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Jack strolled casually back into the dim office after having finished his lunch alone and saw his partner had finished the macaroni he had made for her. She was clearly immersed in what she was doing and it seemed as though she hadn't stopped working since the last time he saw her. He was slightly annoyed at the fact that she wasn't acknowledging his presence and cleared his throat to get her attention.
"Did Olaf come and drop the evidence over?" He asked, walking over and sitting at his desk.
"Yes, he did. There are a lot of interesting pieces of information that will need to be further looked into."
He already knew what she was talking about. Before they arrived on the scene some other officers had found 4g of weed at the scene behind the till. He was supposed to have told Elsa on the way back to the precinct, but she obviously wasn't looking to have any form of conversation, so he had planned on telling her at a later time which ended up in him forgetting about it altogether.
"Yeah the guys told me what they found." He said looking over to her side. A flash of confusion crossed her features.
"What do you mean, 'what they found'."
"You're talking about the weed right? I was supposed to tell you earlier, but I completely forgot." He flashed her a grin trying to ease the tension but she clearly wasn't entertained.
"Actually no, I was talking about the note that was found on the body."
Jack was extremely confused. Why hadn't anyone told him about the note before now. Normally important information like this was made public to everyone.
"Did Olaf find the note?" He asked trying to figure how no one had said anything to him.
Elsa glared at him before answering. "No. It was me who found it while you were off walking around the scene."
There was a moment of silence between the two where neither of them broke eye contact. Jack could feel himself going red and wasn't sure if it was because of embarrassment or anger. 'What is her problem.' He thought as he looked away and picked up the case file he had started. He flicked through the evidence section and sure enough the fact that a note had been found was written down. There was no way that he had missed something as important as that.
"What did Olaf find out about the note?"
She paused for a moment before answering slowly, "Stay away".
'Ok what is this girl's deal, I ask her a simple question and she gets all defensive.'
"Sorry, what?" He said slowly becoming irritated.
"On the note. All it said was 'Stay away', there were no fingerprints found anywhere."
Jack relaxed a little realizing that Elsa wasn't trying to be as aggressive as he thought. The atmosphere in the room was still very tense and he realized that for the next hour he would have to take it easy with his jokes and work properly.
"Have you come up with any leads?" He asked her.
"I think we should look into his weed dealer and see what the last few interactions they have had." She seemed so natural when she was talking about the investigation. Her body position was more laid back and less tense and she had a look of sheer determination and confidence as she spoke.
"I was thinking the same thing. There's a possibility that it was a bit of business gone wrong."
Jack couldn't help but laugh at the situation. "Have we just agreed on something?" And for the first time since he met Elsa Snow he saw a small smile creep its way across her face.
"I guess we have." She answered before looking back down at her work.
"Jack 2, Elsa 0." He mumbled under his breath.
"Sorry I didn't hear you, could you repeat what you said."
Jack's head shot up and he scratched the back of his neck. "Sorry I was meant to tell you that I'm interviewing the parents of the victim in a few minutes is there anything in particular that you think I should ask?"
She looked as though she was thinking about what he had said. "I can't think of anything now but I think you should ask them if they knew anyone, a friend or family, who might have anything against their son."
"Noted." He said grabbing his jacket and walking out the door to go meet them at reception. It was one of the first times they had been able to hold a conversation without it getting completely out of hand and it felt like a step in the right direction.
Elsa's desk phone rang and she jumped in fright, before fumbling for the phone.
"Detective Snow, who is speaking?"
"Hey it's Edmund there's a young man named Arthur Harrison in reception for you."
She had completely forgotten that she had scheduled an interview with one of Morgan's friends. She wanted to question Arthur about the type of person Morgan had been behind the scenes and away from family knowing that during the young adult phase in life people acted differently around certain people.
"I'll be there in a minute. Which room should I go to?"
"Room G01, it's just beside the coffee dispenser."
"Thanks." She hung up the phone and composed herself. This was going to be easy. She had carried out many interviews before, so this wasn't going to be any different. Except for the small detail that this was her first day and that she needed to rebuild her image from the incident that morning.
She grabbed her phone and headed out of the office to meet Arthur. The sound of her heels resonated through the corridor and a few heads turned in her direction. She put her head down and walked faster trying to escape the attention. When she reached reception there were multiple young men waiting, all of them for different reasons. She needed to guess which one was which. As she observed the people in front of her she noticed one of the men in the back corner with his hood pulled up and tear stains all over his jumper.
'Gotcha.'
"Arthur, I'm detective Snow, I just have a few questions I need to ask you, if you wouldn't mind following me." She gestured towards the door. He stood up lazily following her without saying a word. Once they reached the room she pulled out his chair and he sat down without a bother before she sat down in the opposite chair facing him. Arthur's mood had clearly changed from when she had seen him crying, he now had a cold stone-faced look and it looked like he was ready to fight. 'Already acting suspicious.'
"When did you give him the drugs?" She leaned forward gaining his attention and jumping straight into the tough questions.
His expression changed he started smirking. "Don't know what you're talking about, love."
She pulled out some photographs and slid it across the table to him. "And what about these photos from the security camera in the shop's parking lot that show you handing the weed him, they weren't of you?" She asked sarcastically.
He took up the image and stared at it for a second before throwing it back down on the table. She never took her eyes off him once.
"Whatever don't look at me like that bitch."
Elsa stood up and walked around to lean on his side of the table merely inches away from him. She clearly intimidated him and she could visibly see him recoil back into his seat.
"I've met a lot of guys like you." She leaned in to his face so that he was forced to make direct eye contact with him. "What's your story? Family feud? Rough childhood? Drinking yourself to death? Bit of a bad boy? Original."
He seemed to have been triggered by what she had said and reacted immaturely.
"Oooh naughty cop." He said swinging back on his chair. "I know all your moves. But I think you look pretty sexy when you're ang..."
Without giving him time to finish talking she kicked the bottom of the chair he was leaning on sending him tumbling to the floor.
She stood at her full height, "Weren't expecting that one were you." smirking she continued "Don't for a second, think I'm letting you away with this. Believe me when I say that your home is going to be a prison cell from now on."
As she left the room all she could hear was Arthur yelling "Bitch".
She made her way back towards her office when she saw into Jack. She rolled her eyes internally. He seemed to be having a heated conversation with his younger sister Tooth. Unfortunately for Elsa the two of them were blocking the only way for her to get into the office. 'I will never be able to escape this'
She walked towards Jack and Tooth and tried to continue passed them without noticing her but it all came to nothing.
"Elsa could you bring Tooth to the office for a second while I sort someone out." He didn't give Elsa a chance to correct her name before storming off and pushing past her. She turned towards Tooth who seemed just as pissed off as she was.
"I suppose I'll take you there now." The walk to the office was silent and neither of them said anything. Once they were inside Elsa watched as Tooth made herself comfortable in Jack's seat. The awkward silence was becoming unbearable.
"So, you've been here before?" Elsa asked.
"I basically live here outside of my school time." Tooth answered shortly letting the conversation die. Elsa knew better than to ask about what the two of them were arguing about.
"Aren't you a little old to have to have someone babysit you?" Elsa tried again.
"Jack is really over-protective. I'm 17 for fuck's sake, I don't need a someone to mind me. I can do what I want." Tooth said banging her fists on the desk.
Elsa couldn't help but be reminded of her sister from when she was younger, and how if she had the chance now she would probably be more protective than Jack. If Anna was still around she would have been just two years older than Tooth.
"You're lucky he cares so much about you." she said absentmindedly.
"Cares about me. Yeah right. He's gone all psycho because I asked to go to a friends house to study and I decided to be honest and told him that while I was there her older brother would be having a party but that I was actually going to do work and not party." She paused "I could have not told him about the party."
Elsa imagined what it her reaction would have been if a grown up Anna came up to her with the same request. 'As long as she promised me she wasn't lying I would believe her. She never broke her promises.'
"Were you telling the truth?"
Tooth looked weary and crossed her arms,"Why should I tell you if you're just going to tell him."
"Trust me. I have better things to do than talk to Detective Frost about things unrelated to work." Elsa laughed.
Tooth uncrossed her arms and let her walls crumble. "I wasn't lying. I have a Bio test tomorrow."
Elsa smiled towards Tooth. She seemed to have a hard exterior but inside she looked like a nice girl. She almost reminded her of herself in a weird way.
"You must've been a good older sister."
All of her good mood came crashing down. Elsa's expression changed and she stopped smiling. Tooth clearly noticed. Even though it had been years the loss of her sister was never something she had learned to cope with. Nobody knew the pain she went through everyday.
"Sorry I didn't mean to upset you. She's really pretty. I saw the photo on your desk."
Suddenly, Jack came bursting into the room without noticing Elsa.
"I'm sorry for not believing you Tooth, I should know better than not trusting you."
Tooth looked towards Elsa before standing up to hug her brother tightly. "It's okay, you're just looking out for me."
Jack ruffled her hair. "I'll see you at home later."
Elsa watched Tooth leave the office before noticing that Jack was staring at her. "What?" She asked rudely before looking back down to continue her work.
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I enjoy this au very much! The perfect mix of jack and elsa's personalities.
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