FAKE Double Drabble: All Night Long

[badly_knitted]

Title: All Night Long
Fandom: FAKE
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Dee, Ryo.
Rating: PG
Written For: Challenge 500: Amnesty 50 at drabble_zone, using Challenge 439: Up All Night.
Setting: After Like Like Love.
Summary: Neither detective enjoys working late shift.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: Double drabble.
 
 

Despite having done it regularly for years, Dee didn’t think he’d ever get used to working the late shift. Staying up all night had been no big deal when he was younger; back then, he could handle whatever was thrown at him. But now that he was over thirty, if he didn’t have a good reason to be up late, such as having a night out drinking and dancing with his baby, after work he’d far rather spend the evening watching TV, then head to bed around ten.

 
Working the late shift meant that at ten, he was only two hours into his shift, with the rest of the night stretching interminably out in front of him, when all he wanted was a nap. When had he gotten so old?
 

Ryo set a cup of coffee in front of him. “Here, you looked like you could use this. I know I can.” He sank into the chair behind his own desk and took a cautious sip of hot coffee. “Late shift is the worst. It always seems to last twice as long as it should. I know we have to take our turn, but I wish I was in bed.”

 
 
The End



 
 
 
 

Comments

[mrs_sweetpeach]

Wanting to go to bed early is one sign of getting older. I remember when gatherings with friends would last into the wee hours of the morning. Now parties tend to break up around 9 or 10 pm.

[badly_knitted]

I can remember going on dates, going to bed after 1am, getting up at 7 the next morning for work, and I was fine. Now I could stay in bed for 10 hours and still feel exhausted. Oh to be young again!

Thank you!