[J1W] Watching
[vivo_a_fortiori used by request from her mun. This one you can yell at me for.]
“You know, you’re never going to get anywhere if you just keep staring at it.”
He hadn’t meant to spook her, but he wasn’t going to deny the fact that he had. She started so strongly that there was no way she could really cover that. “Flack!” she said, looking up at him with a slightly sheepish smile. “I didn’t see you there.”
“So I noticed.”
Flack pushed himself off the doorframe as he started to make his way closer to her, craning his neck a bit to try and see what she was looking at. He really didn’t know Morasca that well. She was still pretty new to the squad, and the one time they had actually met, he was pulling a perp off her that probably would have killed her given the chance. That wasn’t exactly conducive to a ‘getting to know you’ conversation, and he wanted to try and rectify that.
It was tracking her down, however, that had been the problem.
After asking around the precinct for a while, he found out that she had headed over to the lab for something, so he figured he’d ‘bump into’ her there. He hadn’t been watching her long, just long enough to try and get a sense of what she was doing. She, in turn, had been watching the evidence for a good five minutes and not really seeming to be getting anywhere. Flack figured he could either offer his input or see if she was the type to be easily distracted. The answer he hadn’t figured out yet.
She was quiet for a minute, before gesturing down to the crime scene photos in front of her. “I was trying to put the evidence into context. It’s a bit-odd and out of place, I was trying to figure out what the relevance was.”
Flack nodded slowly for a moment, looking over her shoulder at the picture as he tried to help. “Maybe it’s irrelevant.”
Anna looked up at him a little skeptically, before looking down again. “Won’t know until we figure out what it is, and Adam hasn’t gotten back to me with anything useful yet.”
“So you’re waiting on the lab rats.”
She was quiet for a moment, before nodding. “I am.”
“As usual,” Flack said with a nod. He was quiet for a moment, before glancing back over at her again. “Do you need to stare at the picture while you wait for the lab rat, or can you get something to eat and wait for him to page you?”
She was hesitant for a moment, before tilting her head to the side slightly. “Why are you asking?”
“Well, I just figured that you really hadn’t had a proper welcome to the precinct. I’m pretty much off for the day, so I figured I’d grab you a slice of pizza and say ‘Welcome to the one-two.’”
She gave him a bit of a smile for that, before nodding. “I’d like that.”
“Good,” Flack said, returning the smile, before heading towards the door. “I’ll meet you downstairs, then?”
Anna nodded. “Meet you downstairs, Detective.”
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“You know, you’re never going to get anywhere if you just keep staring at it.”
He hadn’t meant to spook her, but he wasn’t going to deny the fact that he had. She started so strongly that there was no way she could really cover that. “Flack!” she said, looking up at him with a slightly sheepish smile. “I didn’t see you there.”
“So I noticed.”
Flack pushed himself off the doorframe as he started to make his way closer to her, craning his neck a bit to try and see what she was looking at. He really didn’t know Morasca that well. She was still pretty new to the squad, and the one time they had actually met, he was pulling a perp off her that probably would have killed her given the chance. That wasn’t exactly conducive to a ‘getting to know you’ conversation, and he wanted to try and rectify that.
It was tracking her down, however, that had been the problem.
After asking around the precinct for a while, he found out that she had headed over to the lab for something, so he figured he’d ‘bump into’ her there. He hadn’t been watching her long, just long enough to try and get a sense of what she was doing. She, in turn, had been watching the evidence for a good five minutes and not really seeming to be getting anywhere. Flack figured he could either offer his input or see if she was the type to be easily distracted. The answer he hadn’t figured out yet.
She was quiet for a minute, before gesturing down to the crime scene photos in front of her. “I was trying to put the evidence into context. It’s a bit-odd and out of place, I was trying to figure out what the relevance was.”
Flack nodded slowly for a moment, looking over her shoulder at the picture as he tried to help. “Maybe it’s irrelevant.”
Anna looked up at him a little skeptically, before looking down again. “Won’t know until we figure out what it is, and Adam hasn’t gotten back to me with anything useful yet.”
“So you’re waiting on the lab rats.”
She was quiet for a moment, before nodding. “I am.”
“As usual,” Flack said with a nod. He was quiet for a moment, before glancing back over at her again. “Do you need to stare at the picture while you wait for the lab rat, or can you get something to eat and wait for him to page you?”
She was hesitant for a moment, before tilting her head to the side slightly. “Why are you asking?”
“Well, I just figured that you really hadn’t had a proper welcome to the precinct. I’m pretty much off for the day, so I figured I’d grab you a slice of pizza and say ‘Welcome to the one-two.’”
She gave him a bit of a smile for that, before nodding. “I’d like that.”
“Good,” Flack said, returning the smile, before heading towards the door. “I’ll meet you downstairs, then?”
Anna nodded. “Meet you downstairs, Detective.”
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