Title: Eye-Opener

Author: Ami

Rating: PG-13

Fandom: Sentinel

Pairing: Jim/Blair

Archive: Yes, to WWOMB, CKOS, Slash Nexus, FHSA.

Warnings: Post TSbyBS -- Blair is a cop.

Disclaimer: Blair, Simon and Jim belong to Pet Fly/UPN/Paramount and no copyright infringement is intended.

Author's Notes: This was betad by Chairchick, and all remaining mistakes are mine. This is the SLASH version of the fic. The GEN version will be available at CL and the WWOMB.

Summary: Simon sees a different side of Blair. Humor.

Eye-Opener
by Ami

"Ellison! Sandburg! In my--" Simon paused in his command, staring at his former police-observer-turned-cop. "Sandburg? What the hell..." He grimaced in distaste at the sight -- and smell -- of the rookie cop.

Sandburg grinned at Simon's moue of disgust, his furred face twitching. "That stakeout is tonight, Simon. Y'know, the one where I have to play a homeless guy? I decided to play the part to the hilt -- I haven't shaved in five days, and I haven't showered in four." He grinned proudly at his realistic-looking -- and smelling -- disguise.

"And you smell like it too," Simon said, wrinkling his nose. "I don't know how Jim's been able to stand it."

"All part of realism, sir," he returned, smiling cheekily. "And I believe he turned his smell dial down to almost zero the past couple of days," he said of his lover, grabbing his coffee cup and swigging down the rest of the lukewarm brew. "Braaaaaaaaaaap!" he belched. "Sorry. I need to get downstairs, Jim's waiting for me." He stood up and exited through the bullpen doors, his dirty and torn clothes, grungy hair and duct-taped shoes making him look even more like a transient.

Simon shook his head as he watched his departing detective. "And the traffic cops insult him for being 'feminine'? What kind of women do they date?" He shook his head again and went back into his office to wait for a call from the Commissioner. It was best not to try to understand the Sandburg Zone any more than he had to.

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