Fancy Brudgom
I was hoping that my best man duties would be all whisky and cigars, but this is Charles we're talking about so we've got two straight days of wedding planning, plus he gave me this to prep, "Fancy Brudgom". It means fancy groom in Danish. According to Charles, the Danes throw the most beautiful weddings in the world. And the most violent funerals.
It was obvious that she wasn't listening to him. He'd been talking to her- talking at her, apparently- for the best part of fifteeh minutes and she had been staring straight through him, glassy eyed.
And when he heard her stomach gurgle, he understood why. He'd only ever seen her like that twice before- once, when a stomach flu had gone around the precinct, and another when they were on a stakeout and he ate all of their snacks.
"Anyway, I'm off to be his best BM!"
She startled. "What?"
He threw a bag of potato chips onto her side of the desk. "You don't need to be on a diet", he said simply, and colour crept into her cheeks.