[Follows THIS & THIS]As soon as Matt knew what the hell was going on, he had sent Vee a text message telling her he was on his way home earlier and asking her to wait for him in case she had any plans on going out anywhere. Bloody typically, he got stuck in a rush of school traffic and he felt like he was negotiating his car at snail's pace through ( Read more... )

[Follows THIS and THIS]Matt had made it home for Valetine's Day with about 3 minutes of the day to spare. He had been on the go since 5am since they got the call out of the new case, and he and Ronnie only managed to clear the decks to go home at around 11.30 that night. He was apologetic, of course, and somewhere through all that admitted that he ( Read more... )

It had been a hellish few days, to say the least. Matt had barely had time to scratch himself, let alone allow anyone else to scratch him, and it was just one of those types of cases where you had to drop everything else to focus on it. There had been some slight breakthroughs, of sorts. They just weren't entirely positive breakthroughs. To start, ( Read more... )

[Follows THIS, THIS and THIS]Vee was grateful for at least one thing: no matter how fucked things had become, Matt still gave her warning of when he was coming home. Especially when she had promised to get them fish dinners and have them here ready for him. And she had, but then there had also been a lot of candles to set up, and music to put on. ( Read more... )

[Follows THIS and THIS]Matt really had planned to just stick to non-alcoholic beverages. But Ronnie basically told him he should chill and have a pint, it was New Year's after all. After the last month, Matt didn't have to be coaxed too hard. A pint sounded extremely appealing. The only thing was, he didn't stop at a pint, and Ronnie made no ( Read more... )

Matt only needed to spend a few days in hospital after getting his appendix out. Once he was able to get up and walk, albeit like an old age pensioner, he was allowed to go home into the care of... someone. He wasn't allowed to be alone for another week in case he had some post-operative complications. The situation alone could have potentially ( Read more... )

Matt didn't anticipate that when he got that call from Ronnie at the airport when he was attempting to say goodbye to Vee that their case was about to potentially explode. It did, though, with the new victims two children that had obviously links to their other murder victims. It was messy and inevitably, Matt didn't get to bed that night. A text ( Read more... )

Co-written with mattdevlinMatt quickly swallowed down the last couple of mouthfuls of his tepid coffee as he closed over the file of telephone numbers he was trawling through. It was another needle in a haystack job, and it could wait for a little while. He dug the car keys out of his drawer and stood up, shoving them in his pocket. He didn't think Vee would ( Read more... )

Never turn down a cup made by a naked Irishman man.

[Follows THIS]Fish and chips were almost a distant memory, but a prized one. The dinner afforded a good amount of energy, and the booze that washed it down afforded a good amount of relaxation and comfort. The sheets of Matt's modest bed in his modest apartment were tangled and damp around their legs, and they were wrapped in a passionate embrace, ( Read more... )