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"Why did he have to go?"
She doesn't answer for a long moment, and when she does, her eyes don't move from her laptop screen. "It's complicated."
A sigh from him, and an answering one from her. Her soft spot for him is a mile wide, and some days, she wonders if he knows it.
"Was it because of me?"
"No, Horatio, it wasn't because of you. It's complicated."
"I hate not knowing."
"I know you do. But you're going to have to buckle down and live with it, because there's nothing I can do about it."
"But I'm not happy, and neither is Ray."
"You will be. You're already much better than you were."
"I need something."
"What?" She closes the laptop finally and looks at his pitiful form. Rumpled uniform, mussed hair, three days worth of stubble look back. "What is it? 'cause I'll give it to you, you know."
"Well, I don't know what, or I'd damn well do it myself."
She has to smile. Stubborn little bastard, her pup. "I've got an idea, if you can stomach the symbolism."
The look he gives her is so doubtful she has to smile.
She doesn't answer for a long moment, and when she does, her eyes don't move from her laptop screen. "It's complicated."
A sigh from him, and an answering one from her. Her soft spot for him is a mile wide, and some days, she wonders if he knows it.
"Was it because of me?"
"No, Horatio, it wasn't because of you. It's complicated."
"I hate not knowing."
"I know you do. But you're going to have to buckle down and live with it, because there's nothing I can do about it."
"But I'm not happy, and neither is Ray."
"You will be. You're already much better than you were."
"I need something."
"What?" She closes the laptop finally and looks at his pitiful form. Rumpled uniform, mussed hair, three days worth of stubble look back. "What is it? 'cause I'll give it to you, you know."
"Well, I don't know what, or I'd damn well do it myself."
She has to smile. Stubborn little bastard, her pup. "I've got an idea, if you can stomach the symbolism."
The look he gives her is so doubtful she has to smile.