Hello my dear readers!

I recently discovered "Major Crimes" and completely and totally fell in love with it. Especially with Sharon, Rusty and Andy. And Provenza is pretty great too, isn't he? :D I watched all the available episodes within one week and now I just can't wait for Nov 24! So I decided to write a fic to pass the time until season 3 continues.

English is not my mother tongue so please excuse my mistakes.

Now read! :D

Sharon knew it would happen. She also knew it would happen soon. She had started preparing herself for it months ago. But despite that, it came as a surprise.

She had a hard time holding back her tears when he told her. But she managed to do it. For him. She simply refused to do anything that would make him feel guilty. It would only crush her even more. What she did instead was smile and squeeze his hand.

Andy spent a ridiculous amount of time looking at her. On uneventful days, when the blinds in her office weren't closed, he often forgot about his paper work and watched her trough the glass wall until Provenza slapped his shoulder and told him to stop drooling. But the moment the older lieutenant turned away from him again, Andy's eyes were back on her. His eyes were drawn to her and there was nothing he could do about it. She fascinated him. And this fascination made it hard to tear his eyes away.

Today the blinds in her office were closed. They weren't closed very often. Usually just when something serious was going on. When they were working on a particularly terrible case and she needed a moment to herself or when she had a meeting with Taylor or a talk with one of the team members. None of this was the case today.

And this only meant one thing: Whatever was going on with her was personal.

And even though it was none of his business he was determined to find out what it was that made her close those blinds.

Andy knocked and waited a few moments before he opened her office door and stuck his head through the crack between the frame and door. "Captain?"

"Lieutenant. What can I do for you?"

It was weird to hear her call him Lieutenant again. For the last few weeks she'd always called him Andy. And sometimes – especially when they were alone – he had called her by her first name too.

"Do you have a minute?"

"Sure." She pointed at the empty chair in front of her desk, inviting him to sit down.

"Is there a problem?", she wants to know.

"I don't know, you tell me."

Sharon looked at him confused. "What do you mean?"

"Captain…" He stopped, thought about it and decided to go with her first name. "… Sharon… I noticed that something's up. And I was wondering if you wanted to talk about it?"

"Oh great!"

Now it was Andy that looked confused. "What?"

"Is it that obvious?"

"That something is bothering you?"

She nodded. "The last thing I need is Rusty to notice."

"What's going on?" He asked again. His voice soft and calm.

"Nothing." Sharon sighed. "At least it should be nothing."

He looked at her, patiently waiting for her to continue. And she did: "It's just me making a big deal out if something that is actually good news."

"The divorce?"

"What?! No! No… not at all. Jack gave me a hard time when I asked him to sign the papers but he eventually did. Everything's fine on that front." She assured. "… It's Rusty."

"His mother again?"

"This mother." Sharon pointed her index finger at herself. It made Andy smile.

"Rusty decided that he wants to move into a dorm room at UCLA." She said. "And it is absolutely fine. I want him to do that, I want him to have the full college experience but…"

"But it's hard to let go." Andy finished the sentence for her.

She smiled a sad smile and nodded. "He just moved in… he just became part of the family and now he is already moving out again." There were tears forming in her eyes and she hated it. Not just because she did not want to cry in front of Andy, it was also because there was no reason for her to cry. Rusty was doing fine, he was leading a normal, happy life, he was doing what every other kid his age did as well. There was absolutely no reason for her to be that upset.

"When my other kids moved out it was hard too. But it seems much harder with Rusty… He has been through so much… I don't know how to switch off this urge to want to keep him around forever so I can protect him and make sure he is alright."

"Rusty is gonna be fine. He is a clever kid… And he knows he can always come back home if he wants to.

"I know." She whispered and smiled at him thankfully.

He knew she knew. But he had needed to say it anyway. To assure her.

And she was thankful for that.

Andy watched her as she wiped away a tear that had escaped her left eye. He wished he could get up from that chair and wipe it away himself but he would cross a line if he did that and he wasn't sure she wanted him to cross that line. And today wasn't the best day to cross lines anyway. She was upset and vulnerable. He better waited with the line crossing till she was feeling better. The only problem was: He wasn't good at waiting. So he decided that he would just step on the line instead of crossing it.

His hand moved across the desk and took her hand in his. Sharon was surprised but she didn't pull away. His hand felt too warm and too soft to break the contact. His thumb softly caressed two of her fingers. But only once. She didn't know if it was on purpose or by accident

"Rusty is really lucky to have you." Andy said – his voice hardly louder than a whisper – and he squeezed her hand.

His words touched her. More than he could imagine. She swallowed the lump in her throat and squeezed back. "I'm lucky to have him." She said and meant every word of it.

Thanks for reading! You guys are great!

This was the Sharon/Andy part of this story. The Sharon/Rusty part follows soon... If you want it. Do you? ;)

Take care :D