I don't own any of the CSI: NY characters. This chapter is set between 'Taxi' and 'Hostage' and is sort of an alternate to Afterwards- one of my other stories, though this will not be a cross over with New Tricks and I will still be updating it.
Reed's parents had finally arrived and the doctors has released on the condition that rested for a fortnight and didn't do any strenuous exercise (which included public speaking) for the next three months. As a result, for the first time since the Minicab Killer came to their attention it seemed, Mac and Stella were able to relax.
"He'll be okay; he is Claire's son after all." Mac said, more as a promise to himself than the start of a conversation with Stella. Of course, she knew this, having the inane ability to read him like a book meant she often understood him without him having to say a word- which was good as Mac didn't like to voice his emotions, even to her.
"C'mon, let's get a drink," Stella said, knowing all too well that they both needed one.
Eventually, they found themselves in one of those bars that you never knew existed, but as soon as you enter, you wonder why you haven't been there before. There was some music playing, though not loud enough to make music talking all but impossible and the drinks were- unusually- both good quality and value.
Because of this, both Stella and Mac found themselves on the way to getting drunk rather quickly and Mac, knowing that they would both have to work the next day, called a cab to take them, figuring that it was quicker and cheaper to share, considering that they only lived a couple of blocks from each other. Stella had also realised this and so offered no arguments when Mac told her it was time to go.
As Stella lived closest to the bar, she was the first to be dropped and Mac, being the gentleman he was, walked her to her door. He started to walk away when Stella said so quietly that he thought for a second that he had imagined it, but she repeated it- "stay". He realised that she was probably further on the way to being completely drunk, given that they'd had exactly the same to drink at the bar so decided in an instant that even if he wanted to, he couldn't leave her. He rushed back to the cab and threw a bundle of bills, not caring that he'd probably over paid him before re- joining Stella at her door and guiding her up to her flat.
In the 15 years Mac had known Stella, he'd only seen her drunk a couple of times. Both times she'd ended up getting somewhat 'overemotional' as he'd call it, but she would forget the following day. Just as he was remembering the last time (a rather boring works do, but which had a free bar, if he recalled correctly), Stella started to well up so in order not to cause a scene in her floor's hallway, he used the spare key she'd given him to use in emergencies to open her front door before sitting her down on her bed because she only moved in a couple of weeks before and was still in the process of buying all the new furniture so still didn't have a settee, or any furniture apart from the basics in the bedroom, bathroom and kitchen.
From his previous experience with drunken Stella, he knew that nothing would shake her from this state for a good few hours so he decided just to let her wallow. Unfortunately, this involved a few more glasses of wine, resulting in both Mac and Stella becoming completely plastered so when Stella lunged/fell onto Mac and started to kiss him, with the kiss becoming deeper with every moment that passed, he was in no position to stop her.
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