Fandom: Rookie Blue
Pairing: Luke/Andy
Category: Friendship, Romance
Rating: M
Collection of ONE-SHOTS

Disclaimer: Still wishing Luke was mine…

Synopsis: Theirs wasn't a story with an ending; theirs was a story of a beginning, and an ongoing journey. EPISODIC.

Author's Note: A collection of one-shots chronicling Luke & Andy's first meeting and their eventual relationship. Told from both POVs; each one-shot chapter can be read on its own. This piece will follow episodic events very closely, but I will (of course) take artistic liberties with some characters. I realize that not everyone is a fan of McCallaghan, but I really do love this couple together and there are far too few fics dedicated to them. So here's my little contribution.

Work in progress, and will remain as such until Rookie Blue ends. Please leave a review if you're reading; I'd love to know what you think!

Chapter Note: I know this prologue doesn't seem like much, but I promise this is merely the introduction and what comes next will get better.

So sing all your questions to sleep; the answers are out there in the drowning deep
Go far beyond where we stand; no matter the distance, I'm holding your hand
All I want is to be your harbor

~ Vienna Teng, Harbor ~

000. Prologue; In the Beginning

There are moments in time when paths cross and lines intertwine.

Sometimes you know when your life will never be the same again, at other times you merely walk on, content to continue your path on the straight and narrow until one day you find yourself back at the same crossroads you were once at before.

Sometimes the people in your life come for a brief moment. They stop for a while and you enjoy their presence, but then they carry on and you forget that they were even there. They never linger, and you never dwell. You never remember, you never reminisce at the whimsical folly of your youth, and you most certainly never regret.

Then, there are the others who come and make a permanent mark in your life. They appear out of nowhere, almost like a whirlwind breeze that sweeps you off your feet, turning you around in circles of joy, sadness, anger, frustration, but always love. They are the ones who, when they leave, never truly go away; their footprints remain and their presence endures long after their goodbyes fade.

But then there are the truly special ones; the ones you will remember on your death bed, the ones you will recount to your grandchildren with fond smiles and heavy hearts. The ones whose grip upon your heart will never seize, and their memories never leave you. The ones who were friends, lovers, and more than everything in between. The ones you will remember with a smile on your face, a secret memory imprinted in your soul, and the knowledge that your life was changed, simply because they were there.

There are those who fall into all the categories; papers in the wind, a fleeting kiss, the what-could-have-beens. He was all that for her, and then some. He stepped into her life almost by accident, but sometimes she looked back on time and swore she could see the hands of fate on the events past.

Theirs wasn't a story with an ending; theirs was a story of a beginning, and an ongoing journey. A journey that began with a little storm, and blossomed into her safe harbor.

This is the story of Andy McNally and Luke Callaghan.