Fic: And in the afterwards... (Miami Vice)

[amonitrate]

This is something I've been noodling with for awhile. Thought it might go further, but I kind of like the stopping point I have now.

And in the afterwards...
Post-Redemption in Blood

“What's it gonna be, lieutenant?” Sonny said with more bravado than he felt. Castillo looked up at him with that way he had that told you he wasn't in the mood for

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The perfect crime?

[deiseach]

"I was sort of under the impression he shot the dude and then left him there; but there weren't any witnesses and didn't seem like local law was all that... diligent."

Oh, yeah, that was definitely the impression I got as well, but still - I like these little loose ends tidied up. I mean, nobody was going to go "Hey, Sonny, guess what? About the time you took a couple of days' vacation, that guy Hackman whom you have particular reason to be pissed off at turned up dead? What a coincidence!"?

At the very least, he'd have had to make sure that there was nobody around to see him offing Hackman, and that he was able to get in and get out without attracting too much attention ("Yes, now you come to mention it, there was a stranger asking around about Mr. Hackman just before he turned up dead; why yes, that photo does resemble the gentleman who was asking all those questions"), and that the gun he used couldn't be traced back to him, stuff like that.

I know: if this kind of thing didn't worry the writers, why should it worry me? But if I was going to murder someone, I think I'd rely on more than 'ah, it's the islands, they're easy-going out here' to keep my neck safe. Hey, this is why fanfiction (in part) exists - to fill in the plotholes!