Spoilers for Series 5 of Law and Order: UK likely in the comments

[sweetenough]

Thank you.

I may not always feel this way, but for now: thank you.

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[cps_alesha]

....Matt?!

[sweetenough]

Hello, Alesha.

[cps_alesha]

[He's oddly calm for a dead guy. Also, not dead.]

But you're...I saw you get shot.

[sweetenough]

[Yeah, the not-dead part is nice. He's grateful.]

Believe me, I know.

[cps_alesha]

But how...

[Alesha doesn't really care how. She wants to give him a huge hug and then possibly kiss him. But she's resisting because she doesn't know if he wants to be touched, so she just awkwardly shifts.]

Um. Do you need anything?

[sweetenough]

No. Thanks. I'm all right for now.

[Sympathetically:]

I'm sure this is a shock.

[cps_alesha]

Uh, yeah.

[Awkwardly.]

I don't know what your mun has planned for you, but...I'm here. If you need someone to talk to, or you want to get together. My mun doesn't really play me much because I haven't seen anybody else in a long time.

[sweetenough]

[He smiles.]

Thank you. She hasn't made plans yet. But I'll keep your offer in mind.

[cps_alesha]

Please do. It'd be really nice to have you be a part of my life again. Sappy, I know.

[sweetenough]

I will. It would be nice.

[cps_alesha]

It would. I'm really glad you're back.

[sweetenough]

It's good to be back. And to see you.

[cps_alesha]

You're always so sweet, Matt. Thank you.

[vedat]

Sometimes being here beats the alternative, doesn't it.

[sweetenough]

That it does.

...You too? Beating the alternative?

[vedat]

Not in quite the same way, but I know all about second chances. What will you do with yours?

[sweetenough]

I'm not sure yet. Reckon I'll carry on working, if that's allowed. Beyond that... no idea.

What do people normally do with their second chances? Since you're an expert and all.

[vedat]

Well. We all have little things we want for ourselves that we think we'll do later, and later, and later...

No time like the present.

[sweetenough]

Right.

Never dawned on me, all those times I thought, later, that there might not be a later.

[vedat]

I guess most of us don't. I won't pry. Or — maybe I will, just a little, forgive me. London, right?

[sweetenough]

Am I that obvious?

[vedat]

Only to a foreigner like me. Just there are all manner of things — earthly pleasures, I suppose — to enjoy about London. My expert's recommendation? Go find them.

[sweetenough]

I know a few good places, yeah. Wouldn't hurt to drop in.