Caught In You
Nov. 7th, 2001 11:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gilascave(snippet for Bo and Roscoe's still unnamed series)
Roscoe caught his eye today. He's pretty sure no one noticed, even though nobody would think anything of the Sheriff catching the eye of one of the Duke boys. Nobody expects anything but trouble between them, so they wouldn't see what's really there. They never have.
He knows he's safe enough, catching Bo's eye for a second before they pass each other by or before one of them turns around and pretends there was nothing there. Sometimes it's short enough he thinks he shouldn't bother. Then he sees Bo again and his decision gets re-made all over, because all he wants is more than catching his eye.
Sometimes he gets it - for a second, Bo starts to smile, and Roscoe feels warm all the way through. He has to be careful not to smile back, because folks would notice that and pretty soon someone would ask questions he can't answer.
Just exchanging a glance isn't enough to get anybody into trouble, but it's always enough to make Roscoe think it might be worthwhile. Waiting. Hoping that he can have more soon -- tomorrow or next week or maybe, if's he really lucky, tonight. Roscoe starts to review his schedule and who expects him to be where, one more time, and thinks about how to work in more.
He catches Bo's eye again, and he almost smiles. Sees a look on Bo's face that says he sees it and doesn't dare risk smiling back. But that's OK, because next time it'll be the other way around. Soon it'll be neither of them too afraid because they'll catch more than each other's eye, for just a moment.
Until then, he catches what he can.
the end
Roscoe caught his eye today. He's pretty sure no one noticed, even though nobody would think anything of the Sheriff catching the eye of one of the Duke boys. Nobody expects anything but trouble between them, so they wouldn't see what's really there. They never have.
He knows he's safe enough, catching Bo's eye for a second before they pass each other by or before one of them turns around and pretends there was nothing there. Sometimes it's short enough he thinks he shouldn't bother. Then he sees Bo again and his decision gets re-made all over, because all he wants is more than catching his eye.
Sometimes he gets it - for a second, Bo starts to smile, and Roscoe feels warm all the way through. He has to be careful not to smile back, because folks would notice that and pretty soon someone would ask questions he can't answer.
Just exchanging a glance isn't enough to get anybody into trouble, but it's always enough to make Roscoe think it might be worthwhile. Waiting. Hoping that he can have more soon -- tomorrow or next week or maybe, if's he really lucky, tonight. Roscoe starts to review his schedule and who expects him to be where, one more time, and thinks about how to work in more.
He catches Bo's eye again, and he almost smiles. Sees a look on Bo's face that says he sees it and doesn't dare risk smiling back. But that's OK, because next time it'll be the other way around. Soon it'll be neither of them too afraid because they'll catch more than each other's eye, for just a moment.
Until then, he catches what he can.
the end