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Zane shrugged "Fine Coffee" He looked at Ty speculatively "What did Burns tell you?"

"That you’re fucked in the head," Ty responded as he turned and looked at Zane with narrowed eyes, taking in how on edge Zane see about it?"

"I’ve been busy"

"Doing what?" Ty asked in amusement "Aside from me?" he added

Zane’s lips compressed, but then his eyes closed for a moment, he half smiled, and some of the tension eased He slid one hand into his pants pocket "Planning et your hopes up," Ty muttered as the elevator doors opened He stepped in and punched the button for the ground floor "Coo ho somewhere?" Zane asked in surprise

"I have not-so-subtle orders to go see my family," Ty answered wryly He cocked his head as he studied Zane again "You’re going to spend three weeks just sitting around your hotel roohed and crossed his ar to Texas again"

Ty hesitated, looking hi Zane to accos went south, Ty could throw Zane in front of his parents just like he had the paintballs Use him as a sort of hu Zane close every night He’d come to enjoy that when it still happened, despite hoanted to throttle Zane sometimes

"You want to come with me?" he asked tentatively

Zane stared at hi it was a joke "I don’t need a babysitter"

"Maybe, maybe not But I need you," Ty told hi He knew Zane well enough to kno tovulnerability, he’d fall for it every tily predictable habit for his unpredictable partner And there was rain of truth in the words "Coot on the elevator and stood next to hi watching the other le with the fact that he would have to ask for it Zane actually lasted ale before he huffed softly "Fine," he said grudgingly "What do you need me for?"

Ty smirked as he looked over at Zane, but the s hoer than er frame

"That actually did work out pretty well foran eyebrow He was obviously reht after the trip to Quantico

Ty let his eyes rake over the reed

"Ho a little at Ty’s playful words "To West by-God Virginia? And you want ?"

"Yes," Ty answered with a curt nod That was exactly what he wanted If Zane could survive a trip to West Virginia toLike a cockroach

An amused smile slowly pulled at Zane’s lips as the elevator doors opened onto the parking deck "Just what is it you’re afraid of?"

Ty pursed his lips and waited ato answer

Zane huffed quietly and followed hi to answer s and fly," Ty shot back over his shoulder "Do you have caear in DC?" Zane asked, throwing up a hand "Answer the question"

"There are places to camp in DC," Ty answered as he headed for his Bronco

"Yeah, if you’re homeless in a city park," Zane retorted "Answer the question, Grady"

"I did," Ty said to hi Zane up The results were often… heated "I onna need a map And ood?" he ra not to s After a longfor the far side of the parking garage Zane had learned not long after they’d been reassigned that he didn’t have to stick around to deal with Ty’s verbal sparring In some ways it was a nuisance, because now Ty had to work harder to annoy hi to be batted around like ataunted by a cat anymore

"Hey!" Ty called after hi so to his Valkyrie, parked in the corner about thirty yards away

"You want to knohy I don’t like going ho in the cee

"I believe I asked what you were afraid of, Grady Two different things," Zane responded as he picked up his helmet from the seat of thedeck and reached Ty almost as an echo

"I’m afraid of the dark," Ty answered immediately with a tilt of his head, his voice soft and serious

Zane paused and turned back to study hiups and proble than Ty did, every once in a while it did Zane good to be reles

"You really want me to cooing to do while we’re there?"