Title: Favorite Stranger
Fandom: Disco Elysium
Author: wallwalker
Characters: Kim/Harry
Rating: Teen and up
Summary: Kim's worried about Harry during a precinct tour.
Word Count: 200
Content Notes: No archives warnings apply. Alcohol mention.
Written For: Challenge 328: Favorite
Disclaimer: DE belongs to ZA/UM.

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Kim was concerned.

Their tour of Precinct 41 has been nothing if not exhaustive. Finally convinced of Harry's memory loss, Jean had apparently decided to show them both everything, as if they were strangers to the place. It's interesting enough, as station tours go, but Kim could see that Harry was starting to grow distant and withdraw.

When they got a moment away from the rest of the officers, Kim touched him gently on his good shoulder. "Detective," he asked. "How are you holding up?"

"I'll make it," he said, looking back at Kim, but he was obviously bewildered. His face, still flushed and puffy from years of alcoholism, wore a bewildered frown. "All these people. They know me so well, but... they might as well be strangers, for me."

"That's not so bad. You're good with strangers, unless they're children." Harry smiles a bit at Kim's subtle joke. "Besides, I'm a stranger to you, but we could still work together. "

Harry laughed. "Yeah, well... that's probably because you're my favorite stranger."

Kim stopped, struck dumb by the compliment and unable to say why... until he heard Jean shouting ahead of them. "We should... catch up."

Harry grinned. "Yeah."