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thegentlemanthug) wrote2014-07-16 10:01 pm
thegentlemanthug) wrote2014-07-16 10:01 pm
Entry tags:
RS/An Officer and a Gentleman
Drake feels sick, more overwhelmed than a new recruit on the banks of the Nile, clutching his bloodied bayonet.
He sits in the pub, nursing a pint and trying to think his way out of the predicament he's got himself into.
He hadn't been expecting another summons to Reid's office, more congratulations and a note stuffed in his hand. About his promotion to Inspector. And the move across to J Division.
All at once, his tongue had grown heavy and his jaw slack. Because he's wanted to be Inspector for as long as he can remember, though he thought he'd always be a Sergeant, always a follower and never a leader.
But leaving H Division means leaving his friends, leaving his Mattie. And he doesn't know if he can suffer never seeing his lover except for the odd hour here and there.
Yet he didn't get a chance to choose, to speak his confusion, because Reid took his silence for tacit acceptance.
He starts on Monday. And he has no idea how he's going to tell Matthew.
He sits in the pub, nursing a pint and trying to think his way out of the predicament he's got himself into.
He hadn't been expecting another summons to Reid's office, more congratulations and a note stuffed in his hand. About his promotion to Inspector. And the move across to J Division.
All at once, his tongue had grown heavy and his jaw slack. Because he's wanted to be Inspector for as long as he can remember, though he thought he'd always be a Sergeant, always a follower and never a leader.
But leaving H Division means leaving his friends, leaving his Mattie. And he doesn't know if he can suffer never seeing his lover except for the odd hour here and there.
Yet he didn't get a chance to choose, to speak his confusion, because Reid took his silence for tacit acceptance.
He starts on Monday. And he has no idea how he's going to tell Matthew.