CROSSING BRIDGES
AN: A Miami Vice/Nash Bridges crossover. This will be interesting, for sure, Nash has a twin Brother he never knew existed. Nick thought his other son, James Allen Bridges, had died at birth. But that was not the case. And I can't say anything else, or I will give away the story. This is post Miami Vice. Crockett and Tubbs are now private detectives.
James Sonny Crockett had made a huge mistake. You never, ever, ever eat the airport food. He had made that mistake, and now he was paying for it.
Tubbs looked at Crockett. His partner was lot of things, but quiet was not one of them.
Sonny had changed a lot since leaving Vice. The last couple years that he spent on Vice had seen the start of that change. The whole Amnesia Era as Sonny now called it had changed him. He began to appreciate life more. Work was not the be all end all. Especially after he has come to the conclusion that Vice was not winning. As soon as Vice tried a new tactic, the drug cartels found ways to undermine or bypass whatever means Vice had put in place to stop them. It wasn't long after he recovered his memory that he realized he had done all he could do in Vice. And, he had quit. He and Tubbs had, quite unceremoniously, thrown their badges to the ground and had walked away. It was not a decision that he regretted. But, he had felt bad about leaving Lieutenant Castillo in a lurch. Castillo was tasked with finding two replacements, and fast. Throwing two strangers together and having them work as effectively as Crockett and Tubbs had, had been no easy feat, as Sonny later found out.
"You okay, Man?" Tubbs asked.
"What do you think?" Sonny snapped. He felt lousy, and he knew Tubbs knew it.
Tubbs shook his head and grinned.
"If there is any justice in this world, you…." Things seemed to be moving north, Sonny closed his mouth and leaned back in his seat. He closed his eyes and stayed very still. After a little while, things seemed to settle down a bit.
"That's what you get for eating meat, Man!" Tubbs told him as he casually read his newspaper. He was a vegetarian and was constantly chiding Crockett about his food choices.
"I was running late, and I was hungry." Sonny replied. "I hate you!" His eyes closed and his head turned towards the window. "Vegetables spoil, too!"
Rico shook his head, chuckled and went back to his newspaper. As Sonny downed an over the counter remedy.
A little while later it started kicking in and Sonny felt better.
"We could have done this over the phone, Man." Rico said. "The case load we have…. Any other case we solve will make up for this one. And anyway, this guy…."
"We could." Sonny agreed. "But Henry Carson has alluded me, us…for years. I want the satisfaction of slapping handcuffs on him myself."
"Why do I think that there is more to this than what you are telling me?" Rico asked.
"You have a suspicious mind?" Sonny offered.
Tubbs chuckled. But he could see that his partner was struggling with something. Something that Crockett wanted to tell him. He had no idea what that could be. He knew all that there was to know about Sonny Crockett. What else was there to find out?
FYI: I'm a visual person. So, I am picturing Sonny with the longer hair he sported at the end of the series. Also, wearing the earth tones he sported in the later seasons. And jeans! Let's face it, the man could work a pair of jeans! Nash retains his wardrobe. But, he's a few years younger. Just slap an AU on it and enjoy the ride!