Mick woke exhausted when his alarm clock rang. He’d spent most of the night tossing and turning, worried about what he would find when he went into the station and looked up Amanda’s real name.
He jumped up out of bed with that thought and turned the shower on before crossing to relieve himself. He could always rely on a hot shower to wake him up, then started on his usual routine as he prepared for work.
Mick walked into the station to find John already at his desk and received a grunt of acknowledgement from the other side of the room as he passed. He smiled at the thought of knowing the other man hadn’t received his injection of caffeine and wished he’d thought to hide it as a joke. This thought was immediately squashed as he remembered he’d need John to be awake and ready today so h
