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Nico stared at the guy sitting across from him. Now that they were out of the dark street and backseat of a cruiser and under the fluorescent light of the police station's interrogation room, Nico could only think one thing.

This guy broke the law? For what, jaywalking?

"What do you have to say for yourself?" demanded Alecto, Nico's partner, a considerably older woman who was a seasoned officer for the NYPD. She'd brought in the dude smirking at them both while ranting about adult delinquency. Had Nico's father not been the police chief, Nico definitely wouldn't have been partnered with a hag like Alecto.

"I plead the Fifth," was all the guy would say. He had shaggy blond hair that fell in his blue eyes, and he grinned at Nico from across the metal table, hands in metal cuffs.

"You think this is a joke?" Alecto snarled. "Why, you-"

"Officer Fury, that's enough," Nico interjected. "Could you give us a moment?"

Alecto looked as though she wished to argue. "Officer DiAngelo-"

"Please."

Alecto reluctantly slunk from the room.

"Either you got dirt on her or she likes you," the blond guy commented.

"Neither, actually," Nico responded, glancing sideways at the voice recorder on the table. "What's your name?"

"Will Solace."

"So now you're going to be cooperative?" Nico asked.

"You're lucky you're cute. That old bag would never get a straight answer from me," Will said proudly. "DiAngelo, huh? Nice name. What's the first?"

Nico didn't crack a smile, but instead took a seat across from him. "How old are you?"

"A true gentleman never asks a man his age."

"Mr. Solace-"

"Call me Will."

"...Will. Do you know why you're here?"

"Nope. Ask the leathery bitch who dragged me in here."

"Officer Fury quoted 'vandalism.'"

"Bullshit. I was framed."

Nico pinched the bridge of his nose. "What happened?"

"Can I get your number if I answer truthfully?"

Was-was this guy hitting on him? He was cute but- Nico you're on duty, not now! "Wh-no."

"Damn. At least I tried." Will leaned back in his chair. "I found some graffiti of in the alley next to a pile of empty spray paint cans. Officer Whatshername saw me pick one up and dragged me in."

"Did you do it?"

"I'm a med student trying to graduate. I don't have time for spraying toxic paint all over a grimy brick wall," Will scoffed. "Besides, whoever did it was an idiot. There's a camera at the front of the alleyway."

Nico jotted this down when Will suddenly snapped his fingers and muttered something under his breath that sounded like "tally mark.'

"What?" Nico asked.

"Nothing."

Tally mark. What the hell did that- wait

Graffiti, tally, no-

Nico swore. "Goddamnit, Thalia." Of course.

"Thalia? Who's Thalia? I don't know any Thalia," Will sputtered.

Nico swore again in Italian and rose from his seat. They couldn't arrest or fine Thalia; she was the mayor's daughter. He moved forward and unlocked Will's handcuffs.

"Come on, Solace."

"I can go?" Will looked almost disappointed.

"Would you rather stick around and wait for Officer Fury?"

Will shuddered.

Nico cracked a smile this time. "I didn't think so."

"So… when do you get off duty?"

"Why do you ask?" Nico questioned suspiciously.

Will grinned. "There's a great donut place a few blocks away from here."

"Not all cops like donuts, you know."

"Alright, ice cream then."

Nico stared at Will. Was he serious?

What the hell. Alecto had mistakenly arrested him anyway; there was no way this guy was a vandal.

"Try me again on Friday at six."

"It's a date, then," Will beamed.

"Yeah. Let's get you out of here before Alecto comes back."

"Alecto?"

"Officer Fury," Nico clarified.

"Ugh. Even her name sounds bitchy."

That made Nico laugh.

"Hey, I never got your first name," Will realized.

"Nico."

"Nico," Will repeated, and Nico found that he rather liked how his name sounded in Will's mouth.

He wondered if Will would be saying it more often.


And they lived happily ever after. The end.

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