AN: This is it, hoped you enjoyed it. I had fun playing with it.

AN2: A bit of background. This story was written in response to Olivia's comments in about Toby's symptoms in 2x12. I felt a bit cheated that all we'd seen up to that point was one migraine. This is my take on how we got from one migraine to white-outs and flashes.

Epilogue.


It was hard not to flinch when someone was shinning a light directly in your eyes but Toby took deep breath and tried to relax, let Olivia do her thing.

"So?" he asked as a few minutes later as she flicked the light off and tucked it in her pocket.

She smiled at him and squeezed his shoulder gently. "Your BP is a little high, at least for you, but apart from that everything looks good."

Toby shifted his position, perched on the edge of her desk. "I told you so. It was nothing a few hours of sleep couldn't fix."

"You maybe okay now but we can't ignore this anymore." Liv's tone and body language screamed worry and concern, and it made him uncomfortable because he wanted this all to be just a headache.

He tried to stand but the hand on his shoulder tightened pinning him in place. "I'd like to get a CT and maybe an MRI."

The thought made his gut churn. He knew it was irrational but getting a scan would make it more real, more serious. "Liv..."

"No Toby we're working blind here. I need more information if I'm going to help you."

This time when he tried to stand she let him and he could sense her frustration as he pulled away, doing up the buttons on the front of his uniform. "I've got my shift and then..."

"I didn't mean now, though it would be good to get a baseline. But next time you get symptoms come to me straight away, we need to figure this out Toby."

He nodded and flashed his best smile. "Thanks Liv. I will, I promise." In the past there might have been a kiss, now even the light brush of his hand on her arm felt too intimate. She smiled sadly back at him as he left her office.


He found his partner in the ED chatting to some nurses. Oz wasn't being shy in sharing his role in the raid that lead to Paul Roberts's fatal shooting and the release of Governor Newcombe's daughter. Toby leaned against the nurses' station watching him relay the events of the last few days.

"He's a bit excitable isn't he?"

Toby smiled as Michelle leaned next to him smiling. He acknowledged her with a nod. "How's Officer Murray?" Toby asked because it was polite, but after two days of total down time he was feeling completely refreshed and was reading her was like an opening book.

"He's doing okay. They're going to let him wake up today, the Doctors are hopeful there'll be no long term damage. And Rachel Newcombe was released yesterday."

"That's good. I have say thank you."

She frowned at him. "For what?"

"For taking this on."

Michelle shook her head at him. "That's my job. We just stopped a serial killer; it doesn't get better than that."

He raised an eyebrow, "better than embezzlement."

She laughed lightly because it was a laughing matter now. "Indeed. But I can pay you for the embezzlement; I can't pay you for this one, and I can't pay him at all." She nodded at Oz.

Toby looked across at his partner who was gesticulating wildly to his growing audience of nurses. They all seemed captivated, and off to one side Sandy Wardle was looking ever so slightly protective. Toby found himself grinning. "Trust me he's already reaping the benefits."

"I hear the Governor has recommended him for a commendation."

Toby snorted, "Yeah, it's his second this year. I think my boss might actually have a nervous break down." He laughed at the thought, aware his tone might be slightly too affectionate.

Michelle must have picked up on it as she stood upright and glared at him "I really didn't want to hire a team you know."

Oz was winding down the story and Toby shook his head as his partner glanced across and gave them both the thumbs up. "It's one of those two for one deals I'm afraid."

He felt rather than saw Michelle raise her eyebrows, and she patted him on the shoulder as she walked away. "Fair enough, but how about we keep the team plays down to a minimum from now on."


End.