Title: Moments Part 2

Rating: Strong T for some language and normal adult behavior

Disclaimer: Chicago PD and its affiliated characters do not belong to me. I mean no copyright infringement. I only use them as a means to de-stress myself.

Summary: A series of one-shots from season 3 that fill in some missing Burzek moments from the show as well as some added ones. They will all be centered around Burgess and Ruzek. This is follow-up to my story "Moments," but you don't really have to read the first one for this story to make sense. These stories will be separate from the original story.

Spoilers: Pretty much any Burgess/Ruzek moments throughout the series.

Note: This chapter takes place right after season 3, episode 1 (after Halstead gets kidnapped and returned).

Chapter 1 - Thoughts

Kim sat on the sofa, her feet tucked underneath her, a blanket over her lap. She had a glass of white wine in one hand. The TV was on, but she wasn't really watching it. She was just staring straight ahead, thinking. She glanced down at her phone, checking the time. Adam was due any moment. He had texted to say he was coming over and bringing food. Kim hadn't seen him for most of the day and she was looking forward to it. It had been a long day. With Halstead's kidnapping, the danger of their jobs was front and center. Kim couldn't stop thinking about what Roman had said to her in the stairwell earlier in the day. Halstead could have been Adam. Adam could easily have been the one who was kidnapped and beaten and almost killed. Kim couldn't get the image out of her head.

When the door behind her opened, Kim was so startled, she nearly spilled her wine. She glanced over and saw Adam walking through the door, a pizza box in his arms. Her body immediately relaxed when she saw it was him.

"Hey babe," he said.

"Hey. How's Halstead?"

Adam put the pizza down in the kitchen. Kim turned off the TV.

"They're taking care of him at Chicago Med. He's gonna be ok."

"That's good."

"Yeah. Atwater's organizing this whole thing at Molly's tonight. You know, to celebrate getting Halstead back. A whole bunch of us are going. Wanna come?"

"Yeah, sure," she agreed.

"Alright. I'm just gonna change and then we can go together. I brought pizza. Grab some before it gets cold."

Adam walked over to the couch and kissed her on the top of the head.

"Yeah, I will."

"What's that?" Adam asked, pointing to what appeared to be some sort of photo album on the coffee table.

"Platt's wedding album."

"What?"

Adam walked around the couch and sat down beside Kim. She put her wine down on the table. He opened up the album and laughed.

"Wait…Platt gave this to you?" He asked.

"Yeah. I guess she was engaged once. This was like her dream wedding album."

Adam flipped through the pages. He stopped on the wedding dress.

"Please tell me you won't be wearing that."

"Oh come on," Kim teased. "You don't like it?" Adam raised his eyebrows. "I think I'd look good in that."

"Listen, babe, you can get married in anything…Jeans, pajamas, I don't care and you'd be the most beautiful woman in the room. But please don't wear that."

She laughed. "Flip to page six. It's the hairstyles she wanted."

Adam turned the pages and stopped on page six. It was a two-page spread of different hairstyles cut out of magazines. They were straight out of the 1980's. Each hairdo was bigger than the last.

"Oh my goodness," Adam said, in awe of what he was looking at. "I cannot imagine Platt getting married."

"Me either. She never did walk down the aisle."

"What happened?"

"I don't know and I don't want to know," Kim answered honestly.

"Well, she may not have actually gotten married but she did keep this book for practically three decades," Adam said. "Why'd she give it to you?"

"She wants to be our wedding planner."

Adam grabbed Kim's wine and took a long sip.

"You gotta prepare me before you say a statement like that," Adam said. Kim smiled. "You told her no, right?"

"Have you ever tried to say no to Platt?"

"She is not planning our wedding," he stated.

"I'll…handle her," Kim assured him. "I'll give her a task or something to do."

"As long as it's not hair or the dress."

"Maybe she can take care of the flowers?" Kim suggested. "I mean, can you really screw up flowers?"

Adam flipped through a few more pages. He stopped on a page that had floral bouquets all in pink.

"Yes, yes you can."

"We're doomed," Kim said, straight-faced.

Kim took the wine from him and took a few more sips. She swung her feet around so that they were resting on Adam's lap. He began massaging her bare feet.

"It'll be alright. As long as I get to marry you, I don't care if it's surrounded by pink carnations and cheap, blow-up party balloons."

She laughed. "I think we can skip the party balloons."

"I do have some wedding news, though."

"What's that?"

"I asked Kevin to be my best man today," he told her.

"Oh really?"

"Yeah. He's already planning a bachelor party."

"We don't even have a date set for the wedding yet," she reminded him.

"I know. That's what I told him. But, hey, if he wants to throw me a party, I'm not going to complain."

"Don't bachelor parties generally take place closer to the date of the wedding? You know, the whole 'last night of freedom' thing?"

"Yeah, well, a party's a party. I'll take one whenever."

Kim finished the wine. Adam watched her as she sat silently beside him, staring straight ahead. He tickled her foot playfully, but got no reaction.

"You ok?" He asked. "I promise we won't go too crazy with the bachelor party. One stripper. Maybe two," he joked.

"It's not about the bachelor party."

"Then what's wrong?" He asked.

"Just…today…with Halstead being taken…it could have easily been you."

"But it wasn't," he assured her.

Kim removed her feet from his lap. She sat up and scooted closer to him. He put his arm around her as she snuggled against him, resting her head on his chest. He kissed her forehead.

"I know. Roman just put these thoughts in my head and I couldn't stop thinking about it all day."

"Forget Roman. Sometimes that guy doesn't know when to shut up. I'm here and I'm ok."

"Yeah."

Adam began running his fingers through her hair, playing with her brunette locks. He loved playing with her hair.

"But I can't say I didn't have a familiar feeling today," he admitted.

"What do you mean?" She asked.

"When Voight got the call about making the trade for Halstead, they asked for a female officer. He didn't tell us that until right before the meeting was supposed to take place. Before Lindsey showed up, Voight wanted you to bring those files to exchange for Halstead."

"What? I didn't know that."

"Yeah, well, I said no," he told her.

"What?"

"I told Voight that I didn't want you to go," he clarified.

Kim sat up, purposefully positioning her body so they were no longer physically touching.

"You can't do that. You can't tell Voight no."

"Yeah, he wasn't too pleased with me."

"Adam, this is serious," Kim continued. "You can't tell a sergeant no. Especially because that wasn't your choice to make."

"The situation was dangerous, Kim. Too dangerous. There were too many holes in the operation, too many chances for you to get hurt. There was no way in hell I was going to let you go into that house with no backup and no weapon. You heard what happened to Lindsey."

"Yes, I heard but…"

"She had to stab that guy with a letter opener to save her life!" Adam continued.

"It might have been dangerous, but she got out of there, Adam. She and Halstead got out because she's smart and she's a good cop. I'm smart, too, Adam. I'm a good cop, too."

"I know that. I know that you're smart and you're a good cop. You're the best, but…."

"There's no buts about it! Why would you think I wasn't capable of making that trade, Adam?" She exclaimed.

"It's not that I didn't think you were capable, Kim," Adam insisted. He tried to reach out and touch her, but she pulled away. "Look, I know you are an amazing cop. I know that you're capable of anything and everything, but that doesn't mean that I don't get to be protective. That doesn't mean that I can't try to protect you!"

"That is what it means, Adam. If Voight wants me to do something, I am going to do it whether it is dangerous or not! You know I want to be in Intelligence more than anything. You know that it's opportunities like that that will help me make a name for myself."

"You don't have to make a name for yourself. Voight knows how amazing you are. That's why he thought of you first."

"And then you told him no! I don't need my boyfriend to stick up for me."

"Fiancé," he corrected.

"It's hard enough for female cops in the department without having you and everyone else think we're not capable of something. I don't need you to protect me, Adam. I need you to…"

Adam interrupted her with a kiss. She was so surprised, she barely kissed him back. But it didn't take long for her to respond. He leaned into her, pinning her body under his.

"I will always protect you, whether you like it or not," he said quietly when they both came up for air.

She sighed, knowing that arguing wasn't going to get them anywhere. She knew she could never stop him from trying to keep her safe.

"I guess if I reversed the situation, if I knew you were going undercover to meet up with those guys instead of Halstead, I would have done the same thing." She paused. "That was Roman's whole point."

"Roman? What does this have to do with Roman?"

"He was just talking about how we have these dangerous jobs and one of us is always left wondering if the other is ok or hurt. It's never not going to be that way, Adam. We're always going to worry. I am always going to wonder if you're safe and…"

"Hey, hey," he said, cupping her cheek with his hand. "I love you. That's all that matters."

She nodded. "You're right."

"Look, this wasn't the first time we've been worried about each other. And it won't be the last. But we'll get through whatever comes our way together. Ok?"
"Ok," she agreed.

"Come on, let's forget about all of that and go celebrate at Molly's."

She nodded. "That sounds like a very good idea."

Adam stood up. He held out his hand and helped pull Kim to her feet. Before he let her go, he made sure he kissed her to remind her that he loved her.

Author's Note: I've been working on this story for a very long time – basically since the season began. However, after the break-up, I stopped writing this story because I wasn't interested in writing any chapters about Kim and Adam separated. However, I am finally emotionally ready (and I have the time) to write the rest of these one-shots. Thank you to CPDRuzekFan for your latest review on my last Moments story. It was your words that encouraged me to start posting this chapter. Thanks for reading!