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Fredrich Waltz

In this world, one cannot say anything without proof to back them up.

"So this is it, huh?" Fredrich murmured as he turned the car off. In front of them was the very warm and bubbly sight of the ice cream parlor, where few kids enjoyed treats with their parents and a couple dates began and ended. It was not at all a place for a man as intimidating and depressing as the detective.
Fredrich got out of the car and moved swiftly to the passenger's seat, unbuckling Daniel and setting him on top of his shoulders. At least both Daniel and Ellery seemed to be doing better.

Without proof, you'll never catch me.

Fredrich Waltz

In this world, one cannot say anything without proof to back them up.

"I find it funny how you were the one who cared so deeply for the - What was it you just said? - hairball." Fredrich chuckled and walked over to the counter. As he waited in line and looked over his choices of ice cream - finding vanilla with cherries to be appetizing - he heard a noise that made his blood freeze.
"Lo and behold! Is that who I think it is?"
Turning his head slowly, Fredrich, to his dismay, had his suspicions confirmed when a tall, muscular, and very handsome police officer walked towards them. "Detective Fredrich Waltz! What brings you to these parts?" he asked with a bright smile on his face. The smile left when he saw the kid perched on the tall man's shoulders, and he gave his friend a blank stare. "Yo, there's a kid on your shoulders." he pointed out.
Fredrich looked at him as though he were an idiot. "I'm well aware of that." he said slowly. "His name is Daniel, and I've become his legal guardian."
"Huh. Guess it's about time, huh?" the officer mused while scratching his nonexistent beard. "A lot of people usually think of you as a father. Hehe, Papa Freddy. I like it." he snickered, laughing harder when the detective growled under his breath.
"Enough of that." Fredrich said while using his free hand to push his glasses up the bridge of his nose, trying hard not to punch the other man for daring to call him that. "What are you doing here, Cameron? I thought you were back in California."
The officer named Cameron shrugged. "I heard someone was trying to hunt my old man down, so I decided to hunt them back and see how they liked it. Pretty cool, huh?" he smiled brightly and put his hands on his hips as he awaited agreement.

Without proof, you'll never catch me.

Fredrich felt his eye twitch when Daniel even thought of pairing him with the obnoxious cop in front of them. Before he could reject that a million times, the officer burst out laughing.
"Me 'n Freddy? Of course!" Cameron laughed. He was lying, of course, but seeing that dumbfounded humiliation on the tall guy's face was absolutely hilarious. To further confirm it, he stepped towards the detective and laced his arms around his neck, causing Fredrich's eye to twitch more. "Come here, honey. Give us a kiss~" he teased and made a duck face. The entire background practically turned bright pink and flowers blossomed all around them. Few girls in the area blushed at the two handsome men together, but Fredrich...
"Would you get off me?!" he seethed and punched the officer in the stomach.
Cameron gasped and stumbled back a step, but straightened back up and laughed as if nothing happened. "Aww C'mon, I'm just havin' fun with ya, Fred." he laughed then looked to the brown-haired man. "So you must be this Ellie guy, eh? Nice to meet you. I'm Officer Cameron West." he introduced brightly and held his hand out for a handshake.

Cameron lifted his hand up and stretched it to ruffle Daniel's hair. "I think you're pretty adorable, kiddo." he said then let his hand fall limply to his side and looked at the shorter man of the group. "So does that mean you're with Freddy?" he asked and looked at the pale Austrian. "What happened to all that talk on the phone? You kept going on and on about how you were all complete with that kid named Eth-" His words were mumbled when a gloved hand was pressed tightly against his mouth.
"I'll explain later." Fredrich hissed then leaned back. As much as he hated to do this... "Why don't you join us for some ice cream, Officer?" he asked just as the cashier turned and waited for their orders.
Cameron rubbed his mouth then smiled at them. "How could I say no to free ice cream?" he said and turned to order a banana split.
As the officer ordered, the detective sighed, "He drains me." He looked at Ellery. "I suppose it's a best friend's job to annoy you to no end, isn't it?" he asked with a halfhearted smile.

Hearing the request, Cameron turned around and happily picked the boy up, landing him on his shoulders. "What do you wanna order, lil' guy?" he asked.
Meanwhile, Fredrich chuckled lightly. "Or themselves. Cameron once tried to fix his gun by staring into the barrel. He shot his face right off. He's immortal, believe it or not, but was bedridden for three weeks, and I had to be the one taking care of him." He ran a gloved hand through his dark hair. "Sometimes I think I should just be a doctor instead of a detective because of that oaf."

"Ooh, it does!" Cameron brightened and pointed at it for the cashier. "Give me one of those, too!" he ordered, making the cashier sweatdrop.
Fredrich laughed, a refreshing change from his stoic attitude. "Yes, and even though they can wear on the nerves endlessly," He turned and smiled softly at the officer. "There are also countless times when they have been there for us." He could still remember when he was shot in the chest twice and once in the stomach. He was on the verge of death, his sight was already darkening, and before his killer could finish him off Cameron shot them and begged his father to save him. Even though that officer was an annoying moron, he was also the only one that understood Fredrich, and without him, he would've been dead.