I do not own Life, however incredible it is. It's a shame that they cancelled the show, it had an amazing plot with the perfect actors.

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Dani Reese was a bit amused by her partners' roommate, Ted Earley. While she waited for Crews to finish getting ready, she sat watching Ted fumble around the kitchen. He was nervous around her. According to Crews she intimidated Ted, and that amused and pleased her to no end. Apparently the glint gained in her eye was not unnoticed as Crews 'asked' her to 'play nice'. That had been five minutes ago and Ted had already dropped several things and knocked things over. Reese lips twitched into a smirk.

But then something dawned on her. She knew that Ted and Crews met in prison. Ted had served his time and with good behavior, had gotten out early. Crews hadn't been exonerated until three years after. Had they kept in touch? They must had, because Ted was living with Crews. But what would drive such a deep connection between the two? Maybe Crews was gay and they…were lovers? For some reason, Reese found herself frowning at this thought. Why was it that all the good men were taken or gay?

"Detective Reese?" Dani looks up and see's Ted holding out a glass of orange juice for her. She takes it despite not really liking fruit.

"Thanks Ted, you didn't have to." Reese says taking a sip anyway. Ted seemed to relax a little, apparently it was an offering of some sort.

"It's fine. Besides, Charlie's more likely to throw a fit if I didn't offer you some sort of drink." Ted chuckles to himself as if it's an inside joke. At Reese's questioning stare Ted explains.

"Prison doesn't have…uh…etiquette." Ted says. Reese nods in understanding. She forgot how hard it must be for Crews to adjust to 'civilian life'.

"Can I ask you a personal question?" Reese asks. Ted gulps but nods his head.

"What did Crews do for you in prison? I mean, after he gets out, he says the first thing he did was find you." Reese asks. Ted seems to think it over before he sat down on the opposite side of her, so that they were facing each other.

"He protected me. In the yard, I was getting harassed by a couple guys. One happened to swing at me and Bam! Out of nowhere Charlie steps in front me, grabs the man's arm and twisted it with enough force to break it. Then two came at Charlie. I thought for sure they were going to kill him. Next thing I know, Charlie charges one of them, digs his finger into the guy's eye, before letting his stumble back and kicking him in the gut. The other guy charges Charlie, gets them down on the ground and just starts to wail on Charlie. The guy was huge! Charlie somehow hits him in the groin. Cheap, but effective. Charlie doesn't do anything else to him, which is surprising. The yard just watched one guy take on three of the strongest gang at Pelican Bay…It was the single most dumbest thing I have ever seen Charlie do" Ted says fondly.

"You made a brawl seem like I took on an army, Ted" Crews says quietly from the doorway. Ted snaps his gaze to his friends and shrugs sheepishly. Reese looks over her shoulder at him.

"Did you know who they were before or after you fought them off?" Reese couldn't help but ask. Crews stares at her for a moment before coming over and picking up a fruit from the bowl on the counter.

"I knew who they were before when I saw them messing with Ted. I definitely knew who they were after." Crews stated biting into an Asian pear. Ted looked away guiltily, as if it were his fault that Crews was sent to the infirmary.

"So, did you go around prison looking for people to help or did you go around looking for an excuse to fight?" Reese snips frowning. She hated how Crews always seemed to get into trouble, especially when it was his own fault. Crews raised an eyebrow at her, seeing right through her question to what she was really asking.

"I didn't go around picking fights. I merely wasn't about to watch while people were getting their ass handed to them. Not when in was other inmates and not the guards. To the inmates I was 'cop', to the guards, I was 'inmate'." Crews says sternly. Reese nodded her head.

"Anyway, we're going to be late. Let's go" Crews says heading for the door. Reese watched his back for a moment before she looked back at Ted.

"Are you two together?" Reese asks quietly. Ted spews his juice from shock and stares wide eyed at the detective.

"NO!" Ted answers half yelling. Reese beams at him before following her partner out the door.

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Charlie ignores the stares and whispers he got as he sat down at his desk. He was tense, how could he not be? He was surrounded by cops. He was a cop though…it was a dilemma he was working on. Reese sat down at her desk, which was right in front of his. She seemed to glare at anyone who stared. Neither of them said anything as they started on paperwork.

After about thirty minutes, Charlie could hear people start to talk and this time, it wasn't just about him. It was about his partner, and he could tell that she heard them, but was trying her best to ignore them. To her credit, she was doing remarkable well. It wasn't her though, that was losing it.

"Yeah, I heard she got partnered with 'the killer cop' because of her last undercover, got addicted to drugs and alcohol." One cop says.

"Such a shame. I wonder how far she'll get with that on her record" Another says.

Crews tried ignoring them, really, he did. But when you had a beef with someone, you really should handle it the way you did in prison. You go up to them and confront them, not babble meaningless drama about them behind their back.

"I think they should just fire her alre-OW!"

"Crews!" Reese warned him. Charlie, however, seemed pleased with himself. It wasn't as if that orange was going to throw itself after all.

The guy that he threw it at glared at him, while Charlie stared at him coldly, daring the man to say something, even an objection as to the 'why'. The jura knew why! Instead the man looked away from him.

"Crews!" Reese whispers harshly to him. He looks over at her, oh, she looks pissed at him.

"Why'd you do that'' Reese asks. Charlie shrugs, he was so not going to tell her. Something passed across her eyes before it was gone and she looked away from him. Charlie smiles before going back to the reports while the office goes back to their own task, but without the useless chatter now.

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