I'm feeling better about my writing today. Added around 2300 words on two chapters of Twice Unjust. I did some research on GA and found that there's no meetings in Glasgow or Scotland so I had to change one of the sanctions the bosses make Robbie do to deal with his addictions.
My snippet is a 500 word extract from chapter 1 (1300+ words) of Twice Unjust. I do need a beta for it now as I've got around 7000 words of the first draft written and I still have 6 chapters (around 7000 words) to write. It is Taggart, current team + Robbie/Jackie ship and rated NC-17, fandom familiarity isn't a problem as I have a separate file with extensive notes.
Karen sighed. “Look Robbie, the investigation in to you isn’t yet closed. DCI Atkins still hasn’t sent me his final report; he’s assured me that I’ll have it by the end of the day.”
“The end of the day?” Robbie said raising his voice. “It’s the end of the day now!”
Rather than getting into a potentially never-ending argument with the already aggravated Detective Inspector, Karen walked away, leaving him to cool down and headed back to her office.
Robbie waited a moment before leaving his desk and the pile of Crime Review Unit cases he’d been given and followed the Chief Superintendent part of the way to her office before he got stopped at the bottom of the main staircase by Jackie, who’d managed to catch up with him, standing on the step above him she placed a hand on his chest. “Don’t do it,” she pleaded. “It isn’t worth it.”
“Why not Jackie, I’ll feel better once I’ve had my say.”
“Look I know you’re not happy and even though you’ll feel better for it, you’ll also be out of a job. Robbie, my one last chance offer is off the table if you go up there and tell her what you think.” Jackie brushed her thumb across his knuckles to calm him down unaware that they were been observed. “Come back to the office with me and have a word with the boss, he might give you some time off if you ask him.”
Robbie sighed. “It’s not time off I need Jackie.”
“God your hard work sometimes! What do you need then?”
“A break, I just need to get of Glasgow and clear my head.”
As they made their way back to the office Jackie’s phone beeped, she quickly checked the message. “Oh looks like Duncan’s got something for us. I’ll see you in a bit.”
*
“Evening Duncan,” Jackie said greeting the younger man.
“Jackie, DCI Burke, is Robbie not with you.”
Matt looked at Jackie, then Duncan. “How is it you address me by title but her by her first name.”
“Easy, she’s nicer to me than you are, so is Robbie for that matter. Would you like to know what my preliminary findings are?”
The detectives nodded to the scientist.
“First of all I have a positive ID for you; the victim is a Malcolm Forbes. I was able to ID him quickly because he has a DNA match in the system.”
“Oh no,” Jackie said.
The two men shot curious glances at the newly promoted DI. “Well spit it out hen, I haven’t got all year,” Matt ordered.
“Robbie’s dad is called Malcolm but he hasn’t seen him since he was four.”
Duncan frowned at Jackie’s comment. “Robbie, that’s who the DNA match is. So are we, well you, still going to be investigating the murder?”
“Yes we are, unless the top floor tell us otherwise, oh and son, don’t tell the top floor until we’ve had chance to tell Robbie.”
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Date: Sunday, January 20th, 2013 00:09 (UTC)My snippet is a 500 word extract from chapter 1 (1300+ words) of Twice Unjust. I do need a beta for it now as I've got around 7000 words of the first draft written and I still have 6 chapters (around 7000 words) to write. It is Taggart, current team + Robbie/Jackie ship and rated NC-17, fandom familiarity isn't a problem as I have a separate file with extensive notes.
Karen sighed. “Look Robbie, the investigation in to you isn’t yet closed. DCI Atkins still hasn’t sent me his final report; he’s assured me that I’ll have it by the end of the day.”
“The end of the day?” Robbie said raising his voice. “It’s the end of the day now!”
Rather than getting into a potentially never-ending argument with the already aggravated Detective Inspector, Karen walked away, leaving him to cool down and headed back to her office.
Robbie waited a moment before leaving his desk and the pile of Crime Review Unit cases he’d been given and followed the Chief Superintendent part of the way to her office before he got stopped at the bottom of the main staircase by Jackie, who’d managed to catch up with him, standing on the step above him she placed a hand on his chest. “Don’t do it,” she pleaded. “It isn’t worth it.”
“Why not Jackie, I’ll feel better once I’ve had my say.”
“Look I know you’re not happy and even though you’ll feel better for it, you’ll also be out of a job. Robbie, my one last chance offer is off the table if you go up there and tell her what you think.” Jackie brushed her thumb across his knuckles to calm him down unaware that they were been observed. “Come back to the office with me and have a word with the boss, he might give you some time off if you ask him.”
Robbie sighed. “It’s not time off I need Jackie.”
“God your hard work sometimes! What do you need then?”
“A break, I just need to get of Glasgow and clear my head.”
As they made their way back to the office Jackie’s phone beeped, she quickly checked the message. “Oh looks like Duncan’s got something for us. I’ll see you in a bit.”
*
“Evening Duncan,” Jackie said greeting the younger man.
“Jackie, DCI Burke, is Robbie not with you.”
Matt looked at Jackie, then Duncan. “How is it you address me by title but her by her first name.”
“Easy, she’s nicer to me than you are, so is Robbie for that matter. Would you like to know what my preliminary findings are?”
The detectives nodded to the scientist.
“First of all I have a positive ID for you; the victim is a Malcolm Forbes. I was able to ID him quickly because he has a DNA match in the system.”
“Oh no,” Jackie said.
The two men shot curious glances at the newly promoted DI. “Well spit it out hen, I haven’t got all year,” Matt ordered.
“Robbie’s dad is called Malcolm but he hasn’t seen him since he was four.”
Duncan frowned at Jackie’s comment. “Robbie, that’s who the DNA match is. So are we, well you, still going to be investigating the murder?”
“Yes we are, unless the top floor tell us otherwise, oh and son, don’t tell the top floor until we’ve had chance to tell Robbie.”