The food was immediately forgotten when Gabriel entered with the file. Matt was out of his seat, fingers sliding along the table until he found the paperwork. Raising his voice, Matt called to the retreating man's back, "You're a gentleman and a scholar, Gabriel! Also one hell of an intern."
Thank you, sir," Gabriel called back as he went to get a donut. He tried to work as hard as his bosses, but they made it difficult as they were literally insane with their work hours. Still, if they were finally eating, he felt safe to eat, too.
"I told you, call me Matt."
"Yes, sir."
"I told you that NYU made the best lawyers," Kirsten smirked, as Gabriel was in his last year of law school there. It was her alma mater. She looked down at the file, which hadn't yet been uploaded into their system clearly and good luck getting documents converted to Braille in a timely manner. "Need some help with that?"
He didn't really, as his fingertips could feel the ink on the paper, but he slid the file over to Kirsten with a nod. "Yeah, would you mind?" For one thing it kept up appearances, and for another, reading like that required a lot of concentration and energy on his part. It was easier to let his partner do it. Thinking back to all the tears and long hours it had taken Matt to learn Braille, it made him smile a little at how it was now easier for him to read that way even though his fingertips could pick up printed ink if he focused enough.
"Not at all." Kirsten smiled at them, going back to her seat and reading the document as she ate. "I'll just bill you for my hours."
"Cute," Matt grunted, moving back to his seat. He finally took a bite of his meal. It then dawned on him that he'd missed out on Cherry and Kate conversing and waved his fork between then. "Wait, were you two making fun of us?"
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Thank you, sir," Gabriel called back as he went to get a donut. He tried to work as hard as his bosses, but they made it difficult as they were literally insane with their work hours. Still, if they were finally eating, he felt safe to eat, too.
"I told you, call me Matt."
"Yes, sir."
"I told you that NYU made the best lawyers," Kirsten smirked, as Gabriel was in his last year of law school there. It was her alma mater. She looked down at the file, which hadn't yet been uploaded into their system clearly and good luck getting documents converted to Braille in a timely manner. "Need some help with that?"
He didn't really, as his fingertips could feel the ink on the paper, but he slid the file over to Kirsten with a nod. "Yeah, would you mind?" For one thing it kept up appearances, and for another, reading like that required a lot of concentration and energy on his part. It was easier to let his partner do it. Thinking back to all the tears and long hours it had taken Matt to learn Braille, it made him smile a little at how it was now easier for him to read that way even though his fingertips could pick up printed ink if he focused enough.
"Not at all." Kirsten smiled at them, going back to her seat and reading the document as she ate. "I'll just bill you for my hours."
"Cute," Matt grunted, moving back to his seat. He finally took a bite of his meal. It then dawned on him that he'd missed out on Cherry and Kate conversing and waved his fork between then. "Wait, were you two making fun of us?"