Gavin remains a few steps behind you the entire way to your office. You push open the glass door and take a seat at your desk. Gavin sits in the chair opposite of you, where your boss sat not too long ago, and tasked you with this project.
His eyes dart around the room, taking in your scarcely decorated office. You open the files Mr. Graff forwarded to you before your meeting with Gavin and scan over the contents. The project is relatively simple, and your shoulders slightly relax.
Your project is going to be time-consuming, to say the least. You have two months to learn everything you can about the Detroit Police Department and apply that to the androids that will be a part of the police department. Your knowledge of human behavior will help make the police androids more tolerable to the public, but it means nothing if you don't know how to make people trust police officers. That's where the disgruntled officer sitting across from you comes into play.
You spare a glance away from your monitor and your eyes meet his. He's quick to avoid your gaze, and you could've sworn you saw his cheeks redden.
He clears his throat and continues to look around your office, "Nice place you got here."
"Thanks," you reply as you watch him. The printer on the side of your desk hums to life as a copy of the file you were looking at shoots out. You take the paper and shove it into a manilla folder.
You slide the folder across your desk, and Gavin's eyebrows raise as he picks it up. "What's this?"
"Our assignment. Well, it's more mine than yours," you shrug.
He thumbs through the file, smirking as he reads. "Looks like we're gonna be spending a lot of time together, sweetheart."
"Talking isn't a requirement for this, by the way," you return your gaze to your monitor before adding, "and don't call me 'sweetheart.'"
He's quiet for a blissful moment before speaking up, "So, you're just gonna be watching me for two months straight."
You lean back in your chair, "Not necessarily. I'll mostly be observing your behavior and reporting back to my team. I'll be looking at how you interact with the general public, and how you work on the cases that you do. Would you consider yourself to be likable, Reed?"
He rolls his eyes, "Of course I'm likable."
"Somehow I doubt that."
You cut off his retort by standing, and his eyes follow you as you rise.
"Where are you going?"
"Feel like doing a ride-along today?"
He grins and giddiness flows through you.
"Grab your coat, sweetheart," he chuckles as he stands. Then, it's your turn to follow him as he makes his way toward your office door.
Gavin wordlessly leads you to the parking garage and to his patrol car, a sleek vehicle marked with the Detroit Police Department emblem. He unlocks the vehicle and slides into the driver's seat. You yank open the passenger side door and climb into your seat. As soon as you're settled, Gavin turns the key, and the car hums to life.
Gavin taps on the steering wheel matching the beat of the music as he drives, and a comfortable silence falls over the two of you.
"So what exactly do you do at Cyberlife? You don't seem like the usual tech geeks that hang around there," Gavin questions as he drives, sparing a glance in your direction.
"I was hired with this project specifically in mind. They needed someone that understood human behavior, but was also knowledgeable about androids," you shrug as you look out the window. "I'm trying to bridge the gap between artificial intelligence and the intricacy of human emotions. People are usually distrustful of cops, and that distrust is going to increase tenfold with the androids added to the police force."
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Bad Habits
FanfictionAll you wanted was a fresh start in a new city. You wanted to make a difference for androids. That is until a police officer walks into a bar and turns your world upside down. This is the prequel to Criminal Analysis that takes place before the eve...
