this originally started as a one shot with two or three parts in my one-shots book (lots of Jay Whump and Halstead brotherly love if you care) and I got a few messages saying I should make it a book so..here we go!
To say Lucy Halstead was pissed would be an understatement. The person at the desk saw her expression, and almost went for her gun, and if Lucy hadn't rolled her eyes and said her last name and purpose for her visit to the district, she probably would've 'politely' escorted her out. The youngest of the Halstead siblings had always had that look, the one that made people intrigued but wary, and not want to mess with her. The brunette marched up the stairs to the door that led to Intellligence, throwing it open after being buzzed in.
No one noticed her immediately and so she dropped her jacket onto the desk of her brother, loudly, and placed her hands on her hips. "I swear to god, I will kill you if that ever happens again."
Everyone looked up, as did her brother, surprised and then looking even more surprised when he saw her glaring down at him. "Wait-"
Exasperated, she cut him off, waving her hands in the air to express her extreme frustration. "I had to take a cab! Do you know how many cases there are of people being kidnapped or killed during or after the cab ride?"
Erin Lindsay seemed worried, her eyes darting back and forth between the stare down. Hank Voight walked out of his office, followed by Antonio Dawson. Ruzek and Olinski were both smiling, seeming to recognize a banter between siblings.
"I mean, seriously? Did you two not even consider that I could be dead right now? Because I could! Dismembered, beheaded, strangled-"
"Luce, you've been working too much, first of all, and second-"
"You were supposed to pick me up!"
Jay's mouth opened and closed like a fish, trying to find something to say and finally decided upon, "Will was going to get you!"
"Will called ahead and told me he had car crash victims coming in, which is convenient, and that he told you to come get me!" She took out her phone, unlocked it, showing him her texts with their oldest brother.
2:30, Will -
Told J to pick you up, I'm stuck here. Huge crash. :-/
2:30, Lucy -
Okeydokey. ;-) go save lives
He frowned and returned her phone, and Lucy cocked her hip. "So?"
"I...forgot..?" Jay tried to say, but she lightly punched him in the arm.
Erin decided to jump in right then, asking, "So, wait, you're his sister?"
The younger Halstead looked her up and down, her lips turning upwards ever so slightly, and she said, "That I am. You must be the partner that I've unfortunately heard very little about."
They shook hands, and Jay was getting nervous about two of the most important women in his life getting to know each other.
Lucy proceeded to meet the others in the Intelligence Unit, already about to launch into one of her stories about when she and her brothers were younger and left alone at their home for a few hours, the time that just about everything went wrong and the day Jay decided he would never go swimming again.
Then Platt walked into their space, saying, "You've a case straight from the chief. Body washed up on the dock shores, no limbs."
She stared at Lucy. "Ah, I forgot to mention, Halstead, you've got a visitor."
Jay bit his tongue to keep form letting out a disrespectful use of sarcasm. "Thanks, Sergeant." Erin said for him, placing a hand on his arm as a warning.
"Keys?" Lucy said, her palm out, waiting, Jay rolled his eyes and dug out his spare key to his apartment, which was thankfully large enough for a second person, now that Will had rented his own place too. He dropped them in her open hand with a small shake that made them jingle. She smiled, and went in for a hug. As the others were getting their things to go down to the crime scene, the two siblings held onto each other.
She didn't have to say anything to express herself.
"Missed you, too, sis," Jay said, into her soft brown hair, sincerely.
