These characters and their environs on Sports Night belong to ABC and Aaron Sorkin. No infringement is intended. This is just for fun, no money is being made from this. This story involves pre-sex between two men, aka: pre-slash. If that is *not* your cup of tea, sweet as it is, then don't read it! (simple, ain't it??) Feedback is *very* much appreciated, and always answered. Flames will be passed around to friends and chuckled over. :) Sequel to 'Cleveland', 'Treasure', and 'Creaming'. More to come... Things by Amirin #125 *********************** Over by Kim's desk: "Maybe he was talking about cooking." "Casey was *not* talking about cooking." "Beating, whipping, creaming. Could've been talking about cooking." "He was talking about *Dan*." "Then he wasn't talking about cooking." "What have I been saying, here?" ~~~ In the editing room: "You need to think about this." "I don't *want* to think about this." "I think you need to think about this." "Natalie, *why* do I need to think about this?" "Because it affects you. If Casey has a thing for Dan." "Casey does *not* have a thing for Dan." "He might have a thing for Dan." "He doesn't." "He *might*." "He wouldn't do anything about it, even if he did." "Dana, he might. Especially if he finds out that Dan has a thing for him." "Dan has a thing for Casey?" "I'm just saying *might*." "I think I need to think about this." "My point, exactly." ~~~ Behind closed doors in Dan and Casey's office: "You're enjoying this, aren't you?" "If I answer that honestly, will you think less of me?" "No." "Then, yes." Casey sighed. "Case, you announced in a significantly crowded room that you had a thing for me." "It's been blown *completely* out of proportion. I was just repeating what you told me." "Not hardly." "Close enough." "The versions I've heard border on the pornographic." "This is not my fault." "I'm not finding fault, here. But I am finding it pretty amusing." "I'm glad one of us is." "Is it really so hard for you to see the humor in this situation?" "This particular situation?" "That would be the situation, yes." "I'm not seeing the humor." "At all." "Not at all." "You can't find anything funny in this at all." "No." "I'm sorry." "That's all I was asking for." "Sympathy." "That, too." "What else?" "I want this to go away." "Go away." "That's what I said. Go away." "It's not going to just 'go away'." "This sucks." "Maybe I can help this suck a little less." "How?" "I can remind them what the original point was." "I can't remember what the original point was." "Then, it's not going to go away." "I was afraid of that." ~~~ Outside the conference room twenty minutes later: "Wait a minute. Dan said *what*!?" "You heard me." "Oh. My. God." ~~~ Back behind closed doors in Dan and Casey's office: "I can't believe you actually thought that would *help*." "I did." "I really can't believe it." "I really did." "You thought telling people that you had a bigger thing for me than I had for you, would help." "Yes, I did." "Wonderful. Now, they think we have a thing for each other. And that your thing is bigger." "It's the size issue that's really bothering you, here, isn't it?" "Danny." "It's not the *thing* that's the problem. It's that they all think *my* thing is bigger than *your* thing." "Danny." "I think my thing *is* bigger than your thing." "Danny!" "Well, it is. Just a little bigger." "Wait a minute, what's bigger?" "My thing." "Which thing?" "The thing we were talking about." "I don't know what the hell we were talking about, anymore." "Then don't worry about it." "I'm not supposed to worry about your thing being bigger than my thing." "Right." "Fine." "Good." "Wait a minute, which thing? Your thing or the thing you have for me?" "Case?" "What?" "They're the same thing." "Both things are the same thing?" "Yes." "You have a thing for me." "Yes." "And it's bigger than the thing I have for you." "I believe it is." "You have a thing for me." "A real thing." "A real thing." "The genuine article." "How do you know it's the real thing?" "How do I know?" "That was my question. How do you know?" "I know." "How?" "I just know." "But *how* do you know?" "I know because it doesn't bother me in the slightest that everyone *else* knows." "It doesn't." "Not in the slightest." "You're okay with that." "Completely okay." "Everyone knows you have a thing for me." "They do." "And that doesn't bother you." "Not at all." "That really bothers me." "I can see that." "Why does this bother me?" "I have no idea." "Care to make an educated guess?" "Based on what?" "Gee, Danny, I don't know. Maybe the fact that we've been friends for ten years?" "That gives me a lot of information to work with." "So, work with it." "Okay." "Okay." "I'm thinking." "Take your time." "Okay. I think I've got it." "Are you going to tell me?" "I don't know." "Danny!" "You want to know." "Yes! Yes, I want to know." "I'm thinking this information should only be available on a 'need to know' basis." "I need to know." "You do." "Yes." "You're sure." "Positive." "You *need* to know." "I really do." "Okay. I think you're bothered by the fact that everyone knew you had a thing for me before you did." "They knew first." "Yup." "Before me." "Yup." "That really bothers me." "That was my point, yes." "Did you know?" "About your thing?" "Yes." "No." "You didn't know." "No." "Never had an inkling." "No inkling." "Not a clue." "Nary a one." "Came as a complete surprise to you." "A complete surprise." "A total shock." "No." "No?" "No. Surprise, yes. Shock, no." "What's the difference?" "Surprises are good things." "And shocks..." "Are usually bad things." "So, this is a good thing." "A very good thing." "My thing." "Your thing is a very good thing." "Really." "Really." "I think your thing might be a good thing, too." "Case, I think you need to think about my thing." "You do." "I really do." "Why?" "I've been thinking about your thing for a lot longer than you've been thinking about my thing." "True." "So, think about it." "Think about your thing." "Yes." "And our thing." "Whether or not we have an 'our thing', yes." "Okay." "Okay?" "Yeah. Okay. I'll think about your thing. And our thing." "That's all I ask. Thank you." "You're welcome." "Let me know." "What I think about your thing." "Yes." "You will be the first to know." "That would set a whole new precedent." "Danny?" "Casey." "Shut up." "Okay." ~~~end