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M/M | for meownacridone | 100 words | 2022-09-11 | the lamb | AO3

Data (Star Trek)/Geordi La Forge

Data (Star Trek), Geordi La Forge

Drabble, Inspired by Music, Source: Genesis, Source: Peter Gabriel

"You busy, Data?"

"Unfortunately, there is always more to do on a starship."

"C'mon, don't give me that. You know what I mean. Are you so busy that it'd ruin your focus if I just sat here?"

"Just sat, Geordi? Surely there's something else you need to be doing."

"Not right now. I'm all clear...until I'm not."

"Then until you are no longer 'all clear', I will be distracted."

"But you don't have to be?"

"It is a choice I am making."

"Data, I don't even think humans choose to be distracted."

"You'd prefer I didn't?"

"Not at all."