Disclaimer: I do not own Rizzoli & Isles, nor its respective characters. Also, I do not make a profit from writing this. This is my first attempt at fanfiction and would appreciate any and all feedback! I also took some liberties with the timeframe the show presents.
RPOV:
Alarm clock rings out cutting through the otherwise silent room. A mostly bare room in soft brown tones comes into view as a hand softy turns the alarm off. Rizzoli is just returning from a run clad in a tight black v-neck shirt and black Capri running pants. She drops her hair from her pony tail as she walks into her bathroom and starts the shower. She pauses briefly as she catches herself in the mirror. She did not sleep well during the night, haunted by nightmares of a man long lost in the shadows. "Get out of your head Rizzoli" she thinks to herself. Unconsciously she rubs her hands together feeling the cartilage of her scars.
A gift she cannot give back. She shakes her head forcefully as if willing herself to clear her mind from the thoughts that invade it. She quickly undresses and jumps into the shower practically falling back out. "Fuck!" she yells as she quickly re-adjusts the temperature of the shower to something that wouldn't melt the skin off her body. She gets back in the shower.
The scene fades to black as the mirror fogs up.
Korsak is waiting in the lobby holding two small cups of coffee watching two birds through the glass window on the door not paying attention to the raven-haired woman that bursts through the door disturbing the tranquil scene. Korsak hands Jane the coffee who's face lights up at the sight of both her partner and the coffee.
Korsak: "Geez Rizzoli, you look like hell" he states as he follows in step with her.
Rizzoli snaps without pausing "Thanks for the observation."
Sensing Korsak stop behind her she curses herself for taking anything out on her partner. Without turning she looks down and continues.
"I'm sorry, I didn't sleep last night. I finally gave up and just went running, I didn't mean to..."
Korsak nods understanding and cuts her off
"it's alright, no harm no foul." he picks up their usual pace and continues. "we got a new case, young woman found in the parking lot of the Greenview Motel early this morning. She's already been brought in and is being processed by the new M.E."
Rizzoli pushes through the door of the homicide department and stops in front of their cluster of desks.
"Why weren't we called on this? Who's started the case?" she asks finding her usual spot on her desk to sit down.
"SVU picked up the case first, they processed the scene." he dumps a file on her desk and sits in his own chair. "Are you ganna go see the new M.E.?" a smile playing on his lips.
Rizzoli feels his eyes on her as she flips through the file. She feels herself blush unwillingly knowing that he was waiting for her reaction. She had heard that the new head medical examiner had arrived and she was rumored to be incredibly beautiful and incredibly smart. Rizzoli's rocky relationship with the previous M.E. was no secret to anyone in the department. Often they could be heard screaming at each other about the timeliness and thoroughness of his reports. To often they had lost the ability to prosecute a case because of lousy work by the head medical examiner.
"I just hope this new bastard is not as sloppy as the old one." she growled as she stalked toward the elevator.
She took a moment to measure herself against the steel reflection and thought to herself that she didn't look that bad. She took a deep breathe, composed herself and stepped off the elevator.