Challenge 534 - Overcomplicated

[m_findlow]

Title: Overcomplicated
Author: m_findlow
Characters: Owen, Jack
Rating: PG
Challenge: 534 - Compulsion at tw100
Notes: Owen dares to say what everyone else is thinking.

Owen groaned loudly enough that everyone in the boardroom stopped to stare at him.

'Is there a problem, Owen?' Jack asked, raising an eyebrow at him. 'Or can we let Tosh finish her presentation?'

'Maybe you could try using words with less than four syllables, Tosh?' Owen suggested. 'We all know you're bloody smart. I don't know why you feel compelled to remind us constantly.'

'Owen.' Jack said it in a warning tone.

'Oh, come on,' Owen complained. 'Even you don't understand half of it.'

'Sure I do,' Jack insisted.

'Tetrachlorodibenzoparadioxin? I dare you to use it in a sentence.'