《Duskwood One-shot Collection》#MCBrokeIt
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It’s been roughly three years since MC’s life was flipped upside down by a girl she had never met mistakenly sending her number to her boyfriend. After Hannah and Richy were found alive MC’s life returned to the ordinary boring one she had before. She still received the occasional text from the friends she made during that time but it had been what seemed like ages since she had heard from the mysterious hacker who captured her heart.
MC walked into her ordinary office job and greeted her coworkers like she always did.
“Good morning MC!” Heather, her boss called out to her a little too cheery for 8 a.m.
“Good morning, Heather.” MC repeated trying but failing to match her enthusiasm.
MC sits down at her desk, turns on her laptop, and starts logging into the many systems she uses during the day.
“Seriously, why won’t you just cooperate with me?” She yells out at her computer.
“Oh no, what’s it doing now?” Heather asks.
“It won’t let me log into the main system and it won’t register that some of my equipment is plugged in. I’m going to have to call support.” MC says already dialing the number. The line connects.
“Hey MC what did you break this time?” A friendly voice answers. She tells him of her issues and he gets her IP to remotely access her computer. After not being able to fix the issue he tells her he is forwarding her case to IT.
“Well, they sent it to IT someone should be here shortly. I wonder who they’re going to send?” She says to Heather.
“Well, I told Chris there’s an open desk beside yours he should just move down here.” Heather jokes.
“Maybe it’ll be Dave this time I haven’t seen him in a while.”
“He left the company they were hiring for his replacement last week so maybe you’ll have someone new to bug with all your issues today.” Heather says laughing.
Meanwhile, in another area of the building in the company’s IT department, a computer beeps signaling there has been a ticket opened for system issues.
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“Umm, guys I just had a ticket come over. All it says is #MCBrokeIt what do I do with this?” Asks the newest member of the team.
“Oh MC? She’s the one we warned you about. She has more system issues than anyone else in the company. You need to go down there and find out what the problem is. This is going to be your official initiation into the team.” Chris the department head says.
The new guy looks at the directions to where her desk is and walks down the stairs and across the building. He arrives at MC’s desk and leans against the wall of her cubicle.
“So you must be the infamous MC I’ve been warned about.” He says jokingly.
“And you must me new.” She laughs.
“Today is only my second day. They said getting to resolve your issues was my official initiation.”
“Well, that sounds about right. Trust me we will be seeing a lot of each other.”
“Are you aware you have your own hashtag?” He asks her.
She rolls her eyes and points to a custom-made street sign on her desk that says #MCBrokeIt Ave. “Oh, I’m aware. Chris gave me that and said it was a gift for being his job security.”
“Basically as long as you’re here I don’t ever have to worry about not having a job?” He jokes.
“Exactly.”
“May I?” He asks motioning to her computer.
“Oh yeah sorry.” She says getting up from her desk allowing him to have a seat. She can’t help but notice how handsome the guy is with his shaggy black hair, icy blue eyes, and thin frame. She notices a tattoo on the side of his neck but it is hidden by his collar and she can’t quite make out what it is.
After a few minutes of working on her computer, he turns to her with a confused expression. “How exactly did 23 drivers get deleted off of your laptop?” He asks raising an eyebrow at her.
“Well, I don’t have administrator access to delete them so you tell me.” She smiles back at him.
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“I reinstalled the drivers you shouldn’t have any more issues.” He says giving her her seat back.
MC is finally able to start work but 15 minutes later the computer has another issue. After a call to support the same guy shows up at her desk with a laptop in one hand and an energy drink in the other.
“Oh, looks like you’ve come prepared.” She says to him.
“That’s right a new computer for you and an energy drink for me.” He says.
“I would have reached out to you directly instead of calling support but I forgot to get your name earlier.”
“Hmm, maybe you not knowing my name is a good thing.” He jokes.
“Well, I guess you’re right. I won’t be able to bother you if I don’t know your name.”
“You’re not a bother. I’ve enjoyed our interactions. My name is Jake by the way.”
A frown forms on MC’s face as she remembers her own Jake who she hasn’t spoken to in so long. She quickly pushes the thoughts aside and moves over for him to switch out her computer.
At the end of the day, everyone has gone home but MC is still at her desk working. She hears a noise and looks up to see Jake standing beside her desk.
“I noticed you were still here and wanted to make sure everything was alright.”
“Yeah, I don’t have much of an exciting life outside of work so I usually stay late.” She answers.
He turns and sits slightly on the edge of her desk facing her and crosses his arms over his chest. “So you’re not dating anybody?” He asks.
“No, not at all and have no plans to.” She says without looking up from her computer.
“Oh, I see. You wouldn’t happen to be waiting on some mysterious hacker who’s wanted by the government to get his shit together and come find you, would you?” He asks causing her to gasp.
“Wait, what?” She says, looking at him, confused.
“MC, I’m sorry for disappearing on you. Please give me a chance to make it up to you.” He says leaning closer to her.
“Is this some kind of joke?” She asks still not convinced.
“No, it’s really me. I’m free to live a normal life now.” He says.
She pushes her chair back from her desk and stares at him trying to decide if he’s being honest. “Ok, then prove it.” She finally tells him.
He reaches up and pulls down the collar of his shirt revealing his tattoo. It is the red eye of nymos. “Umm let’s see Hannah and Lily are my sisters. Hannah sent your number to Thomas when she was kidnapped. Then you helped me hack Hannah’s cloud. You and Lily started #IamJake to keep my pursuers away from me. Convinced?”
“Anyone could know all of that. Tell me something only my Jake would know.”
“Hmm, well we didn’t talk much about ourselves so I’m not sure what would convince you. Alright, I know. I can tell you what Nymos stands for.”
“Really? What does it stand for?” She crosses her arms over her chest waiting for his answer.
He leans in real close to her ear and whispers “For two souls that are coincidentally but eternally connected.”
She looks up at him shocked. “That’s not what it really stands for!”
“No, but that’s what you told darkness and I like that explanation better. Now, if I remember correctly I believe I owe you Chinese food.”
She jumps up and wraps her arms around Jake, her Jake, who she finally has in front of her.
“Oh and just for the record, we are going to have to work on your computer skills. A world-famous hacker can’t be dating a girl that breaks every computer she touches.” He laughs.
“Hey I break it and you fix it. That sounds like the perfect relationship to me.”
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