Okay, this story is at the request of several lovely ladies who wanted to see a Wes Nolan story where he is in pursuit of a particular police captain. I'm not sure how I feel yet about the story, but here's what I have come up with so far. I don't think this will be terribly long, but this takes place during the Season 5 arc when Nolan comes into the picture. I hope this doesn't disappoint...


"What's the story with the captain?" he asked as he looked around seeing that Julio and Amy were the only ones left for the evening. He'd just watched as Captain Raydor left for the evening with Lieutenants Flynn and Provenza right behind her. He got it; the captain and her top two trusted lieutenants were close.

"Sorry, what's that?" Julio asked, looking up from his desk.

"Ahh, just wondering what's the deal with the captain? I've never worked for her. Last I heard, well that would have been before I was undercover, word was she is a pretty tough one. None of my buddies were fans of hers, but that was also when she was head of FID," he added.

Julio nodded, listening to Wes, and simply said, "She's good-at everything. Do your job, don't screw up, and you'll be fine. I've known her well now for eight years or so, worked for her the last five. She has high standards, but live up to them, and you're fine. For you, just do your job in this case."

"For me," Amy started, turning to Wes, "I see her tough exterior. It's the whole being a woman in a man's world thing she has going on. She's a tough lady, but she's also a kind person. She's a good mom, and we get to see that."

"Oh, she has kids?" he asked.

"Grown ones," Julio jumped in. "Still, we get to see that some."

"Cool," Wes nodded. "Thanks for the background. I'll see all of you tomorrow," he nodded and left the room.

By the next morning, he'd gotten a bit more information on his new boss, well his temporary one. He didn't have much else going on right now; here he was fresh from a five-year undercover assignment. It wasn't like he had a lot of friends in LA, and he didn't have a place to live. The hotel he'd found had been fine, but he'd gotten bored right away. So, he'd done some shopping. One thing about living undercover, laying low, over the years-he had plenty of money to spend. So, he'd bought a new laptop, and he'd spent most of his evening in his hotel room researching his new boss. He wasn't stalking her, but he was intrigued by her and wanted to know more about her. He hadn't gotten much past a few basic online searches, enough to know Captain Raydor, Sharon, was divorced and most definitely a woman who held her own in the police force. She was tough, independent, and assertive, all things he liked, very much.

As his workday went on and he found himself working more and more with her, he got more and more excited at the idea of being done with the undercover stuff. Two days ago, when it was suggested he not continue undercover, but help the team instead, he'd balked at the idea. He didn't mind going back to jail for the night to mess up a guy for his information, but he hated the idea of ending his assignment. Now, that idea didn't seem so bad because it was allowing him to work with the captain, and that was something that put a positive spin on the situation.

As much as he enjoyed seeing her in action, he longed to get a moment to work with her one on one. She seemed awfully attached to her lieutenants; they rarely left her side. He was going to have to get used to that again, working with a team. He also knew the three of them, especially, had worked together for years. At every glance, if she wasn't with one of the lieutenants, she was with the other one. They even all seemed to disappear to lunch together, but he wasn't sure if they actually all had lunch together or just took lunch at the same time. She was stressed; this case was a mess, and he wished he could be the one to talk her through everything.

He liked the team, so when Chief Howard suggested he stay on with Major Crimes for the foreseeable future, he smiled at the thought. It would give him more time to get to know her, to see her in action. Any pursuit of her he had planned, it had to be well executed, thought out, and planned to the finest detail. He could tell she was special, and she deserved that much. He only hoped she would give him a chance. Yes, he was younger, but it didn't bother him; he hoped it wouldn't bother her. Yes, he'd had a rough few years, but the grumblings he'd heard about her ex and what he'd read, she'd had some hard times too. He was hoping she wouldn't be put off by his being one of her detectives. He already had an idea for that. If it was an issue, dating a subordinate, he'd ask for a transfer. Simple. Now, he just had to plan his approach, and a slow approach it would be. Hopefully, he'd woo her enough that by the time he was ready to ask her out, she wouldn't be able to imagine life without him.

He saw her compassionate side at the end of the case, saw the reason the team protected her so much. The team was very tight lipped about her; he'd noted that right away. Not much was said about their captain, and he saw that they cared for her, protected her, with their lives. Her compassionate side came out when Lieutenant Flynn, Andy, as several kept calling him, collapsed, and he had to admit, he'd never seen a boss that worried about someone. He couldn't believe when she insisted on riding in the ambulance with him-what a boss. He'd been busy throughout the whole heart attack getting the paramedics from the elevator and bringing them to the office. He had briefly noticed she was on the floor next to him, but so were many of the others. Yes, he could see-she cared about those around her very much.

In a whirlwind of events, he found himself among the team at the hospital just a bit later. He didn't know Lieutenant Flynn well, but apparently, the guy was well liked. He'd almost hit him the other day, all part of his undercover bit, and so the two had met each other, but he hadn't had much more of an interaction with him. He'd noticed that anytime he had to also deal with the captain over the last few days, the lieutenant was around. Looking around, he could see everyone was worried, and again, it impressed him the level of commitment to one of her own the captain displayed. The captain wasn't in the room right now; she had decided to stay back with the lieutenant until they had some news.

He looked up at the commotion and saw two people running to the team, and with their frantic looks, he figured they must be the lieutenant's kids. He knew the lieutenant had kids, and it didn't surprise him when Lieutenant Provenza stood to talk to them, a guy and a girl, but the two didn't look anything alike. The guy, he thought he'd seen in the building this week, blonde hair and the girl, he was sure he hadn't seen, but she had a look to her that he could see the lieutenant in her face. Lieutenant Provenza continued to speak to them, and then he took them to the nurse's station, and soon, the two kids disappeared to the back as well. Yup, the lieutenant's kids, he nodded to himself.

It was a couple hours later when the captain emerged, this time with both lieutenant's kids. Man, she was caring; she'd stayed back there to console the lieutenant's kids because they had no one else. The three were talking, and the team stood to get the report. Heart attack as they expected, and he'd be in the hospital awhile. The captain moved off with the kids and Lieutenant Provenza, probably giving the lieutenant's best friend the update she'd gotten and making plans for work, and soon, Lieutenant Provenza came back, waving to the group, "Go home. Flynn will still be here tomorrow. In no time, he'll be back at work, irritating us all to no end!"

Wes saw this as his moment; he had a police vehicle checked out, and he knew the captain had come via ambulance. He made his way to her, "Captain, can I offer you a ride home?" he asked, and she turned from the lieutenant's kids to him.

"No thank you, detective. I do appreciate it," she nodded to him. The kids offered a small smile.

He looked to them and said, "Sorry to hear about the lieutenant," and nodded to them as he turned back to say, "Captain, at work with him out, if you need anything from me, don't hesitate to ask."

She nodded and offered a slight smile to him before he turned to leave. He'd spoken to her-progress, and yeah, he had to admit this wasn't the time to hit on his boss. He'd work on things, chip away, slowly and steadily. With one lieutenant now out of the office, and Lieutenant Provenza, he assumed, wanting to help his friend, Wes saw this as his opportunity to become the captain's right hand man. Patience, he told himself-have patience, and hopefully, that would pay off.