His Shirt

Summery: Maritza has held onto one particular item of clothing. It is a form of comfort while the owner fights for his life.

Sergeant Maritza Cruz sat at a desk in the Anti-Crime office, filling out a report.

Lieutenant Miller entered the room and eyed her curiously,

" What are you wearing?"

She glanced up at him," What? What do you mean?"

" Why are you dressed in a man's shirt," He asked snidely," Did your boyfriend leave his shirt behind?"

Pulling the shirt tighter around herself, Maritza answered," Actually, he did."

The shirt in question was a dark blue button up, about two sizes too big for her. It still smelled faintly of its owner's cologne.

Gathering up her papers, Maritza got up, and brushing past Miller, headed out of the room. She tromped downstairs, and on her way to the desk, nearly avoided slamming into Faith.

" Hey," They both said, and stepped out of the other's way. Maritza headed again for the desk, but Faith stayed in place,

Hey, Cruz."

Maritza turned back to look at her," Yeah?"

" What's with the shirt?" Faith asked curiously. She knew that shirt from somewhere...

" It felt comfortable," Maritza shrugged, "I found it at the back of my closet."

Faith nodded as Maritza went behind the desk to file the papers in her hands.

Sasha stepped up beside Maritza," What smells?"

Both Faith and Maritza snapped around to look at her," What?!"

" Something smells really familiar," Sasha sniffed the air, then stepping close to Maritza," It's you."

" Me?," Maritza raised her eyebrows," I don't understand."

" That shirt, it smells like men's cologne," Sasha replied," A familiar men's cologne."

Faith could have sworn Maritza blushed or at least colored a little. Who's cologne did Munroe mean?

" It felt right, you know," Maritza said, shrugging again,," Safe even. With him out of commission for the time being."

Sasha smiled," I know what you mean."

Maritza gave a hint of a smile," I've got to go. Before," She hiked a thumb at the stairs," You know who decides I'm gone for too long."

It was after Maritza had left, followed soon by Sasha, that Faith realized what they had been talking about.

Cruz had been wearing Bosco's shirt.

Finis