ʙᴏᴏᴋ 'ᴇᴍ, ᴅᴀɴɴᴏ .

steven mcgarrett of hawaii five-o.

[peggyswilliams]

[bookem]

A TIMELESS TROPE : tenacious cat & dexterous mouse ; their pursuits have no finish line , their games crown no champion . a battle won here / a battle lost there ━━ the war wages on with no end in sight [and he aches for the fight] the thrill of the chase , the collision of wits , the chance of besting the stalemate (...) and the occasional meeting of the minds .

this restaurant is their new battle field ; cover found in dimmed lights and flickering candles , veiled attacks of tongue and grinding teeth blanketed by the hum of fellow diners and coos of band's saxophone / the clink as the neck of the bottle touches the rim of the glass (first pouring hers, then his own) before the bottle is returned to the center of the table : their interim olive branch .

they warned him not to meet @matryochka here , the pulsing of wound freshly torn through his bicep [patching currently hidden beneath his very best] begs the same .

but the mission comes first ( is that all there is ? ) the twist of his lips says too much and yet too little : a smile and eyes ablaze read loathing/fascination/elation/addiction as they survey the room before locking onto hers . “ tell me why i don't call hpd and have you taken in right now .   ”

[bookem]

SHARED EXPERIENCES, DIVERGING PATHS. grief is ruin , is devastation , is inexorable murder ; a roaring sea . fight like hell against the tide , bargain and plea through the water rushing greedily (hungrily) into your lungs ... then make your choice .

¹ . embrace . drown beneath the waves , succumb to the darkness and let it make its home here . you [what you once were/what you shall never be again] slaughtered and now also bereaved , yet the shadow remains ... or ,

( @keein ) : ❝ eventually ... you just move on . ❞

² . fight . arms and legs akimbo despite how they ache and beg to give in . darkness pries and twists , tangles and tugs . refuse its bidding , push up towards the light . a momentary break through to the surface / a force pulls back under / the cycle repeats . even here , the shadow remains . DO YOU EMBRACE IT OR DO YOU FIGHT IT ?

SHARED EXPERIENCES, DIVERGING PATHS. they sit at a grave reading john mcgarrett . (how many years has it been ?) grief does not keep time , does not leave . embrace or fight ; does it really matter ? no matter what , it's always there ━━ prepared to consume moments [seconds that become minutes that become hours that, if you're lucky, eventually become days] of relief too often taken for granted .

betwixt his ribs , coursing through his veins ; darkness begs to be homed . still , he fights with all his might .

“ truth is , you can't .   ”

[bookem]

IDENTIFICATION : doctor  elizabeth  scott   keen,    ph.d.  [  specialization :    forensic  psychology .  ]    special  agent  in  charge   of   the    ████████    taskforce ;  operating from the washington  field   office ━━ forget the file / censored pages fail to do her justice : she is an enigma , equal parts complex and beautiful ; deceiving yet sincere . q. good or * bad ? a. * and , for there is no such distinction as that created by "or" . she is a force to be reckoned with , the gun by his side ( and the knife at his back ) the hand that helps , the fist that hits . his faith in her judgements never yet in doubt , & his guard never fully down .

( @keein ) : ❝ for once , i was wrong . ❞

“ REALLY ? YOU ?   ” teasing too - well rehearsed , good - natured but relentless . a friend is a foe is a friend is a foe is a friend ; [keep your friends close and your enemies closer] today she is a friend (in this hour/this minute/this second ... how quick the tides are to turn). she is his partner , once begrudgingly now welcomed / let it be known : having her with you beats having her against you . you don't need files to tell you that . if you're lucky , you witness it first hand [clarification: lucky as audience , doomed as recipient] their interrogation methods go hand - in - hand , after all . suspect cries/yells/begs/sings like a canary ... he smiles sideways when his theory is confirmed , & her admittance after the fact is the cherry on top . “ well , there's a first time for everything .   ”