A/N: This is my first attempt at fan fiction of another show. To this point, I've written exclusively for CHUCK. I do enjoy other shows and have been quietly looking for something else to write about.

Enter Blue Bloods [which has quickly become my favorite show] specifically Jamie Reagan and Edit "Eddie" Janko. This TBD multi-chapter fanfic is inspired by their deleted scenes from episode 8x01, "cutting losses" while operating in the current 9th season of the show. Honestly, from a relationship standpoint I find Jamie and Eddie's relationship is written in a far more adult way than Chuck and Sarah, and unlike CHUCK, I have no complaints about Blue Bloods from a writing perspective and that includes the Jamie, Eddie relationship, this is just an idea I felt compelled to bring to life and explore, and my CHUCK stories aren't talking to me right now, so it seemed like the right time move to another show and couple.

Full disclosure, my knowledge of police work begins and ends with Blue Bloods, which I don't own. This idea, however, is all mine.

It was the last thing Jamie or Eddie expected to happen, especially with everything they were currently getting used to on the job these days. They were both cornered at the end of that day's shift by the DEA. Both of them were surprised that a federal agency needed help from a recently promoted beat cop and his former partner.

Eddie's voice went up from surprise and excitement. Her inflection was clearly in denial, "I still don't see why you couldn't just task in-house agents to handle this?" She seemed determined to ask the question as a form of probing.

Jamie was studying Special Agent Veronica Molina carefully. His eyes were like an x-ray and he responded bluntly, "I've got a pretty good idea, why else would you ask us to stay in the precinct after my squads off duty."

Veronica gave a conceding smile, "Wow, your just as blunt as your brother Danny. Of course, I see what he meant when he said you had more presence than he likes to admit." She continued rather casually which threw Jamie for a loop, DEA agents were not known for small talk. She sounded like she was trying to break the ice and it was clear in her response, "Just so you know, I requested Danny and Baez first, but he declined for both of them, said he isn't doing any more undercover ops, wouldn't say why."

Jamie leaned forward putting his hands on the table with a fixed stare. He was again blunt, "Watching his house go up, and then losing his wife in a helicopter crash probably has a lot to do with that."

Eddie tightened next to Jamie as he finished. If not for her instincts and the metaphysical connection her and Jamie had, either of them could have gone through that kind of gut-wrenching loss. She was so glad they stopped messing around and got engaged.

Agent Molina clearly had not expected this and was unsure how to continue, "Condolences…that makes sense. I have a husband, he is always worrying about my job."

Jamie cut to the chase, " as Officer Janko said, why us?"

Veronica recognized small talk was over. She turned blunt, "To be honest most of us in the DEA don't have the subtly or patience for a deep undercover assignment." She sighed before continuing, "That, and Danny said you two were better undercover cops than he likes to admit. I did my own checking, of course, people all over give you high praise."

Eddie's denial persisted. "We've only done a few assignments."

Veronica smiled, "The DEA cares about quality over quantity and is ironically lacking in the former, which is why I am asking for your help."

Jamie looked amused now, "Can't say I'm surprised, help with what exactly?"

Agent Molina continued bluntly, "There is heavy suspicion of a drug-running family operating out of the Hamptons, very wealthy and extravagant."

Jamie sighed, "Another crime family?"

Agent Molina was surprised, "You have experience with prestigious crime families Reagan?"

Jamie nodded almost as though he would rather forget, "Seven years ago, I was barely past my rookie year when I was tasked with a drug bust for my first undercover assignment, turned into deep cover when I crossed paths with Noble Sanfino."

Veronica was impressed, "The Sanfino crime family, well experience won't be a problem for you. The head of this snake is Ricky Ortiz, father coordinates everything with his two sons; Ian and Erik, they operate with a mob mentality, our info says that is catching up with them. They are looking for new hired help, that would be your window."

Jamie asked a key question, "How long is the operation expected to be?"

There would be no point in sugarcoating things and Agent Molina was blunt, "We have no timetable, you're in until it is over, and because of the sensitivity, you would need to hang up your uniform until its finished.

Jamie continued his line of questioning, "Nothing happens in this city without the commissioner being aware of it."

Agent Molina gave a confirming nod, "He's aware that we were looking at his officers for this deep undercover operation."

Jamie pressed, "So did he drop breadcrumbs that led you here."

Agent Molina pushed back, "I asked for the most level-headed capable officers he had on his force. Danny and you were first and second from his mouth."

Jamie smirked, "Danny, level-headed, I think my old man is getting senile."

She nodded through a chuckle, "I think he meant he could handle a deep cover assignment as I said, he turned me down."

Jamie sighed, "Can I have some time to mull it over?"

Eddie cut in quickly, "I think you mean us, I don't care if you outrank me now."

Jamie looked at his fiancée with a fixed gaze, "Eddie, no way, a sting is one thing, but a long-term undercover operation is tedious and dangerous."

She met his gaze bluntly, "That's why you should have someone watching your back. After you had to deal with the Sanfino's on your own can you really say you wouldn't rather have your former partner to team up with?"

Veronica was amused, "I've never seen this level of insistence before, but a lot of people said your partnership was so lock step they swore up and down you were romantically involved."

Jamie held Eddie's gaze for a moment, it was hard to argue her point. He sighed, "You heard her, either she is with me, or you find somebody else."

With a smile, Veronica nodded, "Alright, but I meant what I said this is indefinite and the chances you could find yourselves in deep means you better be able to commit to the cover. Anything less could get you killed."

They nodded, asking one more question, "What is the cover?"

She sounded matter of fact, "might as well be realistic, you look like a couple, be a couple."

Eddie casually slipped her ring back on her finger under Jamie's desk, having retrieved it from the unmarked niche she kept it in within her locker, always arriving early for to work to place it there and leaving late to retrieve it. She and Jamie always entered and exited the precinct separately, not even parking in the lot of the 29th to avoid suspicion of their romantic involvement. She sounded excited again, "We get that a lot."

Jamie pressed, "We meant who do they think we are?"

Veronica stood up, "you'll get finer details over the next day or two, but we want to give you time to inform your father, so he can help smooth out the ire this will cause with your superiors."

Jamie muttered through a tightened expression, "That, will be the least of our problems."

Agent Molina confessed, "that's why I am letting you handle it but in all seriousness thanks for the help, and again when you see your brother give him my condolences."

Jamie gave a cautioned response, "Don't thank me until the commissioner signs off. I will let Danny know."

Once she left Eddie put her arms around Jamie, "Do you think he will?"

Jamie held her close, "he recommended me, but he seriously is senile if he expects you not to follow. Besides, I told you after last year's molly bust, we were on people's radar, this is a good chance to find out if we want to make a career in undercover narcotics."

Eddie smiled broadly as they finally left the precinct, several hours past the typical quitting time, "I would much rather be your partner than be under you."

Jamie couldn't help himself, "I don't mind you being under me." His smirk was a dead giveaway he wasn't talking about their current work dynamic. Eddie playfully punched his shoulder before they broke off heading separately to their car off the 29th lot.

II

Jamie wasn't sure whether to inform Frank at home or at 1PP tomorrow. Ultimately, he decided on the former because at least he could freely argue without feeling awkward, unlike when he was summoned to 1PP following his and Eddie's engagement. Speaking of Eddie, he decided to bring her with him this time for extra verbal firepower in case he needed it.

She was clearly nervous as they got within view of the front door, "I don't see how I can help much, one thing the Regan's all have in common is stubbornness."

Jamie nodded as though she made his point for him, "Exactly, that's why you'll fit in just fine."

She eyed him with raised eyebrows, "Are you saying I'm stubborn?"

Jamie nodded again, "Yes, and I need that for this conversation."

Eddie melted, somehow, she was flattered, "It was easier when your whole family was stepping all over our wedding. Your dad commands a room both on and off the job."

Jamie pulled her close, "you can hold your own with him, the entire family sees that, and he does too." Eddie nodded.

They entered the house through the back door. Frank was not in the kitchen, he was sitting alone in the den, whiskey on the arm of his chair. He gave a casual greeting, "Jamie, Eddie, what brings you by so late? Even pop is already asleep."

Jamie took the lead, sitting down with Eddie in the other two chairs around the table, "We got held up at the precinct after shift today."

Frank closed the book he was reading, then leaned forward. "What for?"

Jamie dove in bluntly, "The DEA, about doing a long-term undercover assignment."

Frank guessed, "The Ortiz family."

They nodded as Jamie continued, "So you did know?"

Frank nodded a little stiffly, "Nothing happens in this city without me knowing, even at the federal level. So she took my recommendations and ran with them."

Jamie nodded, "She went to Danny first, he turned her down."

Frank sighed folding his hands, "I can guess you didn't, and you want to do it?"

Eddie was blunt, "We both do."

Frank sighed again more deeply, "And you expect me to sign off and just sit back and wait, holding my breath again?"

Jamie was ready for round one, "You did with the Sanfino's?"

Frank countered through a huff, "You stumbled into that, so my hands were tied. I lost a lot of sleep that year and this is more dangerous."

Jamie countered calmly again, "I don't think it gets more dangerous then surviving a hit on my head, which I have twice by the way."

Frank's expression did not hide that he thought this point was ridiculous, "That doesn't mean you should tempt fate son."

Jamie tried another angle, "Dad do you really think I like sitting behind a desk most of my day?"

Frank retorted in a higher voice now, "I seemed to remember saying recently that I hoped you and the rest of this family did things because you wanted to and not because you were forced into it." Eddie followed the back and forth like she was watching a heated tennis match, she would pick her spots.

Jamie's voice rose slightly too, "You may not have forced me to become Sargent, but the entire family pretty much guilted us into not riding together, thanks to some phantom rule, and by the way, how is two engaged beat cops ridding together worse than one being a direct superior to his fiancée?"

Eddie cut in again, "I would appreciate an explanation on that too."

Frank sighed, "First of all, you know romantic involvement between partnered cops' clouds judgment. Second of all, you know I follow the chain of command and Sargent's are free to pick who they wish for their squads, and lieutenant's just function as precinct oversight, short of serious issues because they assume the corresponding Sargent doesn't need to be handheld."

Jamie continued, "So you won't break the chain of command as commissioner, but have no problem using hypothetical children to guilt me out of riding with Eddie, as my father?"

Eddie was unaware of this and exclaimed as such, "What?"

Jamie turned to her with an irritated inflection, "Yeah, dad is thinking farther ahead than we are."

Eddie looked at Frank seriously, "do you really think so little of our ability to separate our feelings from the job?"

That threw him for a loop, he wasn't used to that anymore, it was something Mary and Linda had a gift for and they were both gone…he softened in response, "I'm afraid it will cost me a fourth and fifth member of this family."

Eddie turned to Jamie with another penetrating stare, "Does he know?

Jamie responded bluntly, "I'm sure he read the report."

Eddie's deep stare continued. She shook her head, "Reagan's are stoic to a fault."

Frank paid Eddie a high compliment wearing a somber expression, "Mary used to say that all the time, you remind me of her, never had a problem putting me or the rest of the family in our place." He smiled as if bracing himself, "go on, let me have it."

Eddie fixed Frank with a measured stare, "Have you ever really considered how much I love your son?"

Frank looked hard at Jamie, there was an undertone to his response, "as much as I loved my wife."

Eddie nodded, "He is stubborn too, I think it's why you butt heads so easily." They shared a look.

Frank responded with a level of sorrow Jamie was not used to, "I've lost a wife, a son and a daughter in law. That's three family members too many."

Jamie glanced at Eddie, "I was a split second away from getting added to that list dad."

He sighed, "I know."

Eddie could tell from Frank's expression he did not know, not really. She continued calmly her nerves rising from anger and irritation. "With all due respect, I don't think you do, I think you're ruled by your fear to the point that you have forgotten what it is like to be so in sync with someone that you create something intangible with them. I'm sure you had it with Marry, but all your time as commissioner has cast a political lens over your perspective."

Frank sighed, "I don't see where this is going."

Jamie sighed, "Dad for all the NYPD's bluster about romantically involved cops, the love that comes with that is the only reason I'm not dead, and you asked me why I got into it with that firefighter weeks ago, its because they were dilly-dallying while Eddie was still inside. When I ran back inside the entrance was moments away from caving in, she could have died."

Frank was somber, "I did not know.

Eddie continued, still calmly blunt, "that is exactly my point, you can never truly know the intangibles that loving someone to the extent that I love your son creates on the job. Did you read my report following the Sorento incident?"

Frank nodded, "you discharged your gun twice after he attempted to kill my son at close range and missed. Your second shot was fatal, and he was labeled DOA and cuffed to the steering wheel of his vehicle."

Eddie nodded, "that is the meat of it, but I left out an intangible mostly because to explain it in words…well I still can't; I made Jamie pull over to a coffee shop and while I was in line we heard the vehicle description change go out over the radio, I looked out the window and stayed in line, a few seconds later I looked back again and next thing I know I hear a voice in my head saying Jamie is about to get shot. I think Sorento only missed because my yell broke his concentration."

Jamie reminded his father of his mood at the time, "You kept saying that you had a gut feeling. If not for Eddie following hers, I would be dead. I don't you were ever aware that we make a conscious choice every day to separate our feelings from the job and have since we became aware of them. I'm not going to parade her around the NYPD, but I'm done having to choose between being her partner and being with her."

Frank finally figured out the reason behind the discussion, "You're both considering a move to undercover narcotics."

Jamie nodded, "is that really a surprise?"

Frank huffed again, "I hear things at 1PP, that whole unit is clamoring for both of you. This is a worthy test run…I will sign off."

Jamie smiled, "Thanks, dad. We should get going it's late."

Frank still needed a minute, "Let me talk with Eddie for a moment."

Jamie stood up, "I'll wait outside." Eddie's nerves skyrocketed. This was the first time she would have a personal conversation with Frank.

Frank smiled warmly, "I trust you know my son was engaged once. During the time he finished law school and decided to become a cop, until shortly after he graduated the academy."

Eddie nodded, "he mentioned it in passing to someone we were helping on patrol a few years ago. We ended up bickering about soul mates."

Frank smile stayed, "When he broke it off, I told him to trust his gut because it serves him well." He sighed, "When you lose as much as this family has lost fear tends to warp your perspective of the job. You, Eddie, are the first person to remind me in a very long time that, the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. I will instruct all CO's across the NYPD to weigh the nature of disclosed relationships against the service record of those whom a given relationship concerns. If following the DEA assignment you decide to reestablish a partnership on my police force with my son in any department you will be judged fairly as a unit."

Eddie was both grateful and shocked, "I don't know what to say."

Frank responded bluntly, "Say will continue to protect my son."

Eddie nodded, "I will Frank."

He cautioned her, "You do realize it will still be at the discretion of your CO?"

Eddie smiled, "You're saying Jamie would give up being a Sargent?"

Frank's expression was analytical. "He likes being where the action is whether that is on the beat or in undercover ops. Picking up after a mess is not his style, that is Danny's thing."

Eddie looked apologetic now, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to suggest that I know Jamie better than you."

Frank sighed, "I think you made a convincing case that you do, and I need to accept that you love each other in a way that can't be quantified and is far greater than the reason we abide by the spirit of the rule. If anyone else was his partner that day I would have lost another son. I'm sure there are and will be other partnerships like that and it is unfair of me to act as if I know what that is like…Mary was on the legal side and we were together long before I became a cop.

Eddie sighed, "I will admit it can be a double-edged sword, but we both would rather watch each other's backs and minimize the chances that we get hurt or killed than have someone else do it and end up with that result anyway. Nothing against my new partner, but your son is a far better cop with much more experience and I don't have to worry about his actions on the job."

Frank nodded appreciatively, "that is why I am signing off, and I will handle your exit and eventual reinstatement. I learned after the Sanfino's that when my officers take a deep undercover assignment, especially a federal one, it is much safer to blacklist them from my force until it's over."

Eddie stood up, "Thank you, Frank."

III

Back at his apartment, Jamie questioned Eddie with apprehension, "How'd it go with him?"

She smiled, "Want to have your old partner back?"

He tempered her, "I'm a Sargent remember, I'm only on the streets to follow up on a call when necessary."

Eddie dangled the carrot, "But if moved back to patrol, or we moved to undercover narcotics."

Jamie shrugged, "Dad would just have a fit again and CO's would never allow it."

Eddie continued in a slow reveal sort of way, "What if they were forced to weigh the nature of the relationship and the service record before acting on disclosed relationships...a fair hearing."

Jamie looked impressed, "Did you just think of that?"

Eddie smiled as they sat on the couch, "Actually, your dad did, he said he would make it department-wide."

Jamie was in disbelief, "You mean he actually gets it.

Eddie thought carefully, "he sees the other side of it, I honestly think he thinks most romantic involvement between cops is a fling, and he may have been treating us that way. We probably didn't help that when we went from partners to engaged so quickly."

Jamie gave an admonished rebuttal, "I wouldn't call four years quick Ed."

Eddie smiled knowingly, "Sure, for us it wasn't, but I don't think he had a real idea we had feelings. Loyalty maybe, but love…I don't think he can recognize it to the same extent that we feel it, or that he used to feel it. To him, we probably came across in over our heads. I think he expects a certain amount of old-fashion protocol, even in relationships."

Jamie groaned, "All that gushy, staring at each other across a candlelit table kind of dating."

Eddie gave a playfully blunt response looking at him expectantly, "Got a problem staring into my eyes Reagan?"

Jamie smiled, "yeah, that's it, they're so nice that it blinds me." She playfully hit him like she always did when he said something exaggerated or sarcastic about her, or himself, or the two of them. He smirked holding Eddie tighter, "Really, I just never felt the need for that kind of, hit you over the head romance stuff."

Eddie nodded, "Charming and sweet, but not one to gush. That might be why you grew on me so quickly even though you make me crazy most of the time."

Jamie grinned looking at her pointedly, "That's because I know how to handle you, and you're not used to it."

Eddie smiled wryly, "I seem to remember telling you that once you tapped this there was no going back." They were laying on the couch now.

Jamie nodded his hands in her hair. "That I would be spoiled for life; that night, after you saved my life it crossed my mind again."

Their faces were inches apart now. The inflection in Eddie's voice was full of emotion, "I didn't care about holding back at that point, if I wouldn't have been so emotional, I would have kissed you in the middle of the street."

Jamie whispered pointedly, "Nothing is stopping you right now. She smiled broadly and met his lips momentarily. Afterward, she rested her head on his chest, he spoke aloud, "I just saw you."

Eddie whispered back lazily, "what saw me when?"

Jamie looked down at Eddie with a meaningful gaze, "That whole life flashes before your eyes split-second thing. I never really get affected by the possibility of dying on the job because it is an occupational hazard for every cop. At that moment though, that split-second…I saw you clear as day in my mind and all I could think was: damn, I'm about to get murdered at close range and she will never know how much I love her, that I would rather die with her on the job than live without her. The same thing happened when you were shot."

Eddie was misty-eyed now, "Jamie…" She cupped his cheek with her hand, "everything is fine."

Jamie nodded, "I fell for you the day you walked up to me, full of yourself and fresh out of the academy. It doesn't matter if we're on the job or off; if we patrol again or move into undercover narcotics. You're the only partner I want, I love you."

Eddie smiled recalling the vows they had already written, "our army of two…we finally get to put that into practice."

He smiled, "You can count on me."

She echoed him, "You can count on me."

A/N: That is, it. Being that this is my first Blue Bloods fan fic reviews are important. The truth is I love Blue Bloods, and Jamie and Eddie so I took those deleted scenes where they discuss and are praised for their work in undercover narcotics and ran with them. I also expanded on the issue in the first episode of this year. More to come but indefinite updates because I am a college student!