Yowza. Thanks for the reviews guys. Sorry, I've never seen Law & Order, so no luck there. Let me know if you see something you'd like to read a full-length version of. Here's some more shorts. Harry2: are you sure you're not telepathic?
1998
England
London
Bureau of Weapons HQ
Nick Beckett leaned back in his chair, staring at the computer screen in shock.
Only an hour ago, Ros had successfully hacked the mainframe of an organisation the Bureau had been investigating, the Watchers' Council. Among the data she'd found, there was…this.
He reread the file of the Vampire Slayer on the screen before him for the umpteenth time. He had a daughter. A daughter he'd never known about, a daughter who'd never had a dad.
He felt a hand on his shoulder, and looked up to see Ros smiling feebly at him. "You okay?" she asked.
Beckett swallowed. "No," he said shakily. "I…she…" He waved, still shocked, at the screen.
Ros squeezed his shoulder gently. "Talk to Jan," she suggested. "Take some time off, go to her."
The ex-HIVE agent nodded, biting his lip. Faith. Sunnydale, California.
He'd failed her for sixteen years already; he wouldn't abandon her now.
Crossover with the BBC's BUGS series.