Jessie Emerson was running himself ragged. He hadn't been home in three days, and hadn't slept in longer than that.
His partner Cierra hadn't been seen since she had gone to that bar to investigate on Tuesday night; two weeks had already passed and he felt like he was losing his mind. He had shown up to her apartment Wednesday morning when she was late to work; she was nowhere to be seen, and it didn't look like she had even slept there. After Thursday, standard 24 hours had passed before he was able to report her missing. Because she was his partner, their Captain had nearly taken him off the case, reasoning that he was too close.
It seemed everyone but Cierra herself was aware of his feelings for her. Even the new rookies who came in figured it out within a week.
It had taken much ple
