Late nights, early mornings

Lunch break

It's been a week since Greg got out of the hospital, he's been going to physical therapy to regain full use of his shoulder, he's back at work. He's stuck at his desk for another week and he's practically crawling on the walls, his mind is numb from the amount of papers he has to fill out and needs to do something, anything.

His phone rings and he picks it up without checking who it is "detective lestrade speaking" he says, hoping it's Mycroft.

"Hey Greg, Sherlock is doing an experiment in the kitchen and the whole apartment smells like pig brains, you fancy goin out for a cuppa coffee?" John asks, Greg holds in a sigh at it not being Myc but still smiles, appreciating the gesture.

"Sure John, my break just started, where do you want to meet?" He asks.

They decide on a nice small café, Johns already there when Greg arrives, John waves him over and Greg sits down across from him. "How's it's goin' john?" Greg asks as John sips his coffee

"Pretty good, how's the shoulder?" John asks and Greg shrugs

"Gettin' better, I'll be back on the field soon, thank god" Greg responds as the waitress walks up to them, she's wearing a light blue blazer and a pair of tight jeans that show off her curves.

"What can I get ya?" She asks flashing a flirty smile at Greg

"Coffee with two sugars and one cream please" He says, she nods and walks back to the counter swaying her hips.

"She caught her eye huh?" John says smiling and Greg blushes ever so slightly and shakes his head.

"Nah, she's not my type" he says as John rolls his eyes

"You gotta get back in the game man, I know the divorce has been tough but look at her, she's totally into you" he says as she walks back, her top two buttons undone

"Here you go sweetheart" she places the cup down with a wink and walks off, Greg picks the cup and takes a sip.

"See? You've gotta ask her out Greg!" John says pointing in the waitresses direction Greg rolls his eyes

"I already told you she's not my type" Greg says, not wanting to tell John about him and Myc just yet.

They finish their coffees and head up to the counter to pay, when the waitress hands Greg his change she winks again and mouths 'call me' Greg smiles and nods, not wanting to be rude. When he puts his change in his pocket he finds a slip of paper with her phone number on it. As they walk out John smiles, "she did all the work for you! All you gotta do is call her and set up a date!" John says, walking with Greg who promptly throws out the paper "Greg what the hell are you doing?" John asks, seeing Greg do that

"John, I'm already dating someone" Greg finally snaps out

"Really who is she?" John asks, knowing Greg is bi but also knowing he has a preference for women

"Uhm actually it's a he, and I'm not going to say" Greg says, knowing Sherlock's going to find out he's dating Myc somehow and tell john

"Why not? Is it someone embarrassing? Is it Anderson?" John asks laughing and Greg fakes a gag

"Hell no, could you imagine the shit I'd get, not only from Sherlock but from everyone else I work with?" Greg asks laughing and smiling, John smiles at that

"You know Greg, whoever it is he's doing a great job at being a good boyfriend, I haven't seen you smile like that in awhile" John says, patting gregs back, who smiles a bit more

"He's a Wonder that's for sure" Greg says as johns phone rings

"Hey Sherlock, Yes I'm with him right now" Greg tenses ever so slightly, thinking that Sherlock somehow figured it out "no he can't give you any new cases, he's still on desk duty, because he got shot! Yes really!  You were there! I had you call the ambulance!" John says, sighing heavily, and Greg laughs, the tension in his shoulders fading. John hangs up with a sigh "don't get me wrong I love sherl but Jesus he can be a bugger... last month he made me come with him to break into mycrofts flat because Mycroft had the flat cleaned" Greg nods blushing a little, knowing where this is going "and he made ME check the bedroom for some book and I didn't want to but he insisted no one would be home... but two people were home, and I walked in on them, half naked, it looked like they were about to shag each others brains out" John says and Greg blushes even more but laughs anyway.

"Still haven't forgotten it then?" Greg asks and John shakes his head

"Nope, don't think I ever will, have you ever seen the British government half naked about to get shagged? Because it's not an easy sight to forget" John says and Greg smirks, seeing that plenty of times, never wanting to forget if "well I better get back home before Sherlock blows something or someone up, great catching up with you Greg, tell the boy toy I said hi" John says, catching a cab.

"Of course John, tell Sherlock that I'll give him a case as soon as I can" Greg says, patting johns back as he heads back to the yard. He liked walking and it wasn't that far so it didn't take long, he was back at work in ten minutes. He got back in time to catch Donovan and Anderson sneaking out of the janitors closet, which he ignored, as long as their on break and not trying to kill each other he's fine with it. He texts Myc when he gets back to the office

'Your place?-GL'
They've been pretty consistent with seeing each other, and they're pretty much used to having nights in, and Greg loves it. He loves coming home to Myc or just having to wait ten minutes for someone else to be home. Mycs response comes a minute later

'Yes, see you then darling-MH' Greg smiles at the text, the thought of seeing Myc gets him through the mind numbing paperwork.