broken pieces

MATTHIAS QUEEN | 31 | DETECTIVE

[itsmattqueen]

It had been literally ages since they’d last met after Lidija had moved. And man did he miss her. She was so friendly when Amy was still around and brought with her an aura of comfort and peace. The thoughts, however, fell with a shake of his head as he assessed the situation. “Extremely sorry, I lost control and forgot about how fast I was going. Glad to see you’re alive, though. Literally.” He said with a nervous laugh, a smile always lingering on his lips. “How are you? It’s been so long.”

[lidijaeriksen-blog]

“Apology accepted, but Jesus Christ.” Lidija muttered, finally letting out a small chuckle escape her lips. She was alive and unhurt, and the man revealed himself to be her old companion, which was a pleasant surprise- no harm was caused. That is, of course, if Matt will remember to be careful from now on. “I’m-” She considered her words, “I’m good, my brother’s staying at my place and driving me crazy.” She smiled, shaking her head. “How are you and Amy? Still living in the same old place?”

[itsmattqueen]

"Yeah, would've turned into an absolute blood bath." Matt retorted with a small laugh, relieved that she wasn't too mad at him. It was, however, warming to meet her after years. "Oh? That sounds like wonderful news. Correct me if I'm wrong but I don't think I've met him." He said with a smile. At her words, though, his face reduced to a sullen expression. He had totally forgotten that she had no idea what happened to his fiancée, and suddenly a wave of memories splashed by, leaving him fumbling for words. "Amy-uh, Amy is...not here anymore."

[itsmattqueen]

Still, Matt wasn’t convinced. Yep, definitely hit his head, he thought to himself. “Again, apologies.” He said with a little uncertainty. Would he behave the same way if somehow Matt had seriously hurt the other? “Uh pedestrian bowling game? Is that even relevant nowadays?”

[eriksennoah-blog]

“Really you don’t have to worry about it, I’m fine.” Noah told him. “Of course it is, and a guy like me, I have to be worth at least five points. Without my glasses I might be more… or is that less… I don’t remember how that game works honestly.” He laughed. 

[itsmattqueen]

"Okay, okay, I believe you.." Matt nodded slowly, his words dragging. "Just five points? I mean that's a bit too less for getting hit by a car, aye?" He remarked with a shrug.

[evocatiio]

[drannavalero-blog]

Anna had been at the hospital for 19 hours, a simple CABG went awol after starting the elderly woman’s heart again. Over the years, Anna had witnessed few cases like it - patients very rarely went displayed tachyarrhythmia until a few days in post-op. It hadn’t taken long after the OR nurse exclaimed the presence of AF before Anna began barking orders, determined to find the plausible explanation - her technique had been the same as the hundreds before, what had changed?! Hours later and pre-op blood results were hesitantly read aloud, the senior resident clearly aware of the error before him. Severe hypokalemia, forcing increased depolarisation, inhibiting conduction and costing Mrs Haylock years on her life - as the inevitable ischemia would surely follow. 

So now Anna was finally heading home, after closing up Mrs Haylock and ensuring staff kept her updated with any changes. The senior resident had apologised profusely, but after talks to become head of Cardio at NOLA, Anna had to ensure her team were as precise and efficient as she was - so she made it perfectly clear that an apology meant nothing to her, Mrs Haylock or her family. It now meant Anna was going to have to triple check everything delegated out to the younger surgeons and nurses, determined to correct any lapses in concentration or intelligence. 

The roar of motorbike shook her out of her thoughts, as she was mentally running through possible long term therapies and treatment options. Jumping back, she watched the bike skid to a hasty stop in front of her, her heart beat now mirroring poor Mrs Haylock’s. Fuck. For a second, she thought karma was finally catching up to her - she’d had plenty of near misses before, but she was wandering around like a zombie, trusting her feet would bring her to bed. Pulling herself together, Anna glanced across to the guy in leathers, eyes wide with terror and fury - both at herself and the idiot across from her.

“Who me? Oh, I’m fine. Who needs legs? Go round the bloc and lets try it again shall we?” 

Her tone wasn’t as pointed as she wanted it to be, mid way through, her mind had wandered and she now found herself analysing the bike. The adrenaline rush wouldn’t compare to the OR theatre, but it’d definitely give it some competition, surely! Plus, she’d look great in leather. Bringing her attention back to the rider, Anna exhaled slightly, trying to ignore the fact that her head was pulsating.

“So Mad Max, how fast does that thing go?”

[itsmattqueen]

The tone in which she delivered the words made Matt understand that she definitely wasn’t pleased, the sarcasm dripping made it even more evident. Placing his helmet on the bike as he got off, he turned around to face her with an apologetic expression. Normally, he wouldn’t really care but this time, it really was his fault and the woman seemed to be in serious thoughts. He could only imagine how traumatized the woman would’ve been. Obviously anyone in her spot would have possibly slapped him across the face, so a slight relief ran through him as he saw that she didn’t go that far. “My sincere apologies, ma’am.” He said in the truest way he possibly could. At least he figured he shouldn’t be such an arse about it. “I hardly noticed with how fast I was going and the obvious force of wind that hit me.” He gave a slight shrug, glancing at his bike and then back at her. “Oh, it’s mileage is about 42 miles per gallon. It can go as fast as 118 miles per hour as well, so it’s pretty sweet.”

[eriksennoah-blog]

Noah tapped his fingers along his head and drew them away, nothing hurt, no blood. He shook his head. “No, I’m fine, you might’ve scared the hell out of me though, jeez.” He said with a laugh, looking around. “But you didn’t kill me!” He said, raising his hands in the air. “Are you okay? Did I ruin your pedestrian bowling game?”

[itsmattqueen]

Still, Matt wasn’t convinced. Yep, definitely hit his head, he thought to himself. “Again, apologies.” He said with a little uncertainty. Would he behave the same way if somehow Matt had seriously hurt the other? “Uh pedestrian bowling game? Is that even relevant nowadays?”

[lidijaeriksen-blog]

Lidija so prepared to snap at the man and go on a rant about how people should be careful with their motorcycles and watch where they’re speeding, but her nerves calmed once she realized she knows the biker’s face. “Oh my God, Matt?” She exclaimed, experiencing mixed feelings of happiness and irritation. She was joyful to meet her former friendly neighbor again, but still quite shocked due to the fact she was almost hit by a motorcycle and found her death. Ever since she lost her mother to a car wreck, she always made sure to be extra careful while driving or crossing the road, and it would’ve an insult from God (or whatever the hell is up there in the sky) if she’d die while doing either of these activities. “It’s great to see you, but goddamn it, what were you thinking?”

[itsmattqueen]

It had been literally ages since they’d last met after Lidija had moved. And man did he miss her. She was so friendly when Amy was still around and brought with her an aura of comfort and peace. The thoughts, however, fell with a shake of his head as he assessed the situation. “Extremely sorry, I lost control and forgot about how fast I was going. Glad to see you’re alive, though. Literally.” He said with a nervous laugh, a smile always lingering on his lips. “How are you? It’s been so long.”

[itselle-james-blog]

“It’s a good thing Sneaky Susie here is a cutie pie.” Athena complimented the little girl before watching the man have a little conversation with her. Stepping back so they could have a little privacy, she looked at her nails before hearing him talk again. “She didn’t give me any trouble, I promise. Well, at her age, I did the same thing, too. I disrupted my ballet classes by getting distracted with the slow movements. My patience wasn’t tolerable back then.”

[itsmattqueen]

“Yes, I presume that really works to her advantage and easily gets away with being cute.” Matt said with a smile as he rubbed Susie’s head, much to her annoyance. “Oh, is this like a ballerina thing? Because I swear, Susie has the attention span of a goldfish. She can never stop staring at anyone in a tutu and I have first hand experienced that.” He shook his head in embarrassment.

[helenawilsxn]

                    Helena was easily distracted, but  ESPECIALLY  by motorcycles. Her dad being an antique collector, she’d seen her fair share of old machinery, and held all kinds of appreciation for models new and old. On top of that, her older brother being a mechanic, and the other owning a bike she’d always been jealous of —- Helena was surrounded by motor enthusiests really. 

                     So she’d been too busy  ADMIRING  the bike than actually watching where it was going, giving out a yelp when he got far too close and she stumbled back onto the pavement from the road. Checking herself quickly, she relaxed and then looked up at the man who spoke to her. Faintly — she recognized him when he took off the helmet. He worked with Sawyer, Helena was pretty sure, and only because she’d always been nosey about the hot cops and co-workers in that woman’s office. 

        “My bad. I’m fine,” She chuckled, eyeing him over and then the bike with a grin. “I was kind of distracted by what was between your legs.”

[itsmattqueen]

Of course he had recognized the girl, one that spent far too much time hanging out with his partner and one of the few eye candy in town. And any good friend of Sawyer’s was automatically a good friend to him as well. His eyebrows furrowed, however, at her words, obvious dirty thoughts floating through his head. For people that knew him, it was something very common. “Between my legs..?” He said slowly raising his eyebrows, finally interpreting what she meant by that as he looked up at her with a smirk decorating his features. “Ah, you meant the bike. It’s brand new, actually. Didn’t expect to have this baby hit someone right on the first day.” He gave her a small laugh, getting off the bike to approach her. 

[gullywilsxn]

                   Of course he had almost gotten flattened in the middle of the city, right after he’d been some pigeon’s bowel target and shortly before him dropping his homework in a gutter puddle. This was just Gully’s life it seemed.

                    Attempting to calm his racing heart, he glanced at the guy.

       “Physically? …..Sure.” He said slowly. 

       “Mentally….. I’m still kind of seeing my life flash before my eyes right now….”

[itsmattqueen]

“Sorry about that, mate.” Matt admitted sheepishly with a shrug as he walked closer to the person. “Didn’t mean to scare you at all. I just got a bit too excited from getting this new baby.” He indicated to the bike. 

[adam-westbrook-fbi-blog]

Pick-up game

[adam-westbrook-fbi-blog]

“Sounds like a plan.”

“Boom!”

[itsmattqueen]

“That’s too easy.” Matt said with a laugh as he grabbed the ball, bouncing it once before he shot it aimed at the hoop, easily passing through it. “C’mon, step up your game.”

[eriksennoah-blog]

Noah had never truly been one for exercise, but anything to just get out. He took off from his sister’s apartment jogging, following random roads that just seemed the least busy. He would deal with finding his way home later, but maybe the longer he was away the better. He’d turned down one street and as he heard a bike coming up way too quickly he realized that might be an even longer time away from home. He was about to jump to the ground and accept death when the bike swerved. Taking a breath he watched the driver stop. “I’m fine! Fine. Totally fine.” He said with a laugh. 

[itsmattqueen]

Matt eyed the man curiously; the don’t-care vibe he seemed to give sparked a little doubt inside his head. He seemed to be unnaturally carefree, for if it were any other normal person, they would’ve lashed out at Matt. But not this one, in fact, he wouldn’t be surprise if the other had squealed to say ‘again!’. “Are you sure mate? Didn’t hit your head on the sidewalk and go completely bonkers?”

[eviebrxnnan-deactivated20160723]

“I can’t tell if that was you hitting on me or just assessing the situation.” Evie shot back with a quirk of her eyebrow and then just to make the situation that much weirder for the both of them she looked him upon down the same way he had done with her. “But that’s beside the point, dude. You do realize you could have hit me with that bike of yours, yeah? So don’t act so cocky about not murdering my ass, ok.”

[itsmattqueen]

“Consider it however you like to, a bit more of the former, perhaps, if you wish.” He replied; he took no shame in flirting with complimenting someone as and when needed. “Dude? What are you, twelve? Either way, I didn’t, so you don’t need to worry your pretty little ass.”

[lidijaeriksen-blog]

Despite this being a completely regular morning, Lidija was feeling slightly slower than usual; slow to wake up, slow to get dressed and slow to head down to work. Parking her car at the usual spot, she figured some coffee before work will help her to get back into her senses and not act like a damn tortoise. Carefully looking to both sides before stepping the crosswalk, the woman began pacing it down, and as she did a man on a motorcycle raced into the road and nearly hit her, avoiding the blow just last second. She froze in place, knocked out of breath and completely shocked. She could’ve been killed. “Fortunately, yes.” She grumbled, faltering angrily towards the reckless driver. “Are you completely out of your mind?”

[itsmattqueen]

Matt was a little shaken himself; he never was used to going this fast, at least not on a usual working morning. Maybe he wasn’t yet accustomed to the new ride, or maybe he felt the need to experience the best from it. Nevertheless, he could’ve killed someone. And the thought that the situation could’ve gone horrible disturbed him a bit. Until, that is, he saw the individual safe and unhurt. “I’m terribly sorry, I swear it wasn’t intentio-” His words came to a pause, however, when he faced the person completely. The familiarity of the face kicked in and suddenly, he was confused as well as joyous at the same time. “L-Lidija?

[tessa--chambers-blog]

Tessa’s jaw clenched and her hands curled into fists; first it was a teenager so infatuated with his phone that he pummeled right into her and now some asshole on a bike who was too caught up in his own adrenaline that he almost made her roadkill. “For fuck’s sake…” If she had grit her teeth any harder they probably would’ve shattered. “How on earth did they grant you a license to drive that fucking thing?!” It wasn’t so much as a question as it was an accusation that he clearly needed to pay better attention. Her eyes drifted from the man down to the bike; had she not been so pissed off in that moment she’d have complimented him on his selection.

[itsmattqueen]

Her expression, the rage in her words, they were enough to scare him just a bit. If anything, Matt was ready to have his bones broken off by her. And funnily enough, the fear masked his face. “Woah, calm down there, darlin’.” He put up his hands in defense, taking a step or two back from her. “Well, you know, I didn’t necessarily go this fast for my driver’s test.” He said with a shrug, staring at her as though she’d pop any time soon.

[mia-westbrook-fbi-blog]

It didn’t need to be said — or at least not more than once — that Mia was not, by any means, a morning person. Yet, she had a career that required her to be at work at an unacceptable time (who traumatizes their employees by making them be at work before most cafés were open?) and, if she was expected her yearly salary to be paid, courtesy of the government, it required showing up on time. So, the fact that she was barely awake with her eyes open was a slight issue as she stepped out into the street, forgetting to check both ways, just as the high-pitched scream of the motorbike was within ear-shot. Hardly awake enough to jump back in a timely manner, Mia screeched and stumbled backwards, missing the curb, as she fell backwards and straight onto her ass. “Mother fucker,” she mumbled to herself, mentally kicking herself for the dumb mistake of not looking both ways before crossing the road. Really, it was a rookie mistake. “Fuck, I’m sorry, I’m hardly coherent enough to be maneuvering in the streets this—“ Mia glanced up at the last moment to catch his gaze and smiled mischievously, “ah, Matt, I should’ve known it was you whizzing past on your bike,” Mia cocked a devilish smile at him and shook her head playfully, “you know, you should really stop trying to kill me, I think I’ve proved myself indestructible enough, yes?”

[itsmattqueen]

It took a few seconds for Matt’s brain to register the face of the person on the ground, the voice having an uncanny resemblance. But, of course, once he recognized Mia, he couldn’t help but curve his lips into a mischievous smile, tilting his head slightly to the side playfully as he neared her. “What can I say, I don’t give up too easily, unfortunately. I’ll get you one day, Galloway, but for now I’ll spare your life.” He joked with his usual cheeky sense of humor. “Now, tell me, since when did you start to have drunk mornings? You know, you probably shouldn’t be heading to work in that condition.” He smirked, offering his hand out towards her to help her get up.

[alyssalou]

[avaselenesawyer-archive-blog]

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[queenhelenas]

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