A/N It may seem a little odd to most of ya'll in the civilian world, but in the law enforcement world, fraternization is against the rules. It can cost careers. The fight to be top dog is very blood thirsty and its not uncommon for complaints of "Conduct Unbecoming an Officer" to be used like a weapon to keep one officer down so another might rise. Its very political. I will warn you now, you all might not like my Edward, he was a very career driven man.

Chapter 3

Jaspers heart broke as the Captain told him who he was. He knew that if he wanted to have any kind of career with the sheriffs department, then he could not even consider trying to find out if there was reciprocal interest. Jasper didn't let his disappointment show on his face, in fact he smiled and responded, "Well I guess that would be the case." Captain Cullen led him into the station and past the area where civilians typically get to be. He walked quickly, his long strides eating up the floor as Jasper practically jogged to keep up with him. Officers going about their duties looked up as they flew past and smiled and spoke to the Capt. It was clear he was popular and well liked amongst the rank and file staff. Jasper tried not to stare at the Capts butt as he walked in front of him, but it was hard not to, the man was built like a triangle with broad and powerful shoulders that framed and easily 44 inch chest, tapering down into what was maybe a 34 inch waist. The brown denim duty jeans nicely accented the firm backside of the Captain and when Jasper had seen the front view, it had taken all his power of self preservation to not stare at the bulge that lurked to the left side. He knew it wasn't a cell phone because that was on his belt, and Jasper felt his insides quiver, half in anticipation and half in fear. Though he was no mouse in that department, he was a virgin and heard plenty of horror stories about the pain of what he knew he now wanted. His mind drifted to thoughts of running his hands over the muscles outlined by the Captains tight fitting uniform shirt, and his lack of attention caused him to run smack into the back of the man as he came to a sudden stop outside a dutch door. "Whoa there! didn't mean to catch you napping, you okay?" Jaspers face burned with embarrassment as he stepped back and apologized. Capt. Cullen smiled at him kindly, "Its alright, I forgot where I was going! The fingerprint doohicky machine is in here" he said as he reached over the dutch door and opened it from the inside. "C'mon in and we will do this without getting you too dirtied up." Jasper followed him into a room that was obviously a booking area with holding cages and identification equipment lining a secure area away from the perusal of the general public. The Capt. led Jasper over to a laser print scanner. "Let me see your hands." Jasper held his hands up, with the palms up so that the Capt, could examine the damage to his fingers. "So what happened?" Jasper explained that there had been an explosion that had blown shrapnel into him, and luckily he had only suffered injury to his hands and some minor through and through injuries to his arms, but one of his squad mates had been killed. The Capt. patted his shoulder and looked at him kindly, with his eyes crinkling up in the corners, "Well, thank you for your service, I never saw any combat in my time in the Corp, I guess I was just damn lucky."

Jasper was struck momentarily speechless, he flat stared at the giant of a man in front of him, "You were a Marine, Capt.?" The Capt. smiled at him and laughed, "Hell, its easier to tell you who in this dept isn't a Marine rather than who is, I'd say fully 90% of the department is either a Marine, retired Marine, or married to a Marine, when we get this done I'll show you around some, give you the ole nickel tour since you are practically once of us anyhow." Jasper beamed in spite of himself, he wanted to be one of them, even if it meant he couldn't have the gorgeous Captain for himself, he could still have him in his life and be part of something, and for now he needed that.

Getting his prints re-done was an interesting experience that left Jasper with more questions about the Captain than he had before. Since the tech who normally who did prints was out to lunch, the Capt. decided to take the prints himself in order to spare Jasper the wait for the tech to come back, even though Jasper assured him it was no problem. "Nonsense, lets get this knocked out and then Ill give you the tour. Hell, I need practice on this dang machine anyhow so you can be my guinea pig. Sound fair?" Jasper laughed and agreed that it sounded fair to him, so he took the proffered wet nap and wiped his hands down and got into position in front of the machine like the Capt. showed him. He was a bit surprised a moment later when he felt the Capt step up closely behind him. " You're gonna have to forgive me, im not used to having a willing participant for this little exercise, so if im a bit rough its just because im used to having to take control of things when it comes to this." Jaspers knees came as close to buckling as he ran all the implications of those comments through his mind. The Capt chuckled under his breath as if he knew exactly the effect his words had on Jasper and he proceeded to begin entering information into the database to prepare for the next step of the process. When he asked Jaspers date of birth, he again chuckled, "Well, I woulda figured you for even younger, you are lucky you don't show your age at all, if you stay here very long the sun will take care of that for you, but you could easily pass for a teenager, you are damn lucky," Jasper flushed, he had always been teased about looking young for his age, and even though he had seen combat and been injured and even taken lives, he still got carded for "R" rated movies. "Okay, are you ready? Give me your right hand" Jasper lifted his hand to the scanning surface and the Capt took control from there, both of his arms surrounding Jasper as he pressed the smaller man against the machine, trying to get a good scan around the scars.

Jasper could feel the strength in the bigger man around him, and the smell of the Capt encompassed him. It was a mixture of leather and cordite and aftershave with what Jasper could swear was the smell of horse and cigarette, but it was all man, it smelled comforting, secure and erotic and in spite of his surroundings Jasper felt himself becoming aroused, but as the printing went on and the Capt shifted his attention to his left hand, and thus his stance so he could get a better grip, Jasper realized he was not the only one who was feeling something.

Jasper wasn't sure what to do. He was painfully turned on by the much larger man who was seemingly nonchalantly taking his prints in the somewhat private part of the booking area, but Jasper was sure that what he was feeling against his back was not a standard issue service weapon. Feigning a momentary need to stretch his back, Jasper leaned back into the Capt just a bit, to confirm for himself that he was feeling a hard on of epic proportions, to let the Capt know he felt it, and to see how the Capt reacted to him acknowledging it. "Got a problem there, Whitlock?" The Capts hands stilled and he froze around Jasper, seeming to hold his breath, waiting for Jaspers response. As he stretched so he brushed against the Capts groin again, he heard him draw a shuddering breath, "No Capt, there is no problem here at all." The Capt stepped closer and leaned down, "Well I am glad to hear that, we are nearly done here and I will give you that tour of the station and introduce you around."

The rest of the print process went quickly, and as the staff that normally worked in the processing area filed back in, the Capt subtly increased the distance between them so that the tension that had built up could calm down. As the last print scanned in and was accepted by the system, the Capt stepped back and smiled down at Jasper, clapping in on the shoulder, "Was that so bad?" Jasper smiled back shyly, "No sir, that wasn't bad at all." The Capt grinned at him and laughed, "Well then, how about I show you the station?"