discoveredinalj | Dec. 18th, 2019

Bodie let Murph lead him into the pub. His mind was whirling, oblivious to his surroundings, until he felt a cold nudge against his hand. "A pint of the best," Murphy pointed out softly, "get it into you." Bodie first shook his head, this was not how he had planned to spend his Christmas, but then he lifted the glass to his mouth and drank half of it without thought. Then his brain did kick in. "Pint of the best" his mind scoffed, "I had that the other night". His musings continued although all Murph could see was a blank stare. "I had that the other night" he thought as he remembered his amazing night with his partner. "Doyle" he whispered to himself softly, eyes glazing as he desperately fought tears. Tough men didn't cry, not even tough men whose partner and lover was missing.......

Bodie tried to shy away from that line of thinking as he further drank his "Pint of the best", even noticing distractedly that Murph was looking everywhere but at him. Of course it was all uncomforable. Not knowing, but was that worse than knowing the truth - when the truth could mean.........

He slammed down on that thought as he slammed the now empty glass back down on the table and stood. Murph fliched at the sudden action but held fast as the full force of Bodie's glare was turned on him. "What are we doing here," Bodie demanded, "we should be out there..........". He trailed off, not knowing how what he wanted to say about his partner and "out there".

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