Andy buttoned up his shirt, his eyes on Sharon as she clasped a necklace around her neck and let her hair fall down. He fixed the collar on his shirt and adjusted his sleeves, his gaze never leaving his wife.

She finally turned around and looked at him, a small smile crossing her lips. "What?"

"I can't watch my beautiful wife?" He grinned and shrugged.

"Oh, I suppose so." Her smile widened and she crossed the few steps between them to kiss him softly. "Are you ready? It's almost time to leave."

"Yeah, just need my shoes. Why are we even going to this dinner? This seems like more of a Rusty thing." As he spoke, he grabbed his watch off the dresser and slipped it on.

"Andy!" She gently smacked his arm and raised her eyebrow at him. "We're going to support him. He's done an amazing job with his internship with Andrea and we're going to celebrate that. I can't believe you don't want to go."

"Hey, hey. I want to go. I do. You're right; Rusty has done a great job." He wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close, pressing a kiss to her forehead. "You've raised an amazing son."

She blushed a little and pulled back, quickly grabbing a tissue off her nightstand to dab at her eyes. "Oh, I need to grab tissues before we leave…"

He rubbed her arm and tilted her head up to kiss her softly. "I'll grab a pack and put them in your purse so you can finish getting ready."

"Thank you, honey." She kissed him and retreated to her dresser to finish getting ready.

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Andy drove them to the restaurant, leaving the car with the valet to escort Sharon inside. She rested her hand on his arm, both smiling as they walked into the private room. Sharon spotted Rusty instantly and waved him away from the other interns he was talking to.

"Hey, Mom." He smiled and hugged her, Sharon returning the tight hug until she pulled back to fix his tie.

"Oh, I'm so proud of you, honey. You've done so many amazing and this is a huge step up for you." She smiled widely and reluctantly moved out of the way so Andy could hug him as well.

"You've done well, kid," he added, unable to help his own little grin.

"Thanks…" Rusty rubbed the back of his neck and looked away to hide his embarrassment. "Um, there's a couple people I want to introduce you to before dinner starts."

Sharon shared an excited smirk with Andy, her hand taking his as they followed Rusty to the now-dispersed group of interns. He tapped on the shoulder of a taller, good-looking young man. The man turned around and smiled.

"Rusty, hey!"

"Hi, James. I wanted to introduce you to my parents." Rusty started to gesture behind him to Sharon and Andy, but he stopped short with his hand in midair. "Um… I mean…" He stalled again and cleared his throat.

Sharon immediately offered her hand and smiled, shifting to cover Andy's flush and open mouth. "Commander Sharon Flynn. It's wonderful to meet you, James."

James took her hand and shook it firmly, briefly flashing a charismatic smile. "The pleasure's mine. Rusty mentioned you're an LAPD commander?"

"I am." She smiled and shifted to gently pull Andy forward. "This is my husband, Lieutenant Andy Flynn."

Andy finally gained control of himself and shook James' hand, offering a small nod of greeting and a quiet grunt. Sharon barely withheld her eye roll and took Andy's hand again, giving it a firm squeeze with a hint of warning.

"We'll leave you two to talk. I want to find Andrea real quick." She kept hold of Andy's hand and instead of leading him across the room to where Andrea stood, she tugged him out into the hallway for a moment of privacy. "What in the world was that?"

"What was what?" He echoed, watching her surprised expression.

"I know you caught what Rusty said. You didn't hide your surprise." She looked up at him and crossed her arms.

"Rusty called us his parents!" She barely managed to keep her voice down and glanced around worriedly.

"You are his mother…" he tried, but she arched an eyebrow and stared at him.

"Yes, but by calling us his parents," she paused, watching him to make sure he was following, "he was calling you his father!"

"But he… No, I'm sure…" Andy found himself speechless, only able to stare at his wife. "Really?"

"I'm sure he didn't intend it, but it slipped out anyway." She smiled widely and hugged him, leaning up on her toes to kiss him softly. "He called us his parents…"

"He did…" He smiled and returned her kiss, his arm wrapping around her waist.

"We should talk about it with him later."

He immediately shook his head and leaned back to look at her. "No, bad idea. You saw how embarrassed he was. He should… bring it up on his own."

She was quiet for a moment, her hand resting on his chest and the lights glinting off her wedding rings. "You're right… but I want to talk about it."

"Then we'll talk about it tonight. Just us. And every night until he brings it up." He smiled down at her and rubbed her back. "Now can we go eat dinner? I'm starving."

She let out a light laugh and nodded. "Can we introduce ourselves as Rusty's parents?"

"No." Despite the firmness of his tone, he smiled and wrapped his arm around his waist to lead her back inside.