A/N: Okay, so here's the deal. We've got 4 days until Ruzek comes back...so I thought a short story might help get us through. Just 4 or 5 chapters...one a day until this Ruzek-less nightmare is over. Hope you enjoy the ride...

Adam slammed his locker door. "Fucking fantastic." He muttered to himself as he slung his bag over his shoulder. Was it not bad enough that she was now upstairs and he couldn't avoid her but now they were being sent Undercover together?

He should have told Voight the truth. While he was happy that she got the chance to come up, because she had earned it and it was always her dream he could have made it clear that he didn't want to have to work too closely with her. He figured that would be career suicide for him so bit his tongue now he wished he'd rolled the dice.

Voight stared him down when he dropped the UC news. He knew everyone was watching him and it took all his energy not to react. "Yep, sure." He nodded when Voight asked if he was right to go and he held it together until he was by himself. Now he was pissed and just wanted to get out of the building.

It was his case, he'd been working these guys for months and it was slow going. Voight decided that they needed to push it along. Someone in this Bikie Gang was keen to get his hands dirty and was happy to be a gun for hire. They knew who it was but had no evidence.

The plan was that 'Ditch' would show up with his new woman and she would attract the interest of one of the other gang members, which would set Ditch off and look to take him out. Hopefully, Walt would come through with the offer. The woman had to be hot and sexy and because of the risk, a cop. Well Burgess certainly ticked all those boxes, unfortunately for 'Ditch'.

"Adam." Kim tried to catch up with him in the parking lot.

"What?" he swung around as she grabbed his arm.

"I didn't ask for this job."

"It's fine, whatever Kim." Shrugging his arm until she let go.

"I'm not going to turn it down either. It's good for my career."

"I would never expect you to, or ask you to but doesn't mean I have to love it. I'll do my job, make sure you do yours and we'll be sweet."

"Your faith in me is heartwarming."

"It's pretty non-exsistent to be honest." He yanked on the door of his truck and threw his bag onto the passenger seat. "I guess I will see you tomorrow. Don't be late." Jumping in he slammed the door before she had a chance to speak or move.

Kim was still standing there as he screamed out of the parking lot. The look in his eyes was confronting, he actually looked like he hated her. It wasn't supposed to be like this. Before she came up to Intelligence they were actually starting to get along, although to be fair it was a few words here and there but she didn't sense any hostility until today. He'd obviously hidden it so well.

The only thing Kim could do now was do her job and prove to him and everyone else that she was a good cop and an asset to the team. It was her first real UC case in Intelligence so she wasn't going to fuck it up, she wasn't going to let Adam's attitude distract her. She was going to show them and Adam could go to hell.

Adam wasn't surprised to find her already at her desk the next morning. She was always diligent like that and since she'd been upstairs she probably put in more hours than anyone. He fired up his computer on the way through to the break room to grab a coffee and knew without a doubt she would follow him.

"Ruzek." So, we'd gone back to this again. He sucked some air between his teeth and eventually turned to face her.

"Burgess."

Choosing to ignore his obvious disgust at talking to her Kim continued. "I've been thinking about this case."

"Of course you have."

"We need to go over a few things. Like how we play our relationship."

"How about I play an angry manipulative son of bitch who is only interested in himself. Say you were engaged to a buddy of mine and I set about trying to get you into bed from the start. You seem to like those kinda guys and you can be a cold heartless bitch who likes to screw around. Or do you want to play someone who's not like you?"

Okay, guess she now knew how he felt about her and Roman. As if she couldn't have guessed.

"And you can be an ass who asks any pair of legs to marry them and then runs away."

"Do you see me running?" As soon as he let that out he regretted it because he sounded hurt and he didn't want that, he wanted to be angry. Stepping around her he headed back to his desk andopened up his emails and tried to focus. He really wished that someone else would show up because being up here right now with only her was just the beginning of his nightmare.

"You bought Burgess up to speed?" Voight stopped by his desk on the way through to his office.

"Just about to." Adam nodded. Voight tilted his head towards his office and Ruzek knew he needed to follow him. Closing the door behind him he crossed his hands across his chest. "What's up Boss?"

"Your head on straight?"

"Absolutely. I've been driving this home for week; I am not letting it get away from me."

"What about you and Burgess working together?"

"She's a good cop, I'll bring her up to speed and I have no doubts that she'll pull it off."

"Not what I asked?"

"You asking her the same question?"

"Watch your mouth. I am asking you."

"Boss, I am not losing this case, I don't care who I work with as long as they do their job, I'll do mine. Have I ever given you cause to doubt me lately?"

"No, but.." Adam couldn't stop himself. It wasn't the first time he spoke out against Voight and each time, even though he knew it pissed Voight off he could see a spark of respect there. It was why he was in this unit. To do jobs like this.

"Then let's just move on and get this job done." He was out the door before Voight had the chance to answer. Yep he'd pissed him off but the kid was right. He'd only once had to talk to him about his headspace, very early on and since then he couldn't fault him.

"Burgess." Voight barked across the bullpen. "A minute." She shot a look at Adam trying to get a gauge on what went on. Had he told Voight that he couldn't work with her?

"I trust Ruzek with this job. Can I trust you?"

"Absolutely."

"Good." He sat down and leant back in his chair. "I don't think I have to tell you that if it's a choice between you or Ruzek I'd pick him."

Kim took half a step forward; she was not above begging to stay on this job. "No, you don't. Sargeant, I can do this. Whatever Adam is worried about I promise I won't let it affect my job."

"Adam's not worried about anything. He has faith in you to do your job. He trusts you to have his back. You think he threw you under the bus?"

"No." Was she that transparent?

"He didn't. Not once." Burgess nodded, sufficiently admonished. "Even when you kept kicking him." He waved his hand indicating that she could go and she scuttled back to her desk with her tail between her legs.