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38 days 43 minutes 52 seconds

That's how long it's been since he's seen her smile. Since he heard her laugh. Since he's been able to touch her and feel her beneath him. He was sitting in a damp room in a factory off of the 400 highway.

He knew he had been there at least two days. After many stake outs he could tell how long he sat in a room without a watch or a clock.

He was with Tyler Smith. The man in charge of this illegal child ring and drug smuggling operation he was trying to take down. They had been waiting for another car of children to show up. They had been waiting a month for it to show up. They have a lot of false alarms in the last three weeks but Tyler got a call and said it would be here in a couple days and that there had to be someone there to meet it.

Sam sighed,

"Are you sure it's coming today?"

He was having a rough day. Nick had disappeared and not made contact in a couple days. He said being in this factory with a criminal and not being able to do anything about it.

"They said it was"

Tyler responded with an attitude, Sam rolled his eyes and replied with no emotion,

"And who's word are we going off of?"

He was fishing for answers. Tyler shook his head, changing the subject,

"Where's Nick?"

Sam shrugged as he leaned back in the chair,

"Where's your guy?"

Tyler shrugged.

"Guess were both are out of luck for today"

Sam nodded knowing they weren't going anywhere for at least another day. They waited exactly three days before he gave up and let them leave. The only thing that got Sam through it was memories of Andy.

He was sitting at his desk around 3:00 am at the station. The case had really hit him hard today. He wasn't sure why, it wasn't like he hadn't dealt with murder before.

Maybe it was because the murderer felt no remorse for what he did or what happened. Maybe it was because the woman that was murdered reminded him so much of his own mother; she left behind two small children and no sign of the father anywhere. He sighed as he felt Andy's arms slide around his neck as her head rested on his shoulder. She whispered,

"You ready to go home?"

He nodded and smiled,

"Yeah give me a few minutes. I'll be right out."

Andy nodded as she kissed his head and walked down to the truck. She opened the tail gate and sat on it looking up at the sky.

It was a quiet night in Toronto. She could almost see a few stars beyond the city lights that were always so bright.

She smiled as she felt him sit beside her and put a hand on her leg. She looked over and he looked tired. His mind was somewhere else and she didn't know what to do to fix it. She whispered,

"Sam"

He hummed in response as he looked at the sky.

"Penny for your thoughts"

He chuckled, and shrugged. She nudged him and he smiled looking over at him,

"I wish you could have met my mom"

She smiled sadly at him and put her hand on his cheek. He leaned into the touch and smiled.

"Me too"

He nodded,

"She would have loved you"

Andy smiled,

"You think?"

He nodded, and smiled.

"Not a doubt in my mind"

They sat on there for a little while, just in the quiet until Andy finally whispered,

"Let's go home"

Sam smiled and nodded as he hoped off the tail gate and took her hand helping her down.

"Such a gentleman"

Sam smirked at her and shrugged,

"You didn't know that was part of the deal did you?"

Andy laughed and pulled him back to her before he let go of her hand and hugged him. They didn't hug often, but something in Andy told her he needed this. She needed this. She needed to feel close to him right at this moment and remind him that it was all going to be okay and she wasn't going anywhere.

They let go when Oliver called him named,

"Sammy!"

He turned and looked,

"Yeah"

"We caught him"

A smile spread across his face and he turned to look at Andy. She smiled,

"Go, I'll be waiting in bed… naked"

She winked and smiled sweetly at him. Sam groaned and kissed her quick before running into the station after Oliver. It had taken him two extra hours to interview and book the guy. He rubbed his face as Oliver dropped him off at home. He kicked off his boots and locked the door walking towards the bedroom.

When he opened the door he saw Andy laying there with only his shirt on barely covering her bottom half. He smiled as a small snore came out of her throat. He leaned against the door frame just watching her, how did he get so lucky?

He stripped down to his underwear and slipped into bed beside her. Andy moved to his side and he kissed her forehead. She mumbled,

"Sorry I'm not naked"

Sam laughed,

"It's okay, you can't resist my charm. I'll get you naked again"

Andy smiled against his chest,

"We always have tomorrow"

Sam was ripped from this memory when the factory door opened. Both men looked over to a smiling Nick. Sam gave him a look and he slightly shook his head. Tyler stood up,

"Where have you been man?"

"Some dumb ass cop caught me making a deal. Put me in jail for a couple days then they let me go due to overcrowding"

Tyler nodded,

"How much did you have on you?"

Nick pursed his lips as he shook his head side to side,

"Not much. It was mostly gone by the time they found me"

Tyler nodded, as Nick put the bag of burgers on the table. He pulled a seat up to Sam,

"Help yourself boys, you must be starved"

Tyler was first to grab at the bag and take one out. They three sat in silence for another twenty minutes before Tyler stood up,

"I need to take a leak, I'll be back"

Sam and Nick nodded. As he left the building Sam turned to Nick, whispering harshly,

"What the hell happened?"

"Some asshole from 12 caught me. I tried to explain he didn't want to listen. I called Dov he came and got me."

Sam nodded,

"So you just stayed at the station the last couple days?"

He nodded,

"She's fine, and says hi. She misses you"

Nick answered his silent questions. Sam nodded, and Nick kept going.

"Your wire has been off for three days they're freaking out."

He shrugged,

"I haven't been back to the apartment in three days"

Nick nodded,

"Well I guess they have to wait another day"

Sam nodded,

"He's positive its coming. But I don't think it is. Nick I don't have a good feeling"

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