The two walked around his trashcans and, with practiced ease, lifted the very heavy cap of the container. He couldn't see the face of raincoat kid, and trench coat kid's own was so covered by hair he could only see the unnatural paleness of their skin. The taller one wore a ragged trench coat and a pair of trousers. The smaller of the two, at first glance wearing nothing but a filthy yellow raincoat that was more brown than anything at this point. And the instinct of–you know, not being a horrible human being. His police officer instincts were going crazy. Those were actual kids rummaging through his trash. William widened his eyes, taking in the video again and again. With that said, William set a camera in a strategic position near the trash cans, hoping to catch the little bandits in the act and possibly know how many he had to deal with, and went to bed, anticipating the result in the morning. And if one didn't nip the problem in the bud, the intelligent animals would assume his house was safe to come and wreck, which just wouldn't do. He'd had a little garden of vegetables and some stray flowers here and there, remnants of his gardening phase. He could even tolerate Wright.īut raccoons spread the trash around the backyard he'd fought so much to mow and make presentable. He could replace the mug, and survive without TV for a few weeks because he wasn't addicted to a screen. He could spray the cockroaches into oblivion. Those little guys knew they had to stay away from his property. He'd put traps when he first moved in the neighborhood. Raccoons weren't exactly uncommon in this area, but William had never suffered from them, ever. Aside from that, he'd dropped and cracked his favorite mug, there was evidence of a plague of cockroaches in his kitchen–those slimy little bastards–and the latest development, rummaged trash bins. Also, his TV had decided to spontaneously combust one night when the power went out and he was stupid enough to leave the device on in an electric storm. This wasn't all bad of course, paid leave was more than he could ask for, but the problem was that if he wasn't there to prove himself, then the boss might give the spot to Jonny Wright, the runner up for the position of police corporal. The wound was not very deep, but he had still been left with a limp, and he'd been discharged temporarily while he healed. A stray bullet had nailed him right in the side. And because this week seemed set on giving William the cold shoulder, every thing that could go sideways went upside down at the same time.Ī shooting at a local bank had gone south and the perp had become nervous, firing his gun at the air in an attempt to keep the unit back. However, besides that, there was the most usual stuff that could go wrong. He knew enough to not make the same mistakes. He'd had enough with a not-at-all-there father, and a swamped-in-work mother. And if he was just going to become a distant partner and neglect his pet or his wife, then he'd rather not make any promises at all. There was too much paperwork, too much patrolling, too many cases to work on. He couldn't be there for a relationship, he couldn't keep a pet. Soon to be promoted, in fact, if everything went right. But each time, he shook himself out of those delusions. Sometimes he wanted to go out to a bar, meet someone special, or even get a pet of some kind. No one was there to cook for him, or talk and ask about his day, so the only thing he could do was turn on his TV and put on some baseball game while he ate and dozed off on the couch. And how empty his house felt sometimes, when he returned tired and looking for comfort. Shady organizations, serial killers, got you jaded in a certain way after some time. Like how much trash he'd seen on the job over the years. Meeting with his squad each day, meeting with his burgers at night, going to the gym half heartedly every time he looked in the mirror and saw juuuust a bit of fat poking through the fabric of his uniform.Life was great. Officer William Allen was having a rough week.ĭon't get him wrong, he loved his job, working at the police department of his area and living his comfortable life as a thirty-something, single and kidless guy. The Gen Sub Hub, Best fanfics ever, adoption speed run Stats: Published: Completed: Words: 159,153 Chapters: 46/46 Comments: 2,648 Kudos: 5,102 Bookmarks: 519 Hits: 212,516 ← Previous Work Part 2 of Broken Loop AU Next Work → Six & Mono & William (Original Character).
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