City Life, Love, and a Little Bit of Time Travel
Chapter 1
The precinct was quiet. Not the dead silence type of quiet that makes your ears ring, that's near impossible in such busy building, but close enough. The squad had no active cases at the moment, and were currently just sitting around, talking quietly, and occasionally writing a few lines of paperwork.
"Why aren't the phones ringing?" Questioned Olivia with a slight raise of her eyebrows, "It's almost...creepy."
"Well, I think it's a nice change." Said Munch with a small shrug.
"Yeah." Agreed Fin absently, scribbling down something in the open file on his desk.
The relative peace in the squad room was disrupted by the captain coming out of his office.
"Do any of you four have court within the next three days?"
"I do cap." Said Elliot.
"I have to go testify at some guys parole hearing, try and prevent him from gettin' out. Why?" Said Fin, asking the last part with worried curiosity, probably thinking they had caught another major case.
"It's nothing to worry about," Assured Cragen at Fin's nervous stare, " I just need two of you for something. John, Olivia, come in my office please?"
Munch and Olivia traded confused glances with their partners, and then locked eyes subtly and shrugged at each other.
"Did we do something wrong, Captain?" Asked Munch, once Cragen had closed the door behind them.
"No. I just thought you should know that Jonathan Riverman was just arrested."
"Riverman, he was that serial rapist in the case Elliot and I worked on last year right? He fled before we could find him." Stated Olivia, turning to Munch slightly as she said this.
"Yeah that's him. They just nailed him for murder, and decided he'd get a longer sentence for all those women he attacked back here. He's currently way out of our jurisdiction though, and the squad that has him in lock-up currently doesn't have the time or resources to ship him over to us."
Munch and Olivia knew what he was going to say next, and prepared themselves to hear,
"Go home you guys, pack your bags- they turned around and started to head out the door as he finished his sentence.
When Munch heard the captain say where they were going, he whipped around, causing Olivia to look at him strangely.
"Where did you say we were going Captain?" He asked urgently.
"I said you two are headed to Maryland tomorrow morning." Confirmed Cragen, pretending not to know where Munch was heading with his line of questioning.
"When you say Maryland, you mean some small, obscure town that no one knows about right? A little farming village that doesn't have the money for transportation?" He asked hopefully, some urgency still mixed in his voice.
Cragen got up out of his chair and walked towards Munch, smiling at him slightly as he stated, "No, detective, I mean Baltimore. Have fun!" With that, he gave them a gentle push out of the office and closed the door.
"Homicide," Said Munch with disbelief, " tomorrow I'm going to be in the squad room of Baltimore Homicide for the first time in over four years."
Olivia shrugged at him, smiling, "Hey, I've always wanted to know about your past. This could be the perfect opportunity."
"Liv..." He warned, but then stopped, realizing she was kidding, for the most part. He began again, "Liv, how about we go get something to eat real quick at the diner on the next block over, then we can both go home and pack."
"Sure."
As they walked away from the precinct a few minutes later, Olivia made sure no one they new was looking before planting a quick kiss on Munch's lips. They'd been hiding their relationship for over a month now, she didn't want to blow it just yet. He smiled and kissed her back, and then the walked the rest of the way to the diner in silence, at least until Olivia decided to speak up and ask, "So, you think any of the guys from you old squad are still working there?"
"Yeah, I'm pretty sure at least three of them are," as they stepped into the heated diner he added, "Speaking of, I should call Kay later, I'm sure she wouldn't mind doing her old pal a favor, finding us a place to stay."
"Will I get to meet her?" Asked Olivia with a hint of childish excitement at getting to know one of her lover's old friends.
"Yeah, you'll get to meet her." Said Munch.
"Will I like her?" Olivia asked.
Munch chuckled.
"Definitely."
At Olivia's questioning stare, he elaborated. " She's a tough female cop, sort of like you. Oh, and one of her favorite past times was teasing me."
"Yeah." Olivia said grinning, "I'll definitely like her."
"I want to be able to pack and get a good nights rest for our long drive tomorrow. We can stop at your place and then stay at mine for the night, that sound good?" Said Munch, changing topic.
"Yeah, now can we order already? I'm starving."
They stayed at the diner for about an hour, and then left. Then they walked back to Olivia's car at the precinct, Olivia silently preparing herself for an adventure into a new place, while Munch silently prepared himself for an adventure into the past.
Though getting past his resentment for going back to that accursed city was difficult, he had to admit, getting to see all the guys - and Kay - again, would probably be fun.
TBC
A/N: This story definitly won't be as long as my last one, sorry. But I will try to make it so people who do not know Homocide very well can read it without being confused. (I'm not that much of an expert on it either ) Please R&R!