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This is my first FanFiction and I hope you enjoy and please comment suggestions or thoughts. Thanks!
P.S. I'm rating this as 'M' just in case.
Sam and Andy walked in to 15 together on a sunny morning. To Sam, every morning seemed sunny when he got to wake up next to McNally and call her his wife. His wife. There were two words Sam had never imagined himself putting together in terms of his own relationships. Then McNally came along, tackled him in an alley, and threw his whole damn world for a spin.
He kissed Andy as she went in to the locker rooms and he went to his desk in the D's office. When he sat down he placed a call to confirm his reservation for 2 that night at Buca, a fancy Italian restaurant. With that complete, he started in the case files signed over from the previous shift. With Nash being promoted to Detective Sergeant and moved upstairs to Guns and Gangs Sam had taken on a new partner. Or rather, a partner-in-training. He glanced down into the squad room to notice said partner walking his way from the locker rooms. Epstein had probably just said goodbye to Chloe at the locker rooms in a way not too dissimilar from how Sam had said it to Andy.
"How ya doin'?" Sam inquired when Dov sat down at his desk across from Sam.
"I'm good, Swarek. Got anything special planned for the one-month anniversary?"
"As a matter of fact, I do," Sam said with a slight grin. "I got us reservations at Buca."
"That's a great place. Does she know?"
"She probably figures I've got something planned but I haven't let on what."
"She'll love it, that's for sure."
Dov was only a month into his 6-month training rotation with the D's but he and Sam already had a good bond built up. Sam knew Dov was instrumental in proving Oliver innocence and stuck his neck on the line multiple times in doing so. Sam would never forget that.
"Yeah, well, only the best for the best," Sam replied while watching Andy cross the squad room to Parade. She looked up and they shared a smile.
Andy filed into Parade behind Gail and took a seat on the back table. She spotted her rookie, Hannah Connor, sitting in the first row. Oliver walked in the side door at the front and called Parade to order from the podium. He went through the usual spiel of general announcements and assignments. At the end he requested Andy and Connor stop by his office. Andy checked the board for her and Connor's car assignment. She didn't see her name or Connor's anywhere on the board, not even for desk or booking duty. Then they went upstairs to Staff's office.
Oliver asked for Andy to come in individually first so Connor took a seat outside his office.
"Here's the deal," Oliver began. "B platoon needs another body so we need to send over one of our rookies. They wanted to take a more senior officer but I told them I can't do it since we just lost Collins. I've talked to Jarvis and after going over your reports we've determined that Connor has performed the best out of the three so she is the one getting moved. I'm sorry McNally, but the only way to make it work was to send our best rookie."
Andy understood but didn't try to hide her disappointment. "I get it sir, it's politics."
"Right, so I need you to do a final write up on Connor to send with her for her ne TO."
"I'll get right on it."
"Okay, let's bring Connor in."
Andy opened the door and asked Connor to join them. Before she went back into Staff's office she looked over at Sam at his desk to find him staring back at her.
"Something's up with McNally and her rook," Sam commented, semi-worried, after seeing the look on his wife's face.
"Huh?" Dov glanced up from his computer and then towards Oliver's office when he saw Sam's gaze. "Could be anything. Connor seems like good police material, not another Duncan situation."
Sam appreciated Epstein attempting to reassure him but he still felt uneasy knowing that his wife was upset and he was unable to help. "I'll be back," Sam said, getting up and walking over to Oliver's office.
"Take your time," Dov said to his back.
When Sam got to the door the meeting had just broken up and he held the door open for Connor to leave, her face not betraying anything. Andy came out next. "Hey, Sweetheart. What's happening?" Sam noticed she wasn't sad or worried, just disappointed. He was able to relax a little.
"Politics. Connor is getting moved to B platoon, they need a body."
"Why take a rookie?"
"They didn't want to but Oliver convinced Jarvis that we could lose a senior officer so soon after Nick left."
"So he had to give them the best rookie, I get it."
"Yeah, so now I have to write a final report for her new TO and then he said I can spend the day with you and Dov helping out with whatever you got going."
"Well, I may not like the circumstances leading you there but I'm happy to have you for the day," Sam said caringly.
They kissed briefly before she headed to her desk in the squad room to write her report.
Sam knocked on Oliver's door and his best friend and best man motioned him to enter.
"Hey brother, I'm sorry about how this played out but my hands are tied on this one."
"Yeah, no worries. We get it, just bummed about it."
"I understand, which is why I told McNally she can work with you today."
"I appreciate that. I just think we have to figure out something for her here. After the Duncan fiasco, successfully training a rookie would have been big for her. Even though this one is not her fault or anything, well, you know McNally and how she overanalyzes everything."
"Yeah, we both do." The both shared a slight grin. "Listen Sammy, I'll talk to Jarvis again and see if there is anything I can come up with."
"Thanks brother," Sam turned around to walk back to his desk
"They're moving Andy's rookie to B platoon." Sam settled back in his desk, rubbing his eyes. She's sort of bummed about it. Anyway, after she submits her final report to Oliver she is going to be spending the day helping us out."
"Well then," Dov indicated the waiting case files, "I guess we better get started in on this."
"What is it, a new case?"
"Yeah, Detective Anderson dropped it off while you were talking to Shaw. She wanted us to lend a hand if we could with some of the angles, that's all she told me."
"A homicide I'm assuming."
"That would be my guess. She said she was bringing in the victim's parents to talk to."
An hour later, Sam and Dov had begun piecing out the details of a stabbing that happened early that morning. Mary Daniels, a second year associate at a corporate law firm downtown was stabbed while out for a jog. The attack happened in a wooded area and she was dumped into the bushes along the path. She was found unconscious and suffering from major blood loss by a man out walking his dog. He called 911, and she died on the way to the hospital. The responding officers found no conclusive evidence and the caller stated that he saw nobody go past him. Anderson had been there and the only thing she added was that the victim's phone was missing.
"So, basically, the scene is cold," Dov summarized.
It was just about then that McNally walked up the stairs to the D's office. "Hey guys," she said, trying to appear her usual upbeat self. Sam filled her in on what he and Dov had.
"Okay, so we should talk to family, friends, and co-workers and see if anything turns up," Andy said.
"Yeah," Sam agreed, "that's what we came up with as the best place to start too. Detective Anderson is waiting for her parents to come in, a James and Martha Daniels. They live in Windsor. Why don't I take Andy and go to her law firm and check in on recent cases, should be plenty of motive there. Epstein, take Price and stop by her apartment. The file shows an address with her name and a Casey Lake on it. See if he or she knows anything."
"Sure thing." Dov pulled out his phone and called Chloe as he walked to the armory to get his gun.
"I'm just going to stop by Anderson's office and let her know what we're doing. Then I'll get my gun and meet you at the car."
Andy nodded and walked out to the parking lot. The day may not have started off great for her but she still got to work with her best friends and the man she loved doing what she loved. She would always be grateful for that.
