"I thought you could do with something strong." Lucas watched as Ros hesitantly took the cup and took a tentative sip. "To numb the senses," he added quietly.
She mumbled her thanks and stared out across the park.
"I don't apologise by the way."
Lucas spared Ros a glance, noticing her focus was solely on the playground straight ahead. He followed her line of vision and edged closer to her until their knees were touching.
"I wouldn't expect you to," he leant in to her ear. "Besides, it'd be notably uncharacteristic of you if you did."
Ros turns to face him in mock horror, but the pretence drops once Lucas starts laughing.
"I am a spy, Ros," he smiled. "Let's face it, you're a bitch."
-x-
"You should go home, Malcolm," Harry folded his arms and perched himself against the edge of Malcolm's workstation.
"So should you." Malcolm's eyes never left the screen.
Harry leant over and pressed the power button, straightening himself up with mild satisfaction at the look of shock on Malcolm's face.
"I'll go home if you go home."
Malcolm gave a thin smile and set about finding his coat.
-x-
Lucas tapped the steering wheel in time to the music on the radio before turning to face his female companion.
"Here you are," he yawned, lowering his head to get a good look at the exterior of what Ros called home.
Ros unclipped her seatbelt and picked up her bag off the floor.
"Thanks, Lucas." She opened the car door and leant back in. "See you tomorrow."
The passenger door slammed shut.
-x-
"You look... Tired," Ros tilted her head observantly.
"Thank you," Harry replied deadpan. He let his pen fall from his head and looked up, a small smile playing at his lips. "How did you sleep?"
Ros folded her arms and smirked.
"I didn't go home with Lucas if that's what you're hinting at."
Harry raised his eyebrows in disbelief.
"I'll take that as a 'I slept well,' Rosalind," Harry smiled before picking up his pen once again and lowering his gaze back to the file in front of him.
-x-
"How's the old man?" Lucas rose from the edge of Jo's desk and followed Ros round the corner until they were out of their colleague's earshot.
"Plodding along," Ros replied as she continued to walk.
"Where are you going?" Lucas enquired curiously, leaning against the wall as he watched Ros turn on her heel.
"Why are you following me?"
Lucas held his hands in the air in mock surrender and pushed himself off the wall.
"Fine, you got me." A pause. "I was just making sure you were alright."
Ros scowled.
"I'm fine."
Lucas nodded slowly. He wasn't going to push it any further.
"Right," he mumbled. "Well, if you fancy doing something later you know where to find me."
Ros scowled again and continued on her mission.
"Oh, and Ros?" He called out after her retreating figure. "Meeting in twenty minutes!"