Do Dead Men Dream Of Eternal Salvation?
Fandom:Â Â The Evil Within & TEW 2
Relationships: Sebastian Castellanos x Reader
Summary: Â Three years after the events of Union, Sebastian found himself wondering if he could ever return back to his old life.
Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence
A/N: I also posted this on ao3 âĽ
Chapter 1: Detective Noir
âI donât know Sebastian, maybe itâs time that you put yourself out there.â The cold mid-January air breezed past the two partners. It had been three years since Mobius, Sebastian took the time to recover from the surreal experience of both Beacon Mental Hospital and Union. Most of those three years were spent with Lily, helping her recuperate from whatever trauma she may had experience and help her prepare to adjust to a new life without Myra. Sebastian had also ceased his drinking habit and re-applied as a Private Investigator at KCPD, his old colleagues were more than happy to have him back. âIâm not forcing you, I just donât think that going to work and hanging out with Lily 24/7 is healthy for both of you. You need a social life Sebastian.â
âYouâre starting to sound like my mother.â
âSomeone has to say it. Plus, I think a mother-figure is what the two of you really need right now.â
âWhatever happened to Joseph, Kidman?â
âWeâre still looking into it. Weâve also made some discoveries relating to Leslie, but not enough evidence to go on so weâre keeping an eye on it.â
âLeslie? So it wasnât justâŚâ
âLike I said, we donât have solid proof that heâs out there, but weâre keeping an eye out.â Kidman stopped in her tracks. Sebastian looked up to see that they were outside the police station âIâll see you around Sebastian, take care.â With that she entered her car which was parked just outside and drove off leaving Sebastian under a single frosted lamp by the sidewalk.
Upon entering his dimly lit office, Sebastian hanged his old coat by the wooden coat rack at the corner closest to the only door in the room. The Detective chuckled at how his office looked like those typical film noir detective offices -a heavy wooden table slightly on the middle of the room, metallic cabinets lined against one side of the wall, large escape window with those annoying wooden blinds, papers everywhere-. Sebastian picked up his cell and called his daughter âHey sweetie, youâve finished your homework?â
âYes Dad!â giggled Lily, despite it being over three years, Sebastian could still hardly believe that he could hear his little girl laugh again. Sebastian smiled and walked over to his desk âhave you eaten dinner yet?â
âYep! Mrs. Greta made spaghetti today then let me have ice cream for desserts.â Mrs. Greta was their next door neighbour, a sweet old woman who had no one left to take care of, her husband died a couple of months before the Castellanos moved in. âAlright, make sure you help Mrs. Greta clean up. Iâll be home by 11:30 so donât wait up. I love you sweetheartâŚâ
âI love you too daddy!â The phone clicked, Sebastian was once again alone in the dim office. With four hours left, he decided to finish up the reports as well as begin investigating his next assignment. Despite being the most talented detective in the team, Castellanos was assigned back to missing cases and catching paedophiles. âDetective Castellanos, my wife had been really sick these past couple of days and I was wondering whether youâd like to take on my assignment.â Another Private Investigator of the agency, P.I. Rick, a good man but not focused on his work. âI donât know Rick, I kinda got my hands full at the moment-â
âItâs a murder case.â Sebastianâs ears pricked, he looked up from his workload and stared at the slightly chubby man. âGo on.â
Five days ago, a husband and daughter were brutally murdered, the man was stabbed multiple times on the chest as he prevented the murderer from reaching their daughter. The wifeâs whereabouts are currently unknown, but undoubtedly, she was the main suspect. Sebastian stroked Lilyâs soft black hair as she dozed sweetly through another peaceful night, Sebastian always had the urge to check on Lily, hoping to this day that this was not a dream. Before leaving his daughterâs room, heâd give her a quick peck on the forehead, tuck her in, close the light, then the door. Sebastian thanked Mrs. Greta for taking care of Lily, the old lady didnât ask for anything but the Detective insisted on paying her for her time. Finally alone, Sebastian took a hot shower, the hot water running down his well-toned body helped him separate his consciousness from the cold pouring of rain and blood from Stem and Union, however, he could not remove the piercing gaze of Ruvik every time he closed his eyes. Breathing deeply, he looked towards the shower caddy where heâd leave his full-revolver when he bathed, âNeed to get my mind off himâ thought Sebastian. Getting off the shower, Sebastian blow-dried his black hair, then he picked up a razor and brought it close to his beard. He stopped. He sets down the razor then checked out his beard âDoesnât look too bad, maybe a little trim?â he said to himself.
In bed, Sebastian flipped through the files his colleague gave him, all background checks for each victim and suspect had been taken, contacts of witnesses and other important people were included, Sebastian rubbed his temples and sighed, there was barely any investigation done on the assignment. âI need to go visit the crime scene tomorrow, check with the pathologist, check with scheduled appointments with eyewitnesses.â Sebastian set aside the documents at the end table then lied down slowly falling deep into slumber, unfortunately, tonight the nightmares were stronger.
âDetective Castellanos, why am I not surprised to see you here.â Detective Hansen stopped speaking to a forensic and walked up to the 43 year old man. Detective Hansen was that one douchebag that one workplace always had to have, heâs a great bad cop, and honestly thatâs all. Sebastian glared at Hansen âYou should be happy, that means youâll be able to spend more time with Lacy Winters before coming home to your wife.â With a chuckle, Sebastian pushed past the man and headed straight to the living room. After collecting data and speaking to each personnel in the room, Castellanos was able to deduce that:
At 9:45pm, the child had retreated into her room after witnessing her mother stab the husband with a chefâs knife three times to the abdomen, twice on the neck. The father attempted to disarm the mother but died within 8 minutes due to asphyxiation. Mother easily went inside the girlâs bedroom as there were no locks, girl was hiding underneath the bed. At this time, neighbours have contacted the police. The girl unfortunately died due to blood loss as she was stabbed multiple times on the chest. By the time the police arrived on the scene, the wife had fled on foot with the murder weapon. As of now, there had been no reports of the woman and search will continue until case is either closed or busted.
Sebastian returned to his car and began to type up his report âHave a new case today.â he texted Kidman.
âAlready? I thought you were demoted to searching for lost kitties?â
âHar-har...â
âMy, my Detective. Losing your touch already?â
âItâs been years, give me a break.â
âAlright, tell me what you know.â Sebastian filled Kidman on the current case. There was a long pause before Kidman answered âHmm, have you checked their medical history? Maybe itâs a simple open-and-shut case of a schizophrenic woman.â Sebastian paused and sighed disappointingly at himself for overlooking that simple theory. The Detective pulled the contacts file from the cardboard box given by P.I. Rick and flipped through to the familyâs GP, Dr. l/n.
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