[[ milliways, upstairs ]]

[justdidntseeit]

[ "boo's not at home like we thought." ]

She loses count of the cups of coffee she downs.

Her head hurts and her eyes feel like they've been scrubbed with sandpaper, but she doesn't want to leave the bar proper.

But when Bill finally convinces her to take a break -- she'd fallen asleep with one cheek on a legal pad -- she almost doesn't think she'll make it up the stairs.

She leans into him, grateful for his arm around her, and when they reach her door, she fumbles twice before it's unlocked.

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[justdidntseeit]

Soft as they are, she can hear the conviction in Bill's words -- he's promising her as an officer and the man who loves her, the man who loves Boo.

She nods jerkily beneath his jaw, unable to find her voice.

They'll get her back.

They have to.