Athena to see if she can meet me down there.”
“What? Why?”
“Why do I want my police Sergeant wife to come pick up our idiot child and his equally dumb friends from the police precinct she works at?”
“Mean… but accurate.”
“In fact, why didn’t you just ask the desk sergeant to radio Athena when they brought you in?”
*grumble grumble grumble*
“I’m sorry, what?”
“I didn’t want…”
“Buck.”
“I didn’t want Athena to find out because s-she would have that face a-and be all, you know, and I didn’t want her to be mad.”
“... did you call me because you thought I wouldn’t be mad?”
“I called you because I thought you’d come.”
“Of course I’ll come, Buck, I’ll always show up for-”
“And also, Athena scares me sometimes, but like in a way that makes it feel like I’ve disappointed her, which makes it arguably worse.”
*hmm* “I see how it is.”
“We brainstormed this before I called, you were the best choice out of them all.”
“The Brain Trust, I’m sure.”
“Hey, Maddie or Karen were just a phone call away.”
“Maddie’s working tonight, that’s the only reason Chim would be out on a Tuesday.”
“W-well, yeah, but Karen-”
“Is on the, ‘no phone calls’ date with her wife?”
“... Oh, damn, you’re right. Please don’t let that stop you from coming to bail us out.”
“I’m already in the car, Kid. I’ve got to hang up now so I can call your mother.” *click*
“Ha, ha, but actually, could you wait to tell her why we’re in here so I can tell her, please?”
“....”
“Bobby?”
“....”
“Cap, you there?”
“....”
“Hello?... Damn.” *click*
-fin-