Elliot sat back in his chair and lifted his legs up to rest on top of his desk. His lips curved into a smile as his partner stormed up to his desk, slamming down a wax paper-wrapped sandwich on his desk.
"Would you quit putting relish on my turkey sandwiches? It's so disgusting, Elliot!"
"I remember someone giving me a lecture on how much they love relish, and if I forget to get it-"
Dani let out a frustrating sigh, "That's only for tuna, you goof!"
He shouldn't be so cruel to her when it comes to food, but he can't help it. Reaching into the brown paper bag on his desk, he pulls out another wax paper bundle. He offers it out to her, as a trade for forgiveness.
"That better be a turkey AND ham sandwich," She eyed him carefully, "or else I'm not eating it."
"Just take it, no relish. I promise."
Dani grabbed the sandwich out of his hand and walked back over to her desk that sat directly across from his. She had been Elliot's partner for five months now, but she knew in his heart that she wasn't his partner. He wouldn't even call the desk that she sat at hers. It was Olivia's desk, it was "the desk", it was never HER desk. She really wasn't sure what had went on between Elliot and his previous partner, just that her name was Olivia and she had moved on. She wondered why he hadn't moved on.
"..are you listening to me?"
Elliot's voice interrupted her thoughts, "No, sorry. I was daydreaming. What did you say?"
"I asked if you happened to get the paper today, wanted to make sure that rape case didn't leak to the media."
She grabbed the paper that she had previously tossed into the trash bin next to her and plopped it back onto her desk. "No leak. Nothing really interesting in the paper. Here.." she tossed the paper his way.
"Thanks."
As Elliot looked through the paper, she got started on researching the latest MO. All three girls that had been raped were not harmed, well, other than the fact that they were raped. But he insisted on painting their nails pink and making them wear mint lip gloss. She was so into her search that she nearly jumped out of her seat when Elliot began yelling, "NO! No..no..NO!"
Dani recovered from her shock and looked up at Elliot just in time to watch him stand from his chair, sending it flying behind him.
"Elliot? What's wrong?"
He didn't answer, he was too preoccupied. She sat and watched as he threw the paper, sending sections of it all around the precinct as he continued yelling out. The door to Cragen's office flung open and Don stepped out, a confused look on his face, "What the hell is going on here?"
Elliot stopped yelling and walked over to Don, pointing a finger in his face,"This is YOUR fault! You let her go!" As the tears that Elliot tried holding back starting pooling down his face, he turned and walked out the door leading up to the roof. The two detectives glanced at each other as Dani finally stood up from her desk.
"What is he talking about, Dani?"
"I have no idea!"
They both bent down together and picked up the papers that Elliot had thrown about. As she handed her pile to Don, he looked down and gasped, "Oh god.."
"What? WHAT? What the hell is wrong with my paper!"
Cragen didn't say anything, he simply pointed to the headline of the story on page 4. Dani read it aloud, "Three members of eco-terrorist group were killed yesterday after explosion," Her fingers traced down to the list of the three pictures and names listed, "Victims were identified as first names only listed Andrew, Martin and Persephone."