I don't own Crossing Lines or either of it's characters.
Many, many thanks to my beta Elaine who is always positive and helpful, especially during this time which has been a bit difficult.
How close was too close?
Eva wondered about that sometimes. Of course, with their high intensity jobs, the risks, the need to trust each other without any doubt…becoming close was inevitable. They were all new to The Hague, and when the owner of the apartment Sebastian had been renting returned, Tommy suggested he move in with him. So he did. It worked out really well with the carpooling. Besides, Tommy had space, mainly because the complex was in a bit of a bad neighborhood. When a pipe broke and Eva's apartment along with several others became flooded, Tommy suggested she move in with them until it was fixed. So she did.
It worked really well. They each had their own bedroom, the only issue they ever had was over the bathroom. Eva liked to soak in the bath after a long workday, and Tommy and Sebastian had no sense of privacy. She had almost fallen asleep there one day listening to music when she opened her eyes to find Sebastian standing in front of the mirror, shaving. She had screamed, scaring Sebastian half to death, making him hit his head on the cupboard next to the mirror. Tommy, hearing the commotion had rushed in with his gun drawn.
Sebastian had tried to explain, while Eva was frantically hiding herself in the bubbles, sounding like a pissed off cat. She had never been more grateful for preferring "Extra Foam, Vanilla".
After that they had their first talk about boundaries. She was angry, Sebastian was confused and Tommy wasn't exactly sure what to do about it.
"Look guys. I know we're close, and we live here together and share almost everything with each other. But I'm still a woman, I need my space, privacy."
"I'm sorry Eva, I wasn't thinking," Sebastian was very remorseful.
"You were in the bathroom while she was taking a bath, and you weren't thinking about it? Seriously Berger, sometimes I wonder about you".
She smacked Tommy in the side and smiled at Sebastian. "It's okay Sebastian, I was just surprised".
It went better after that. Of course, sometimes in the morning Tommy thought she was taking too long, and would take to banging on the bathroom door until she opened it. But there were good sides, too. When some of them, or all of them was feeling down after a case they always knew. They all knew Eva had a hard time during the supposed kidnapping of Angela Conti, and everything that brought back from her past. She had stayed behind at the office, and when she got home the guys had ordered pizza and they had even stopped to pick up her favorite wine. She almost cried when she opened the door and saw it on the kitchen counter.
When Tommy came home one day pissed off about something Lennon had said, Eva went with him to the gym where he could take out all his aggressions. They returned home to find Sebastian declaring it was movie night, and that first up was Die Hard, all of them. Movie night later turned into a tradition. They still had some difficulties to face though, and one was just around the corner. Specifically, tonight.
Eva had a date.
