"Excuse me" said a timid female voice as she stepped out of the coffee shop he'd spent the 15 minutes in.
"Yes?" The silver haired man snapped as he turned to face gleaming grey-blue eyes and long, curled black hair down to the hip.
"You forgot this." She whispered, handing over a paper bag before turning to reenter the coffee shop.
"Thank you, i'm sorry I was rude just now..." Sad brown eyes glanced up briefly only to look away cautiously.
"It's OK, bad day?"
"You could say that... I shouldn't even have this." He gestured towards the small bag. "I'm meant to be on a diet."
"A diet? Why do you need to diet? They're stupid things anyway, you only have one life, just go with it." She uttered with a small smirk.
"I'm glad someone is on my side. Lestrade. Greg Lestrade." He offered out a warm hand for the young woman to accept.
"My pleasure, i'm Caitlyn Everglade, don't I recognize you from somewhere?" A quizzical look upon her soft face as she gently shook Greg's hand. "You work with ." A sated smile spread across her face.
"Yes. I do." An extremely audible sigh escaped his lips as he spoke and he released Caitlyn's hand.
"I don't know how you do it... He seems like a nice enough man but also like he could get repetitive after a while."
He let out a small chuckle, causing Caitlyn's expression to contort into one of smugness that he was so used to receiving from Sherlock.
"You wear 'smug' a lot better than Sherlock does." A quick glance at his watch turned his smile into a small frown. "I'd better get going, i'm late already and have lots of paperwork to do."
"It was nice meeting you Greg."
"You too," he hesitated at this, "Is it too presumptuous to ask for your number?"
"Not at all, do you have something to write it on?" Caitlyn queried this as she pulled a small ballpoint out of her jacket pocket.
Greg handed her a small notepad he had in his bag and she scribbled numbers onto it.
"I look forward to seeing you again Greg." Caitlyn pushed the door open and smiled warmly over her shoulder until she disappeared into the coffee shop.