#the closer

[dhplover]

An important reminder on this #InternationalWomensDay

[lesbianraydor]

Please make the oh-so-terrible sacrifice of accepting a promotion that offers you more money, prestige and power than any other job in the city. And if it will help you with the suffering, you'll not only be a positive role model for little girls all over this country, but I personally will feel very... I will feel very proud to have a Chief that I can truly admire.

THE CLOSER S06E09 - last woman standing

[waywardted]

You know, for someone who worked Internal Affairs most of her career, you're really sneaky. [The Closer Edition]

[kadi219]

New Fic Alert

For Every Sunset - Chapter 1

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[cpericardium]

Something extremely funny and sad that happens in every episode of The Closer. A character will say something deeply emotionally vulnerable to Brenda Leigh Johnson. Sometimes it's a suspect, sometimes someone related to the victim, sometimes someone close to Brenda.

And she does not register it in that way at all. She just sort of stares into the distance as she slides in the crucial missing piece of the puzzle. And then she just fucking dips without responding. You can't say anything meaningful to her she will not acknowledge it. She WILL use it to solve the murder.

And I know this is a thing in detective shows (I suppose also medical shows) where the detective gets inspiration from something someone says offhand. But I think it's so funny she doesn't bother to explicate this to anybody. Her boyfriend will be talking about the cat and she will stare into space in silence and then book it to the interrogation room. The victim's mom will be tearfully telling her she wouldn't understand the lengths family will go to to protect each other and Brenda will gaze over her shoulder completely not giving a shit. She's in her mind palace fuck off. Sorry you can't have your moment of human connection. The Closer is Closing her case.

Everyone on the subreddit fucking hates her but she's the Gregory House of procedural cop shows

They sing the praises of the male characters so I can only surmise that it's because she's a woman

[noprophet]

FIC MASTERLIST

Archive of Our Own Works

It has been a while since I wrote new fic, but hell, The Pitt really kicked my ass. (And separately I'm a Melissa Schemmenti truther now apparently.)

(I do not own these characters. MINORS DNI)

MCEVANS - Dana x Cassie (THE PITT)

Multi-Fic

Fireworks - AO3 (TBD # of Chapters, ongoing)

The Fourth of July was a real shit day. But when Dana finds Mel King stuck for a plan for watching fireworks, she reaches out - like she always does. She also calls in some reinforcements, and that call for help turns out to be one of the most satisfying, Cassie-Mckay-shaped rewards of her entire life.

One-Shots

Inside Your Skin - AO3 (light smut, mostly comfort)

Cassie is showering off the latest patient's guts but she forgot to check for soap. (Dana helps.)

Meet You There - AO3 (flirting, crush on a friend)

Cassie sends an email while Dana is taking time off after Pittfest. She regrets it almost as soon as she's sent it, but sometimes things have to be said.

her undoing - AO3 (SMUT, explicit)

“You make me so stupid McKay. All that talk about needing to get laid in the middle of the day near the nursing station. You think that wouldn’t get back to me?”

Her hands - tumblr (pining)

literally cassie and dana musing about eachother's hands

I've been locked inside your heart-shaped box for weeks - tumblr (jealousy, fluff)

Dana gets jealous after Cassie asks out a man in the ED.

something holy - tumblr (hurt/comfort, fluff, then smut) AO3 (2 parts in one)

Cassie finds Dana in the hospital chapel after a hard day. TW: very slight OD talk MDNI

Meanwhile the world goes on- AO3 (fluff, flirting, tattoos)

It’s the third time they’ve ever met when Cassie asks Dana about her tattoos.

Harmless - AO3 (punishing, prank, smut) (EXPLICIT)

Cassie pulls a prank on her girlfriend and gets more than she bargained for. (AKA SPIT SMUT) MDNI

Torn by the hours - AO3 (hurt/comfort, fluff)

Cassie has a very bad day, and Dana is there for her (more than once).

RED - AO3 (SMUT, EXPLICIT)

Dana goes out on the town with old friends and she comes home in a much different mood than Cassie anticipated. Wearing the most devastating lipstick.

The gala that changed everything - AO3 (mostly pining then some SMUT, EXPLICIT)

Cassie doesn't know how she let Victoria convince her to wear a dress. / Dana has never seen Cassie dolled up quite like this.

Heatwave - AO3 (pining, smut, EXPLICIT)

Cassie has been doing maintenance tasks for the super for a break on her rent when Dana moves into her building. Heavy BOUND (1996) vibes - not that you have to have watched it, but there will be a few easter eggs for those who have.

Caught looking - tumblr (pining) - AO3

PROMPT: a drabble where Cassie gets caught admiring/staring at Dana by someone else (like maybe Santos?). Could be at work or at a staff event, but whoever it is is relentless in teasing Cassie about it. (became a bit longer than a drabble)

CROSSOVER FIC - THE PITT / ABBOTT ELEMENTARY (multi-chapter)

DANA x CASSIE + FRIENDSHIP W/ MELISSA SCHEMMENTI

Gabbadost - AO3 (TBD # of Chapters, ongoing)

Dana’s dear friend Melissa is in town for a week of shenanigans and realizes that her assumed-straight friend has a major crush on one of her doctors. Melissa convinces her to go for it. AKA what if Dana Evans and Melissa Schemmenti were old camp friends (read: teenaged smoking buddies). AKA a crack fic of the silliest persuasion. We will be leaning more tonally Abbott because the BANTER but you get it. More McEvans to come in future chapters, with a lot of Melissa pushing them together like a kid making their two barbies make out.

Gabbadost (or gaba doost) is an Italian-American slang term for someone who is stubborn, thickheaded, or hardheaded. Derived from the Italian/Sicilian phrase capa tosta (hard head), it is commonly used to describe someone who refuses to change their ways.

THE PITT - DANA X PARKER

Sorry I woke up horny (EXPLICIT, MDNI)

On a quieter day than the Westbridge diversion, Dana wakes Parker up a little differently.

KILLING EVE - EVE x CAROLYN

We were caught by the light - AO3

Eve has a problem and Carolyn offers a (temporary) solution. (2 chapters, revisionist endgame). (2 chapters)

SWINGTOWN - SUSAN x TRINA

It Seems a Small Town - FF.NET

Susan believes she can never have what it is she's realized she wants. But then, beliefs are made to be upended. (fix-it revisionist endgame) (2 chapters)

THE CLOSER / MAJOR CRIMES - BRENDA x SHARON

IN THE CARDS - FF.NET

Brenda receives a sign from an unexpected messenger and makes a choice. Prequel to "Again." Brenda/Sharon romantic pairing. Brenda/Fritz angst.

AGAIN - FF.NET

Brenda goes home. “It seems to me that in the orbit of our world you are the North Pole, I the South--so much in balance, in agreement--and yet… the whole world lies between.” ― Thomas Wolfe, You Can't Go Home Again

EMMERDALE - CHARITY / VANESSA

But I feel everything, I know you understand - AO3

After the events of the episode on Wednesday May 13th 2026 and Charity’s conversation with (dumb) Dr. Todd, Vanessa sees Charity leaving her house and can tell something is wrong.

[daciancatamite]

the closer A plot: there has been a heinous murder n the parents r devastated n we have no dna or evidence n we dont know how to prove the culprit did it

provenza n flynn B plot: