The next day at work Maura was cowered over a body in the morgue, it was a routine autopsy; suicide. No foul play for Jane to investigate. At the thought of the detective she felt her stomach drop, she hadn't seen her so far today. She wondered if she would. At that precise moment those familiar footsteps rounded the corner into the morgue. The ME greeted her with a beaming smile, a smile that was not returned.
Jane was rubbing at her hands, they ached severely, not just the cuts and bruises but her scars too. She didn't want to be in here, all her emotions were far too close to the surface and she didn't want to do something she'd regret.
Maura noticed the movement of the brunette's hands whilst she ruled that it was in fact suicide. As Jane nodded and turned to go Maura reached out and grasped one of the detective's hands.
Jane froze. It was an unwritten rule that you didn't grab her hands like that...for anyone but Maura. She felt the ME's gentle fingers ghosting over her wounds and she looked up into concerned hazel eyes.
"Is this why you didn't come over last night? You were in trouble? Why didn't you tell me, I would have looked after you! When I heard you-"
Jane cut her off abruptly as she snatched her hand back and bolted out of the morgue, her tears were threatening to spill and she just couldn't.
Maura ran after her but felt someone pull her back, she turned in shock.
"Surprise! Brought you lunch!"
Maura frantically looked between the lift and Ian.
i'd like to take a moment to respond to several bits of feedback, this was easier than pm'ing everyone! I have warned u tht this is different to my other rizzles stories, I'm trying something new. I hate ian just as much as u, trust me! I get that people rnt happy with Maura's character, I'm sorry u feel that way but the reason it doesn't seem to fit is we're not seeing the full picture in each chapter, this is why I've made them short sharp snapshots that feel kind of disjointed because its how they feel, it's the first time in their friendship that they have both been hurting and not understood why, with the whole Doyle thing they both understood but were angry. i am not gonna reveal what happens or how it maps out, all I ask is if u r interested to stick with me and trust me, u don't have to like it all the time, I don't but its something I wanted to try, if I've lost u totally then I'm sorry tht sucks but I have other happy rizzles going on. Hope this answers some stuff x
