Author's Note: So, while inspired by drabbles these are going to be a little longer than I would normally drabble. They're also going to mostly revolve around the murder of an intern and some lovely personal moments. I guess I'm writing a case file? Lol.
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Victims of Fate
Chapter One
Prompt: Deceit
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He wasn't lying the night he invited her to his apartment. No, Mike Logan figured out pretty shortly after the seemingly off handed comment left his mouth he meant it all too seriously. And there was his problem. He and Barek were just at the stage in a new partnership where trust was becoming easy. They were starting to pick up a rhythm when working together. Interrogations were going smoother and cases were going easier. And here he was thinking with his Johnson. Yeah, Logan, what a way to start your career in Major Case, he mentally snorted.
"Hey," The source of his current problem called from her desk, "We got a case."
"Anything interesting?" He asked, a little to happy to look up from his paper work to focus his attention on her.
"Intern for the Mayor's office was found in her apartment."
"You sure they want us working this? The Mayor's office isn't exactly my biggest fan," Mike said, even as he got up and grabbed his jacket.
"Well, the uniform on scene said the vic had your business card in her wallet." That caused Mike to pause and frown. He'd tried to think of the last time he gave a woman, any woman, who wasn't related to a case. Frankly, he's got nothing, but he can see Barek's already thinking about how the woman got his card. She's his partner, she's there for when he hands out cards and she's already figured he passed it to the vic at a bar. Yup, that play boy image is biting him in the ass right now. Good thing it also provides a really good cover for any sort of slip he might make.
"Meet any pretty interns lately?" She asked, while putting her own jacket on.
"You mean besides Sherry in filing?" He jokes, making her smile. Pretty sad when he'll spend all day working for just one smile, "Maybe she got my card from someone else."
"Well, guess we'll just have to see," Barek said easily, but Logan still caught the under current of doubt. Yeah, it was definitely a good thing he never planned on slipping up again or else this might actually hurt.