The rookie (reader x rookie characters)

Chapter 11-

Hey everyoneeee! 

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The next few days went okay. You had to give a statement about it which made you re live what happened. Rufus got taken into special custody and is going away for a very long time. There's no doubt about that. People had been checking up on you, making sure you were okay.

You hated it. Hated the attention, you were never one for attention, even more so now. But you dealt with it, like you dealt with everything.

You had been given a week off of work but you refused, that wasn't what you needed. What you needed was for everything to go back to normal. But normal was never an option was it. Normal was only something in fairy tales, yet that wasn't even normal.

You stood up, letting your legs get used to the pressure after being laid down all night. Work today was going to be a little different, you weren't going back out on patrol, not yet.

Angela had asked you to help her with some detective cases, she claimed it was because you were skilled in it, but you knew it was because no one wanted you back on the streets until they had made sure Rufus had no one working for him on the outside. So, you agreed, you knew not to fight. 

You walked into the bathroom, staring at yourself in the mirror, all you could see were scars, bruises and blemishes. It was horrible, you didn't even recognise yourself. You shook your head, the thoughts spilling out. You forced yourself into the shower, to get ready.

You got out and got dressed, forcing yourself into the kitchen where Nolan greeted you. "You ready to head back into work? You can still take the day off you know" Nolan stated. You nodded and told him you knew, but you couldn't, you had to go to work.

Nolan reluctantly nodded, passing you a plate of bacon and scrambled eggs. You thanked him and sat on the stool. You both ate in silence, your mind gushing with memories of what's happened. 

You pushed it down.. you ate the food. Nolan had finished his, letting you know that you both needed to head to work in a few minutes. You nodded and stood up, taking your plate to the dish washer and placing it in. Nolan doing the same.

Once you both got your shoes on you headed to the station. Your heart getting quicker as you approached. Your eyes landed on where the van was. You could picture it in your minds eye. Every single detail. Reminding you that you had let your guard down. 

"Ava look at me" Nolan asked. Your head snapped to his direction. "He's not here.. but you are.. the van isn't here.. you've got this ok?" 

You nodded along. Taking the words in. You appreciated it more than Nolan knew. He asked you if you were ready to go in, you nodded and got out of the vehicle. Walking towards the station. Nolan said bye to you as he headed into the locker room. You walked to the briefing room and sat down.

Today was going to be long and difficult but you knew that, and you knew that no matter what happened.. you would get through it.

You always do.

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Woah, no way. An update?! Hope you enjoyed and sorry its shorterrrrr