AN: Hi guys! I have a new AU story for you that's longish. But as with all my AUs I tried to make sure John and Joss are still who they are at a core.

Elaine, thank you for all the positive support over this story and re-proofing things as I kept changing things on you. XOXOX

Before I let you guys begin I just want to take a moment to shout-out to all my guest readers that have left me reviews on previous stories (and perhaps this one too) as I can't thank you personally, so I'll do it now. Thank you XOXO

Disclaimer: I don't own anything whatsoever as I just enjoy writing about these two.

It had been a long grueling day at work.

Joss rolled her shoulders trying to work the tight knots out but they still felt tense that only a nice soaking bath could exorcise. But considering the time of night it was; she'd just have to settle on a hot shower instead. She had finished a horrific homicide case of an eight year old girl whose father was arrested and received some disturbing news from Fusco that caused her to call FBI Agent Donnelly, all in one evening. Her stress level had increased due to the band of dirty cops known as HR getting their crooked hands into everything. Being a Detective on the Homicide Task Force was tough enough without dirty cops trying to ruin all your hard work at getting justice. No one trusted cops anymore because people simply didn't know if the cop showing up was good or not. Until they could manage to clean up their own precincts they were never going to be able to clean up the streets.

She exited the precinct after opening the umbrella to battle against the raging monsoon; it had rained so hard since late this morning that flash flooding was a serious problem. Joss would need to be vigilant to make sure the 'puddle' she was driving through wasn't a lake in disguise. The scent of rain and moist soil clung in the air causing her to take a deep breath, grateful that Spring had finally sprung. It was late April so the air was cool but not cold and she was looking forward to summer. It would be nice to sit on her back patio in the warm air staring up at the sky with a beer in her hand and just relax after a hard day. When she was a kid she had loved lying in the grass watching the clouds and imagining what they looked like.

Joss headed for her car at a brisk walk with rain water splashing the backs of her pants from the puddles she trudged through as she yawned. She had been up before six in the morning so she could get a jog in before breakfast with her kid, and then she headed out for work. Taylor was living with grandma for the time being. It was easier for everyone involved if he just lived there during the school year with her chaotic hours not usually falling in line with school times. During the summer; Taylor would be back at home with her and they'd go from there. It was tough because she loved her son more than life but it made him happy to not bounce between their place and grandma's all the time; so whatever worked and made her boy happy that was what she'd do. He had a rough time of it, especially with Paul still not straightening up to be a father to him. Taylor tried to put a brave face on but she could see the hurt in her boy's eyes.

If only she could take that pain away. God knows she tried, tried to be mom and dad to make up for Paul letting pain and booze come between him and Taylor. But there was only so much she could do because sometimes sons just needed their father. Her marriage to Paul was over a long time ago and she didn't even care if she ever saw him again; however, Taylor did care and his feelings were what mattered to her and Paul was letting him down. All she could do was love her son the way he deserved and hope that she was enough for Taylor until Paul could get his head out his ass and became the father she knew he could be.

Before climbing into her car she looked around her surroundings as, not for the first time, she felt like she was being watched. It was just a feeling she had for years now which had to be a side-effect of her job of being a detective. Joss shrugged it off and climbed into her car after shutting the umbrella and headed for home. She needed to take that quick shower, nuke a TV dinner, and watch a little TV before collapsing into bed. It sounded like a wonderful evening to her. The only thing to make it better was if she could have her son there, though a night alone with mindless television and bad frozen food sure beat out heading to someone's place and deliver the kind of news no one wants to hear. Those were her most hated times.

She drove home with just the muted sound of her windshield wipers going strong and the rain pelting the car in a steady rhythm. Joss jumped in surprise when a large booming sound of thunder erupted. She chuckled at herself for being jumpy as she was in a middle of rainstorm; the forecast did say an occasional pop up thunderstorm was a possibility. A white flash splintered in the night sky and just as she relaxed, something large and heavy landed on the hood of her car.

Joss shrieked. She couldn't help it. It happened all of a sudden and she watched in a blur as something big rolled up her windshield from her hood, then landed on the top of her car, before she felt the weight on the back of her car and then nothing.

Braking immediately, her tires squealed as they tried to catch the wet pavement and she came to an abrupt halt as her body leaned forward before her seatbelt locked. Her heart beat in time with the wipers going back and forth at the highest setting; while her whole body trembled from startled shock, she clutched the steering wheel so tight that her knuckles turned white. Joss leaned forward looking out the windshield trying to figure out what the hell fell on her car. It had to be a tree branch or some kind of debris from the brewing storm. Her body was slowly recovering from the shock as she slid her car into 'park' before climbing out to see just what the hell fell on her car.

As she rounded the back of her car she let out a muted cry as she realized it wasn't some debris or tree branch but rather a person; a fair-skinned man to be exact, who wasn't wearing a stitch of clothing and getting soaked to the bone. He was on his side facing away from her; his bare ass facing towards her. Joss refused to acknowledge it was the best looking butt she seen in a long time. She nearly made him roadkill and she was going to gawk at his fine behind…nope, no way! Joss dug out her cell phone and called for an ambulance. She rattled off where she was, who she was, and what had happened before attending to the man.

She tugged off her wet coat while keeping her gaze firmly located up as he slowly shifted on his backside, setting it over his lower body to make him decent. "Sir, are you alright?" she asked gently, as she knelt down beside him to check him for broken bones. The guy she hit had a lean muscular body and thankfully she didn't find evidence of a broken bone but she did find a nasty bruise forming on his hip from where he must have collided with her hood. Her clinical once-over took stock of some minor cuts and bruises that he must have accrued in the fall, and bloody palms from where he had tried to protect his head as he landed on the pavement.

Mr. Great Butt finally looked up and Joss was stunned by how incredibly good looking the man was, but it was his eyes that stole the show because they were like in-your-face, heart-stopping blue. Joss couldn't tear her gaze away from them. She felt like she'd been punched in the gut, almost forgetting to breathe and her pulse started racing the moment their eyes connected but it was just coincidental, she attributed her reaction due to the accident and adrenaline, not this man himself.

Joss forced her entranced gaze off his as she sat with him as they waited for the ambulance to arrive which would be any minute judging by the sirens growing louder and louder. "Ambulance is on its way…." she stated before beginning to rub her hands over his muscular arms trying to warm him up; last thing she needed was him going into shock and she had nothing to cover up more of his exposed body. "They'll take you to the hospital to look at you and make sure you are alright, and get you warmed up," she murmured.

The man simply remained quiet; they didn't have to wait for long until the paramedics, cops, and firemen arrived and swarmed them.

AN: And so it begins. I hope you guys will find this intriguing and a fun story.

Thanks for reading!