Moving On {Mike Warren}

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TRIGGER WARNING: MENTIONS OF ADDICTION AND RELAPSE

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After the initial meeting Bex and Izzy became rather good friends. Izzy reminded Bex of her own younger sister and it was easy for Bex to fall back into the role of older sister. When the Capello's had any sort of event Bex would always find some way to make sure Izzy wasn't there for too long. She would always make sure there was some excuse and with Bex being a trusted friend, Izzy was always allowed to go.

The two girls would either get coffee, shop or enjoy walking around D.C. All of the new time that they spent together even made Bex feel guilty for lying to Izzy. She kept going back and forth on telling Izzy the truth but Bex finally decided that when she would take the Capello's in, she would be the one to speak with Izzy.

It seemed like the case continued to grow ever since Bex found out that Declan and the senator was on the Capello's payroll. With spending so much time with Izzy, Bex realized that the same four cops would take rounds in following them to make sure they were safe. Izzy informed her that Officers Leo Moore, Elijah Harris, Luke Wright, and Caleb Nelson had been brought into the family after a deal was made after Emanuele was arrested. The four officers were apart of the gang relations unit.

Bex could not believe the web that she had gotten herself in. Why couldn't she just get close to one person, find out the date and time of the sell and lock the bad guys away? Of course, she would never have an easy case like that.

Once Bex found out about the officers, she met up with Mike. Something seemed off though. She wasn't quite sure what it was but his eyes were hazy and he was more closed off from her than was normal. She knew for sure something was off when their banter fell flat. He definitely didn't want to talk about whatever was bothering him so she gave him a parting hug and his upper arm a squeeze. "You know you can talk to me about anything, right?"

"I don't have anything to talk about Bex. Now go, I'm sure Luka is missing you." Mike replied, nudging her towards the door.

Bex sighed. "Just call me later, okay? I don't care what time it is."

Mike rolled his eyes and forced a chuckle out. "Go, Bex. I'm fine."

Except he wasn't fine. He knew that and he had to make sure that Bex didn't find out. Things had gotten to be too much and although he knew that Bex was no where near the level that Briggs was at when he went deep undercover with Ari, in Mike's mind there were far too many similarities.

As things grew more and more complicated in Bex's case the more stressed and worried Mike grew. He felt as though his feelings for Bex made his objectivity compromised. He didn't want make any of the mistakes he made when he thought he was helping Paige although he was quite certain that Bex wouldn't try to kill him if he made a mistake to make her angry. He couldn't chance it though. So he fell back into old habits. He promised himself that it was going to be just until after this case was through.

A couple of weeks had passed since then and he felt like he had things under control. The case was seeming like it would close soon. As Bex continued to get closer and closer with Izzy the more open Luka seemed to be with her about the business side of things. Bex kept asking if he was okay and he kept pushing her away. It had come to a point where they only talked professionally. While he hated that it had come to that he was hoping that after the case was done he would be able to bring back their relationship to what it was.

Before leaving the bank, Mike popped the small white pill into his mouth and swallowed. He was fine. He didn't do anything more like he had when he was with Maddie. He then received a text from Bex claiming that she was about to get a big break and that she would call later. Suddenly the calmness he felt from the pill he had just took went away. Mike pulled out another one and copied the same motions he was used to. He was fine. He could stop as soon as Bex put that family away. He was fine.