Interlude 4: Home + Case 22

A lot had happened in the last few days. Rachel had woken up with a slight short term memory loss that was slowly wearing off and she was more than happy to find out what happened. She quickly found a new cameraman and reported on the whole thing with a bandaged head.

Though the case hadn't gone the way anyone had expected once the military stepped in both detectives had been 'moved' to a new district.

Now they were working the historical centre, the one where JJ's home was located and they'd just finished there first case in the area.

It seemed that the people here were conservative and traditional but obsessive, and that wasn't just the killer. The actor Jacob Dawks had been killed by the stage directors for being such a terrible performer. All of his co-starts only cared about the show, being devastated, see murderous, when it had to be cancelled because of the Phineas Fine's arrest.

Along the way they had met a seemingly lovely old lady called Margery but JJ was sure there was something darker lurking under that sweet, cookie offering smile.

JJ mulled it over as he ran through the neighbourhood, Dorian at his side, happily keeping up with the man as they approached home at a fast and steady pace.

The moment they got in his companion ran to his water bowl before collapsing into his bed and promptly snoring.

The marine made his way upstairs and climbed into the hot water of his shower, letting it caress his skin and relax his muscles until he felt loose and languid. He stood there enjoying it, forehead pressed against the steam warmed tiles, eyes closed and if he hadn't been standing anyone would have mistaken him for being asleep.

He barely noticed as David made his way in, still naked from sleep and as usual, covered in varying shades of bruises that he loved. He wrapped his arms around his lover who hummed contentedly.

The red-head finally moved, turning around and pressing back against the wall and pulling the elder into his arms, gently tracing patches of damaged skin.

"I need to be more careful with you." He sighed, southern drawl thick and rumbling in the lazy haze.

"I'm not breakable Babe, you don't need to handle me with care." Was the retort.

"No more than any other guy Doll, but you need to heal up ever once in a while." He pointed out, giving the dark purple hand pints around the brunettes' wrists a pointed look.

"I suppose, but you know I don't mine." While it was a statement it was also a reminder not to beat himself up over it.

"I know. You moan enough for me to remember." He teased and chuckled when the other smacked his bicep. "I was thinking though, you spend most of your time here so I was wondering, do you want to move in?" JJ bit his lip, a little apprehension slipping through even though he knew nothing would go drastically wrong.

"Well." David paused, lips pursed. "Its already home."

They grinned and moved closer, melding their lips and bodies together and the younger made good on his word to be more careful, taking his time and making his lover moan and beg so prettily, dragging out every moment.

The rest of the morning passed in a lazy haze before they drove over to industrial, which lived up to it's name with the amount of construction that was taking place around the area.

To be honest there was little to nothing that David wanted from his place, just his clothes and a few mementos/photos from his past, it all of it fit into the SUV. On the way back the elder detective was already on the phone to an estate agent he knew, the wife of one of their colleagues. By the end of the week the house would be on the market.

The day was one of the few truly relaxed days they'd ever had in Grimsborough, no murder case or tragedy hanging over their heads. It already felt like months since they'd been in New Orleans showing just how crazy their lives were.

When they looked back on it, it was scary to think that they'd known each other for just two months, it was both terrifying and amazing at the same time and David thought back to Nana Emily's words again and couldn't help but agree.

A/N: I know this is short and different then normal for the case but I got the idea and rolled with it, please let me know what you think.