Body of Proof – Rewritten
Season 01
Author Notes
Great season premiere!
This is the second of a nine chapter fic.
Hope you'll enjoy it!
Letting Go
Asbestos
Bud, Sam and Megan left to interrogate Brian Hall while I stayed behind; because if I went there I would break his head against a wall for what he did to Linda. I was in the break room drinking coffee with Curtis when Ethan stormed in:
"Hey, Curtis, Peter, check this out! I found the cause of Dave's respiratory problems! Amphiboles in the alveoli." – I know I must've looked confused or something because he completed. – "It's a type of asbestos."
"And why does that matter, fool?"
"Because these are fresh, just a few weeks old."
"And he worked construction. Good job, Ethan."
His muttered 'thanks' was drowned by Curtis' 'What do you want me to do about it?'
"Come with me."
"Where? Out there? What am I, Nancy Drew all of a sudden? I'm not going!"
Ethan just deflated. He looked defeated.
"Let me just get my jacket and I'll go with you."
He smiled his usual goofy smile while Curtis rolled his eyes.
Analysis
I had so much fun breaking in that construction site to get a soil sample. And the fact that it was with Peter made it all better. I really liked when he pressed against me to hide from the foreman. Now we are back at the morgue to show Doctor Hunt (and Curtis) our findings.
"Okay, these are the amphiboles I found in Dave's lungs." – I pulled up a picture on the computer. – "You can also see some grains of sand and pollen too." – I changed the image. – "And here you can see the same sand-pollen-amphibole mix we found at the site. It's an exact match."
Doctor Hunt turned to Curtis and raised an eyebrow:
" 'We'?"
Curtis just grunted:
"It wasn't me."
Then she focused her attention on Peter:
" 'We'?"
The tip of his ears turned pink.
"Yeah."
"Okay, Peter? Go with Ethan to the job site and see if you two can find something else. And Curtis, check on my DNA results, will you?"
"What DNA results?"
"The ones I ordered in your name. I didn't think you'd mind."
Peter put his arm around me and we laughed as we walked to the elevator.
