Detective Castellanos: A Fictional Narrative

“Detective Castellanos? Detective Castellanos? You have a visitor.”

From somewhere far away, Sebastian heard a soft voice calling to him, rousing him from a deep slumber. He struggled to open his eyes and make sense of the feminine shape hovering protectively over him.

“Tatiana..?”

“Thank you nurse, I’ll watch him from here.”

“Of course Detective Oda.”

The shape disappeared and Sebastian closed his eyes. Shortly after, he felt a soft hand caressing his cheek lovingly.

“Seb, you’re alright now.”

Sebastian opened his eyes again, and tried his hardest to focus them. His efforts paid off, and he saw Joseph smiling down at him.

“Heeey...”

He tried speaking with Joseph, but his throat was strangely raw. Joseph continued to stroke Sebastian’s

He thought about getting a shower, but then decided that the less he had to stand the better. It was a bubble bath of all things, Joseph had unintentionally planted the idea in his head months ago when Sebastian accidentally walked in on him bathing. It had been awkward, but both men quickly put it past them, it wasn’t like they had never accidentally seen each other naked before. Locker room slip ups and unfortunate clothing malfunctions on pursuits could happen at any time. Joseph had been sitting in a cloud of bubbles at the time, and it looked rather

I don 't know..."

Sebastian hadn 't considered how long he was going to be getting a bath, probably until the water turned cold.

"There something you need?"

"Yeah, my migraine pills are in the medicine cabinet."

Sebastian stared uncertainly at the cabinet for a moment.

"You can come in and get it I guess... I 'm underwater."

Joseph opened the door slowly and walked to the medicine cabinet. Sebastian could tell he was trying not to look in his direction. He found himself blushing at the thought of Joseph being in the room, given the fact he was naked. Joseph was obviously distraught also, for he wore just as impressive a blush and dropped his medicine. An aggravated 'shit! ' slipped out of him and he watched with a frown as they rolled towards the bathtub. The two shared a prolonged stare and neither seemed to be capable of looking away.

"Well... Come and get them?"

Sebastian carefully reached out of the tub and picked up the medicine. He held it out to Joseph, who slowly walked over and took them. His eyes flickered just briefly to Sebastian in the tub and he took a deep breath.

"Is the water still warm?"

Sebastian nodded.

"May I join you?"

The request caught Sebastian off guard, and his face showed it. He instinctively drew his arms around himself and turned his