This is a one shot about Erin and Jay and something I read. I know some of you are wondering about the last story Whatever Happens, Happens… I have tried to update multiple times but it won't let me post anything, even a message apologizing for not being able to post a new chapter.
*I want to do a series of one-shots based on the hottest detectives on TV So I need suggestions for the next prompts! PM me or comment!*
SPOILER DON'T READ IF YOU HAVENT HEARD ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH ERIN AND JAY IN AN EPISODE. So I read a spoiler saying that Jay had to crash at Lindsays. Apparently the bounty hunter was looking for Jay and trashed his apartment then him and Lindsay show up and see it all messy so she says he can stay with her. So this is just my version of what I think that scene will be about. Enjoy!
"Well look who finally decided to show up to work today." Ruzek laughed at Jay as he walked up the stairs.
"Piss off." Jay shot him a glare as he walked past him to his desk.
"Damn," Lindsay chuckled, "Someone didn't sleep well last night." She looked up and locked eyes with her partner.
"Well, you wouldn't sleep well either if you got back to your apartment at 2 am to find it completely trashed." Jay responded as he took off his jacket and placed it on the back of his chair.
"What?" Lindsay said as she snapped her head up to look at him.
"Okay now that Halstead has finally graced us with his presence, we can get started." Voight said as he entered the room and put photos on the board.
They were working on a new gang that had been starting initiations on the south side. Things were getting pretty bad with the killings and the drugs and they decided it was time to step in and nip it in the bud. Voight sent each of them on their way, Halstead and Lindsay set out to talk to one of Jays Cis, on the west side of Chicago.
"So are you going to explain to me why your apartment got trashed?" Lindsay asked looking over at Jay when she pulled up to a stop sign.
"Its nothing." Jay replied avoiding her gaze.
"Jay its obviously no nothing." Erin replied not moving from the stop sign, she looked back to see if anyone was behind her and she put her car in park.
He was surprised that she used his first name and he knew she was being serious so he looked over and made eye contact with her when he answered her. "Theres a bounty after me because I killed that guys brother the other day." He finally admitted.
"That is not nothing, how long has this been going on?" Lindsay asked continuing to drive, satisfied that he finally answered.
"They broke into my place last night, that's the only thing. I stayed up all night cleaning it up and trying to fix my front door." Jay laughed at the end earning a glare from Erin because she knew it was no laughing matter.
"Just as long as youre safe." Erin said as she held his gaze.
"Are you worried about me Erin?" Jay teased.
"Ha, you wish." Erin tried to laugh but she was just a little embarrassed because her cheeks were bright pink. She was worried about him but she wasn't going to let him know that.
"I do." Jay admitted and didn't move his eyes from hers for one second.
Erin felt the air leave the car. She was at a loss for words but that didn't matter because they were communicating with their glances. Something exclusive to the two of them. It didn't matter I others didn't understand, because they do and that's all that matters.
"Maybe one day." Erin whispered, noticing all the tension that filled the car within the last few minutes.
They were taken away from each other by Jays CI tapping on the passenger side window causing them both to jump and glare out the window. Halstead rolled down the window to talk to him.
"Get in man." Jay said unlocking the rest of the doors.
"Sorry if I interrupted something." His CI joked looking from Erin back to Jay and laughed.
Jay looked over to Erin because she normally did the questioning but she just stared at the CI through the rear view mirror. He could tell that something was bothering her but he continued asking questions. The CI had some pretty decent information, good enough he may get some money for it. Once they were done they began the 20 minute drive back to the station and Halstead received a phone call.
"Halstead." He answered.
Erin looked over at him while he talked on the phone with god knows who. Things have gotten weird in the past few weeks; she had noticed that she was starting to have feelings for him. But that cant happen, Erin thought to herself as she looked at him. She was snapped out of her trance when she saw Jay let out an exasperated sigh and turn towards her.
"Alright Im on my way, thank you." He hung up his phone and turned to face her.
"Whats up?" Erin asked trying to get him out of her head.
"Someone broke into my apartment again, can we swing by real quick?" Jay asked looking defeated.
"Damnit Halstead, always an inconvenience you are." Erin joked as she looked forward. "Im kidding, of course we can."
"Thanks." He couldn't help but stare at her as she drove. She was absolutely stunning and he didn't understand how she didn't know that. Damn Voight and his in house romance rules. If there wasn't a rule against it I would try and make Erin mine, he thought to himself.
"Eyes out the window, Halstead." Erin laughed as she looked at him from the corner of her eye, she could see him staring at her. She felt hot on the inside at the fact he was thinking about her but they were partners and that couldn't happen. Jay just chuckled in response and looked out the window, they sat in comfortable silence the rest of the way to his apartment.
"Jesus.." Jay sighed as they turned the corner in the hall to see his apartment door, completely split in two and on the floor.
They stepped into the apartment and began to look around, everything was everywhere. Papers were scattered across the floor, like a covering of snow. His couch was turned over and the cushions were ripped open. Erins jaw was on the ground and he eyes were wide.
"How did you fix this last night? Did you buy new furniture or something?" Erin sarcastically asked as she kicked one of the thrown cushions that laid at her feet.
"It wasn't this bad." Jay said as he looked around to see if anything was missing.
"What are you gonna do?" Erin asked turning to face him.
"Stay at the hotel by the station, its closer so it will work out well." Jay said admitting to himself that he couldn't stay here.
"You can stay with me." Erin said, really without even realizing it. She always said the first thing that came to mind and she was never shy about it but standing there in front of Jay basically telling him that he can sleep with her, she felt a little embarrassed.
"What?" Jay asked completely stunned. He never saw that coming in a million years.
"Yeah I don't have Nadia with me anymore, she only stops by every once and awhile so I have my apartment to myself again." Erin said as she tried to calm herself down.
"Are you sure?" Jay asked stepping closer to her.
Erin felt a buzz when he got closer to her. What is going on with me? She thought to herself.
"Yeah its no problem." She said as she gave his shoulder a little punch and made her way to the door. "Just grab some stuff and Ill wait in the car."
And with that Jay was left by himself in his trashed apartment thinking about spending the night with the girl of his dreams. Sure, they've had sleepovers before. Either Jay drinks too much and he cant drive home so he crashes on her couch. Or that one time when Erin was smashed and she was really upset, he slept with her in the bed to comfort her. Nothing happened that night but it was one of his better nights with her because she admitted that she loved him, she just doesn't remember because she was so drunk. He packed his bag and met Erin in the car then they took off to the station because it was getting close to quitting time and they had been gone all day.
"The prodigal team returns." Ruzek announced as he saw the two of them coming up the stairs.
"Why do you always feel the need to announce my presence, Ruzek?" Jay questioned and laughed a little bit as he sat his duffle bag on his desk.
Erin walked over to her desk and took her jacket off then immediately plumped down into her chair. "Its because he has a crush on you." She admitted completely serious.
"He wouldn't be the only one." Antonio joked earning laughs from Ruzek, Burgess and Atwater. He looked over at Lindsay and got an evil eye, then to Halstead and he was just red and looking at Lindsay. She would not look Halstead in the eye and decided it was better to change the topic.
"Look Im beat, does anyone want to go to Mollys after this?" Erin asked looking to everyone, her eyes moving past Jays quicker than anyone else's.
"Count us all in we already talked about it before you two got back." Atwater said.
"Sweet lets go!" Burgess said as she jumped up from her chair and grabbed her jacket.
Everyone else followed suit with putting on their coats and Halstead grabbed his bag and they all headed downstairs as a team.
"Whats the bag for man?" Atwater asked.
"I cant stay at my place because my door is broken in half so I need a place to crash for the next few days." Jay said trying to avoid that he was staying with Lindsay because everyone knew they liked each other even though they would never admit it to one another.
"Yo if you need it I have and extra room since Wendy moved out and all of her stuff is gone." Ruzek offered up.
"Thanks but I already have somewhere to stay." Jay admitted as they each reached their cars. Ruzek was driving with Antonio, Erin with Jay and Burgess was with Atwater.
"Yeah?" Antonio asked, even though he already knew, "Who?"
"Lindsay." He said so nonchalant.
"Ohhhh." Ruzek chimed earning glares from everyone. Adam was the only who joked about their obvious flirtation to their faces and everyone knew that they didn't appreciate it.
"Last one to the bar is buying!" Burgess said as her and Atwater jumped into her car and sped off. Followed by Antonio and Ruzek, leaving Erin and Jay standing in the parking lot by the hood of Erins car.
"Looks like one of us is buying." Erin said as she nervously shifted on her feet.
"Wanna just skip Mollys?" Jay just up and asked because he assumed if he didn't really want to go, she wouldn't want to either since they are so much alike.
"Yeah sure, Ive got a couple of cases back at my apartment." Erin said smiling.
They got into Erins car and headed back to her place leaving the team by themselves and Ruzek, more than likely, with the bill. They rode in awkward silence at first because they were both thinking about the things Ruzek was saying. But once Jay couldn't take it anymore, he cleared the air and began a conversation so the whole ride wasn't a waste. They finally found a parking spot around the block from the entrance to Erins building so they had a little bit of a walk in the freezing cold weather. Erin shoved her hands in her pockets and dipped her chin to her chest to try and stay warm. Jay saw that she was cold so he went in for the plunge and wrapped his arm around her. Erin stiffened up at first because they had never been that close, sober at least, before. Almost immediately she relaxed and leaned into his embrace welcoming the warmth that radiated off him. A grin simultaneously spread across both of their faces and Jay looked down at Erin while she continued to look forward, but he could see how happy she was.
"It gets so cold down here at night." Erin said once they finally made it up to her apartment. She hung her Jacket on the hook and watched Jay just walk in and make himself at home, as usual.
"Yeah you can thank the wind off the lake for that." Jay said as he grabbed some beers from the fridge and brought them over to the coffee table. He took of his jacket and put it along the back of the couch then plopped down on the cushion and put his feet on the coffee table, shoes and all.
"Excuse me sir, could you please get your nasty shoes off my table?" Erin asked as she stood in the hallway about to go back to her room.
"You never cared before!" Jay exclaimed as he kicked his shoes of and put his feet back up on the table.
"Socks are okay, but not shoes." She said as she walked down the hall.
"Whatever." Jay called after her.
"Im gonna get changed." Erin called out from her room.
Jay sat there on the couch sipping his beer and silently cursing him self for thinking about what it would be like to watch Erin undress. He was taken away from his thoughts when she reappeared with leggings and a baggy Sox t shirt on, and her hair in a messy bun, the only thing that could come to Jays mind was the word stunning.
"I know youre a cubs fan but you don't have to stare." Erin joked as she plopped down on the couch and grabbed a beer from the case.
"Its not your shirt that Im staring at." Jay lamely admitted.
"Jay Halstead, you are on your game today." Erin said as she looked up at him under her eyelashes, and stretched out on the couch placing her cold toes under his thighs.
"Just trying my best to ensure that 'one day' happens." He said as he reached for the remote. He loved their relationship because there could be so much flirting or sexual tension but since they were so close they could just brush it aside at times when it wasn't needed. He was happy because even after that awkward moment they could kick back and watch a movie without anything else being said.
They decided to watch Netflix, because there was nothing good on Tv and since theyre both obsessed with The Walking Dead, they started the series from the pilot episode. Jay couldn't even make it through the second episode he was beat. But instead of just konking out he decided he was going to turn the TV off because Erin looked like she was sleepy too.
"So I guess were just done watching that?" Erin said sarcastically as she sipped off her third beer.
"Were both fighting to keep our eyes open." Jay said matter a factly.
"Lets go to bed." Erin said as she stood up reaching her handout to his.
Jay just looked at her for a second then down to her stretched out hand and then back up to her. Was she really inviting him to bed? She cant be that drunk, she only had three beers and she holds liquor better than I do, Jay thought.
"Relax, its not like you haven't slept in my bed before." Erin said as she grabbed Jays hand from his lap. She was a little tipsy but nowhere near drunken sex with her partner. "And I promise I wont seduce you." She laughed as she turned around to see Jay laughing.
He wasn't laughing on the inside, he so desperately wanted to be with Erin, but he wasn't going to say anything. Once they got down the hall into the bedroom Erin went to her side and climbed into the unmade bed. Jay stood there unsure of what to do. The only other time he slept in her bed, she was drunk and fully clothed and so was he. Erin could sense his hesitation so she laughed a little bit.
"Jay you can take your pants off its no big deal, and I mean that in the least creepiest way possible." Erin said completely serious. "I wouldn't want to sleep in jeans either."
He just went for it, she said it was okay, wo why not? He took off his shirt and then slid off his jeans. Erins eyes didn't move from him, not once. He got into bed next to her and he rolled on to his side so he was facing her. There noses were mere inches from each other. Erin could feel Jays breath on her neck and it took every fiber of her being not to kiss him. She didn't need to kiss him, because he kissed her. He slowly leaned forward and gently brushed his lips against hers, to make sure she didn't reject him. Erin gave into the kiss immediately and Jays hand raised up to cup her face. They had been waiting for this moment for so long and they finally got it, the kiss was everything they had expected it to be. All of the passion that they had to keep pent up inside of them in fear of getting fired was finally being let go and they loved it. Jay slid his tongue across Erins bottom lip, hoping for entry, and she obliged. Their tongues moved together slowly, it wasn't an abrasive kiss, it was extremely sensual and it seemed as though they wanted to taste every bit of each other. Erin separated the kiss firs, when she ran out of breath. A smile spread from ear to ear as Jay rested his forehead on hers. They looked into each other's eyes and didn't say a word, for a few seconds they sat in silence until Erin pulled her face away from his.
"Goodnight" She said sheepishly looking from Jays eyes to his lips and back up to his eyes. Jay studied her face for a half second, no makeup, her beautiful eyes, and he swollen pink lips, god this girl is beautiful. Erin didn't wait for a response, she just rolled over on to her other side to go to sleep. Jay wasn't having any of that. He moved so close to her that her back was directly on his chest and their bodies molded together perfectly.
"Goodnight." Jay whispered softly against her neck as he wrapped his arm around her waist.
Erin held his hand that snaked around the front of her and kept it in place. She had never felt safer in her entire life. Jay had never been happier, finally, something that they have both wanted for so long happened.
