A/N: Ok, so I started writing this before the first one and felt that I may as well tack this on as a companion to the first installment.
She's not coming. It's been an hour since her shift ended and he needs to face it. He put his heart out there and she chose to throw it back in his face. Peck looks just as depressed sitting beside him, staring at her phone. His is on the bar in front of him as well, just as silent as hers. Looks like neither of them will be getting the ending they'd hoped for tonight.
He's not coming. For all she knows he's pissed at her for wanting to leave. She's been waiting for any indication that he received her voicemail, but he's ignoring her completely. She just needs to accept it and move on. Swarek looks about as depressed as she does, alternating between taking a drink and glancing at his phone. Looks like she's not the only one getting stood up tonight.
"You know, looking at it won't make it ring," she tells him sadly.
He heaves a sigh, "I know."
She figures she should go home, but can't bring herself to give up just yet. One more drink. She'll stay for one more drink and then go home.
He tells himself the same, and when no one turns up after that one drink, they both slowly don their coats and make their way out of the bar.
He's moved on. He needs to keep telling himself that. It's in the past. The days of him worrying about her are over. She's no longer his problem; she made that very clear when she chose the taskforce six months ago. He's moved on. He got his Detective's badge and a new woman. He's a different man now, and she's a different woman. He watches as she sits beside Collins and his arm slings around her. He tries not to feel anything as she leans into him, but he fails so he looks away and focuses instead on Marlo, catching a glimpse of Peck sitting alone at the bar staring in their direction. Later on, he catches Andy leaving the bar looking a bit off and almost follows her to see if she's alright, but sees Collins departing shortly after and decides against it. He's moved on. It's better this way.
She's moved on. She needs to keep telling herself that. He left her in a bar six months ago to drink with Swarek. She ignores the nagging in the back of her mind telling her she was planning on leaving him to go traveling Europe before she got the call telling her she could keep her badge. She's spent the past six months without him, and he's spent them with Andy. This becomes painfully clear as she watches him put his arm around her when he takes the seat next to her. She watches as Andy leans into him and is about to look away in disgust when the two pull apart, laughing and shaking their heads. She spots Swarek across the bar with his new… whatever she is, laughing. At least one of them got it right.
A/N: Ok, so the next one will have actual Andy/Nick friendship interaction in it. I'm not sure if I'll do another one with the Sam/Gail perspective on their interactions or not.