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Title: Harder
Author: [personal profile] musyc
Characters: John Nolan, Talia Bishop
Word Count: 100
Rating: G
Notes: Post-episode 0117.
Challenge: #138, Pressure

Nolan hesitated before starting the engine.

Beside him, Bishop turned her head. "Can't sit here all day, boot. It's embarrassing to have a citizen report a suspicious vehicle and it turns out it's our shop."

"It's different, somehow," he said, gesturing at a ruined house. "Seeing things like that, knowing that people are devastated and scared. I can't stop thinking about how hard it's going to be out there today."

"Boot, if you can't deal when it's hard, shouldn't have become a cop. Lot of pressure in this job. Everything we do is hard." She nodded to the road. "Drive."

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