Hey guys. To make for killing spree I was on last night, decided to start posting this new fic. I own nothing *sigh* Enjoy :)
Detective Lou Vartann was exhausted as he pulled into the motel parking lot and killed the engine. The past four days had been one giant pain in the ass. What had started out as a routine 419 call had quickly escalated, a lead from a piece of evidence taking him and his assigned CSI to the middle of butt-fuck nowhere, Arizona. The only saving grace of this Ecklie enforced road trip was that the CSI he'd been assigned to work with was Catherine Willows, his girlfriend and Grave Shift supervisor.
He smiled as he thought of her, removing his tie and undoing a couple buttons on his shirt in preparation for exchanging the cool air conditioning of his car for the sticky heat of the Arizona night.
Catherine had called him earlier to say her paperwork was finished and one of the 'hick idiots working in this place' was giving her a ride back to the motel and to meet her there when he was done. Unfortunately his paperwork had taken far longer than he'd anticipated; his watch had just turned 12:30am as he opened the car door and unfolded himself from the car, locking it behind him. He made his way to their room, fishing the key from his pocket and slipping it into the lock, wanting nothing more than to climb into bed with Catherine in his arms and sleep for a week.
His brow furrowed in confusion as he stepped into the empty room, the door swinging shut behind him.
"Cath?" He dropped his files on the table by the window and glanced around, ignoring the faint twinge of panic in the pit of his stomach. The bed was made, the bathroom door wide open with the light off. He knew she'd been here; her purse and briefcase sat on the small chair next to the table by the window, her jacket draped over the back.
Lou pulled his cell phone out, his thumb hovering over her speed dial number when a piece of paper resting on his side of the bed caught his eye. Intrigued he crossed the room and scooped up the note, smiling as he recognised Catherine's handwriting: "Lou, it's too damn hot so gone to the pool. Meet me there when you get back. Wear your trunks, I put them in your case. Love C x"
He chuckled and dropped the note on the bedside table before digging through his case to find the trunks his lover had packed.
More to come soon :)
Lily
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