#maddox blake

[flowerofwar]

The bidding war had gone down in a blaze of glory - numbers shouted and prices overblown by the sheer virtue of competitiveness. It marked the inevitable end of the evening, and Ettie found herself dreading it - it meant going home where distractions were sparse and leaving behind this fanciful illusion. She’d participated in the bidding, if only to back up Noah, but had given up on it when Isa outbid her towards the end and moved onto the paintings instead - she found they complained much less than he did. “Tell me you’re not as grumpy about it as the rest of them.”, she spoke with a smile when she recognised one of the contestants standing near her as people dispersed, still buzzing from the showdown, “I can listen to only so many complaints before needing another drink. Even if it’s this god awful champagne and gold flakes... thing.” 

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[nikxesquer]

Nik could be a stickler for the rules sometimes, as likely to enforce them widely and without discrimination as Maddox was to break them; especially if they got in the way of doing what was right. And while being dedicated to law vs. own sense of morality might’ve put the two men at odds, it never actually came down to it in practice - most of the time, Nik was more than happy to be amused by Maddox’s antics, and more than once he’d been driven to participate by the sheer virtue of his friend’s fierce beliefs. He sat on the edge of Maddox’s desk tonight, listening to whatever fragments of conversation he could overhear from the detectives as he played with desk decorations, questioning whether dragging Maddy out of here was even an option given the seemingly busy night. “Tell me you’re close to nailing down some big-shot drug trafficking ring. I’m getting bored with the State guys getting all the interesting ones.”, he looked up as a smile stretched over his lips at his approaching friend, “Seriously, I need that. My latest case involves goats. Which is precisely why I need a drink, so I’ve come to drag you away. And I don’t want to steal your lines when I say we can do this the easy way, or the hard way.”

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