A/N: I just wrote the following story in English class when I got bored. Hope you like it. Forgive me for the use of Stetler's first name, but I had to cos it was from Yelina's POV! Please review! Oh, and I've used a lot of expressions I've never used before so if I've used them wrongly, please inform me!
Summary: Horatio's and Yelina's thoughts in 'After the Fall', Stetler's questioning Horatio on the accusation of the use of excessive force.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the CSI:Miami characters. I can only wish I would.
Amor Nunquam Mortem Obit
From the
corner of her eye, Yelina saw Horatio and Rick sitting in an
interrogation room. Rick had his voice recorder on the table, Horatio
was just browsing through a file. She saw how Horatio grabbed a voice
recorder from his pocket and put it on the table, without looking at
Rick. She knew their conversation would hardly be about the complaint
about the use of excessive force by Horatio against a suspect. She
realized that it would be about her, although it felt slightly
arrogant to realize this. She and Horatio had known each other for
ages. And she knew there had always been chemistry between the two of
them. But it had taken her time to realize it. Horatio had never made
a move, probably out of fear of hurting her. For a long time, she had
thought he either didn't love her back or didn't know what he really
felt. In that amount of time, she thought she had fallen in love with
Horatio's brother Raymond and they had married. But ever since Ray
had died, the chemistry between her and Horatio had grown stronger
than ever before. But again, Horatio never made a move, probably now
thinking it would not be right because she had been his brother's
wife. Sure, he had been very protective of her, but he had always
been that way of everyone. But he would never make a move if he
didn't have the best reason in the world. And for him, in this case
love probably wasn't a good reason. Or not good enough. That's why
she had started a relationship with Rick Stetler. She knew Rick liked
her a lot ánd wanted to get back on Horatio for something both
had never told her about. She, on the other hand, had only done this
hoping to get Horatio jealous, silently ignoring the fact that he
tried his best to never let his emotions interfere with anything. But
no one can hold their emotions all for themselves and Yelina always
wanted to help him every time his emotions exploded into an almost
scaring pursuit for justice. Horatio was like a ticking emotional
time bomb and Yelina knew he would never let her detonate him. The
phone on her desk rang. Yelina picked it up.
"Detective
Salas"
Horatio browsed through a file, paying no
attention to the man who was sitting across the table. Rick Stetler.
IAB employee and Horatio's personal arch-enemy. Stetler had his voice
recorder waiting.
"You rather talk here than at CSI in front
of your people. I understand that." Stetler told him. Horatio
did nothing but grabbing his own voice recorder from his pocket and
he put in on the table.
"I'm not afraid of a little
geography" he answered.
"I need a statement detailing
your actions, Lieutenant"
"Read my report"
"I
did. You left out the part where you ripped the guy's arm out of it's
socket."
"The force that I used was completely
reasonable under the circumstances, Rick"
Horatio never
looked at him, but instead he watched Yelina on the phone. He always
tried to hold back his feelings for her because she had been his
brother's wife and making a move would making him feel like he was
trying to get her to cheat on Ray, his own brother.
"Escalating
force with an unarmed subject is always questionable"
"Yes...
especially with a woman. Right, Rick?" Horatio was pointing at
Yelina. He still could not forgive Stetler for beating Yelina. He
probably never would forgive him for it.
"There's no woman in
this case"
To his delight, Horatio noticed Stetler was
confused.
"There's always a woman in the case and you know
what I'm talking about" Horatio answered.
"You're
refusing to cooperate" Stetler tried to get the conversation
back on his side. But that would never work with Horatio.
"I'm
just curious; did you ever take my advice and go to counseling after
Speedle's death?" Stetler went on.
"I will go if you go"
Horatio knew it sounded somewhat childish but he didn't care.
"This
is not going away" Stetler said. Horatio felt a bit of anger but
he hid it.
"No, I would never, ever let that happen." He
would indeed never forget Speed's death. He would never be able to.
Horatio got up and grabbed his voice recorder. This conversation was
over if it was for him to decide. He had to get back to the lab now.
THE END.
