He was not in a good mood when he entered their house that night. Julia could guess why. It was not often that he had to investigate the death of a fellow constable.

"I made your favourite dinner." Julia said, kissing him as he joined her in the kitchen.

"You're my favourite dinner."

"Well, I made your second favourite then." she laughed, pushing him away lightly, kissing him on the cheek before going back to her pots.

"I'm going to change and I'll come help you." William said, walking to the stairs.

When he came back down, Julia could say that he had not changed only his clothes, his mood as well.

"How was the rest of your day?" Julia asked as William laid the table for the two of them.

"Not good." he said. "The two constables from station 5 who are working with me … I don't know … they are so rude to the population. They arrested an old man by themselves this afternoon and if I hadn't intervened they would have put him in a cell without any proof."

"They're just constables William, they are starting on the job."

"That's just the problem. They're just starting and they act as if the rule the place. They're so presumptuous, I ..."

"Show them how it's done then." Julia said, kissing his cheek before sitting down next to him. "And you can always beat them at the Police games if it makes you feel better." she laughed.

"This might not go well either." William said, taking her plate to give her food.

"Why do you say that?"

"The lads didn't really seem pleased by my physics lesson about tug o' war this morning. I even think I heard one of the constables sigh in relief when the telephone rang."

"They want to play, William, not take physics lessons to win."

"They would be sure to win if they listened to me." he mumbled.

"I know that, but they don't. And it's the police games, they want to have fun, that's all."

"I like to have fun too, that doesn't mean you can't learn something at the same time."

"Not everyone thinks like you William, you have to get used to it." Julia said, squeezing his hand softly.

"I know. I'm sorry I'm no good company tonight. This whole days has just been … bad."

"I know. Why don't you go to the living room? I'll clean up here and bring some tea so we can relax."

"You're the best, you know that?" William asked, kissing her.

"Yes I know. Now move before I change my mind and make you clean everything by yourself." Julia laughed.

Once she had cleaned and put everything away, she joined her husband in the living room. She found him on the sofa, a newspaper in his hands but his eyes were closed.

"You should go to bed William." Julia said softly, sitting next to him, taking his hand in hers.

"I'm fine right here." he said, opening his eyes and smiling at her as he pulled her against his chest. "I barely saw you today, I'm not going to bed without spending some time with my wife."

"You could spend some time with you wife in your bed." Julia teased, opening a few buttons of his shirt to caress his chest.

"No need to go to bed for that." William said, bringing her on his lap and kissing her passionately.

When Julia entered the morgue after her lunch break, she did not expect company, let alone the entire station house.

"What happened?" she asked, walking to William to see if he was alright.

"We had a little … disagreement with station house number 5 during the police games." William said, hissing when she touched his bruising cheek.

"It seems more than a little disagreement. William, you're bleeding!"

"I am?"

"Yes, you are. On the back of your head."

"You should see the other guy Doctor, he's in a bad shape. Your husband can throw a good punch!" The inspector said.

"That's not something to be proud of Inspector!" Julia reprimanded. "Alright gentlemen, line up so I can see what I can do for you. You, get at the back of the line," she said to William. "And put that on your head to stop the bleeding."

An hour later, Julia was finishing up with William.

"Really William, a fight? What happened?"

"I really don't know. They were taunting us and just seeing those two in front of me I … I don't know. I don't even know who started it."

"Officers of the law, all of you, that must have been a sight." she laughed, putting her last touch to William's head injury.

"Chief Constable Stockton didn't think so. I never saw him angry like that. He yelled at us like we were children."

"That's what happens when you act like children." Julia said, kissing him on the cheek before standing up and putting away her medical supplies. "And what happened to the game? Was it cancelled?"

"We play it again tomorrow. And if we don't want to be replaced by new recruits we will behave like gentlemen." William recited.

"Maybe I will attend this game. Just to make sure nobody opens that head wound again." Julia laughed, handing William his jacket.

He stood up and winced when he put his jacket on.

"You should take a hot bath when we get home William, it will relax your muscles."

"Or maybe you should give me a massage with that oil you bought the other week. It is very relaxing."

"I know you found it relaxing William, you fell asleep while I was getting undressed. It was not suppose to relax you, it was suppose to … invigorate you." she laughed, kissing him passionately.

"You don't need any oil to invigorate me Julia. You are all I need." he said.