Obviously, working with ghosts was a dangerous job. There was still so much they didn't understand about it all, new risks with every new discovery. But it'd been going so smoothly for so long, no one seemed to think twice about it.

Until disaster struck.

The Lambert case. A difficult one. One like any other. So powerful, in fact, it killed Elise. The glue keeping them together. The very spirit they were fighting off ended up killing her. You'd think that having first hand knowledge of there being life after death would be comforting, it'd make him feel better. If anything, it made him feel worse.

Specs limped into your shared apartment that evening, uncharteristically quiet. His expression immediately caught your attention. Usually, after cases, he was bursting with energy.

You were about to ask what happened, when he broke the silence.

"Elise is dead."