How To Save a Life
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- angelo's house eroshay (sarrain) sergeant angelo genovese shay&angelo
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Angelo was only just getting back from work, kicking off his shoes in the entrance way when he spied a familiar set of shoes that wasn't usually there.
So Shay was there. He pulled his tie off, loosening the collar of his uniform by a button before heading into the living room proper, nearly missing Shay where she lay on the couch.
"Yo," Angelo said, heading over to flop down on the couch beside her.
So Shay was there. He pulled his tie off, loosening the collar of his uniform by a button before heading into the living room proper, nearly missing Shay where she lay on the couch.
"Yo," Angelo said, heading over to flop down on the couch beside her.
Shay tossed the magazine onto the coffee table when Angelo came in. She grinned (weakly) at him. "Yo," she said back, giving a halfhearted air fist bump. Then she watched him to see if he'd settle or go off to change. "I actually had something I've been wanting to talk to you about. You should go get comfortable, I can wait."
And she reached for the magazine again to read a page at random.
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Oh boy. Oh boy. Whatever this was, Angelo didn't like it, and he grimaced as he nodded.
"Gimme a minute."
He'd head upstairs, changing out of his uniform. By the time he reappeared, he was in loose blue workout pants and a T-shirt. Closer to PJs than anything else, and making it very clear that Angelo wasn't going to be heading out that night.
He settled back in beside Shay, shifting to adjust and find a comfortable spot.
"Alright, hit me."
He had an idea. He just hoped he was wrong.
"Gimme a minute."
He'd head upstairs, changing out of his uniform. By the time he reappeared, he was in loose blue workout pants and a T-shirt. Closer to PJs than anything else, and making it very clear that Angelo wasn't going to be heading out that night.
He settled back in beside Shay, shifting to adjust and find a comfortable spot.
"Alright, hit me."
He had an idea. He just hoped he was wrong.
Shay glanced up from the magazine (something about fishing on this page) and noted the look on his face. "You look at nervous as I feel," she told him before jumping headlong into it."After what happened, with jail and everything... It's kinda been weird between us." She paused a beat, but couldn't think up the least painful way to say it. "Do you... think I'm a cold-blooded murderer now?"
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That was not what he'd expected to hear. The surprise probably showed on his face, eyes eyebrows shooting up as he tried to process what he'd just heard. She hadn't miscarried. The baby was fine. She'd just come to sit down and have a talk about... murder?
Oh. She'd probably worked out that he thought it was something more than self defense. Maybe he'd been too obvious, or maybe she was just paranoid. Or maybe she had some kind of sense that could tell now that he was human and wasn't guarded against other people.
"No," Angelo said, both very clear and very sure. "I don't think that."
Oh. She'd probably worked out that he thought it was something more than self defense. Maybe he'd been too obvious, or maybe she was just paranoid. Or maybe she had some kind of sense that could tell now that he was human and wasn't guarded against other people.
"No," Angelo said, both very clear and very sure. "I don't think that."
That was not the answer Shay was expecting. It seemed they were both surprising each other tonight. More hesitantly she said, "you don't see me like... Klaus?" And where Angelo sounded positive, Shay didn't. Shay couldn't get what was so weird between them if this wasn't it. And she couldn't get if Angelo did see her as some shit-disturber, why he'd like her. Why did he want her around? How could he?
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Realistically, he probably should have just said the whole thing, but he'd definitely been caught off guard by the question. He could guess what sort of thoughts she had going on, so he did his best to correct things, steering them the right way.
"I'll be honest, Shay. I don't think things went down just like you said. I don't think you were minding your own business, wandering around when he jumped you. I think you were... I don't know. Looking for trouble. Wandering around the wrong area looking for someone. And then there was an argument, and he ended up dead. But I don't think you planned it. I don't think you're some coldhearted murderer."
Angelo paused, lost in thought for a moment.
"I grew up around them. They wouldn't have bat an eye. But you're effected by it. You're bothered by it. By what people think about you, too."
"I'll be honest, Shay. I don't think things went down just like you said. I don't think you were minding your own business, wandering around when he jumped you. I think you were... I don't know. Looking for trouble. Wandering around the wrong area looking for someone. And then there was an argument, and he ended up dead. But I don't think you planned it. I don't think you're some coldhearted murderer."
Angelo paused, lost in thought for a moment.
"I grew up around them. They wouldn't have bat an eye. But you're effected by it. You're bothered by it. By what people think about you, too."
Shay listened to Angelo, unsure if she should be irked or relieved that Angelo knew her so well. And again, Shay was in that odd position of wondering if she should give Angelo the whole truth of her mind. Or would that just upset him again?She set the magazine on her lap, scratching behind her ear and not looking directly at him. "You're right. More or less.
"After Klaus and Vito left and you swooped in... I don't know. It was weird. I went from everyone needing me to no one needing me. I just wanted to feel something again. I wanted to be where Klaus used to gamble and try to remember what it felt like to be wanted."
Shay scoffed hard and rolled her eyes. "Honestly, I don't know if it would bother me so much if it didn't bother you so much. Or the people I love. If I'd grown up like them, it'd probably be no big deal to me...
"I don't exactly feel sick at the blood or the violence, I've seen all that before. And I don't cry for him. I cry for you guys."
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Right, more or less. And she'd just confessed to a cop. But she'd already been tried, and even if Angelo was willing to rat her out, they wouldn't get far. Without proof, they'd have a hard time doing anything.
"Next time, just... talk to me. Don't go out looking for trouble, because you'll find it."
Unlikely she would, but it was worth saying anyway.
"Most people don't, honestly. I still don't. I've learned too, over time, but in a lot of ways it's a learned thing. A learned thing and empathy. You see the suffering of others and internalize it. Or something like that."
He wasn't the expert, to say the least.
"I didn't even process murder was bad until I was on the island."
"Next time, just... talk to me. Don't go out looking for trouble, because you'll find it."
Unlikely she would, but it was worth saying anyway.
"Most people don't, honestly. I still don't. I've learned too, over time, but in a lot of ways it's a learned thing. A learned thing and empathy. You see the suffering of others and internalize it. Or something like that."
He wasn't the expert, to say the least.
"I didn't even process murder was bad until I was on the island."