I've been sitting on this for quite sometime. I didn't know where to take it after this, but the Fall finale has given me some inspiration, if only I could get the actors to agree to act it out for me. Ha.

Adam walked to his desk, he'd overheard Erin saying to Jay that she couldn't get on to Kim and when she stopped by her house, she wasn't there. He had half a mind to get Mouse to ping her phone, but decided against that. He knew where she was, well at least he was pretty sure.

"I'm going out, I'll be back soon" he said to Al, grabbed his jacket and took the stairs out of the bullpen two at a time. He needed to make sure she was ok. The protesters were out of control, she should have been at home, she shouldn't be out. He drove to the zoo and pulled into a restricted zone throwing his CPD parking pass on the dash.

Walking through the gates his stomach was in knots hoping she was going to be where he thought she was, hoping that he still knew her as well as he had before everything fell apart. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw her, exactly where he thought she'd be. He walked up to her and sat down on bench seat next to her, watching the carousel go round and round. The first time he'd found her here was after Zoe had, had a complication with her liver just after they'd got together. Since then, he realized she came here when she was upset and she needed to forget, she always said it calmed her.

"What are you doing here?" She breathed out. Why is he still nice to me? Kim thought to herself, she was nervous for tomorrow, she was nervous for what was going to happen for what they were going to make out she did.

"Heard a call over the radio about a suspicious lady spying on children at the Zoo" Adam said smiling

"You did not" she said laughing.

"Maybe not, but I reckon someone would call it in soon." he teased and she raised her eyebrows at him "I heard Erin saying she was worried, you weren't at home and you weren't answering your phone" he said sighing, trying to think of ways to take the worry away from her. "I thought I'd try my luck and see if you still loiter here" he said joking, hoping that if he kept teasing her she would smile more. He felt his heart speed up when she did smile. I wish she didn't still have such a hold on me he thought to himself.

"I'd hardly call it loitering" Kim laughed.

"Come on, let's go get some coffee, we'll go past the Otter's, those things always make you smile" Adam said nudging her shoulder into his.

"You don't have to be nice to me just because of all this you know?" Kim said feeling guilty, he didn't know about Roman. They had slept together that once, and then since the shooting, it had been like nothing had happened in that regard. She was thankful for that, she didn't think she could be anything more with him, but how do you tell a person who's just been shot that you don't want to be with them because your still in love with your ex.

"I know, but I want to make sure you're ok. I told you, I got your back" Adam stood up and thought about putting out his hand but thought better of it. He nodded his head in the direction of the otters and Kim smiled and hopped up too. They had been walking in silence for 10 minutes when Kim finally broke the silence.

"I got the right guy" she blurted out.

"I know" Adam said simply

"It was 3 seconds Adam, I lost sight of him for 3 seconds, but it was the same guy" she said defending herself as if Adam had challenged her. Adam's heart broke, she was doubting herself. "You believe I got the right guy don't you?" she asked. Adam stopped her from walking and turned her to face him with both hands on her upper arms.

"You got the right kid Kim. We got the gun, we got footage of him throwing the gun, the warehouse he claims to have run in was locked from the inside and out. You got the right kid." Adam said seriously hoping to god that he could help her see what anyone on the right side of the law knew. Kim nodded and turned out of his arms to keep walking.

"I'm scared about tomorrow" Kim whispered and Adam felt the overwhelming urge to wrap her up in his arms.

"I'll be there, I'll meet you at the car. Platt and Erin are driving you. We're all going to be in that courtroom. You'll be ok. I promise" Adam said settling for squeezing her hand.

"The things there going to say, I just" Kim started but Adam stopped her.

"It's their job. To make you look and sound bad, anyone who knows you, knows it will be a load of crap. You're good police Kim and an even better person. You'll be fine, and if you're not" he started rubbing his thumb over her knuckles "I'll bring you here after, and let you stare at the small children for hours without a word" he added smiling. Kim forced a smile and nodded, she needed this, she needed Adam to calm her fears. She knew that he wouldn't be bringing her here tomorrow, he wouldn't be sitting here with her tomorrow. She knew she should tell him, but the selfish part of her won out.

Adam was on edge, the judge had just called Kim to the stand and he knew how nervous she was. He knew it was going to take all of his and maybe even Kevin's strength to not reach over and strangle the attorney who was going to do anything to make Kim seem like a racist, anything to make Kim doubt herself, anything to make all those people sitting on the jury think that Kim was in fact all of the horrible things that people were chanting out the front of the courthouse.

Kim had spent the time before she was called in feeling like she was going to throw up, she should have told Adam, he shouldn't have to find out like this. She was clinging to some hope that maybe the defense wasn't going to use it. But that was more than a pipe dream.

ASA Stone had just reiterated what everyone should have already known, Kim was good police, bringing up she'd already been shot before, listing her awards. But now it was the other attorney's turn, it was her turn to try and paint Kim in a terrible light. Adam watched her walk to the TV and play portion of a video of Kim and Roman before the shooting, Kim was leaning at an odd angle towards Roman.

"Officer Burgess, how long have you and Sean Roman been in a sexual relationship?"

Well shit this lady was going to try anything, Adam thought bitterly in his head, until he looked back to Kim, and he felt the sudden urge to throw up.

"Officer Roman and I had just begun to see each other" Kim answered trying to hold back the emotion she felt. Ignoring her heart screaming at her to tell Adam it was a mistake, to jump down from the stand and beg him to forgive her. Adam felt everything else slip away, the courtroom was suddenly just a mix of blurred sounds.

"Bro, you okay?" Kev whispered to Adam as he had his head hung down, he couldn't look at Kim, and he couldn't let her see the look on his face. She'd ripped his heart out again. Adam just nodded and then looked back up at Kim.

"What was the man who shot your partner, wearing when you first saw him" Green said with a insinuating tone. Kim had to keep repeating in her head to keep calm, she had to try and hold it together.

"Dark jeans, a hoodie and white nikey shoes" Kim answered confidently her frustration started to show through in her words.

"The same ones worn by 15000 urban youth in Chicago" Green countered and that was it, Kim was done holding it in.

"Yes, because they wear the same clothes to make it harder for police to identify them" she blurted out and Green smirked

"Hard to identify?" Kim's heart dropped, she looked at Adam hoping for some kind of reassurance that it was ok, but all she found there was hurt and anger.

Everyone was filing out of the courtroom. Adam walked out quickly and headed for the doors.

"Ruzek, where are you going?" Erin said walking after him.

"I'm done caring Erin, she can get through this on her own." Adam spat out "Actually she doesn't have too, Roman can help her" he turned and walked out. He was done, he wasn't going to let her use his heart like a pin cushion anymore.