kate mckinnon one shots

offices

You might've opened up to Aidy about a tiny little crush that you had on your co-worker, Kate, and it was possibly the worst decision you had ever made. She was constantly trying to be your wingwoman and would bring you to a room that Kate was in, and then would quietly walk out, leaving the two of you together. Kate and you were good friends, but it was hard to hang out with your busy schedule, so you liked to hang out in each others offices. But as soon as you noticed you were developing feelings for her, you put a halt to that, and Aidy desperately tried to do the opposite and bring you two together.--"Aidy where are you taking me?" You groaned as she took ahold of your hand and dragged you down the corridor.

"You'll see" She said.

"I just wanted to grab a cookie from the platter, why'd you have to drag me over here--."

You turned a corner and suddenly saw Kate standing in her office, on her phone.

"Aidy no." You tried turning on your heel, but she held a tight grip.

"C'mon, I really want to see this happen." She tried to persuade you.

"I stopped for a reason, a good one. A professional reason." You saw her face sink, why did have to keep trying to set you up? All you wanted to do was brainstorm with Chloe and Bowen on sketches for the night, but now all you were going to be able to think about would be her. You cocked your head to the side to get a better view of her, and then her eyes accidentally met with yours. "Fuck" you muttered. There was no way you could leave now.

"Hey you, I missed you! Where have you been? " She replied warmly and smiled in your direction.

"Oh, I've been... around. Just with Chloe trying to think of something to pitch." It was really hard to avoid someone when all your offices were on the same floor.

"Hey Kate," Aidy smiled.Kate waved at Aidy, and beckoned for you to come in, an offer which you couldn't say no to.

"I was thinking we could order Thai food in for dinner, there's a place not to far that's my favourite." She looked up from her phone, "Oh, where'd Aidy go?"

You let out a soft laugh, she must've left and tried to set the two of you up. "Oh, well in that case, maybe we should go together sometime, after all this is done, sometime next week. Just the two of us."

Did she just ask me out? You thought. Holy fuck.

"Yeah, I'd like that..." You trailed off.

"Awesome, they have this killer Pad Thai there, its amazing."

Pocketing her phone she turned to face you, she smiled at you again and you took a step closer to her, Your fingers brushed against the tips of hers that were resting on the table. Your breath came out in small bursts, like you were forcing yourself to breathe, because you totally were. Although you chose to avoid her, you really missed her company. Your top teeth chewed the inside of your lip nervously as you tried to think of something else to say.

You never really understood why you stopped hanging out with her at work, isolating yourself from her and getting closer with the writers and your other fellow cast mates. You remembered that one time you caught her staring at you during your first read through, laughing enthusiastically at the first sketch you ever pitched at 8H, and how her companionship made you feel less alone and that you deserved to be there at that table. Or how her eyes softened whenever she looked at you and how she always had an extra coffee to give to you in the mornings. So maybe there was a small chance that she liked you back. But you were too scared to act on it, after all, you were colleagues first.

You looked her up and down as she ran her hand through her loose bangs, her blue eyes behind the dark fake glasses darted around the room. Feeling awkward you faced the floor instead. Then she took another small step closer to you, causing you to look up quickly. Your eyes met and she leaned in, and your heart rate skyrocketed.