1"Alright everybody," Began the captain as he walked out of his office, but he was interrupted before he could finish by John, " Where's Fin?" Cragen sighed impatiently. " That's what I was getting to, Munch. Now if you would just let me finish..."
"Has anything happened to him?" Asked Olivia, a tinge of worry in her voice.
Cragen looked up at the ceiling momentarily, as if praying for patience.
"Let me finish!" He demanded. Elliot, John, and Olivia gave him their full attention.
"Good, now as you have noticed all the snow we have been getting lately has giving us a major lack in cases,"
"Tell me about it." Droned John, and Cragen sent him a glare before continuing, " So, it was requested that I "loan" Fin to Narcotics for a while, since drug crimes don't slow with the seasons, and he has experience within the squad."
" You transferred out my partner?!" Exclaimed John. If Cragen had any hair to pull in the first place, he would have yanked it all out by now.
" I said loan, as in borrow! That means temporary! Don't blow a gasket John, jeez," Cragen paused. " He will however, be gone for a three weeks at least, so I'm...rearranging you three a bit."
"What do you mean by rearranging everybody, Captain?" Asked Elliot, fiddling with a pen at his desk.
"Exactly what I said, detective. Now, god help me, I've decided that you will be my partner for these next couple weeks. Olivia, you're with John, because you are the only one out of all of us, sometimes Fin included, that can actually deal with him," At this John rolled his eyes and scoffed. Cragen ignored him, "Now I do realize we all know each other fairly well, but it is standard procedure that I instruct you to get to know your new partner. Preferably inside and out. Now I'm letting you all off duty right now, which is a few hours early." He turned to Elliot and instructed him to get his coat. The two of them headed for the door and were about to leave for their "bonding time" when Cragen turned back, looking pointedly at the two remaining detectives. "You two better be practically reading each other's minds by tomorrow. You should know by now that our job is to dangerous to be worked any other way."
Once Elliot and Cragen had left, John swivelled his chair around, turning to Olivia.
" So...dinner and mind reading at the diner around the corner?"
"Sure." Olivia laughed.
TBC