Teddy came to with someone brushing his hair out of his face. The light was bright even against his closed eyelids so Teddy shifted to bring his right forearm over his face. Only, his whole shoulder burned the second he moved. He groaned.

The hand in his hair stopped. "Awake?" Hasan asked from his right.

Teddy peeked an eye open, trying to process where he was and why. They were at the precinct again and Teddy was laid out on a sofa. Last thing he remembered was Kamya running away and Hasan's spell. "Why didn't you Enervate me in the alleyway?"

"I did but you probably got a concussion the way your head hit. I've been working on healing that and your gashes before I tried again." Hasan said neutrally, which usually meant he was at least a little upset. Hasan ran his hand over Teddy's head. "Any tender spots?"

Ah, so maybe Hasan was upset about Teddy's hit to the head. Teddy closed his eyes, letting himself enjoy the gentle touch of Hasan's hand through his hair. He knew better than to read anything into it, Hasan was just a visceral person with people he cared about. He had been this way the whole time Teddy had been dating Lilith, even if Hasan had never know her as anything but Teddy's illusive girlfriend, Lilly.

Hasan probed the back and sides of Teddy's head, watching his face carefully.

"No, I can't feel anything, anyway," Teddy said. Feeling like he had taken advantage of Hasan's mothering for long enough, Teddy levered himself up to a sitting position. His shoulder, presumably where he had been hit by the spell, stung again. "Damn, Hasan, your Stupefy has got a bite to it. No wonder the suspects complain."

Hasan's anxious concern gave way to an exasperated eye roll. "Yet we have no complaining suspect because you" -Hasan made a stabbing motion with his finger in Teddy's direction- "decided to step into it ." Hasan pulled himself to his full height, which wasn't quite as tall as Teddy's but it was made up with more muscle. "But will anybody believe me? No, because it's Teddy-bloody-prodigy-Lupin."

Teddy shrugged even though it bothered his shoulder. It hid his wince of guilt. "Maybe you just need to work on your aim," he said as blithely as he could, adding a smirk for good measure so Hasan knew he was joking.

"And you should stop doing apparitions during stake-outs," Hasan voiced their reoccurring argument with a little more heat than usual. He sighed and ran a hand over his closely shaven beard. "Did you at least see the suspect's face?"

Teddy's heart froze as he remembered Kamya again. Not looking at Hasan, Teddy shook his head. "Too dark. It was a woman, though."

Hasan quirked an eyebrow. "Yeah, I had already figured that bit out." When Teddy didn't add anything else, Hasan shook his head. "Come on, there's been a murder and they won't brief us until I get your conscious arse in there."

That actually explained Hasan's grumpiness. Someone had probably already chewed him out for jinxing his partner. It was an amateur move- unless the partner really had stepped into it on purpose.

Working his shoulder a little to get out the stiffness from the spell, Teddy moved to follow his friend. Instead, Hasan was still standing and watching Teddy with an odd expression on his face. "What?" Teddy said. "My head is fine. You've got great field healing."

Hasan shook his head. "No, its about this case. I thought you should know... The victim- it was a werewolf."

Teddy blinked rapidly, trying to process that. For a second he thought that Hasan must know that Teddy was a werewolf. Why else would he warn Teddy about that?

"I know you are touchy about that," Hasan rushed to say. "Your dad and all."

Teddy tried to hide his relief as he realized what Hasan had meant. Hasan had always assumed Teddy's touchiness was because Teddy's father had been a werewolf. Teddy had never corrected him.

"Thanks," Teddy managed to answer. His mind moving faster as it picked up other worries. Was it someone from his pack? Had there been a fight between the more aggressive wolves? Nothing had seemed amiss that morning when he left for work. Well, apart from the usual post-full-moon chaos.

Hasan nodded. He glanced between Teddy and the door and then asked hesitantly, "You ready?"

Teddy wasn't, of course, but he didn't know any way to hold off the inevitable. He nodded as he tried to brace himself internally. Hasan gave him one last look and then led the way to the briefing room.