Dramatis personae

A/N: If you already know them (and why would you read a fanfic about TV show characters you don't know?), feel free to skip this introduction and directly start with the first chapter :)

Boston Police Department Homicide Unit

Lieutenant Sean Cavannaugh

boss of Homicide Unit

Sergeant Detective Vince Korsak

former Marine, now Homicide Detective

Detective Barrold "Barry" Frost

strong point: computers and technology; greatest weakness: can't look at dead bodies without throwing up

Detective Jane Rizzoli

the youngest Boston police officer ever making it into Homicide

Dr Maura Isles

Medical Examiner (Chief M.E. of Massachusetts, to be exactly)

Officer Francesco "Frankie" Rizzoli jr.

a patrol cop who wants to become a Homicide Detetctive like his sister is

Angela Rizzoli

mother of Jane and Frankie, works at the PD's café

NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service), Washington DC

Director Jennifer "Jenny" Shepard

former Field Agent, now NCIS director

Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs

the head of the team, a former Marine with a dark past

Special Agent Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo

notorious womanizer; worked as a cop in Baltimore before joining NCIS

Special Agent Timothy "Tim" McGee

computer specialist; writes crime novels under the pseudonym of Thom E. Gemcity

Officer Ziva David

Mossad liaison officer for NCIS; speaks ten languages (not including idiomatic American English)

Abigail "Abby" Sciuto

an expert in forensics who likes Goth fashion and music and is addicted to a very high-caffeinated drink named "Caf-Pow"

Dr Donald "Ducky" Mallard

pathologist, known for talking to the corpses on his section table and telling long-winded "This reminds me of a case I once had..." stories