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Mike’s POV:
I wake up and open my eyes to see that it’s just past 2 AM. Great. I also notice a glowing light illuminate our room, the only white/blue light coming from an electronic device. Awesome, this means that Harvey never went to sleep like he promised. He stayed up all night for work. Now it’s 2 AM on a Saturday morning, which I doubt he realizes.

“Ha, made a mistake admitting that on tape Evans,” he whispered as I heard him furiously type on his computer.

Slowly, I sit up and put my head on his shoulder, “Babe, why are you still up?” I asked.

“Huh,” he asked as he took his earbuds out.

“Why are you still up?” I repeated, “It’s 2 in the morning.”

“Oh, I didn’t realize that,” he sighed, “Anyway, I’ve been listening to Evans police interviews and he just keeps admiting stupid things. For example, in one of the interviews from last month.”

“No,” I said as I took his computer and earbuds and placed it on my bedside table.

“But,” he started.

“No,” I repeated as I motioned for him to lay down next to me.

“But that was mine,” he whined as I wrapped my arms around him.

“And for right now, it’s mine,” I told him as I started to rub the tension out of his back.

“Mhmm,” he sighed as he melted into my embrace.

“Go to sleep Harvey,” I said as I kissed the top of his head.

I wasn’t surprised when I wasn’t meet with an attempt to get back to work. All I got in response was soft snores in my ear.