Trooper Station, Tuesday

[fjordicswagger]

Being essentially home alone should've been a relief. No stupid phone calls. Well, less stupid phone calls. No boss hanging over Tamsin's head. Even Ralph and the boys seemed to have calmed down considerably.

But nope.

Tamsin, clad in a smart black suit, slumped back in her seat. She had a pen in her hands she'd long since taken apart. "Why did I take this job?" she muttered. "I'd be more useful working in an old folks' home."

She threw the pointy part of the pen. It embedded itself in the bullseye of the dart board.

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[justlurkinghere]

"That bored?" Well, so was Derek. He like his privacy and solitude, but this was making him a little stir crazy after so long with people barging into his life.

[fjordicswagger]

"No, that's just target practice," Tamsin said, lifting herself out of her seat - with difficulty - to go pick the quarter of a pen out of the dart board.

[justlurkinghere]

"Sounds like fun," Derek replied dryly.

[fjordicswagger]

"Well, the great evil gnome epidemic is over," Tamsin said, tossing the entire pen in the trash. "It's all downhill from there."

[justlurkinghere]

"I'm sure something will happen to keep you entertained." Because this island was horrible.

[fjordicswagger]

"Ugh, I'd almost rather take the boredom," Tamsin said. She gave Derek a once-over. "What do you want?"

'Cause if there was a tragedy going on somewhere, ugh. If there wasn't, she needed lunch.

[justlurkinghere]

No one was on island, Tamsin! It was creepy!

"My garden is full of gnomes." His sarcasm was strong today.

[fjordicswagger]

"Ugh," Tamsin said. She pulled her jacket off the hook. "I need lunch. You can stalk me if you really want to, since that's your thing."

[justlurkinghere]

Derek's eyebrows went up at that. "You rather get back to your target practice?"

[fjordicswagger]

Tamsin rolled her eyes. "I'd rather get a sandwich and I'm gracious enough to let you sit opposite me doing the broody loner thing with your eyebrows at the same time," she said.

[justlurkinghere]

"Gee, how do I thank you."

[fjordicswagger]

"Don't make me punch that grin off your face," Tamsin said, stalking out of the station

[justlurkinghere]

You're only saying that because Derek was never allowed to win a fight. Because doing so would distract from the awesome of the main character.

"Shaking in fear," Derek replied, trailing after her. Because it wasn't like he had anything better to do today.

[fjordicswagger]

Well, hey, it wasn't like Tamsin was the main character. Just a particularly capable second-stringer.

"You should. I've made guys like you do worse," she said. She glanced over her shoulder. "So, what's your poison?"

[justlurkinghere]

"I could go for a burger." Because the Perk had people who had seen him naked. Several times now.

Damn this island.

[fjordicswagger]

"Burgers it is," Tamsin said, walking further down the street, towards one of the burger joints. "Just don't expect me to get one of those cardboard Mooby things."

[justlurkinghere]

"You don't want a hat?" Tamsin, he couldn't be odd and sarcastic acquaintances with you anymore.

[fjordicswagger]

"I was talking about the burgers," Tamsin said dryly. "But nope, no hats either."

[justlurkinghere]

"It's meat." A beat. "Mostly."

He could smell it, thanks.

[fjordicswagger]

"It's the part where the meat stops that worries me," Tamsin said.

[justlurkinghere]

Ah, the perks of an advanced immune system.

"Then get a salad."

It was disturbingly easy to sleep into a weird sort of rhythm here.

[fjordicswagger]

Tamsin cast him a look. "Is that actual salad?" she asked.

[justlurkinghere]

"The lettuce is real." The rest... eh.

[fjordicswagger]

"Yeah, I think we're going to the diner," Tamsin said after a beat.

[justlurkinghere]

While the food there was better, there was also a hunter that worked there...

"Fine."

[fjordicswagger]

And Tamsin was the local deputy with over a thousand years of combat experience. Bring it, Dean.

"Though one of these days I'd love to see you brood in one of those Mooby hats."

[justlurkinghere]

DEAN WILL CRY MANLY TEARS ON THE IMPALA FOR THAT.

"Try it and lose a hand."

[fjordicswagger]

"I'd like to see you try," Tamsin said, snorting loudly.

[justlurkinghere]

Why did no one take his threats seriously anymore? He was a brooding loner, people! Premo serial killer cred there!

Derek rolled his eyes. "Shouldn't you be investigating something? Maybe get to the bottom if the gnome menace."