Rafael Barba Monologue

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“Carisi, I’m really sorry about the situation you got into the other day. I was in the wrong for leaving you alone in there.” A detective and his lieutenant strode through city sidewalks after from an interview, now heading to their precinct with the setting sun. After a particular meeting went south quickly, they were both on high alert while conducting investigations. Their hands burrowed into pockets, forming cocoons of defense from winter chill, while they fought cold sensations with conversation. “No, lieu, it was my bad to be so careless. I should’ve been by-the-book, and that’s my fault. Raf’s sick at home, and it’s got me all shook up, but I can’t rush into things.” “I wasn’t there, so you had to make decisions for yourself. I’m …show more content…

Though he fought his own thoughts, reminders trouble events a day ago intruded upon any attempt at clarity. Merely the sight of his doorstep was the only thing keeping him from falling over the edge into a full-on flashback to his attack. Comforting thoughts of Barba overpowered harmful ones, but these too soon fell to new worries. After the altercation, he was left with marks to prove it, but these easily were misconstrued to be something else. Luckily, he had been working on street investigations in the middle of winter, but his home didn’t hold the same environment. Images of Barba’s face, stricken with contempt, as the marks on Carisi’s neck were revealed, haunted his mind. Hopefully, he would …show more content…

Creaking sounds from the door only stimulated Carisi’s nerves further. Automatically, he noticed Barba craned over a dining table, papers splayed out across it. The door opening set off the lawyer’s daily alarm to greet his boyfriend. This was usually followed Carisi setting his coat and scarf by the door, but in this instance he skipped that step, leaving Barba to gesture toward the coat rack. Of course, red flags went off in Barba’s mind, and these presented themselves in the form of a signature puzzled

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