Always Been You

by Ouaysis

Just one more version of how that little line in the sand got erased, thanks to a few near-death experiences. Jamie and Eddie have been toeing the line between professional partners and lovers for years. My version of how that changed once and for all. Features events from 8x19, 8x21, 8x22, and beyond!

1. Author's Note

Thanks for your interest in my Jamko story! There are probably more versions of this than we can all shake a stick at, but I needed to write this to recover after that amazing season 8 finale! lol. Anyway, I just needed to clear up a few things before you continue in order to make this story make sense.

I think we all know how AWFUL the writers are at continuity on Blue Bloods... That being said, I have a few things I just want to clarify, how I see things and what I think makes sense to me personally. For all intents and purposes, in my version of the BB universe, here's what you need to know:

1) Jamie was a lawyer for approximately 4 years before becoming a cop.

This is based on a picture (don't remember which episode, but I KNOW it exists!) of both Frank and Mary with Jamie at his Harvard graduation (he was wearing a Master's hood in the photo, so it couldn't have been from undergrad). It's pretty well established that Mary died in September of 2005, ergo Jamie would have graduated Harvard in '05. And if he didn't become a cop until AFTER Joe's death in '09 than it only makes sense that he had an established career in law before this. (Edit: I am aware that in 6x09 Jamie shows a perp his Harvard Alumni card and it says 'class of '07'. However, it would break my heart if Mary didn't get to see her baby boy graduate at the very least, so I'm sticking to my guns on this one, even if it's not 100% accurate. :) Thanks to a reviewer who pointed this out!)

2) Eddie was shot about a week to a week and a half before chapter 1. In my version of things, approximately three weeks passes between Eddie getting shot and Sorrento and the proposal happening.

3) This isn't so much to do with the show, but with another one of my works. I have a one-shot, "Boy Scout" that in my head goes hand-in-hand with this story. However, the tone is much different because I want this story to be Jamko-centric and that was more of a Jamie-angst piece. The one-shot takes place between chapters 1 and 2 in this story! You don't have to read it, but if you love Jamie as much as I do, please do! :)

I think that's it! Please enjoy while I die from Jamko feels. Dx

Edit: Apparently I don't know how to make author's notes because I checked this and it was all funky on my end? Not sure if it looked weird for anyone else, but if it did I'm sorry!

Disclaimer: Obviously, I do not own any part of Blue Bloods or these characters. I'm only borrowing them to satisfy my suffering fangirl heart.