Breathe Series

Title: - Breathe 10

Author: -Katt

Rating: - R

Feedback: - Like it or loathe it let me know

Archive: - Archived at the Shield Fanfiction Archive

Disclaimer: - I don’t own any of the characters of The Shield, they all belong to Shawn Ryan and FX.

Author’s Notes: - Takes place during the episode "Dawg Days".

Breathe 10

Breathe – slowly, calmly, don’t give anything away.

Claudette said she could tell, see it in the eyes.

Had she seen it in his eyes?

No…she would’ve said something, been concerned. Wouldn’t she?

He hid it too well. Even now he was calm, functioning on the outside – frantic, panicked on the inside.

The years of practice would see him through.

He’d interrogate Miguel, sympathize. Apply rape to himself as a "what if". The things he’d do to his "imagined" attacker. Things he wished he could do.

All the time avoiding eye contact with Claudette…in case she saw too much.