I'm back! :D So here is a new multi-chaptered fic from me. But while on holiday I managed to write a grand total of...one chapter..because we were doing things everyday and I didn't have time. But I go on holiday again next week and this time for longer so I will be writing more chapters. :D

Hope you enjoy this one. Rating may change as I go along.

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Dr Nikki Alexander groaned as her foot sunk deep into a puddle of mud as she climbed out of her car at the crime scene she had been called to. Swearing slightly to herself she reached into the back of her car to grab hold of her kit, thanking Leo quietly for warning her that the scene was at a farm. Her trainers squelched in even more mud as she walked up the driveway to the farmhouse dodging chickens and geese as she did so. A police officer met her on the way and he cursed as he stepped in something Nikki knew wasn't mud.

"DCI Paul Winters" he greeted her with a strong handshake and tried to shake the brown substance coating his shoe off at the same time causing Nikki to feel slightly sorry for the man and his previously shiny shoes.

"Dr Nikki Alexander" she gave him a smile as he motioned towards the house in front of them.

"No-one has touched the body since the paramedics announced about two hours ago" Winters told her and Nikki nodded as she walked through the door he held open for her. Upon entering the living room she saw the deceased man sitting in his armchair. He looked as though he was sleeping however the gaunt emaciated face betrayed this. Nikki pulled on a pair of gloves and examined the body intently while DCI Winters held back at the door, his face contorted at the slight smell of alcohol and something he didn't want to identify wafted from the body.

"He's been dead about forty six hours by the look of it, I'll know more when I autopsy him" Nikki explained and Winters just nodded and jumped out of the way as a chicken ran into the room clucking loudly.

"Bloody farm animals" Winters shouted "My men are meant to be rounding them up" causing Nikki to laugh and shake her head.

"If you're finished I'll get someone to collect the body" the DCI told Nikki who nodded and followed the man out of the room. They passed by a barn on the way to the van and cars and Nikki caught sight of a dead cow laying on it's side but she just frowned at it and walked on, it was a farm after all, these things were probably common.

"I'll call you when I have something for you" Nikki told Winters a few minutes later as they stood by her car "I don't know how long it will take me to autopsy him"

"Okay thank you" Winters nodded and Nikki gave him another smile before climbing into her car, giggling to herself as the DCI stepped back and placed his foot in the same pile of mud that she had earlier.

"Where was your scene?" Harry asked an hour later as Nikki walked into the lab "You stink"

"Well thank you very much for that, you are supposed to be my best friend" Nikki told him and punched him none to gently in the arm causing Harry to wince and rub it "Oh don't be such a baby and my scene was at a farm if you must know"

"That hurt" Harry pouted "I think I'm going to bruise"

Nikki just rolled her eyes and walked over to her desk where she logged onto her laptop and waited for the body to be delivered from the farm.

"Will you need any help with the autopsy?" Harry asked as he wheeled himself over on his chair and sat next to Nikki's desk.

"I might" Nikki nodded not looking away from her laptop screen but she saw Harry sit up straighter, he had been doing paperwork for the past few days "But I'll call Leo if I do" she added and looked directly at Harry who rolled his eyes.

"But I'm your husband" he whined and Nikki leant over and kissed him on the lips allowing him to deepen it, throwing all rules about their professionalism at work out of the window. Nikki broke away when the door to the lab opened and Leo walked in, he looked at them and rolled his eyes slightly knowing what they had been doing.

"If you can manage to drag yourself away from Harry Nikki the body from the farm has arrived and they've put a name to him"

"Right thank you Leo" Nikki nodded as she stood up and let Harry's arm drop from where it was positioned on her waist to his lap "Enjoy your paper work darling"

Harry just shook his head and rolled himself back to his desk to finish his mountain of paperwork that didn't seem to be getting smaller.

Just so you know, this story is no way related to "Lies". I decided that Harry and Nikki should already be married in this so they .

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