The Broken Series – Based on the song Broken by Lifehouse. There will be six parts, though I've only gotten around to writing three of them. The Broken series can be read in any order, you don't even have to read them all. Each part deals with a different major person in Shawn's life (Gus, Lassie, Juliet, Henry and Vick) and how they are dealing with his death. The final part (the one I request you save for last) is from Shawn's point of view. The series was originally intended to be Shawn/Lassiter slash, but there are also hints of Gus/Juliet and possibly Juliet/Shawn and Gus/Shawn and I suppose even Vick/Shawn, though those last three really weren't intentional, as I don't ship them what so ever (I'm a Shassie Girl, through and through.). Honestly, I don't care how you read it.
Disclaimer - If I owned, there would be a lot more slashy and shassie goodness : )
Still Beating
She doesn't talk to Gus very much anymore. Now and then he stops by the station to hand over a case he'd taken on. They were always cases the department had turned away, thinking the person bringing it to them was crazy. But when he brings them in, he's brought them just enough evidence to make it a legitimate case. Maybe is Shawn had…
Whenever Gus comes by, they talk. Not much, but they talk. He asks how things are.
"Difficult," she says after a moment of thought. Every time she answers the same, but every time she has to think about it.
Every time he asks, she can't help but glance over at Lassiter.
Gus understands that it's still hard for her to talk about. It's still hard for everyone to talk about. So no one does. No one mentions his name around the department. Those closer to him didn't have the heart to think about it, and those who didn't know him well, knew how much it hurt those who did.
She arrives at the station exactly one year later, carrying a pineapple in her hand. She isn't smiling. She hardly ever smiles anymore.
When the steps come into view, she is almost surprised to see dozens of pineapples lining them, leaving only a narrow band of steps to ascend. Each of the pineapples is tied with a green ribbon. Just as her is.
She sets her pineapple down with the others and walks up the step to begin another day.
The next day, the pineapples are gone. For a moment, this makes her sad.
When she enters the department, the walls are covered in green ribbons. She looks around at her coworkers' desks. Every single on has a plate of sliced pineapple on it.
She can't help but smile a little.