>>5775953>>5775957>>5775959>>5775953>>5775957>>5775959"Hawthorne.." You say maintaining eye contact with the other Officer. Hawthorne grunts and looks over his shoulder at you.
"I think this guy wants to take me to dinner."
Hawthorne's eyebrows raise.
"Is that right?" He turns and raises his voice.
"Officer Miller." He states flatly.
The older officer turns around.
"Hawthorne?"
"I believe your co-worker here has wandering eyes. My Rookie is getting the sense that this other Officer may have a crush on him." Hawthorne's face remains cold and stoic as he stares the young cop down. He stares at his shoes.
"Are you sure your Rookie isn't mistaken?" Miller asks
"He has a way of knowing these things." Hawthorne replies shortly
"So I've heard."
You feel a ripple run across your skin. The air feels cold now.
"Is that so?" Hawthorne says slowly, you notice a small vein on his neck bulging. "What have you heard?" He asks.
"The same as everyone else, including MY rookie here. That your Watch Commander pulled some strings with the Commissioner To get a meta into the police." He speaks as if it's a matter of fact.
Hawthorne's jaw tightens.
"You say that like he shouldn't be here."
The other man throws his hands up.
"Harry come on, Don't bust my ba-"
"Don't forget I'm your superior technically Miller. You'd do well to watch your mouth and answer my question. Appropriately." He spits the last word like a slap in the face.
"Yes, Sir. Sergeant Hawthorne." Miller straightens his posture and his Rookie scowls at Hawthorne. You stare at Hawthorne yourself, a sergeant? Why is he training a rookie?
"Do you not think my rookie belongs here?" He asks.
"Sir, I think the security risks of bringing in someone, who is a part of a community that is at it's base opposed to the law, far out-weigh the benefits."
He looks directly at you.
"We just can't trust them when it comes down to us or them."
>Bite your tongue, this man still out-ranks you.>"Why don't you let your rookie speak for himself?">"Whatever, I'm not a cop to prove myself to people like you. I'm in it to help Gothamites.">"Go fuck yourself, sir." >Write-In 