AN: I've only seen season one of CPD so I have no idea how this fits in with canon beyond that point. (And I actually don't want to know until I've watched it.) Some characters might be slightly OOC. That's because I wanted to make this a little funny and it's the same old story as my other fics, it leans towards being crack because I can't help myself but I think there's enough seriousness in there to keep it interesting too. I started this with the intention of it being a one-shot but it got a little out of hand. There are five chapters and they are all but written so rest assured if you begin reading this one (unlike some of my other fics, I'm sorry...) you will get to finish it. Enjoy!

Chapter 1: The Suggestion

The question that came out of Erin's mouth was how Voight knew she'd had more than a few too many.

He was in her apartment at her request. Sometimes she still needed to talk to her friend and not her boss, especially after the whole Charlie thing.

"You ever think about bending your rule?"

"No," he stated, shutting the dangerous conversation down before it was allowed to begin.

"But don't you ever get lonely Hank?" she pressed, twirling a strand of hair around her finger.

"What happened to the fireman?" Voight asked to distract her, and hopefully prevent her asking a question to which the only answer could be no.

"He had more issues than we do."

"Oh."

"Uh-huh," she agreed, tracing the rim of her glass pensively.

The distraction was only momentary, Erin soon picked up her original train of thought again.

"Don't you wish you had someone to come home to at night? What we do is hard. Don't you think a cop would understand that better than anyone?"

"Erin," he said as gently yet firmly as possible, "you're like a daughter to me, it's not gonna happen."

He tried not to take offence when she choked on her drink.

"What? You and me?" she spluttered. "Oh my God, that's so not where I was going with that."

He frowned at her apparent shock but then realised who she was talking about.

"You mean Halstead?"

"He is a great guy."

"He wouldn't be on my team if he wasn't. But the answer is still no."

"I wasn't actually talking about him."

"Who then? Ruzek?"

"I think he's got more prospects than he can handle already. What I meant was for you. Don't you think it would be nice?"

"Nice isn't high on my priority list."

"Stop avoiding the question. I'm not talking about a fling. I mean if there was someone special, someone you had real feelings for, you wouldn't pursue that?"

"You're the only woman on the team."

"I know that."

"Then I'm still not sure what point you're trying to make here Erin."

She looked at him thoughtfully.

"You really don't know?"

"I really have no idea what this drunken rant is all about," he confirmed.

"Really?"

"Not a clue."

"Huh," she said, leaning back and taking another sip of her drink.

xxx

"We're a team right? A family? There is nothing I wouldn't do for you."

"What do you want?" Antonio asked Jay. "If it's coffee, make your own."

"Really Antonio? Can't we just share a moment?"

"Us? No. Pass the sugar."

Jay did.

"Well now that you mention it, there is something small."

Antonio sat the sugar down, crossed his arms and raised a brow.

"I'm listening."

"See, me and Lindsay, we were thinking Voight might not be so strict on his 'no in house dating' rule if he broke it himself."

"If that's what you think," Antonio said, picking his coffee up and taking a sip, "then I'm not sure you know him as well as you think you do."

"You said you'd listen," Jay complained.

"Alright, go on," Antonio said with an eye roll, sort of interested to see where the hell Jay was going with this.

"Okay, just roll with me here. What if he went out with someone on the team? He might be more open to the idea if he did and had a good time."

"And what's this got to do with me? Erin's the only woman on the team, I think her dating Voight defeats the purpose of what you're trying to achieve here."

"She is the only girl, but there are plenty of guys," Jay said with a ridiculous wiggle of his eyebrows.

"You think Voight's into men?"

"A man, yeah." From the pointed look Jay gave him, Antonio realised who he was talking about. It was the dumbest thing he'd ever heard.

"So let me get this straight," Antonio began. Jay's lip quirked, Antonio realised what he'd said and told Jay to shut up before he went on. "You want me to ask Voight out so you and Erin can date without getting into trouble?"

"Yeah!" Jay confirmed with a grin. "I knew you'd jump on board."

"I never said that. What makes you even think he'd go for it?" Antonio said, wondering much too late if that was the right question to ask.

"C'mon Antonio, seriously? He's got it bad for you. You must have noticed. You're the only one he actively chased for this team. Erin and Olinsky were a given, he let Olinsky pluck Ruzek from the academy and he took me on your say so. But you? You he wanted."

"I'm a good cop."

"So am I, but do you think he'd kill for me? I caught him on the brink of committing cold-blooded murder for you and he only stopped because I told him that's what you wanted. Since when does Voight give a damn what anyone else thinks?"

"I dunno, we clash. A lot."

"That's because he cares what you think. You think he'd bother getting into an argument with me? He'd just tell me to shut the hell up and that'd be that."

"You've thought about this way too much."

"C'mon, he's like the president of the Antonio Dawson Fan Club, it's pretty obvious."

"There's a fan club?"

"Yeah. And I'm sure it'll be thrilled if you ask it out for drinks."

Whether any of this was true or not, Antonio couldn't do it.

"No way. I'll lose my job."

"I'll make sure you don't," Erin chimed in, suddenly appearing in the coffee room. Antonio suspected she'd been lurking nearby to learn the outcome of Jay's request. "I'll tell him it was my idea if it backfires."

He looked between them both, their faces lit up in anticipation of his cooperation. Honestly, it was a little unnerving.

"Are you both out of your minds? The answer is no."

AN: So yeah, a pretty random pairing, I'd love to know if anyone else ships these two. Maybe leave a review? Thanks for reading.