I Didn't Want This Either | Gavin Reed x Reader

The Worst Partner of All

"What memo?" Gavin quirked a brow, taking another sip of his coffee. Tina laughed, as if she thought Gavin was playing dumb or something like that. 

"You never told me that it was 'bring your billionaire brother to work day'. I forgot mine at home!" Tina was grinning at her own joke, but you could see Gavin's entire soul leave his body. 

"What." he hissed, slamming his coffee down and leaning in towards Officer Chen. "What the fuck does that mean, Tina? What kind of riddle is this? Huh?" Tina's brows furrowed, and then her jaw dropped with a gasp. Now she looked guilty. A hand raised to hover over her mouth, and she looked to you, and then Nines, for help. 

"I, uh... You haven't been to your desk yet today, have you...?" chuckling nervously, Tina took off her officer hat and fiddled with it awkwardly in her hands. Gavin was gone in an instant, leaving his coffee to grow cold alongside yours as you raced after him. "I'm sorry, Gavin!!" Tina called after the two of you, but Gavin ignored her entirely and stormed his way into the bullpen.

"Elijah!" he hollered, acid dripping from his words. If it were possible, steam would be blowing out of his ears and he'd be breathing pure fire as you spotted what he was seeing. Sitting in his chair, at his desk, was Elijah Kamski, feet propped up on the desktop and an electronic book in hand. At the sound of his name, Elijah glanced nonchalantly in your direction, waving innocently and returning to whatever novel he was currently engrossed in. "What the hell are you doing here? Shouldn't you be in Hawaii? Or anywhere far far away from me and my work?" Gavin continued across the offices, stomping to his desk and crossing his arms. His foot began to jackhammer against the ground, and all eyes turned to him as he began to make a scene.

"I cancelled the vacation just for you, Gavvy!" Elijah finally set his book down and rose to his feet. Tina was at your side now, watching the whole altercation with a mixture of pity, guilt, and amusement hidden in the curve of her frown.

"This will be interesting." Nines sighed, standing to your left with his arms folded behind him. 

"I know you're struggling with this case, and who better to help you than the one who knows the most about androids on our entire planet?" Elijah placed an arm around Gavin's shoulder, trying to bend Gavin over and noogie his head with a fist. Gavin wasn't having it, and shoved the older man away with a scowl. 

"Are you kidding me? You can't just invite yourself into my case! This is official police business, and you're not qualified to help out!" Kamski grinned widely at Gavin's words, and you knew that he had the perfect explanation to contradict them. 

"For your information, Jeffrey owed me a favor. In exchange for me gifting his DPD branch with your state-of-the-art partner, he said he owed me one- and I'm cashing in the IOU to get myself put onto the case as a civilian aid!" Gavin whipped to face Nines. It was clear that the human detective had never even known that Nines was a gift from Kamski, who had most likely told Fowler to assign it to his baby brother specifically. Getting mad at Elijah for that was a whole other problem for a different time. Now, Gavin was storming back over to you and Nines, grabbing the both of you by the wrist and dragging you away to Fowler's office. The door wasn't even open when he started to scold.

"Reed, don't make this difficult. It is what it is. Just like your other partners, Mr. Kamski will be a big help." Fowler didn't bother looking up from his computer, engrossed in his work as Gavin began to freak out.

"Captain, you can't keep doing this to me!" he collapsed into one of the chairs in front of Fowler's desk, letting his head fall into his hands. "I will admit- and don't you fucking say anything- I enjoy working with (Y/N) and my stupid- our Tin Can. Hank and Connor? That's a whole other story, but I'm dealing with it! Elijah, though? The shittiest brother in the entire world? You can't- You can't do that!" Gavin was standing again, having sat for only a moment, and broke out into a pace around the room.