Careers Fair, Fandom High Front Lawn, Friday Afternoon, 07/21/06

[drywitmartini.livejournal.com]

By lunch time, the booths were set up, the guests had arrived and there was quaint music playing from somewhere undetermined. Hawkeye is walking around with one of those portable microphone/speaker set-ups, roaming from booth to booth announcing the various guests that have come to Fandom to talk about their professions.

And despite what the mainland weather forecast said, it was definitely a nice, fine day.

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Re: LAW ENFORCEMENT

[soldtoarmenians]

"Hey! No career booths for 'is vaguely ok at building stuff, carving stakes, and taking a pie in the face' so I figured I'd wander over here." Xander cocks his head at Bridge. "New uniform?"

Re: LAW ENFORCEMENT

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"More than vaguely okay, I'd say. And... not new, really. Dress uniform. For official-type functions. Of which this," he glances over to Cruger, and seeing that his CO is currently not paying attention, rolls his eyes, "is apparently one."

Re: LAW ENFORCEMENT

[soldtoarmenians]

Xander follows Bridge's gaze. "I take it that's your CO? Unless it's just another random six foot tall bipedal blue dog, in which case my bad."

Re: LAW ENFORCEMENT

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"That'd be Commander Cruger, yeah." Bridge nods. "Who I should... introduce to you, yes."

Re: LAW ENFORCEMENT

[soldtoarmenians]

"Oh, um." Because that's not a nervewracking idea. "Sure, yeah."

Re: LAW ENFORCEMENT

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

"Just a sec, then," Bridge says, and goes to get Cruger's attention.

"Xander? This is Commander Cruger. Sir? This would be Xander Harris. My boyfriend." And Bridge can't stop the goofy grin that spreads across his face as he says that.

Re: LAW ENFORCEMENT

[soldtoarmenians]

Xander's not intimidated. At all. Okay, so this guy is taller than anybody who's ever beat him up before except maybe those chicks from the Sisterhood of Jhe, and his face doesn't look like it's actually capable of smiling, and he's Bridge's boss, which when you like your job as much as Bridge does is almost like going home to meet the parents, but why would any of that be intimidating?

"Hi. Sir." He doesn't try to salute, even though the memory of how to do a proper U.S. military one is pretty clear in his head. He knows he'd mess it up somehow.

Re: LAW ENFORCEMENT

[spdemergency.livejournal.com]

"It's... good to meet you." If he sounds a bit gruff, it's because he... kind of is. But that's normal. He does stick out a paw hand for a handshake, though, as is polite.

Re: LAW ENFORCEMENT

[soldtoarmenians]

Xander shakes his hand with only a moment of hesitation, and that's about omg adult authority figure important to Bridge, not omg giant blue paw that could so totally crush my hand. Mostly.

"You too. You're... taller than I was expecting." And... frankly he was expecting pretty tall.

Also, Xander gives a small sigh, mostly of relief, because believe it or not, there are stupider things he coud've said.

Re: LAW ENFORCEMENT

[bridge-carson.livejournal.com]

Goofy grin? Still there as Bridge kind of bounces from foot to foot as he watches the handshake.