He got it on a whim.

Ray had been out, forced to go to the mall to try and find Frannie a birthday present--she was the pickiest person alive, and all her favorite stores were there--and as always, he ended up buying stuff for himself. Or that was the intention, anyway, because hey, if he had to suffer those crowds, why not get a reward ( Read more... )

He didn't tell Diefenbaker. His reasons for not telling Diefenbaker were twofold - one, Dief was a dog (wolf), and Ray tried to not hold conversations with the animal kingdom if he could help it; and two, Dief would have told Fraser what Ray was planning. That second reason didn't make Ray any more sane sounding, but whatever, it was the truth. The ( Read more... )

Ray was going to blame it on Canada. Never mind the fact that he had been there for what seemed like forever, and never mind the fact that he had been hurt on American soil more times than he could count.

No, he was sticking with this. It was Canada's fault.

He had gotten a case - real cut and dry, a simple find the scumbag and return what he ( Read more... )

It wasn't all that late, but Ray wanted to go home. He wanted to forget the day had ever happened, not that that was likely. He was sick of the questions, sick of the supposed-concern on people's faces, like they just couldn't believe he had fucked the whole thing up. Which, fine, was better than assuming he would ruin it all, but still. It sucked ( Read more... )

I can't believe I'm actually doing this. blame Kowalski with his stupid hard to spell last name and his stupid TOO MUCH INFORMATION that drove me to drink. it's all his fault ( Read more... )

They had been back in Chicago for a week. Things hadn't actually seemed to change much with them, possibly because their respective jobs always kept them busy, and Ray was personally second-guessing the entire thing. Like maybe Ed was going to call it a one-time thing (what happens in, stays in...).

But that was stupid. Ed obviously liked both Ray ( Read more... )

When Ray got back to Florida, it felt like he sank right back into a fuzzy dream. Like it wasn't his real life. He hated himself for that, hated that he might be the worst husband in the world, but by the time the plane's wheels had touched the ground, he had finally admitted it to himself (and out loud, actually; he glared at the lady across the ( Read more... )

1. Besides your mouth, where is your favourite spot to get kissed ( Read more... )

Ray was clean and no longer smelling like smoke. Therefore, he was happy. He couldn't stand the smell of smoke, especially now that Kowalski had all but officially quit, so he didn't even have to put up with it anymore. Except for at bars and on the job and almost everywhere ever, because it seemed like the whole of Chicago liked the idea of lung ( Read more... )

So they were going out to dinner with Anna - Ray's temporary partner from back when Kowalski was stabbed - and her girlfriend Lila. Personally, Ray wondered if it was such a good idea.

That hadn't stopped him from teasing the hell out of Kowalski, reminding him every second he could about how jealous Kowalski had been, thinking Ray would leave him ( Read more... )