Disclaimer - I don't own any of these characters, including Tim Speedle,
but hey a girl can dream, can't she?
Pairings - Since I personally can't picture Speed with any of the women on the show, I had to create one just for him. A mention of Hagen/Calleigh here, but I promise it's not what you think.
Rating - PG for now, there's a little boy involved.
Summary - Sometimes, what starts out as a simple day can change your life dramatically.
"Jenny?"
Jennifer recognized his brother's voice and raised her head in his direction. "John." She turned her attention back to Ben. "Hey Ben, this is my brother John. He's a policeman too. Show him your badge, John."
John rolled his eyes and pulled his badge from his hip, handing it to the boy. "Can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Ben, I'll be right back, okay?" She handed the little boy a juice box she'd purchased from the convenience store across the street and joined her brother a few yards away.
"Why wasn't I called?" he demanded.
"Excuse me?"
"My sister is injured, I'm supposed to be called. Thank God I was down in dispatch when Tim placed the 911 call or I may never have known."
Jennifer snapped at him, "Look around John, I've been a little busy."
"Why isn't Tim here with you? He's inside playing scientist and you're out here bleeding." His words were accusatory, and Jennifer was genuinely insulted.
"Tim doesn't feel the need to hover over me the way you hover over Calleigh," she shot back.
John's tone turned nasty, "What is that supposed to mean?"
"Tim understands that I am a twenty-nine year old police detective who is just as tough as he is. He knows that I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself."
"And I don't?"
"Clearly not, or you wouldn't be here, John." The elder detective had several inches on her, but she stared him down anyway. "Are you even on this case, Detective?"
John clenched his jaw and looked down at the street. She took that as a no. "You're contaminating the crime scene and I'm sure you have other cases requiring your overbearing attention."
She sauntered back to where Ben sat, taking the badge from him and playfully tapping him one the nose. She crossed over to John and slapped it into his hand. Without another word, she strode back to the ambulance and began talking to Ben.
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"I swear, man, how many times have you nearly been killed in the past year and a half?" Eric said quietly as he hoisted his camera up to take pictures of the Cadillac.
"Four," Tim answered honestly as he stood from collecting evidence. "Dispo- day, the club fire, the barn explosion and today."
"Who knew doing laundry could turn out to be deadly?" Calleigh questioned. She bent down to photograph a cell phone lying in a puddle of water and detergent. She recognized it as Jennifer's. "Jen's going to need a new cell phone, Tim."
"I think mine shattered into a million pieces when I dropped it," Tim replied glumly.
"I think you're jinxed," Eric said thoughtfully, "four times in eighteen months. That averages to be once every four and a half months," he said, doing the math in his head.
"You were with me for two of those, smart ass."
"And in four and a half months from now, I'm avoiding you like the plague," Eric joked.
"It'll be the happiest few days of my life, I'm sure," Speed shot back.
"All right, boys, we have work to do," Calleigh reminded them. "Hey, Alexx," she said, crossing to where the Medical Examiner knelt, zipping Ben's mother into a body bag.
"Did Jennifer get a last name out of Ben?" Alexx asked gently.
"No, but one of the EMT's recognized her. Maria Korte. She's an emergency room nurse at Park Medical."
"Poor baby," Alexx sighed. "That little guy can't be more than four years old."
"It gets worse. Ben's dad is in the military, stationed in Iraq."
Alexx rocked back on her heels, "Oh God, what about grandparents?"
"I don't know; the EMT, Jack, said Maria never mentioned any family." Calleigh nodded toward the window. "He looks pretty content with Jennifer right now." Jennifer now stood at the edge of Horatio's Hummer, pretending to listen to Ben's heartbeat with a stethoscope. The little blonde laughed as Jennifer made a funny face.
"It's good to know one of the Hagens were born with people skills."
Calleigh flashed her dear friend a huge grin, "Ain't that the truth!" she exclaimed.
"Hey, Cal?" Calleigh turned to see Speed standing behind her. He continued, "since this is technically my day off and I outrank you guys, I'm going to the hospital with Jennifer to have that cut sewn up and her arm looked at."
"Who's taking care of Ben?"
Speed shrugged. "I guess he's going with us."
"Okay," she nodded. "I'll let Social Services know when they get here. Call me later and tell me what the doctors say."
"You gotta it."
"Speed, you're going to need a seat for the little one," Alexx said, tossing him her keys. "I was on my way back to the office when we got the call, so I brought my own car. Grab Bryan's booster seat out of the back before you go."
"Thanks, Alexx. I'll bring it by the office later."
"No hurry," she said looking around, "I'm going to be there for a while."
Speed turned and headed out of the Laundromat. Ben was laughing hysterically at the faces Jennifer was making as he tried to listen to her heart. "Ooh, that's cold!" she shrieked. Ben cackled his response.
Tim smiled as he walked up to them. "Hey sport," he said to Ben, "I'm going to take Jennifer here up to the hospital so the doctor can fix her head and her arm. Do you want to go with us?"
Ben nodded and said excitedly, "That's where my mommy works."
Tim and Jennifer exchanged worried glances. "I know, Ben, but did you know that there are four hospitals?" Jennifer stuck up four fingers. "The one your Mommy works at is waaayyy across town. The one we are going to is right down the street. And when we're done, you can go with Tim and I to the police station where we work, okay?"
"Yeah!" Ben stood on the Hummer's tailgate.
"Yeah!" Tim and Jennifer said in unison. Tim picked Ben up off the tailgate and carried him over to Jennifer's Grand Cherokee.
TBC.
Pairings - Since I personally can't picture Speed with any of the women on the show, I had to create one just for him. A mention of Hagen/Calleigh here, but I promise it's not what you think.
Rating - PG for now, there's a little boy involved.
Summary - Sometimes, what starts out as a simple day can change your life dramatically.
"Jenny?"
Jennifer recognized his brother's voice and raised her head in his direction. "John." She turned her attention back to Ben. "Hey Ben, this is my brother John. He's a policeman too. Show him your badge, John."
John rolled his eyes and pulled his badge from his hip, handing it to the boy. "Can I talk to you for a minute?"
"Ben, I'll be right back, okay?" She handed the little boy a juice box she'd purchased from the convenience store across the street and joined her brother a few yards away.
"Why wasn't I called?" he demanded.
"Excuse me?"
"My sister is injured, I'm supposed to be called. Thank God I was down in dispatch when Tim placed the 911 call or I may never have known."
Jennifer snapped at him, "Look around John, I've been a little busy."
"Why isn't Tim here with you? He's inside playing scientist and you're out here bleeding." His words were accusatory, and Jennifer was genuinely insulted.
"Tim doesn't feel the need to hover over me the way you hover over Calleigh," she shot back.
John's tone turned nasty, "What is that supposed to mean?"
"Tim understands that I am a twenty-nine year old police detective who is just as tough as he is. He knows that I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself."
"And I don't?"
"Clearly not, or you wouldn't be here, John." The elder detective had several inches on her, but she stared him down anyway. "Are you even on this case, Detective?"
John clenched his jaw and looked down at the street. She took that as a no. "You're contaminating the crime scene and I'm sure you have other cases requiring your overbearing attention."
She sauntered back to where Ben sat, taking the badge from him and playfully tapping him one the nose. She crossed over to John and slapped it into his hand. Without another word, she strode back to the ambulance and began talking to Ben.
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"I swear, man, how many times have you nearly been killed in the past year and a half?" Eric said quietly as he hoisted his camera up to take pictures of the Cadillac.
"Four," Tim answered honestly as he stood from collecting evidence. "Dispo- day, the club fire, the barn explosion and today."
"Who knew doing laundry could turn out to be deadly?" Calleigh questioned. She bent down to photograph a cell phone lying in a puddle of water and detergent. She recognized it as Jennifer's. "Jen's going to need a new cell phone, Tim."
"I think mine shattered into a million pieces when I dropped it," Tim replied glumly.
"I think you're jinxed," Eric said thoughtfully, "four times in eighteen months. That averages to be once every four and a half months," he said, doing the math in his head.
"You were with me for two of those, smart ass."
"And in four and a half months from now, I'm avoiding you like the plague," Eric joked.
"It'll be the happiest few days of my life, I'm sure," Speed shot back.
"All right, boys, we have work to do," Calleigh reminded them. "Hey, Alexx," she said, crossing to where the Medical Examiner knelt, zipping Ben's mother into a body bag.
"Did Jennifer get a last name out of Ben?" Alexx asked gently.
"No, but one of the EMT's recognized her. Maria Korte. She's an emergency room nurse at Park Medical."
"Poor baby," Alexx sighed. "That little guy can't be more than four years old."
"It gets worse. Ben's dad is in the military, stationed in Iraq."
Alexx rocked back on her heels, "Oh God, what about grandparents?"
"I don't know; the EMT, Jack, said Maria never mentioned any family." Calleigh nodded toward the window. "He looks pretty content with Jennifer right now." Jennifer now stood at the edge of Horatio's Hummer, pretending to listen to Ben's heartbeat with a stethoscope. The little blonde laughed as Jennifer made a funny face.
"It's good to know one of the Hagens were born with people skills."
Calleigh flashed her dear friend a huge grin, "Ain't that the truth!" she exclaimed.
"Hey, Cal?" Calleigh turned to see Speed standing behind her. He continued, "since this is technically my day off and I outrank you guys, I'm going to the hospital with Jennifer to have that cut sewn up and her arm looked at."
"Who's taking care of Ben?"
Speed shrugged. "I guess he's going with us."
"Okay," she nodded. "I'll let Social Services know when they get here. Call me later and tell me what the doctors say."
"You gotta it."
"Speed, you're going to need a seat for the little one," Alexx said, tossing him her keys. "I was on my way back to the office when we got the call, so I brought my own car. Grab Bryan's booster seat out of the back before you go."
"Thanks, Alexx. I'll bring it by the office later."
"No hurry," she said looking around, "I'm going to be there for a while."
Speed turned and headed out of the Laundromat. Ben was laughing hysterically at the faces Jennifer was making as he tried to listen to her heart. "Ooh, that's cold!" she shrieked. Ben cackled his response.
Tim smiled as he walked up to them. "Hey sport," he said to Ben, "I'm going to take Jennifer here up to the hospital so the doctor can fix her head and her arm. Do you want to go with us?"
Ben nodded and said excitedly, "That's where my mommy works."
Tim and Jennifer exchanged worried glances. "I know, Ben, but did you know that there are four hospitals?" Jennifer stuck up four fingers. "The one your Mommy works at is waaayyy across town. The one we are going to is right down the street. And when we're done, you can go with Tim and I to the police station where we work, okay?"
"Yeah!" Ben stood on the Hummer's tailgate.
"Yeah!" Tim and Jennifer said in unison. Tim picked Ben up off the tailgate and carried him over to Jennifer's Grand Cherokee.
TBC.