In my head Edward is played by nathaniel buzolic


Murdoch sat back in the beach chair, he couldn't remember a time he had been this relaxed as the sun poured over his skin and the waves hummed soothingly in his ears. Hearing movement beside him he opened his eyes to see a grinning Gilles, his hair was wild and un brushed as he wore a lose fitting white shirt and black pants which had been rolled up to his knees. Murdoch noted the slight stubble appearing on the criminals face and admitted to himself he quite liked it.

"Enjoying yourself detective?" Gilles teasingly smiled as he leaned over Murdoch and gave him a kiss

"Immensely" Murdoch replied while holding Gillies arms to keep him in place. Just as the couple decided to heat up the kiss they heard a scoffing noise from the side lines

"Don't you two ever stop" Mina teased as she sat on the chair next to her brother, she had opted to wear a thin white shirt which stopped at her knees, Murdoch saw the shirt was far too long to be one of Gillies so he simply stared at his sister before deciding not to ask anything.

"Like you and Edward don't do this" Gillies teased catching Murdoch's interest, William looked over at his sister who smiled innocently and blushed lightly

"Who's Edward?" Murdoch questioned, he knew he was in no position to judge who Mina spent her time with, William even knew his sister was not innocent in the physical way, but she had kept her lovers to a minimum. William and Mina were the type of siblings to talk about their love lives without holding judgement which is why Murdoch went to his sister to talk about Gillies. However Murdoch still was very protective of his sister and didn't want her hurt.

"Mr right hand man" Gillies replied finally taking the seat to Murdoch's left side "good chap, and I must say I don't think I've ever see him so smitten before"

Mina rolled her eyes as William spoke "has he been a gentleman with you?"

Pouting she nodded "unfortunately, if I wanted a boring old sod I would have settled down by now probably bearing 2.1 children and denying the fact he was having an affair with a work colleague but I don't want that.

Gillies perhaps you can tell him I don't need gentlemen and to be the fun psychotic man I know he is"

William and James laughed. Gillies had sensed Mina had a dark side and as Murdoch and Gillies untangled themselves from the study after their recent love making Murdoch had explained to Gillies his sister was the cause of quite a few deaths to men and women and didn't feel sorrow for them or the families. She enjoyed killing people especially those who tried to hurt him. This information made Gillies like the young girl even more.

"Boss"

Speak of the devil, Edward walked towards the trio carrying the drinks across the cool sand. Sending a quick wink to Mina who smirked in reply he addressed the detective "Edward Barnes"

William shook his hand "pleasure, won't you join us"

"A much as I would love to I have business to attend to, do you need anything else boss?"

"No thank you Edward" Gillies replied sipping his drink which refreshed his palate as the ice tasted like lemon. Edward nodded to them before kissing Minas hand who sighed in frustration at his polite manners. Edward seemed to enjoy her reaction as he gave a confident smile before walking back into the house.

Gillies reached over and grabbed the detective's hand, enjoying the slightly rough skin against his own. If life could be like this all the time Murdoch thought he would be the happiest man alive.


Brackenreid hired one of his old army friends to search for Murdoch, the information he was given confirmed what he and Dr Ogden had been thinking. With the new information given Brackenreid readied himself on the train looking over at his constables ready for what they were about to face.


Murdoch let out a sleepy chuckle as Gillies kissed his hips, just at the ban of his underpants

"Stay" Gillies spoke moving his lips up the detectives body, nibbling his shoulder before placing a kiss on Murdoch's mouth "stay here with me, you could start your own detective agency, work your own hours hire your own clients"

Sighing Murdoch ran a hand through his lover's hair "the thought is tempting, but I can't just pack and leave. I have an obligation to my colleagues"

"Colleagues who would shun you if they found out your homosexual?"

Sighing Murdoch sat up in the bed, his back now resting on the headboard "and then there's Julia, she would want an explanation"

"the Dr can want any explanation she wants but you don't have to give her one" Gillies tone became agitated, the tone reminded him of the one he spoke to Mr Perry the day in the classroom Murdoch had tricked the young boy into confessing of the murdered professor, Gilles cupped the detectives face "stop caring what everyone else thinks or wants and start thinking for yourself, no one else matters to me except you and now of course Mina, you two are the only people I can care for, everyone else can burn to the ground" Gillies searched Williams eyes "I love you and you love me, in an ideal world that would be all we would need but this is no fairy tale. One day they could find me and you will have to watch your colleagues tie a noose around my neck"

Murdoch winced and held onto Gillies hips, he didn't want to think of that "I…I understand what you mean, just…give me time"


Needing some time apart Murdoch decided to go into the town and get some food. Mina stood beside him as they eyed the various fruit from the stalls. The woman smiled kindly at the two asking if they needed any assistance, they politely declined and carried on shopping.

"So what happened" Mina linked arms with her brother who dressed herself appropriately in a blue dress and hat

Sighing Murdoch avoided eye contact but spoke "Gillies wants me to quit my job in Toronto and live here with him" he saw Mina nod her head out of the corner of his eye but she didn't say anything wanting her brother to carry on "all of my life I've never felt so free so happy and when I'm with him everything just seems so unimportant"

"Ask yourself this question though Will, what is keeping you in Toronto? What ties? Of course there's your job but are you really willing to let James go just for the sake of a job?"

They stopped at an ice cream stall and purchased some chocolate ice cream before sitting on the chairs opposite the peer "No I'm not" looking over at his sister he chuckled when he saw she had some chocolate on her nose he wiped it off and she smiled up at him. "Thank you, it should have been clear to me to not think about this but…"

"Will" she linked her arms with his "as much as I like James and I do agree with him you should put your needs first, he also has to understand this is who you are, you worry about things like this. We can't all be criminal masterminds"

He smiled and kissed her forehead which she grimaced at as the sticky ice cream clung to her forehead


The two siblings spent the day enjoying the sea air and smiling faces of people, around mid-day there seemed to be some sort of commotion which caused the gossiping females to hoard together in a circle

"Excuse me what's going on" Mina enquired

"Well" a lady started to speak casing her double chin to wobble "you know that big house on the hill, the one completely on its own"

The two siblings froze but nodded as the lady continued

"It turns out that's where this James Gillies has been staying and the police have found him and arrested him"

Murdoch took off in the direction of the house, his heart beating against his ears as he began to feel out of breath as he ran up the hill. He could hear his sister's feet behind him he ignored her calls and felt himself begin to panic as the house came to view and he saw James being taken into the large black carriage.

His heart hammered against his chest as he stopped and looked at the scene before him, his sister panted as she finally reached his side. Murdoch could feel the prickly tears form in his eyes clouding his vision

"He'll hang" he muttered, running a hand through his hair he tried to think of something he could do, perhaps he could somehow overturn the carriage like Gillies had done before. But there was no guarantee Gillies wouldn't be severely hurt in the collision.

"Will" Mina stood in front of him and gazed up at her brother, her heart clenched seeing the completely lost expression in his eyes

"Mina I don't…know…I don't know what to do"

Nodding she hugged him tightly as he tucked his head between her neck and shoulder blades. Mina felt the familiar rage building up inside her as her brother clung to her.

They would pay for this