Disclaimer: Not mine, or all those Munch and Fin deleted scnes from s2 wouldn't have been deleted.
A/N: This is from one of those deleted the scenes, particularly from "Asunder". The first paragraph is part of what happens in it.
"You're my partner. He's just a temp." I put my hand on her shoulder, trying to reassure her, and myself. She smiled sadly, placed her hand on mine for a second, and then walked away.
There had always been bantering and bickering between us, disagreements and even arguments. Things that every partnership goes through. Things that, as I looked back on all of them, I enjoyed because it meant that we were really partners, we had each others backs and nothing was going to change that. Nothing.
Not even nosy shrinks.
Now I admit, I don't agree with what she did, sleeping with a man we had suspected of rape, and maybe the shrink was right to call her on it, but that doesn't mean I'm going to leave Monique hanging high and dry when she needs me most. In fact, I've gone to her apartment more often than usual the past few weeks, trying to make sure she really doesn't go off the deep end. One crazy detective per unit is quite enough, if you ask me.
See, cops, we gotta have each others backs, all of us, as one. The blue wall must stand strong because if one starts going under, he's gotta have his buddies to pull him back. And if one is ready to walk away, you gotta walk next to them until they understand. Walking away is not something we do. We're cops, for Christ's sake. They walk away from us.
Monique didn't need anyone to tell her that, not really. She already knew what to do: fight tooth and nail while they investigated her. So, I stood by her as they slowly pushed her farther and farther away from us. Until I couldn't follow, and she was left hanging high and dry, just like I'd tried to prevent.
But I still haven't walked away. I'm not ready to leave her completely.
And it's almost three years later.