#116 - Where They Understand You - B:tVS/Terra Nova

[jedibuttercup]

title: Where They Understand You
word count: 200
fandom: Terra Nova
challenge: #116 - home sweet home
disclaimer: The words are mine; the worlds are not.
notes: Post-series for B:tVS; TN 1.4, "What Remains". Fifth of a short series. Title from a Christian Morgenstern quote: "Home is not where you live but..."

summary: Something was a little off with the deputy Taylor had saddled him with.

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The rover jolted slightly as the doc keyed the ignition, and Jim looked over his shoulder to see a slight blonde sliding into the back. It was the deputy Taylor had saddled him with; he'd called her his 'niece', but she'd giggled at the introduction. Something was a little off, there.

"Hey," he objected. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"

Buffy smirked as she strapped in. "Shouldn't I be asking you that? I heard Lt. Washington tell you about the quarantine."

He sighed. "Look, my wife's out there, and they missed their check-in...."

"Hey, I get it," she interrupted. "Why do you think I'm here? Commander Taylor's my... uncle. I haven't even got used to calling this place home yet; he doesn't get to skip out on me now."

Uncle; right. "So you won't mind if I blame you when Wash complains?"

"Hey," Malcolm put in. "If the pair of you are going to fight the whole way, then I'm not taking either of you. This is my rover, you know."

Jim caught Buffy rolling her eyes in unison with him a second later.

Well, at least they had something in common to build a working relationship from.

Comments

[avamclean.livejournal.com]

I could see a friendship form between Buffy and Jim (as long as Jim is interesting and not all family man). :)

[jedibuttercup]

LOL; yeah, his character had a lot of potential, if only 90% of his time hadn't been spent on some flavor of Family Drama.