6 months after the truck heist
Dom and Jesse sat in the car silently both hoping that their information was correct and worrying about the person they were waiting for they would be lucky if the man they were waiting for was alive let alone uninjured. Brian O'Connor had given up so much for them he had been fired from his job for turning native and saving the torretto team from prision by destroying all the evidence that had pointed to them earning him a five month stint in jail for evidence tampering. It was a miracle that they had all survived. It had taken months for Jesse and Vince to heal and as soon as he was well enough Jesse's first action was to run a background check on Brian. What he had found had been shocking to say the least and had only been shared with Dom. Brian lived with his abusive father for the first ten years of his life after his mother died giving birth to him he was beaten often and finally social services picked up on it sending him into foster care he was shuttled between families getting into cars alcohol and crime along the way until not long after his sixteenth birth day. Brian was picked up for the third time in as many days for drink driving while appearing before the judge she took into account his high academic accomplishments and gave him an ultimatum he could go to juvie or possible jail or he could attend George Washington Police academy(think military school) in the end he chose GWPA under protest. Once there he excelled in all his classes and went on to become LAPD the high jackings were his shot at a detectives badge . Now Dom wanted him back on the team and thats the way it would be. They were both pulled out of their thoughts when a side door opened and a man was practicly thrown out. They watched as he pulled his tattered pride together and stood up Dom could tell the exact moment Brian recognized the car his shoulders tensed and his head bowed as if in resignation before he squared his shoulders set his jaw and held his head high 'that's my Brian never let them see your fear' Brian slowly made his way over until he stood in front of Dom he looked Dom straight in the eye and said "what you want Dom you cant kick my ass any harder than the guys on the inside so why not just leave me in peace huh?"
"i'm not here to kick your ass Bri me and Jesse are here to take you home there's a house full of people waiting to welcome you back" before he could ask any more questions Brian was steered to the drivers seat "you drive i want to make sure you haven't lost you're edge" and finally Dom saw that shit eating grin he'd been waiting for.