The Inexplicable Exploits of the Dork Corps

Part V - Fire = Benson (Because she knows)

     "Hey hey... four five six remember? Four five six." It must have been a corp member but he had his eyes screwed up so tightly that he didn't see them. He was folded up against himself, head between his knees and his feet spread wide to brace himself. He was shaking side to side, his hands crushing something in front of him. He couldn't breathe... "One, two, three, four. One, two , three, four, five. One, two, three, four, five, six." he started breathing with the numbers. In for four, hold for five out for six. It was helping marginally, he could breathe again, but there was still the screaming in his head.

"Worthless! Freak! Your ruined our lives! He would've stayed if not for you! You utter freak! WORTHLESS! You're worthless Worth, just like your father was! Just kill yourself and end my misery already freak."

     "Okay so this isn't working... Okay Carty just listen to me. You don't need to do anything, just keep breathing and keep listening alright!" They person squirmed a little under his grip so they could put an awkward hand on his shoulder. "Just listen to me... To sit in solemn silence on a dull dark dock." the hand rapped on his shoulder three times on the words dull dark and dock, "In a pestilential prison with a life long lock" the same thing happened, "Awaiting the sensation of a short sharp shock" again, "From a cheep and chippy chopper on a big black block." the same three raps again. "To sit in solemn-" the voice continued, the rapping continued, and Carter continued breathing. Eventually, Carter got his breathing enough under control that he could join in, mumbling, "To sit in solemn silence in a dull dark dock in a pestilential prison with a life long lock awaiting the sensation of a short sharp shock from a cheep and chippy chopper on a big black block." He mumbled along for a while until he was able to put his feet back down on the floor and sit up. He slowly unscrewed his eyes and lifted his head a little. Nemesis was sitting in front of him with the softest expression he had ever seen on her. Which wasn't much. Her eyebrows weren't furrowed and she was biting her lip. He realized that he was squishing her shoulders hard. He jumped back and removed his hands. They were shaking, partly from coffee, partly from stress and panic. Nemesis must have muted the TV. Thank God for that. "Are you gonna be okay?" she asked cautiously.

     "Eventually."

     "Do you wanna watch some more TV?"

     "Anything but that..." Nemesis sat down on the couch with him and started flipping through channels. She went up to fifties and asked,

     "SVU?"

     "That depends... what season is it?"

     "Umm... season seventeen."

     "Yes. Yes. Barba's in seventeen. Play it."

     "Oh yeah! Carisi is too!"

     "You know SVU?" Carter said turning to her questioningly.

     "Do you even need to ask! Shhh... its on." The commercial finished and they situated themselves on the couch. Nemesis was at one end against the arm and Carter was mirrored on the other. Their legs were piled in the middle and the two kept fighting over whose got to be on top. the character on screen, some slime ball who had kidnapped a kid, was refusing to plead guilty...

    "WHAT!?" they both yelled,

     "Thats so not fair," intoned Carter wildly gesturing at the screen

     "Yeah! They agreed... continued Nemesis. "Barba looks so exasperated right now right?"

      "Oh God yeah... at least Barba's in the episode. He's amazing."

     "Mhm. I hope Carisi's in it too... I love him."

     "Ooh... you got a little crush Nems?" he asked a little dejectedly

     "NO! No... I just-" she spluttered.

     "Come on Nems spit it out."

     "Fine... you promise you won't laugh?" Carter nodded, "I ship him with Barba. Well why aren't you laughing?"

     "Oh my gosh. You too!?"

     "Yes! OTP!"

     "My god I so agree. Shh shh, they're both on now."

     Nemesis leaned in a bit and whispered, "There is so much sexual tension between the two of them right now... I mean seriously."

     Carter squealed. "The defense attorney just called Carisi arm candy. Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god."

     "Shut up I wanna hear."

     "But neither of them denied it!!" He exclaimed.

     "Yes. Shh. Secret relationship needs to be real." Nemesis said waving her hands a bit.

     "Carisi is a puppy dog." Carter said smugly

     "Yes I know... And he's so happy he's working with Barba... he's bragging about it right now."

     "Benson knows..."

     "Benson sooo knows. She just asked how things were going with Carisi." Nemesis bounced up and down as she spoke.

     "I'm so upset that they're making Rollins the hetero love interest... not explicitly but still."

     "Yeah right!? Its so not fair! Even the writers think Barisi should be together."

     "I can't see why they don't just get together." Carter sighed

     "They are so meant for each other."

     "Yeah. I mean. They're adorable and sure they fight a lot. But they would be so cute together." 

     "Its so sad that they can't just be together. I mean, someone should just smash their faces together already." Nemesis gestured as if she was smashing their heads together. Fire did the same thing behind her, punctuated by a face palm.

     "It would get rid of so much tension." Carter looked away from Nemesis and cleared his throat awkwardly.

     "Lets just... lets just watch the show."

     Fire was done. Completely done.

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~ Nemesis

P.S. To sit in solemn silence on a dull dark dock in a pestilential prison with a life long lock awaiting the sensation of a short sharp shock from a cheep and chippy chopper on a big black block. It's not only a vocal warm up for my DP class, but its also the way I get rid of my anxiety spells (I don't call them attacks but...). Aka too much homework and its three am, going into an airsoft arena ( I couldn't breathe under my mask), getting a C on a math test, trying to re-learn how to ride a bike...

P.P.S. At least part of this was based on a conversation I had with my mother  on a car ride back from Southern California... She accuse me of crushing on Carisi... I couldn't stop myself from including this shameless ship promo.