Title: No Stretch of the Imagination
author: Jmaria
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: Katims & Joss got the money from their babies. I get to play with them.

Summary: Kate's looking for employment far away from L.A. and all it's demons.
pairing: FfA #901 Kate / Jim Valenti (RW)

No Stretch of the Imagination

Jim Valenti took a sip of his coffee. The sheriff of Roswell had a long day ahead of him, and dealing with an unlikely transfer from L.A. wasn't what he wanted to start his day with. With her previous work, she wasn't going to find Roswell half as exciting as L.A. Of course, there was her tendency to go after the more bizarre cases.

"What brings you to Roswell, Detective Lockley?"
"Well, sir, I got tired of L.A. Needed a change," the blonde woman said tightly. More like needed to get away from a certain brooding vampire, she thought to herself.

"Roswell's a pretty quiet place. Not much worth giving up -"

"I like the quiet here. It's not like L.A."

"You were homicide, we don't get too many of those out here," Valenti squashed down the thoughts of the Evans siblings, Michael Guerin and Tess Harding and the odd deaths and accidents that seemed to plague them. Lockley was smart, she'd done her job well in L.A. Wouldn't take her long to figure out that something wasn't right with the four teens. "Roswell might be too quiet for you."

"Sir, I can take the quiet," Kate said quietly.

There was something about her that struck him as odd. Well, not odd as much as familiar. He'd read in her report that she hadn't been the same since the death of her father, that it had started a downward spiral for her.

Her father had also been an officer. Those would have been big shoes to fill, as he well knew himself. Maybe that was why she reminded him a bit of himself.

"There might be things in Roswell that won't keep it quiet. Just because we're not a big city doesn't mean we're a backwater podunk either."

"Sir, I never thought -" Kate's eyes gleamed with uncertainty.

"Which means I expect you to pull your weight, is that understood?"

"Yes, sir. Thank you, sir."