"So, why'd you leave Narcotics?"
That one question is keeping him awake, and he hates it. And the reason for that is because it forces him to remember. Even now, he can hear the gunshots…can see his former partner falling.
It was a rule of thumb in Narcotics: whoever you were with, you had their back, no matter what. It is for that reason that he still feels guilty. He should have been watching, but he wasn't.
He muses for a moment that it is a risk all of them take, but it doesn't make the dull ache go away. Glancing over at his new partner, fast asleep on the other bed, he closes his eyes and offers up a silent prayer.
Losing one partner was bad enough. Losing another would be hell.
A/N: Again, this is what happens when I sit up late and think about the episode Manhunt, but not about Munch, but rather about Fin. And that probably didn't make any sense. Anyways...SVU's not mine, and I'm pretty sure you all know that by now.