#nathaniel:meredith

[mollysmythtymsyllom]

at her statement the man raised a brow. “is that by choice or due to past experiences?” he asked, a little nosey. however, a lightbulb flicked on in his head as he mentally kicked himself for being a bit insensitive. “actually, don’t answer that. i’m sorry, sometimes i can be a bit forward.” reaching into his fridge, he pulled out a water bottle and offered that instead. @grcvycrd​

seeing she utilized his kitchen island to lay the paperwork out, nathaniel began looking things over. “where do you want to start?”

“Yes,” Meredith said, even though she was given two options. It was her choice to get sober, and her alcoholism was a past experience. Then she chuckled and shrugged when he apologized. “Don’t be sorry for being curious, it’s that instinct that makes you a good cop, it’s why I asked you to help me with this case.” She took the water bottle and placed the case file on the kitchen island. “Well. . . honestly I’m not sure where to start. . . that’s the biggest problem. Since the chief doesn’t want me looking into the case, I haven’t been able to dig into what, other than their looks these three women have in common.” 

[mollysmythtymsyllom]

parking lot. pulling out his cellphone, the man texted his lady friend he was supposed to meet up with saying he’d have to reschedule. sure she wasn’t happy, but nathaniel felt helping meredith with her possible case was more important.

waiting by his car, the man looked up to find meredith walking towards him. greeting her with a smile, he instructed her to follow him to his apartment. while he didn’t want to admit it, he did live close to the office. it was convenient for him to be able to drive about seven minutes to his home and pass out within minutes; he hoped she wouldn’t point out how close he lived.

once they parked in his driveway, he beckoned for meredith to follow in his home. [click here for home]. “you can lay the file on the dining table, i’ll be right down. make yourself at home.” nathaniel closed the door behind the woman before making his way up the stairs to put his suit jacket away. changing his pants into jeans, and his white button up to a blue t-shirt, nathaniel trekked back downstairs.

“want water or wine or something?” hospitality wasn’t exactly his best suit, but he was trying. @grcvycrd​

Meredith didn’t take long to get her stuff together, and grab anything she thought she might need to work on the possible case. Her desk was well organized so it was easy for her to get everything quickly. She made her way out to the parking lot and found Nathaniel, then nodded and got into her own car. She did notice the proximity to the station as she pulled into the man’s driveway, but decided not to mention it when she got out and followed him inside. The truth was, she was a little bit jealous of how close he was to the station. She herself spent more time there than she did her own place.

When told to make herschel at home, Meredith smiled and nodded. She placed the case files down on the table, setting them up so that they could get a good look at everything that she already had. When Nathaniel came back, Meredith was still standing by the table, eyes on the papers in front of her. “Oh, uh, water is fine. I don’t drink.” Her past relationship with alcohol wasn’t exactly well known in the station, and Meredith wanted to keep it that way.

[mollysmythtymsyllom]

listening to her report, that alone did spark up something in nathan; she had something here. with an arched brow the man let out a sigh, then nodded. “yeah mer, i think you go something here,” he confirmed, closing the manila folder. “but seeing as it’s not an official case, i’m sure your boss wouldn’t be okay with you investigating this in the office; let’s go to mi casa and go over things,” he suggested, beckoning for her to follow him. @grcvycrd​

Meredith was too excited that Nathaniel was willing to help her look into the case to realize that she had just been invited to his place. She had never been to his place before. This would actually be the first time the two of them did anything one on one even at the office. “Yes, let me just grab my stuff, I can meet you in the parking lot in ten?”

[mollysmythtymsyllom]

While Nathan did halfway side with her head of department, he also knew Meredith; he knew when she got a feeling, they’re normally right. “Is it that they all look the same? Do they have anything else in common? Field of work? Social clubs? Anything?” he questioned, his eyes narrowing at her for more information. “I wanna be on your side on this one Mer, but I can’t go over someone’s head on this little.” @grcvycrd​

Meredith sighed and rubbed her face. “I haven't been able to look too much into it yet. They all have blonde hair, brown eyes, are five foot six, and between the ages of twenty three and twenty eight. They all live within the same five block radius, so there is a good chance that they have similar hang outs, possibly gym, maybe the same coffee shop, I haven’t been able to investigate. And the newest one has only been missing two days, so we can’t even officially release a missing person’s report.”