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Hindsight's twenty-twenty. Everybody liked that lady for her brother's murder, since their dad had just cut her out of the family business. And then she starts flirting with Ed while her brother's still lying in the next room, telling Ed that if he'll just let her go without telling anybody she'll come back for questioning later and maybe there'll be something in it for Ed...
First off: good luck, sweetheart, and second: you're under arrest.
So we haul her in, which, yeah, maybe we shouldn't have without just a little more proof. And we later find out that, no, she didn't do it; it was her brother's girlfriend. And now her fancy lawyer says that (a) we used excessive force, and (b) Ed arrested her because he was pissed because he came on to her and she wouldn't play.
Right. Good luck making that stick with Jack on our side. He'd fight it anyway, because that's his job, but he might not be as convinced Ed was telling the truth if Ed was just another cop. Lucky for us, this is Jack. He knows damn well that there's no way Ed would ever flirt with a suspect, or a woman. Or anyone, for that matter, now that they're a couple.
Yeah, they've finally worked it out. Took a while, which shouldn't be a big surprise. Jack doesn't have what you'd call an impressive track record with relationships. And I'm sure Ed "Excessive Force" Green was no romantic prize either. Plus there was some ugly mop-up at the beginning with Ed's ex. And then Ed had a hell of a time with Jack's commitment-phobia. And then there was the fact that they weren't sure what the hell they were doing and trying to fit dating in between their busy schedules was no walk in the park either and what was it gonna do to their careers if anybody ever found out and who could know and who couldn't know, and why or why not...
Helluva lot of fuss over something pretty damn simple in the end. They liked each other. They wanted to be together. Once they both finally got that through their thick heads, the rest was pretty easy. It just took months of intense blow-ups and arguments that I half-heard or wrestled out of Ed.
Heh, yeah, that was me. Poking around, impersonating Ann Landers, helping my partner date another guy. This really wasn't covered at the Academy.
It's been worth it, though. Ed's happier, we get along with Jack, and they're both professional on the job. It's easy to forget they're a couple until I call Ed's number and Jack answers. And on days like today, being partnered to Ed is very, very nice.
I just can't believe my partner shacking up with a lawyer, let alone with Jack McCoy, has actually made my life easier. Who knew.
Rating: PG
Summary: Briscoe; Plain Sight Exception Conclusion
Note: 500 words exactly
Copyright June, 2004 Cirocco
Days like this, I'm really glad my partner's dating the EADA. Because I screwed up, frankly, and so did Ed.
The End