Thelightxwithin

"I promise you I know fifty ways to murder you before you reach the door" she stated calmly when she caught the other looking past her. "And that wouldn't be good for either of us. I just want to take care of my wounds and leave. Threatening people does not bring me joy, I just want to live" Lily killed people for a living, yes, but she never strayed from her contracts, she didn’t kill people for the hell of it and she surely didn’t threaten them unless she absolutely needed to. Cassie had done nothing but be a upstanding citizen. “Do you have a first aid kit around here somewhere?” She asked, feeling dizzy. She would have tried all of this the nice way if she wasn’t so full of distrust. The cops added to this problem was the last she could use. She just hoped that sharing her intentions provided at least form of comfort to the woman in front of her. She didn’t look like someone that was being erratic or impulsive, but more like someone that knew exactly what she wanted and needed. “And some alcohol, please” She started feeling significantly worse, trying to stay present. 

She wished she could wipe that cocky expression from his face as he looked at her, then at Cass and slowly stepped backwards. Luke was blatantly aware of Hayley’s feelings towards Cassie, hell, any wolf within a mile could sense it. That was the downside of sharing such a connection, there was no way of hiding how you felt, no matter how badly you wanted to. “Don’t mind him” Hayley spoke, eyes watching the figure step back as he added a quick ‘see you there’ before he disappeared back to the wooden hut, the other wolves following him. `But yeah, it would be cool if you stuck around`

Tara sat on the other side of Logan, her hand resting on the detective's lap. She was always looking for some form of physical contact when Logan was in the room, especially now that she could. She listened to Jean's story with a light smile, enjoying hearing all these experiences they had as a police officer. Her and Joanna had a fair share of those themselves and hopefully, there were many more to come. She missed working with her best friend, especially at moments like these when two partners vibed so well. On their end, everything seemed tense. Devin and Chris were acting more like a married couple as of late. Adam was... Well Adam, which Joanna absolutely could not stand. And then she was partnered with this superficial dude that Tara, on her end, didn't like. That might be a bit fueled by jealousy, though.

Max looked up at the mention of Kathy. He never realized that the two of them were connected, until Jean mentioned just now that she was trained by her. Adriena also looked up, this time her gaze on Meredith. Despite being too late to see that smile fall, she did notice the tension in Meredith's expression. And it wasn't just her that noticed, Jean did as well. "She was great" Jean said softly. "I know it sounds cliché, but i'm sure if she saw you now, she'd be proud" The woman said, initially having intended to say and ask more, but she was perceptive enough to see that bringing this subject up might not have been the best move.

Adriena gave Meredith a warm look, wanting to cross the table to comfort her in some way, but knowing all well that this wasn't the time. She would not ruin Mer's façade by being the loving girlfriend. "Good evening everyone, mind if I join?" Adam had walked up to them and greeted the group with a charming smile; a smile Adriena was absolutely allergic to. "Actually Adam, yes. Go sit with someone else" She returned his smile with one of her own. Adriena was well aware he was trying to make it into her team and she was making sure it wasn't coming to him easy. He took it like a champ, simply shrugged and turned to walk away, which was when Tara squeezed Logan's leg and got up on her feet. "I will be back" She muttered awkwardly, taking a short sprint to catch up with Adam. "Man, I hate that guy" Max stated, a frown following on his face when he saw this strange interaction between Adam and Tara. She punched his shoulder to get his attention and now they were both smiling. Last time he checked, the two of them did not get along and he wasn’t sure if he liked this change. @mollysmythtymsyllom​

It had been two weeks, since Adriena and Meredith’s relationship had been brought to the attention of the chief thanks to an anonymous tip. Two weeks, since Detective Adriena Anderson had been given the ultimatum to either break up with Meredith, or transfer Meredith from Alpha. Two Weeks, since Adriena, in frustration had made herself a third option and quit her job as the lead Detective of the Alpha Team in station seventeen’s homicide department.

A lot had changed for the A Team in those two weeks, most relevant of which, was the new leadership. Everyone on the team assumed that the chief would promote Max into the role of lead Detective, instead, she had moved up the lead of the station’s Beta team, Tina Jackson, and moved Max out of Alpha to run Beta. Angela was given Logan as her partner, and Meredith was benched. Everything had been turned upside down, and the team was working hard to do their best with the cards they had been dealt. @thelightxwithin​

It didn’t take long for Angela and Logan to notice that Tina seemed to have her eye on Meredith. Maybe three days into them working under Tina, the flirting had started. Meredith was put in a weird position, where she couldn’t do much about it, because Tina was her boss now. When she ignored Detective Jackson’s advances, she would be stuck in the office with paperwork, when she was polite to the new leader, she was given actual detective work to do. None of them felt like they could go to the chief, because they were afraid that Meredith would be blamed again. It seemed that the new chief had some sort of bone to pick with Meredith. Joanna’s theory was that the new chief had been a rival to Meredith’s mother.

Adriena knew about Tina’s advances, because Meredith, and the rest of the team told her. Meredith had assured her that there was nothing going on, and that she was in no way interested in the new team lead, and she was pretty sure that Adriena believed and trusted her.

Alpha was between cases, and a small group of officers from the station were planning a night out. Joanna and Tara invited the old A team, Adriena included, but somehow, the little get together had become a much bigger event. Almost the whole station was there that night, and from the looks of it, Detective Jackson had been drinking more than she could handle.

Logan and Tara had disappeared, twenty or so minutes ago, probably off making out somewhere, (they did that a lot now), Angela was outside, and on the phone with her girlfriend, who was calling from Dubai. Max was on the dance floor with Felix and Lucy, Meredith was at a table with Joanna, Danielle and Devin, Adriena had just left the table to go get a refill for her and Jo.

Meredith didn’t see the beginning of the altercation between Adriena and Tina. She turned when Devin pointed it out, and by the time she was looking that way, Max was standing between the two older women. Adriena had fire behind her eyes, and Tina was wearing a smug, drunken smile. “Okay, I swear to god if you do not stop praying on my girlfriend,” Adriena was saying as she took a step forward closer to Max’s outstretched hand. “Are you threatening me, Detective Ander-- oh wait, it’s just Adriena now, isn’t it?”

Both Meredith and Joanna got up and started their way toward the interaction. Jo, joined Max between the two women, and Meredith placed her hand on Adriena’s arm. “Hey, she’s not worth it, come on, come back to the table.”

Feeling Meredith’s lips touch hers made her relax a little bit. Her hand curled around the fabric of the detective’s shirt, keeping her close. She wasn’t in a good place, but Meredith kept her from completely spiralling. “I love you” She whispered, even though Meredith was looking the other way to signal Jo. “I know a place we can go to, the all of us.” An entirely different scene to the one they were at now, but a place they could all just be together and have a chill night out. 

Lucy slowly released Max when she was sure he wouldn’t lose his sihit. Angela joined their side and the forensic analyst backed away to wait  up with Joanna, figuring she shouldn’t have to wait for Logan and Tara alone. Part of her wondered if all of that didn’t feel weird, knowing that Joanna and Tara were the power couple of the precinct when she started working there. She was about to turn around when she saw a tall figure pass and take her place next to Joanna at the bar. She smiled, turned to Max and Angela and followed them outside instead. “So--- where are we going?” 

“If you’re ever in need of any allies, engine 21 is happy to pledge their allegience” The tall brunette sat down at the bar besides the police officer, asking the bartender to serve Joanna a drink. Tina and her had had a tiny falling out-- which was quite something, since homicide rarely crossed paths with her team. They usually only dealt with police officers, which is why Charlie knew Tara and Joanna. 

“Alright” She wasn’t going to let emotions be in the way of their work this time; but she was aware that maybe.... they should talk, outside of work. “Jo?” Tara started, reaching for her keys on her desk. You really going to ask your ex-girlfriend to hang out with you on fucking valentine’s day? She sighed, maybe not the best idea. “You’re driving”

Multiple eyes followed the figure as she moved through their station. Felix, who as standing on the right end of the room, almost dropped his files when he saw her. “Detective Anderson” The woman caught the blonde standing at the copying machine and turned towards her. “It has been a while”  

"Me? A crush on you" Tara snorted, pulling a face. "Gosh, falling for a co-worker, i'd never" she opened the door and got into the car, glancing over at Logan to read if the woman was fine with her driving.

"She's the new district attorney" Adam said, meaning she would have plenty of reason to step into the precinct. "But I don't know, maybe she is here to look at the beautiful blonde that runs the team Alpha" despite the fact that Adriena gave him literal chills, he could see that she was fucking stunning. Not his type, but still. "Or to annoy her little brother" he chuckled, quite sure Joanna hadn’t made the connection yet. Adam was typing in the meantime, turning his screen to an article about ‘the new district attorney’ written by someone at Human Daily. Max was in one of the pictures, in suit, shaking someone’s hand with Denise by his side. “This is golden. Y’all just sleep with each other, don’t you? Too busy working to have a social life, so mixing business and pleasure to get something out of it” Not that he could be a judge. As far as he knew, only Tara and Logan knew of his.. thing... with Chris. 

"You really wanna know?" She was well aware that Joanna and Adam did not mix. Unlike most people, she did not feel the need to change the other's opinion, or try and defend Adam. She knew how he could be. But Joanna asked so, she took a sip of her beer and continued talking. "I know he can seem like a jerk and you know, sometimes he is" something with an unnuanced way of expressing his opinion. "But he is actually really thoughtful and loyal." She shrugged her shoulders, not really able to get into detail about the things he had told her. She knew he was very selective about what he shared with people. "He is the kind of guy that talks positive behind your back, who’ll turn around and to protect people whether he knows them or not and although he communicates poorly, I sometimes feel like he does it on purpose” He’d been hard on Tara from the start, but when he mentioned her to Chris, he’d always been respectful about it. ‘If someone doesn’t push her she will never get back to the cop she was-- and from what i’ve heard she was a damn good one’ was one of the few things he’d mentioned. ‘I will be the asshole if that’s what this team needs’ 

Chris questioned the situation, but like Devin, nodded and went along with the plan. They both eyed the woman behind the piano and Joanna– who seemed awfully cozy with each other’s presence.”Do you think they know each other?” Devin asked, raising a brow. Chris didn’t really care, honestly, and shrugged her shoulders. “Who knows” In most cases, people that were personally involved with a murder suspect would be pulled, but it was the A-team they were talking about. Joanna might not see herself as a part of that, but she was. -And they all just worked a little bit differently. 

“You know, we should get laid again, though” Melina stated dryly as she looked over the scene. Trying to see if she could catch any important details before they’d leave. Which was soon, because she saw the two officers approach in the corner of her eye. That did not stop her from talking, though. “It immediately levels up any party game too— Never have I ever fucked a murder suspect” The brunette chuckled. “Or are you going to leave me in the cold until I clear my name?” 

“Sounds like a plan” He stated, glancing up at that contagious smile of his boyfriend. Gosh-- he loved this guy.  

“I’m sorry I dragged you into this” Fire said, looking at her. Fuck her eyes were beautiful. “I just want to get you back to safety, to your own life” He spoke softly, hating that he was sensitive to energy, the tension between them could be felt all the way into his bones. He was so in love with her that it terrified him. It didn’t usually end well for the people he cared about..