Ok, another new one! I know people will be shouting at me as I have so much work to do on my others. This is going to be three chapters long, so hopefully wont take me long to upload it all. Right this story is of corse Smithy/Stevie pairing and although it is set after the conviction episodes it is going to focus a lot round the Gunrunner epsiodes (Now that I have finally managed to watch them again, so a huge thanks to x-bec-x for sending me the link :-D ) Anyway I hope you enjoy and please leave me a review as they mean so much. Thanks again xxxx
The Calm Before The Storm
Chapter One
Stevie Moss sighed as she stared at the station infront of her, with the rain hammering down on her car she would much rather be at home tucked up in her bed with a hot chocolate and sex and the city on her TV but instead here she was at 8.10 in the morning, ten minutes late for her shift watching the rain. She grabbed for her umbrella and opened her car door and forced it up before climbing out kicking the door shut and pressing the button to lock it before running for the building, as she reached the porch entrance she turned and stared out before trying to pull her umbrella down but feeling the wind catch it she began the fight she had every windy morning with it, as the hand reached round her slim body and gripped the small black umbrella she glanced over her shoulder, standing in his crisp white shirt, black tie and black trousers he really made a police uniform look good and even she could appreicate how good he looked. "Struggling Moss..." he grinned as he folded her bent umbrella into a small pile of broken material and metal spikes "Well you know me Smithy.. love to play the damesel in distress and all that.." the two headed into the station and she laughed "And havent you got work to be doing anyway or are we skivving Mr Smith" he smiled slightly "No.. Miss Moss... I am checking the weather.. and besides what time do you call this to be arriving for work?" She laughed "Im not late.. I had things to do" he nodded "Such as?" she smiled "Sleeping" she paused as she gestured out to the storm "Its all gunna get worse y'know.. the news said its gunna be the worst storm we have had since the sixtys". Smithy nodded "But 'opefully it will make our job a little easier.. who wants to be stuck out there comiting crimes in this". She smiled "Yeah.. with the servere weather warning people will just stay in doors... having domestics.." she gestured up the stairs "I better get some work done... thanks for rescuing me Prince Charming" she giggled as she made her way through the door and up the stairs towards CID, she glanced back over her shoulder at him and he had a slight smirk etched on his face before he headed back towards the exit and out into the rain.
"Stevie.. you are late" DI Manson spoke as she walked into the main office of CID and she sighed as she shrugged out of her leather jacket and hung the dripping coat onto the coat pegs "Sorry Gov I had a little fight with my umbrella.." she dangled her deformed umbrella infront of him and flashed him a smile he couldnt help but return "Right.. I need you to check your property list and get anything that can be returned to the rightfull owners and place it behind reception and call the owners to pick it up.." she nodded slightly "Yes Sir.." she turned away and he smiled "Oh and Stevie.." she turned back to him and he smiled "Lose the umbrella.. it could do someone an injury" she nodded slightly as he headed into his office and she dropped the mass of metal into the small bin by the door before heading over to her desk to start going through her paper work. She had formed a list of the thngs she needed before heading out of CID and down towards the large walk in cupboard where it would all be stored. She passed many officers on the way and offered a happy hello, knowing the uniformed officers day was far worse than hers. Once she arrived at the cupboard she sighed as she eyed the small black keypad, now this was new she thought to herself before tapping in the normal number, the machine made a slight beep and she pushed hoping the door would open, which it didnt. She sighed before turning on her heels, seeing Callum a few feet away she headed over "How do I get in there?" she gestured to the door. He smiled "You dont.." she interupted "Can you let me in?". He shook his head "No.. unfortunatly you need Inspector Smith.. due to certain 'things' going missing.. the super decided this was the best way to put a stop to it.." he paused "If you havent got the combernation... you aint getting in". She sighed "So where is Smithy?" she asked and Callum gestured down the corridor "Canteen". She nodded sligtly before heading off in search of the unifromed Inspector.
She smiled as her eyes caught him, he had a huge cooked breakfast layed out infront of him and a mug of steaming coffee, she headed to the counter and got herself a black coffee and an apple before walking to the table in the far corner he sat alone at, she rested down oppiste him, he smiled at her "Alright?" before taking a bite of his sausage. "Do you know Smithy... you would have to go on a twenty minute bike ride to get rid of weight in eating this.." she placed her apple next to his breakfast and then gestured to his food "Imagine what you would have to do to work that off?". He smiled "I can think of a way.." she nodded as she took a sip of her coffee "I bet you can.. whats the deal with the store cupboard being locked?" she asked and he shrugged his shoulders slightly "Superintendents orders... its a way of making sure nothing can go walk about.. cause apperently we are as bad as the criminals". She sighed "So how do I get in there?" she asked leaning accross the table in the hope he would give her the number he lent accross to her "You ask me really nicely" he winked before turning his attention back to his breakfast. She sighed "Would you be so kind Inspector Smith.." she began and he grinned up at her "To move your arse.." he laughed "I have nearly finshed Moss... give us a second". She watched as he all but demolished the rest of his breakfast and she thought briefly how quickly he ate, he grabbed a napkin and wiped his face before downing the remainder of his coffee in one and pushing to his feet "Lead the way" he smiled as he grabbed for his hat and followed after the small blonde detective.
He tapped in the number and smiled at her as he pushed the door open, she sighed as she headed into the room "How on earth am I ment to find what I am looking for in here?" she asked and he smiled "Open your eyes.." he moved inside and held is hand out to her "Give us your list... I can help ya". She passed him the list and smiled as they began the search for the many items. "The term needle in a haystack has never been more true" she broke the silence after about twenty minutes as she spun to face him. Smithy glanced over his shoulder "It would help if your writing wasnt like a five year olds... I mean honestly.. what does that say?" he asked and she smirked "Coffee?" he glanced back over the list and shook his head "You see.. I thought it was along the lines of.. neacklace.." she interupted him a slight smile tracing her lips "Do you want a coffee?" she asked again. He nodded "Black two sugars". She nodded as she headed to the door "I will be back in five" she smiled as she headed out the door. She made her way down and into the toilets, she glanced at her reflection in the mirror, her and Smithy had been close since she had posed as his girlfriend, before that she had never really crossed him and had only ever see the strict side to him that she hadnt fancied getting to know, but something had happened when she went undercover with him, she had felt her heart skip a beat seeing a totaly different side to him and to say they had become firm friends couldnt be a more true statement, she would class him as her best friend, the only person in the world she had trusted with the secret of her past relationship with Rob Towler and he was the only one she had confided her fear in after Jason Devlin had attacked her, he had sat and cuddled her to sleep for three nights after the attack, doing everything he could to ease her back to normality, but it was the Devlin case that had caused her and Smithy to drift apart, it wasnt that thy avoided each other, or even that they didnt chat and flirt like normal. They just didnt seek each other out to do it, like they had previous to the attack, she put it down to their private life being put on display for a court room of people to decide if they were more than friends, it would put strain on any friendship. She pulled herself from her thought and headed out and into the corridor and towards the coffee machine.
She made her way slowly back through the corridors and sighed as a little more of her coffee splashed onto the floor, she jumped as a loud bang sounded the corridor and she was thrown into darkness, she stayed frozen to the spot, unsure what to do or what was going on, she wanted to call out, but to who, before the lights had gone off she had been alone in the corridor, she jumped once again as a dim light shot through the celling. "You ok Stevie?" the voice behind her pulled her from the trance she had fallen into once again. "Yeah.. Im fine.." she smiled to the tall man behind her "Whats going on Callum?" she asked and he smiled at her "The powers out.. these run off of a generator..." he gestured to the celling "Im just going to find out how long its gunna last.. I will let you know.." he carried on past her down the corridor and she headed towards the room she had left Smithy in a little while before, she smiled as he checked over the list with a torch, the dim light not sheading much on the room. "The station has a power cut.." she smiled at him and he glanced at her as she placed his coffee to the shelves near the door "Or the super aint paid the electric company again" he grinned at her and she couldnt help but return it "He will love you for.." she paused as some of the uniformed officers past the door and she kicked it shut "Sayi.." he interupted as he spun round at the bang "Shit Stevie" he stressed as he made his way to the door pulling on the handle. "What?" she smiled and he turned back to her "The door works with the electric.. we cant get the door open until the power comes back on". She felt her face flush red and she moved to the door and pulled on it, before turning back to him "So we are stuck?". she asked and he nodded "For the time being yeah.. lets just hope the power aint to long but.." he glanced at the dim light before moving to the far wall and sinking down it, he smiled at her "You might as well make yourself comfatable Moss...we could be here a while".
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