Ten Things You Don't Know About Dimmock

1. His real name is Iain. Iain Henry Dimmock. For some reason, he doesn't really like his name, and the only person who has ever called him Iain on a regular basis is Ryan. Even his parents call him Dimmock, something he never fully understood but always accepted.

2. He hates peas. Give him broccoli, spinach, even brussel sprouts- just not peas.

3. Dimmock's rubbish at it, but he loves playing rugby. Once a year the Yard has a rugby match. Lestrade and Gregson are captains. John Watson's an honourary member and is always picked first. Dimmock is always chosen last. Somehow it always works out that he's on Lestrade and John's team, which makes being picked last okay because he knows his team will win no matter how much he sucks as an individual player.

4. He adores his nieces, who adore him right back. They are Susan- aged ten, Emmaline- thirteen, and Miranda- seventeen. Miranda and Em have their father's brown hair while Susan has blonde hair like her mother. Dimmock finds them more beautiful than anything or anyone he's ever seen.

5. One time Lestrade accidentally wrote 'Dimmcok' on an email instead of 'Dimmock.' They both were mortified and would have erased it from their memories- and their emails- had it not been sent out to the entire Yard announcing Dimmock's promotion to detective inspector. The whole Force had had a good laugh at that- everyone except for Dimmock and Lestrade, of course, the latter of whom had been given a cuppa soon after the incident so he did not to make the same mistake again. Now their teammates call Dimmock 'Dimmcok' every once in a while to tease the two detective inspectors. He still isn't sure who's more embarrassed about that.

6. Dimmock only has one sibling- an older brother named Ryan who is seven years older than he is.

7. It's been almost eleven years since Ryan died, and Dimmock still talks about him in the present tense, even after everyone else has moved on.

8. His other best friend growing up was Hank- his golden retriever. Hank was like Shadow from that movie Homeward Bound- the voice of reason and one hundred percent faithful.

9. Dimmock and Lestrade get along fairly well. When they aren't working or sleeping, which is rarely, they go to the local pub and people watch. There's an American named Julia who sings there every night from 6-8. She's a pretty thing no older than 23, but there's something in her eyes that makes her seem far older. It pains Dimmock every time he sees that gaze because Miranda always has that same look.

10. Every night the last song Julia sings on her shift is "You Are My Sunshine," and every time he hears it, Lestrade tears up a little. Most would think that he is pining over the wife that so recently left him, but Dimmock is one of the few who knows better- he's pining over the love of his life who died in a car crash seventeen years ago. Dimmock can't help but find the man's emotion touching and wishes there was someone he loved that much and loved him in return.