John Munch strolled into the 1-6 precinct; taking his seat at his desk he began working on some paper work. As John was finishing the last of his work his phone rang, and so it begins John thought as he answered the phone with a "Munch" he listened for the person on the other end to talk "hello?" he then listened as he heard sad sobs coming from the other end. It was his sister-in-law she had told him that there was a horrible accident and that his brother had passed away and that his funeral was this weekend. John listened to what she was saying is disbelief and not knowing what to say he hung up. Sitting there he stared across the room into space until it registered in his mind and tears started to fall.
"Are you alright?" he heard a voice and didn't answer. "John?" the voice said again. It wasn't until he felt a hand on his shoulder did he snap out of his trance.
"What?" he asked shaking his head.
"Are you ok" John had realized who the voice belonged to none other then Olivia Benson.
"No…I'm not okay…my sister-in-law just called-" John's voice broke before as he spoke his next words "my brother died"
"Oh…John, I'm so sorry" Olivia said rubbing his back gently.
"I have to go to his funeral this weekend" John spoke in a trance again before getting up and vanishing into the captain's office.