"You know, Will honey, I can hear your heartbeats all the way down here." Jade Graham says from the floor.

Spread around her in a fan-like motion is the files of Hannibal's victims. Most of them are missing person's reports, and a few cold case files. To Jade's knowledgeable eye she could see how they all connected, each of them betraying signs of her best friend's husband. But her mission wasn't to be knowledgeable. Her mission was to make sure that no one could connect Hannibal to any of the crimes.

Out of the two men, Jade was the most "average" thinker, besides her overwhelming urge of OCD.

"Can you? I didn't think that was possible to hear that from that far away." Will says. His fingers type automatically on his laptop, eyes never leaving the screen. Jade knew she could hear the dull thu-thump in his chest because he worked in sync with it.

Thu-thump.

Keystrokes.

Thu-thump.

Slight pause. Repeat.

It was a sound and method that Jade was accustomed to. She'd heard it and worked alongside the sound for a little more than two years. Without Will's notice, she counted his beats whenever the mood struck. Made a song, tapped a dance and a counter rhythm too when time was allowable.

"Yeah, I can hear it. It's distracting me." Jade says thumbing pages apart, reading one of them.

"I'm sorry. I'll shut it off." Will says, looking over the side of his chair down at Jade. His sarcasm stops Jade short.

"Oh, sorry. I don't mean that." Jade drops her papers in her hand and captures one of Will's hand in her own. "I mean the sound is so comforting, that it's lulling me to sleep."

He smiles. "I know, I was just teasing." He smooths a hand down Jade's dark curled hair and cups her cheek with his palm, stroking gently. Grinning slightly, at Jade's flushed face, Will brings the hand holding Jade's up to his lips and presses a kiss to her fingers.

"I swear, you act more and more like Hannibal each time I let you do that." Jade says, brushing off her blush.

Will laughs, leaning down to kiss her forehead.

"You make it sound like a bad thing." He teases, turning back to his work.

Silence filled the air and was broken only by the sounds of Will's computer and Jade's papers.

The more she organized the missing person reports and the murders, connections started to appear. Lists of Evidence and alibis brought Jade closer to being able to connect Hannibal to his meals.

"Will…" Jade starts to say, but stops when she hears the sound of someone coming into Will's room. Jade freezes. Surreptitiously, Jade leans against Will's leg, smiling up at him. His eyes flicker down at her briefly before locking onto the computer screen again.

When Katz starts talking about Willard Wigan, Jade makes a face. She didn't really like that lady.

Willard Wigan? Seriously? Will is a much better artist at what he does than Wigan. Jade thinks. She taps Will lightly on the leg.

Slowly Jade sits up on her knees. She peeks over the top of Will's desk. Immediately Detective Katz's eyes focus on Jade.

"Who are you?" She asks. Jade smirks over at Will and stands up fully, clutching her papers close to her.

"Willard Wigan is a sad example for an artist if you ask me." Jade says. Will looks up at her and gives her a smile. His blue eyes are twinkling with merriment.

"How do you know Detective Graham?" Detective Katz asks again, this time looking quizzically between him and Jade.

"Since when are you called Detective Graham?" Jade asks, pointedly ignoring the offensive detective lady in front of her. "It's kinda sexy if you ask me."

Will laughs, shaking his head. His attention is focused solely on Jade now. He adores Jade when she plays with his coworkers. They'd been married a little over a year, and no one even knew she existed. Well, knew she existed as the Mrs. Graham.

"I haven't even been called Detective Graham, I don't think." Will says leaning back in his chair.

Jade flips her long chestnut dark brown hair over her shoulder and smiles wide like she was in a beauty pageant. Some would say that she was, where Will works with a lot of women, but he never saw any of them the way he saw her. All her laughs and secret smiles that he adored. No one could compare to her in his mind.

"I'm Jade Graham. Nice to meet you." She says. Will's heart stutters a little when she says that so casually. It was hard to believe she was his.

Jade looks over at him inquisitively. Of course she heard that. She was making comments on his beating heart earlier. He shrugs slightly, trying not to bust out laughing. He can see Detective Katz's face from the corner of his eye.

Detective Katz, looks between Will and Jade. The confusion is so thick behind her eyes, he can see it almost as well as a cataracts. This time she closely studies Jade, taking in her long dark chestnut hair so curled and fixed, and then her pale skin, red lips, and bright green eyes. Her eyes flicker over Will. He could almost see the wheels turning in her brain as she tried to figure out which type of Graham she was. Sister or wife?

Sister apparently. Will thinks seeing her eyes confuse even more.

"You don't look alike…" Katz says looking at Will. He rolls his eyes and stands up wrapping his arm around Jade's waist, pulling her to his side.

"My Jade Graham." Will says, enjoying the way Jade flushes at his words. He makes a mental note to try and introduce her to more people. Just like that, so he could see the slightly pink cheeks and fluttering eyelashes.

Detective Katz's mouth drops open and her eye zeroes in on Jade's left hand, especially on the two little golden rings on her ring finger. She closes her mouth then opens it again, trying to find something to say.

"You're married?!" She finally says at last.

Will nods, tightening his hold on Jade's waist. He leans over and kisses the top of her head. He pauses for a moment and breaths in her clean freesia scent.

"W-when..?" She says watching them.

"Almost a year ago. It will be in two months." Jade says tapping her finger on the stack of paper in her arms.

Detective Katz stumbles around trying to find some words before just saying, "It was good to finally meet you Mrs. -uh, Jade." She turns around and walks out of the room shaking her head.

Will stands for a moment holding Jade close before whispering in her ear, "You better get out of here before everyone else shows up. I'll never get any work done with those men slobbering all over you."

Jade laughs and nods before bending down to collect her papers. She turns back to Will and gives him a kiss. He holds her face in his hands kissing her a little more than necessary for just a goodbye kiss.

"I'll see you home for dinner then?" She says breathlessly.

"Or a bit earlier, if I decide." Will says.

Jade nods and steps away, gliding effortlessly out the door. Will watches her go, admiring the way her legs look in her heels.

Maybe I'll go home a bit early. Will decides, grinning a little.