Shawn figured it out.

It took him exactly three days, twenty-one hours and fifty-two minutes but he figured it out. He finally came to the conclusion that he is absolutely and impossibly infatuated with a detective he calls "Jules".

The only problem is he figured it out three days, twenty-one hours and fifty-two minutes too late.

If only his subconscious thoughts awakened earlier. Perhaps then he could have acknowledged the heated pounding in his chest for what it was: love.

But now she belongs to him and Shawn can claim nothing but a waning friendship and a slowly dying heart.