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Post by Seek on May 29, 2011 8:22:55 GMT 10
Title: Titration 5 Rating: G Word count: 214 Pairing: Clary/Mattes Round/Fight: 4/A Summary: Mattes accidentally explodes a glass slide. Modern college AU. Clary is a chemistry TA. Mattes is a theoretical physicist suffering from the Pauli Effect.
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“Watch the slide, Mattes,” Clary said. “Not me.”
Mattes leered at her. “But you are so much more interesting than a microscope slide,” she said cheerfully, (too cheerfully, Clary decided), “And just how did you end up conducting this experiment again?”
“I lost a bet,” Clary said grouchily.
“With Nyler.”
“Shut up and watch your slide, Tunstall,” Clary ordered. Mattes glanced back at the microscope slide, gripping it carefully with the test tube holder. He owed the lab more than enough in terms of broken glassware, and he was determined not to drop the slide. He passed it through the flame again, moving it to and fro, and trying to keep the wooden test tube holder from getting further charred by the fire.
Crack!
Mattes was lucky; he moved reflexively as soon as he heard the sound. The slide had virtually exploded, and a hot fragment of glass landed where Mattes’s hand was resting. If he hadn’t moved, hadn’t taken his hand away from the table, he would have been burned.
“Don’t say ‘I told you so,’” Mattes offered, quickly, “And I’ll clean this up fast.”
Clary eyed him wearily, and waved him off. “Do it,” she said, resigned. “Plastic, Tunstall. If this keeps up, I’m making you work with plastic, God help me.”
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Post by Moony on Jun 1, 2011 11:31:19 GMT 10
She's going to give him the college chem equivalent of a sippy cup. Maybe, though, he deserves it I love how he's distracted by her, maybe just a little too much.
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Post by greenie on Jun 17, 2011 20:10:36 GMT 10
The things she has to put up with! I'm thoroughly enjoying this series!
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