Rating: K+
Summary: Jane's first day out on the field
Characters: Jane/Lisbon

Danger

Jane had quickly decided that he could get used to fieldwork. It was stimulating, Lisbon was surprisingly good company, even with her annoying habit of glancing at him once ever half a minute or so and there was far more to do than when they were cooped up in the CBI headquarters. This was more akin to what he had signed up to do. Jane knew he would be lying if he said that his first priority was anything other than catching Red John, but some things just went without saying. Seeing the agents in action had been intriguing, too. Their whole personalities seemed to shift somewhat while out of the office. Lisbon, more determined to assert herself, Rigsby was somehow more relaxed and obviously enjoying his work and Cho, more willing to be expressive.

They heard a single gunshot and like a flash, Lisbon ran off in the direction that it was fired. Not knowing quite what else to do, Jane chased after her. He was puffing and wheezing at the unexpected exertion he was forcing his body to endure. Damn, he hadn't realised quite how much he'd let himself go in recent years. And to think he'd always prided himself with being physically fit. Lisbon was already a significant distance ahead of him and Jane wasn't quite sure how that had happened. Quietly, he cursed himself for expecting her to be slow based on her height. It was an unfair assumption, especially as she was a cop, too.

She stopped at the street corner, frowning as Jane caught up with her.

"Damn it," she cursed.

"Why are we running towards gunfire anyway?" Jane asked, breathlessly.

Lisbon frowned. "Because someone fired a gun."

"Exactly."

A second shot and she was off again.

"It's my duty, Jane," she called back at him. "You can always wait behind, if you like."

When he did eventually catch up with her, she had already handcuffed a teen and was wrestling him in the general direction of the SUV. Jane grimaced as she beamed brightly at him. The boy looked rather unimpressed at the fact he'd been taken down by a woman, and Jane couldn't help but smirk. Seemed someone else had underestimated his Lisbon today. It had turned out that he was also the person they had been tailing for the case that they had been working on. That was all far enough, she was doing her job and all that. What annoyed him was the fact that Lisbon looked like she had been for a stroll in the park and he had a stitch.

Damn her.

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