I think this is my favorite so far. Masterfully written and beautifully characterized. I can totally see this being in an episode of the show.

Highest regards,
The Celestial Tiger

Nice embellishment of their first meeting. Enjoyed your work.

Good and plausible introduction the the way their relationship would develop in the series.

Oh! I remember this one - I read it a few years ago on fkfanfic...and it made enough of an impression that I still remember it fondly. I even remembered the title when I saw it here.

It's interesting to look at the very early days of the Nick-Nat connection, before knowledge, certainty and assumptions attach to everything.

I liked the way you played out Nick's impressions and reactions to and about Nat, and his line about having known some very argumentative dead made me smile.

Nat's line: "I'll bet you could have chased me off if you really applied yourself; I'm probably not that unflappable," also stood out, both as a point of fact and as a good piece of characterisation - that she would realise it, that she would face Nick with it, and that she'd do it with that mix of truth and self-deprecating sideways humour.

Lovely to see this again and to discover both that you're still writing (as I notice from your profile), and that you're putting some of the earlier pieces back into circulation.

Thanks for the re-post and the reminder.

~Gyre

Thoroughly enjoyed this, will be back to read your other stories.