Miranda Hilmarson x Fem Reader
Summary: You’re the new detective on the force and your new partner is none other than Miranda. You didn’t think you will get on with the bubbly constable but she proved herself to you
Warnings: Talk of dead bodies
First day on the job in your new department. You have been working for the force for almost ten years but after an incident last year you had to move to a different division in a different city. It was tough knowing you had to do this. You were leaving all your friends and family behind but you needed to do this for your safety and theirs.
You had managed to bag a nice little apartment by the coast. A lot of the other detectives and constables seemed to live here as well which was quite nice to know.
You were currently sitting in your bedroom scrolling through your phone. You still had five minutes before you had to leave for work. You had gotten yourself dressed into a smart suit. You didn’t do dresses or skirts. Apart from the fact they are not really practical for the work force you also never liked wearing them.
When your alarm finally rang to indicate to leave you grabbed your backpack and keys and headed out the door. You were lucky the station was within walking distance of your apartment which meant you could walk to work everyday. You passed a little coffee shop on your way there and decided to swing by and get a coffee. You had the time.
As you got to the counter you looked up at the chalkboard revealing what drinks they did.
“Morning, what can I get you today?” the young barista asked you.
“Can I get a large laté with two pumps of caramel syrup in it please?” You asked, grabbing your purse out of your backpack.
“Of course anything else?”
“No, that should be everything.” You gave the barista the exact amount of change and proceeded to wait for your drink to be made. After a couple of minutes your name was called and you collected your drink and continued your walk to work.
This is so peaceful you thought to yourself. As you rounded the final corner you saw the police station come into view. “Today is going to be a good day” you said to yourself hyping yourself up. You were full of nerves but not because you were incapable of doing your job but because you won’t know anyone in this division.
As you walked into the station your new boss was standing waiting for you. The only reason why you recognised him was because he was the one who interviewed you for the job. “Good morning y/n how are you doing this morning?” he asked you. “I’m doing good. Just a little nervous but think it’s just first day nerves and the fact that I don’t know anyone” you nervously laughed to yourself.
“I’m sure you will have a great first day. I’m going to take you to the main work space in the station and then down to the locker room so you can put your belongings away. I then expect you to meet back at the offices once you are done. Is that understood?” He asked. “Yep I understand” you nodded.
With that he took you round the main office which was all open planned so it made communication a lot easier. This is where you would be working and it was an amazing feeling knowing this. He then took you down to the lockers giving you your key and showing which locker was yours. “I will see you in a bit” he said, turning on his heels and walking back up the stairs leaving you with three other constables.
Believe it or not for a detective you were quite shy around new people so decided to just put your stuff in your locker before heading back up. Just as you were about to close your locker you felt a presence to your side. You turned your head expecting to see someone’s face instead you came face to face with a woman’s chest. You blushed looking up to meet the tall blonde's face.
“Hey I’m Miranda. You must be the new detective” she said with a beaming smile. “Your y/n! I heard all about your case back in Tamworth. I thought you were so brave with how you dealt with that case. It must have been so scary to be in that situation. It’s a real shame they never caught the bloke and now you’ve had to move. Honestly it’s such an honour to be working in the same division with you” she rattled on to you.
You just smiled and nodded. You really didn’t want to talk about that case at all. You didn’t think anyone would really know you or the case well but this one constable seems to know everything about you. It was creepy. “Well I will see you around Miranda” you smiled before closing your locker before heading back to the main office. Hopefully you wouldn’t see much of the tall constable because you couldn’t tolerate really bubbly people and you could already tell she was one of those kinds of people.
You arrived back at the office where most of the other detectives and constables were waiting on orders from the captain. You saw many people having coffees from the coffee machine in the corner. To be honest it looked like a pretty shit machine and you were glad that you had gone out and bought your own. After about 10 minutes of waiting the captain came up to speak with you.
“I have a case that has just come in for you. A suspicious package has washed up on the beach and we believe there may be human remains inside. I need you to go down to the crime scene and investigate for me” he said with a stern look. This is great! It’s your first day and a potentially major case has just come through.
“l take it I will get a partner?” you asked your captain. “Yes take Hilmarson” he said sternly. “I’m sorry who is that sir. I haven't managed to meet a lot of my colleagues yet” you said blushing slightly out of embarrassment. “Oh that's ok. The tall blonde over in the corner.” You looked to where he was pointing to see Miranda standing there.
“Is there anyone else sir? I think she has some weird obsession with me. She seems to know things about me that she shouldn’t even know” you stated shivering slightly at the thought. “Nope y/n. Take Miranda she would take a bullet for anyone. I’m sure with time you two will become close” he said chuckling slightly. “I doubt it” you muttered to yourself walking away from the captain, past Miranda and out to the car. “Miranda you’re with me” you said sternly as you walked past her.
You guys both got in the car and with blue lights headed down to the location where the package washed up. “So i’m really excited to be working with you” Miranda said all giddy. “Look, this needs to stop Miranda. We are here to work. Whatever sort of fantasy you seem to have with me and my work needs to stop especially if you're wanting to stay partners” you said giving her a stern look. Her smile faded instantly. You felt bad but in order for you to both get on with the job at hand the obsessive behaviour needed to end there and then.
“I’m sorry if I have crossed some kind of line,” she said softly, looking down while playing with her fingers. “It’s ok Miranda but in order for us to work together well we both need to be focused especially in a case like this. Have you ever dealt with a case like this before?” you asked the blonde while pulling into the carpark near where the package was found.
“I’m going to be completely honest with you. I have never seen a dead body in my career” she said to you finally meeting your gaze as you parked the car. “Well today may change that for you” you said, getting out of the car waiting for your new partner to get out so you could lock the vehicle.
You both walked down to the sea front. Like most beaches you either have to walk down a ramp or steps to get onto the beach itself. Due to Miranda's height she was able to jump down but due to your height there was no way you could do that without hurting yourself. You watched as Miranda spun around and put her arms out as if she was getting ready for you to jump into them.
You had to admit she did look pretty cute with her hands in the air getting ready to catch you. Just as you thought about jumping into her arms you realised how unprofessional that would be of you. She is your work partner plus it's your first day working with the woman. Therefore you decided to just walk down the ramp meeting her on the beach. When she caught up you could see the slight hint of sadness in her face due to your rejection but you knew she would get over it.
“Come on Miranda. I doubt this is going to be a pretty sight” you said walking under the police tape they used to section off a large square where the package was found. You were instantly hit by the smell of a rotting corpse. A smell you were unfortunately too familiar with. “Urh what is that smell?” Miranda asked as she scrunched up her nose at the smell. “That my friend is the smell of a rotting corpse which means whoever has been in there has been there a few days at least. I don’t think this heat is helping though” you said looking up to the sky squinting from the sun.
“The package washed up early this morning, we reckon. It was reported to the police about 8:30am by a dog walker” the officer on scene said to you. “You should really take a look at this. It’s not a pretty sight” he said to you as he grabbed the zip undoing it so you could look further into it.
He was right, the sight of it was not pretty. The poor woman had been cut up and placed into this package. Where it had been in the water the skin had started rotting away making the body almost unrecognisable. “Hilmarson, over her now” you said beckoning the woman. Deep down you didn’t want this woman to see the sight you were currently looking at but it would benefit her if she did.
She looked at the body infront of her trying her best not to vomit at the smell. “Who do you think we are dealing with here?” you asked, stepping back slightly.
Miranda continued to look, assessing the body in further detail. “Well we know whoever did this thought carefully about how they were going to dispose of the body. I think I can see the remains of a lingerie set so she may have been a sex worker. I know for a fact there are plenty of brothels around these areas. She may have found out something she wasn’t supposed to and this was the best way to get rid of her. I think our best way forward is to get her body autopsied as soon as possible. Depending on what we get out of that then I think we should investigate some of the brothels in the area and try to build a case” she suggested standing at full height turning to you looking for approval .
“That sounds like a brilliant idea. Get that body down to the morgue so it can be autopsied. We will meet you over there” you said walking back to the car with Miranda. You were impressed with your partner. She may be annoying at times but she is smart and knows what she is doing.
You and Miranda headed back to the car before starting your drive to the morgue so you can watch the autopsy of the young victim. “So how was that for an experience?” You asked Miranda.
“Well I wasn’t really expecting that the first time I saw a dead body. The smell of it too was just awful. I would love to know what was going through the mind of the person that did this to her. I would hate to think how worried her family must be right now” she said shivering at the thought.
After about a 20 minute car journey you both finally arrived at the morgue. When you arrived they were placing the parts of the body out on the table. You did feel bad for the victim. “So what have we got so far from the victim” you asked.
“Well so far we reckon this woman was in her mid twenties. She is of Asian heritage and she was pregnant. Her unborn baby was in the package with her. That is all we have at the moment. It’s hard if we will pick up any DNA due to the amount of decomposition but will run it just in case we are able to pick up anything but the chances are low” the examiner said to you and Miranda.
You sighed knowing that this wasn’t a lot of evidence to go by but then Miranda piped up. “I know some of the brothels around here have a lot of workers that are of Asian heritage and the fact that she was pregnant may suggest the pregnancy was unwanted on the fathers end which could be a motive to kill. I suggest we investigate some of the local brothels and speak to some of the workers and see if any of their colleagues are missing. If we can find out which brothel she worked at we can look further into their clients and maybe find the killer.” She suggested standing tall and proud at what she suggested.
“Great idea we better get started with this investigation because this is going to be full on” you suggested leaving the morgue and headed back to the car.
You really didn’t think that you would get on with Miranda but she has really proved herself to you and you were glad that she was your new partner in crime.