#my headcanon is that after they have dinner niles can no longer deny his feelings for her

[nilesandcc]

Hi! I was rewatching The Nanny and I wish they showed CC's reaction to Niles wearing that construction outfit in season 6. So my question is, from your pov, how do you think it played out?

(I think this is from the episode “Maggie’s Boyfriend” so I’m basing my answer off of this.)

CC sits in her director’s chair, white-knuckling the clipboard on her lap. If she doesn’t, she fears what her hands might do.

It isn’t a compulsion. It’s not a need. And it certainly isn’t a desire.

But.

Ever since their impromptu dinner after Yetta stayed at the manse, maybe ever since Max and Nanny Fine’s wedding, CC has felt a certain…urge.

She wants to touch him. Not as lascivious as it sounds (she certainly won’t let her thoughts go there, not in the middle of a shoot). She wants to gently lay her fingers on his forearm. She wants to wrap her hand in the crook of his elbow. She wants to stand close enough for their bodies to touch.

When the feeling strikes, it is so overwhelming and distracting and confusing that CC finds it easier to just walk away from him. It is far worse if he’s within range. Much easier to put him out of her sight.

So of course the man shows up to this shoot, likely in some misguided attempt to prove he’s still virile, but he isn’t wearing a suit or a sad cardigan. He’s dressed as a construction worker.

His surprisingly toned arms bared. His chest on display. She’s never been jealous of a tool belt before but she can’t deny she wouldn’t mind behind wrapped around his hips.

She can’t walk away. She’s in charge. She isn’t paying attention to anything that’s happening. She’s only hoping he turns around so she can see the view from behind.

It is only when a corner of the clipboard snaps off in her hand that she comes back to earth and decides to make an emergency appointment with Dr. Bort.