The Adventures of Quigley & McFinleyyy Chapter 9 – Neon Hearts, Crooked Badges
The Adventures of Quigley & McFinleyyy
Chapter 9 – Neon Hearts, Crooked Badges
The rain slicked streets outside the station glowed like a busted jukebox. Neon pinks bled into oily puddles, blues jittered off half-broken signs. Quigley lit a cigarette with one hand, flicking the lighter like it was part of some cheap magic trick. McFinleyyy stood beside him, collar up, eyes squinting against the drizzle.
“Chief’s gonna skin us alive,” McFinleyyy muttered.
Quigley smirked, exhaling smoke that curled into the humid night. “Relax. Skin grows back. Reputation doesn’t.”
They both fell silent as the blonde stepped into the doorway. The Chief’s daughter. Undercover. Untouchable. She slipped her jacket tighter around her frame, but her eyes never left McFinleyyy. He stiffened like a schoolboy caught peeking through the locker room.
“Walk me home,” she said softly. It wasn’t a request.
McFinleyyy followed, boots splashing in puddles, leaving Quigley smirking in the rain.
Her apartment was a neon shrine to the 80s: white leather couch, glass coffee table, a stereo still humming with synthwave. McFinleyyy looked out of place, dripping rainwater, cigarette stuck to his lip.
“You saved me tonight,” she whispered, stepping close.
“Just doing my job,” he gruffed.
“Then let me thank you.”
Her kiss was sudden—sweet but edged with desperation. McFinleyyy kissed back harder, pinning her against the wall. The Chief’s daughter. A sin in blonde curls. He knew it, hated himself for it, but didn’t stop.
The night burned with whiskey, tangled sheets, and the sound of rain against glass.
Across town, Quigley wasn’t wasting time either.
He’d found the brunette cop at O’Malley’s Dive, nursing a whiskey neat and glaring at the jukebox. Her hair shimmered under the neon beer signs, eyes sharp and dangerous.
“You look like trouble,” Quigley said, sliding into the seat across from her.
She raised an eyebrow. “And you look like regret waiting to happen.”
“That’s funny,” Quigley smirked. “Most women say I am the regret.”
They drank, they bantered, and before long they were tangled in her apartment—sex that felt less like romance and more like combat. She clawed at him like she wanted proof he was real. He gave it to her with every bite, every laugh muffled against her shoulder.
But fate, or bad habit, never let Quigley stick to one mess.
Later, walking back to his car, he saw the blonde waiting under a flickering streetlamp. Her lipstick smeared, her hair tousled, her eyes molten with a cocktail of fury and longing.
“You don’t belong here,” she hissed.
“Funny,” Quigley grinned, stepping closer. “Neither do you.”
She kissed him. Softer than the brunette, more dangerous in its tenderness. Quigley let it linger, the taste of betrayal bitter-sweet on his tongue. Two women, one father, and a city ready to burn.
Back at HQ, the Chief sat alone in his office. Blinds drawn. Bourbon in hand. His phone rang once. He listened. His jaw clenched.
“My daughter… and one of my detectives?” His voice was gravel. He gripped the receiver until his knuckles went white.
“…Quigley.”
The bottle smashed against the wall, papers scattered like dying birds.
“This ends now.”
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