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"You know, Chief, I don't think you were even this attentive when Danny was born." Corkoran joked as Roper coaxed the painkiller down the comatose Pine's throat.
Roper scowled at him from where he sat on the edge of Pine's bed. "Well, I'm certainly not going to let you alone with Jonathan for more than 5 minutes. He's got enough mental scars without you adding more."
"What's that supposed to mean?!" He leaned forward in the armchair and returned the scowl.
"I saw you eyeing him like a bloody piece of meat in Meisters, is what it means."
"Oh, and you telling him to go see Jed naked in the bath makes you better? You practically said, "This is my girlfriend, you wanna sleep with her? Go for it, I'll watch." The fact you walked it back as a joke afterward doesn't change the fact you said it."
"Bite me, you bastard."
"No thanks, and shouldn't you be getting ready for your trip?"
"How do I know you won't try to torture him awake or smother him while I'm gone?"
"I'm hurt that you'd think so little of me, Chief. When have I ever gone against a Doctor's orders, even someone else's?"
"Well, you tore Old Jimmy's cathe-"
"You would've done it too if he called you a dirty, toe-licking, entitled cocksucker."
"That's because you are an entitled cocksucker, you arse, you just like staring at blokes ankles instead of crawling around licking their toes. Quirky the Toe-Licker."
"Haha. Your new beau will be fine, now shove off,"
Roper got up from the bed and called for Frisky before telling the other man to, "Watch Corky." and, "Take care of Pine." then walked out.
Frisky took the armchair at the end of Pine's bed and picked up the day's paper from the side table.
With a huff, he leaned back into his chair. He, Frisky and Tabby had never gotten along well but they could work together when they had to. "You don't really believe Roper's lovestruck kismet bullshit about Pine and the restaurant, do you, Frisky?"
"If the Chief says Pine's good, he's good. Chief says Pine's bad and you want help putting him through the wringer? I'll help. You wanna dump the body? Sure, but I'm not helping you with any gay shit."
"Bloody Hell, for the 10000th time, I'm not a rapist."
"The way you're still drooling over Dreamboat says otherwise. Chief says I can shoot you for acting weird, so be thankful I haven't shot you for breathing."
"You're so considerate of me, Frisky, old love. How've we not gotten married yet?"
"How about you go fuck yourself with a sea urchin?"
And Frisky was back to being a complete shit again. At least Corkoran only had to wait until Pine was all healed up to coax the truth out of him. After all, it'd be immensely disappointing if they had finally started getting somewhere only for Pine to die mid-session.
Of course if Pine really was innocent then he'd just have to assuage the poor thing and endure Roper's wrath.