(AN: this was a request I received for the forum. It's short, but I was rather pleased with it. Enjoy!
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Challenge: Write Gumshoe/Maggey)
Gumshoe always made a point in keeping a friendly relationship between himself and the officers under him. It not only helped in terms of investigations, but Gumshoe genuinely was interested in helping his fellow officers when they needed it. He claimed that he modeled his relationship with the lower ranked officers after the Police Department's relationship with the Prosecutors' Office.
Gumshoe was all but sprinting through the halls of the Police department, as Franziska was demanding a certain piece of evidence (and if she didn't get it, there would be pay cuts and new welts). As he caught his breath outside the evidence room, he noticed Officer Byrde approaching him. This was fairly normal, as she'd been on break, but what caught Gumshoe's attention was a very long, narrow bruise on her face.
His interest piqued gumshoe called out, "Officer Byrde!"
Maggey looked over and walked over to where Gumshoe was leaning up against the wall. She gave him her usual enthusiastic salute, and winced, "Detective Gumshoe, sir! How are you?"
Gumshoe smiled, "I'm fine, pal. I actually wanted to ask about you."
Maggey looked confused, "Me, sir? Why?"
"Well, you've got a nasty bruise on you head, pal. You mind telling me where you got it?"
Maggie looked rather embarrassed, "Well, sir, yesterday I was out on patrol and I saw Chief Prosecutor Skye. She waved at me and so I thought I should salute, as she is Chief Prosecutor, and, well…I kinda, saluted too hard and gave myself a bruise."
Most people would have laughed outright at such a story, but Gumshoe had supervised Officer Mike Meekins a couple of times and he know the results of overenthusiastic salutes all too well (considering the man in question actually gave himself a minor concussion from a salute once).
Gumshoe straightened up and said, "Why don't you take the rest of the day off and give that some time to heal? There aren't any big investigations today, and the best thing you can do for that is put some ice on it." As he saw Maggey's hand go up to perform her habitual salute he quickly said, Oh, and don't salute anyone on the way out, it'll probably make that worse."
Maggey rather abashedly lowered her hand, but brightened and kissed Gumshoe lightly on the cheek, "Thank you, sir! I'll see you tomorrow."
Gumshoe waved after her, grinning stupidly. Even Franziska's "punishment" (read: abuse via whip) for not being timely with the evidence couldn't wipe it off.
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