"I came here today Maura, because I was called in," she had started to explain as Maura began walking ahead. "I was called in, and I missed your coffee, and," she internalized a sigh - Maura didn't meet her eyes, "I found out that Casey worked here, only because I saw his name in the register. I saw his name in the book of employees Maura. I wasn't even looking for…" Her words had fallen away as she saw the body lying a little ahead.
Maura had seemed to falter, and she had reached out to hold onto her.
She knew how partial Maura can get to children. She had seen the way Maura looked at T.J. and how she showered him with gifts and presents. Books would build his perspective of the world, the stories would help him reach his stages of development, and toys would aid his motor skills, and so on and so forth. Maura was always justifying her pampering of T.J. with research and studies, when all she really wanted to do was hold him - she had caught Maura singing to T.J. when she had thought no one was looking.
She had noticed how Maura seemed to have made it a point to never spend more time than necessary with the children cadavers. She had watched as Maura conducted the autopsies, and proceeded to spend the week hiding out in her office. She knew that Maura prided herself on speaking for the dead, but she knows that Maura hates it most when it's the children who are dead. They played truth or dare one drunken night, and Maura had tried to, but Maura couldn't lie.
She had given a gentle squeeze to Maura's shoulder, and had considered pulling Maura in for a hug. She had simply considered the notion, because an ear-piercing scream had carried towards them right at that moment.
A/N: Hi there, thank you, for the time~
