It's been five years since Marc had walked up to that empty apartment. Five years since he lost it all. Marc was finally free and ready to give it all to Kay, but it was too late. One too many times Marc told Kay that it could never be, that he was a father and could not rip his family apart. Instead he ripped Kay's heart.

Aftermath - Marc

The first few months were a bit turbulent. Marc would frequent the club and backroom that Kay took him too. He wasn't sure what he was looking for; a fuck, a hit, or Kay. Often he thought he saw Kay walk in or in the backroom with another man, but it was his imagination getting the best of him. He would drink himself to forget or take MDMA in hopes of it not hurting so much. But it would lead to him in the backroom getting sucked off by some random dude. As soon as he came, he would button up and run out of there. He always freaked out because it wasn't Kay, it was just some random man. He would take a cab to the cheapest motels around because he couldn't show up to the academy in this condition. He wasn't able to find a place yet near Bettina and their son Rainer, so he would stay at the academy and would visit Rainer on his days off, where Bettina would take pity on him and let him crash on the couch.

She could see the hurt in his eyes. He tried to make it work as a family but his heart wasn't there. He loved his son more than anything, but he didn't love her the way she loved him. She was angry and hurt but had to contain herself for the sake of Rainer. She knew that the constant bickering would not be a good environment for Rainer. As the months would pass, she saw that Marc was at a low. He showed up hung over once and she reamed him a new one, saying "You are to never come see our son in this condition. I will file for full custody if you do this again." Marc left immediately knowing she was right.

At work things weren't going so well. Word got out of his affair with Kay and it ostracize him from his squad. He would switch shifts with his coworkers so that he could get over his hang overs or sleep off the effects of his partying ways. Frank told him, "You either get your shit together or you're out of here." It wouldn't be easy but Marc realized that what little he had left was about to be taken from him.

Aftermath – Kay

Every so often he goes on the Berlin PD's database to get his info. He's moved twice and changed to different tasks forces. He wonders if he will finally call him or drop in on his department. He closes out the window and gets up.

Kay was gone within a few days. He left the force and moved away to Berlin where he was working as a government police guard. His partying still continued but he lost interest within a few weeks. Yet again he was taken in for public intoxication where he was forced into a rehab program in order to keep his job. The meetings and counseling weren't doing much for him other than giving him a migraine. During a one on one with his sponsor, Kay showed up drunk. His sponsor brought him home and Kay told him about Marc and how he hasn't been able to keep a clear head. The recreational drinking and drugs were used to erase Marc, but it did the opposite. His sponsor would speak to him daily, meet with him at the gym and got him involved in some side jobs to keep him occupied. Aside from his patrol duties, Kay got into carpentry, specifically remodeling old homes in Berlin.

It was about a year and half later when Kay was much better. He was more alert on his patrols and even assisted on a takedown of a hostage crisis at one of the Federal Reserve buildings. His side projects were turning out great and on his days off he found himself working even more on renovating rooms, floors, and furniture. He would occasionally have a beer or two, but gone were the vodka and E nights.

Once his superiors reviewed his file, Kay got promoted to detective unit where he's been working on cases dealing with drug trafficking and murder. He felt like he was in a good place, but still he had something missing. He hadn't felt anything for anyone since Marc, but that changed the day he met up with a client who needed some old furniture renovated.