Will parked his car in a designated spot under the building of the Denver office. I knew he was held his own department which specialised in trans-national crimes between allied countries which is why we worked together. There were around forty people under him – they weren't police but he explained that he was the Mitch of his area – almost the Detective Inspector of the Denver section. He did well for himself – that was explained by his new car and his lovely house in the suburbs of the city, oh and his cat.

'You look terrified.' Will laughed.

'I am terrified.' I added.

'You're working with me, what's the worst that can happen?'

'We have to keep everything secret, we can't tell anyone that we're living together, or that we're together.'

'Well, people genuinely don't get too happy when they find out you're sleeping with your manager.' Will laughed as he got out the car, with me following him out of the car.

'Put delicately there.' I laughed and he smiled, handing me a dark navy jacket as I put it over my shoulders. 'Is that all I am to you? A bit of sex on the side?' I joked and he looked at me.

'Oh, you know you're so much more than that.' Will said. 'For now, it's best to keep it off the radar. We have big cases going on at the moment and there are some young girls there who will refuse to do their work if they know somethings going on between us.' Will said as he gave me a lanyard. 'We'll just say after the case you decided to hang on over here.'

'The girls got a crush on you?' I said.

'Who doesn't?' He joked as he scanned our lanyards and entered into the lift on the east side, Will pressing the button for the fourth floor. When the door closed, he put his arm around me and kissed my forehead.

'You're not some kind of babe magnet, hun.' I said and he grinned at me.

'Well, I'm not anymore. I've got the woman I wanted, not gonna throw that away. Not in a million years.' Will said, kissing me again softly before he dropped his hold around my waist and the door pinged open. He walked out into his floor – and it was huge. A good three times bigger than my floor was in Ireland, and there were people milling around everywhere. People were in small pods and some were hunched over other pods, doing work I'd guess. I edged slightly behind Will as people started to notice their boss was back.

'Guys, listen up now.' Will said loudly and I looked at him – he was suddenly so much more attractive now he can get an entire room to listen to him in a second. I surveyed the room and immediately saw seven or eight girls, early twenties, that all started to hit each other as Will walked back in the room. They all looked at him like he was a Greek god. 'I'm near enough back from Ireland now, we haven't finished the case yet, but I've brought back the detective sergeant who was on the case with me, Finley Loughlin.' He said as he gestured to me. 'She will be staying here for a month or so or until we finish the case, so she will also be assigned some cases and will be working with you all. Please all be nice to her, she's very fragile because she is Irish –' I rolled my eyes and Will smiled. 'Anyway, back to work now.' Will said as he nodded me into an office down the far right side, using his pass to unlock it before letting me go in first. The door closed behind him and he closed the blinds, before he comes up to me, hugging me and kissed me.

'That went well.' Will said and I nodded.

'You pronounce my surname so American.' I said and he nodded.

'Yeah I do, if I say it properly it sounds so Irish. It's beautiful when you say it, less so when I do.' Will laughed and I smiled. 'Those girls in the corner, they will be the ones to grill you. There's a desk free next to the bitchy one if you want to go have some fun. I've heard she's planned our wedding already.'

'Our wedding?' I asked and he shook his head

'No, my wedding to her. I mean, when our time comes we can use Natalia as a wedding planner?' Will joked and I rolled my eyes as he handed me a stack of paperwork.

'I'm just your glorified PA for now, aren't I?' I asked Will and he pulled a face as I opened the door.

'I love you.' He said as he sat down, looking at me. I made a noise and he grinned at me and my heart faulted, and I remembered why I fell in love with him.

'I love you too – sometimes.' I said and he smiled at me again as I walked over to the desk next to the girls. I knew in a heartbeat they were the kind of people who would have a crush on my Will. The girl I sat next to – must be Natalia – gave me a dirty look as I logged on the computer.

'So, you're the girl from Ireland, right?' She asked and I nodded.

'Yeah.' I simply said as I saw Will open the blinds in his office again, before leaving the office and heading down the corridor.

'And you worked with Will for the month on that secret case?' She asked, moving over to my desk a bit more.

'Yeah, I did.' I said back as I started flicking through the paperwork. Our missing gem case was taking its time – we had done extensive forensic work in Ireland and found locations in America where we believe the missing multi-million-pound gems were shipped too. We were in the middle of getting search warrants for buildings over here, having linked it to serial criminals in a small town in southern Colorado, but we were close.

'Alright, just so you know, a lot of girls here all like Will so that doesn't make you special. You're not Will's cup of tea anyway. He's part of a really bad family who likes bad girls and not small Irish lasses like you.' Natalia said. 'Just so you don't come in here and start flirting with him.'

'Okay… I'll… try?' I said, Will's words don't let anyone know about us rattling around in my head.

If she's being a bitch, feel free to spill the beans. Will said from afar.

The whole "don't tell anyone" thing lasted well, didn't it? I replied back.

Yeah, I don't care anymore. Superiors said it would be alright to tell people when we're ready. Eventually, someone will find out, so we may as well be in charge. Destroy her world for me, sweetheart.

'So where are you staying for your trip?' Natalia asked.

'With Will.' I said and she looked at me.

'You're staying with Will?' She asked back in shock and I nodded.

'Yeah, he stayed with me when we were in Ireland so I'm staying with him.' I said and Natalia just looked at me. 'It's not too bad, he didn't really know how to work the washing machine, but he got there in the end. His Mum seemed to have thanked me for looking after her idiotic son.'

'You met his Mom?' She asked shocked.

'Met his entire family. We went for a meal.' I said.

'Who do you think you are, coming here and winding us up like that? I don't care if you're just the transfer for now, but Will and I? We have a thing. Everyone in the office knows we have a thing and I don't appreciate you coming in and being a cradle snatcher.'

'Natalia, leave her alone.' Will said, coming up behind me and putting his arm around my shoulders, handing me a cup of tea. He gently squeezed my hand before he squatted down before me.

'Warrants been granted, we're going to make a move tomorrow morning for a midday bust.' He mumbled to me softly, putting his hand on my lap. 'Zed's also called, double date tonight. Minigolf and dinner, apparently. We don't have a choice.'

'I'm going to assume Zed didn't organise that.'

'No, he didn't. The "no choice, you're going" rule also applies to him apparently. Meet me in the office in like, half an hour.' He stood up and kissed my forehead. 'and Natalia, stop talking shit.'

Will walked away, quickly saying something to one of the other guys who worked here before I took a sip of my tea – he made it the way I like it, milk and two sugars.

'So, you guys are together?' Natalia asked and I nodded. 'You said you weren't.'

'You never asked if we were together, you asked where I am staying and if I had met his mother.' I said. 'This was before you went on a rant about how I can't try anything on with him and that I'm not his cup of tea.' I mentioned.

'It won't last, he always has girlfriends on and off.' I played with the necklace he got me before we came to Colorado and she just looked at me. 'And when you go back to Ireland, he'll call it off.'

Is she still whining on about stuff? Will said.

Mate, she doesn't stop, does she? How have you not killed her?

Want me to crush her even more? Will laughed.

Ah, she's already crashing, you may as well.

I saw Will stand up from his office as he walked out the door.

'Everyone, sorry, completely forgot to say, Finley is staying over here permanently and she's leading this division with me. She's just sitting over there for now because she didn't shower this morning and I'd rather not let her into my office when she smells.' Will joked before he came over to me and I shook my head at him. He squatted down beside me.

'Natalia, can you leave Finley alone now please?' Will said.

'Why, Will?' She said.

'Because I love her, that's why? And she's very, very good at her job – that's why she's my partner for this division too.'

'Well, I can tell your superiors that you're dating her, you know you can't do that.'

'They already know, they were the ones that signed her over here. They've been trying to get her over here for years now. Just… understand that she is your superior now and she's here to stay, whether you get on with her or not.' Will explained. 'Come on, we may as well get you set up in my office.'

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Will and I had settled down perfectly, working together during the week on different cases, but near enough constantly talking. The nights and weekends we were at our new joint home with Will's cat enjoying being together, having someone constantly there. Even at night, whenever I woke up in the middle of the night, Will was there, hugging me. Every so often, we went to his parent's house for the weekend or went to family meals, and eventually, I felt like I was becoming part of their family.

Middle of November, we decided to decorate the house for Christmas, buying a ridiculous amount of decorations and lights for outside our house and a real 8-foot tree, spending the week up hanging up baubles and lights and seasonal decorations. That night, I sat curled up into Will's arm as he hugged me, rubbing my upper arm constantly. He mumbled something as we watched Christmas movies.

'What was that?' I asked.

'I just said this is perfect. This is all I've ever wanted. I love you so much.' Will whispered before he kissed my forehead. I blushed as I curled up more into him as he readjusted the blanket over me. 'Who would've thought a year ago we would be here now?'

'God, not me.' I said and he just hugged me.

'And in a years time, who knows where we will be? We could have moved houses, got promoted or got entirely different jobs, or getting married.' Will said and I grinned before realising it sounded weird – like he was planning something and I turned around and frowned at him. He grinned at me before winking and I leant back even further – was he suggesting what I thought he was? 'What do you want for Christmas?'

'Um…' I said trying to shake that comment from my head. 'I dunno, I don't really know how Christmas' work.'

'In our family? We normally spend Christmas Eve –'

'In general.' I mumble quietly and Will stopped and looked at me.

'You've… never had a Christmas?' He asked quietly and I sighed.

'Well I remember one in my old house but that was, you know, Santa brought the presents then. We didn't do Christmas in any of the care homes, the social workers didn't overly care – they were in the business for money and only the odd worker got you a small present. And I decorated my house when I lived alone, I loved the warm cosy lights and a small tree, but I never did anything Christmas day.' I explained, playing with the bracelet Will got me.

'You never told me.' Will whispered as he played with my hair.

'I never saw the need too.'

'Well, screw it. From now on, it'll be different. You'll get lovely warm family Christmas's, presents under the tree and listen – I made a mean Christmas dinner. We can make our own traditions. This Christmas, I promise you – this Christmas will be different.' Will promised me softly, holding my pinkie.

Two days later, I sat at work in our joint office. Will had been sent out on a mission, linked to cases of robbery and importing and exporting stolen goods. That was a few hours ago. I finished my paperwork for my old cases, sending them off, before replying to important emails and then shopping online for Will. In the end, I decided to buy him a coffee machine for his office and a fancy new watch, as well as some clothes. I had just got to the checkout of Amazon, having bought some presents for the work secret Santa when there was a knock at the door. I had just also found the football boots Will wanted too. I nodded as the admin administrator came in.

'Fin, Will's been rushed into hospital.' He said urgently, and my heart dropped, my stomach twisted and my eyes filled with tears.

'Wha – what do you mean? He was fine earlier?' I said.

'The case went sour; the guy was armed. I think he got stabbed in the arm, he's in surgery now.' I had started to panic, fumbling around before closing the laptop down.

'Um, I'm gonna have to go.' I said, immediately grabbing my coat. 'Who was in charge when Will came to Ireland?'

'David is, he's third in charge around here after you.' Admin explained to me and I nodded.

'Tell him he's in charge again whilst we're out of the office.' I said, before turning off the light and fast walking into the stairwell, before running down the stairs and into the first cab I could find. It took a little of ten minutes to be taken to the hospital where I rushed into the reception.

'Hi, um, my boyfriend was taken here earlier – Will Benedict?' I asked in a rush and the receptionist just looked at me before typing into her computer. I tapped nervously on the desk, my mind immediately going to the worst. Will got stabbed on a mission. I had seen him hours previous, as he left. He was wearing his plain workout clothes – a pair of joggers and a t-shirt with the signature logo on the back. He kissed me as he left, telling me he loved me and he wanted to get fast food for dinner when he got back. And now he could be dead.

'Sister,' The assistant said, grabbing the attention of a senior nurse. 'This lady is here for Will Benedict, can you just take her for me?'

'Is he okay?' My voice broke as the sister took me to one side, into an elevator.

'Mr. Benedict is in surgery at the moment, but we believe he will be able to make a full recovery. He had a stab wound in his upper left arm, it was quite deep so we needed surgery to be able to stop the bleeding and repair the muscle damage. He should be out within the next hour. Will should be able to get discharged from hospital end of the week providing all has gone well and would need a lot of rehabilitation. I'll take you up to the waiting room and I'll tell the surgeons to come and see you once he's out.' The nurse explained and I started to shake as I got left in a family room.

The family room was completely empty and had around forty seats and a water cooler in the corner. The lights were dimmed slightly and had a table of magazines but the colours of the room look happy and calming. Nervously, I sat down on a random chair and curled up, starting to cry. Will was hurt – badly. He had to have surgery. His arm might never be the same. What if something goes wrong and they'll have to amputate? What if he never wakes up?

I have no idea how long I had sat there crying, but I jumped back when I felt a hand on my back. I looked up, wiping my tears as I noticed Will's older and favourite brother, Uriel, sitting beside me. He smiled at me before holding his arms out, hugging me tightly. He looked similar to Will, apart from the fact his hair was a very light brown, perhaps even edging on a blonde. And he was a lot less bulked up too. He smiled slightly as he kept his hand on my back.

'Will is going to be okay, Fin.' Uri whispered to me as I sobbed to him.

'No he won't.' I cried.

'Yes he will, you just need to calm down. If Will was here, would he want you to be crying and panicking about him?'

'Well, I wouldn't be crying if he was here.' I mumbled and Uri laughed. 'No, he wouldn't.'

'Come on, I'll go get you a coffee and then we will calm down, alright?' Uri said softly and I nodded, hugging myself as Uri got up and left the room. I had spoken to Uri quite a bit as Will was always around his house, with his wife and two-year-old daughter, Violet, or they were around ours. But my chronic shyness meant I never really sat down and had a long conversation with him. I wondered why he was here though, I would imagine Will's brothers would come to see him if he ever recovered but I never expected.

Uri eventually came back with the surgeon and I stood up.

'Is Will okay?' I asked in a small voice, that seemed to come from deep down inside me.

'He's out of surgery. We've stemmed the bleeding and repaired the tissue. He should be coming around in an hour or so. There will be a substantial amount of physiotherapy needed for Will to regain full use but he should make a full recovery. Come on, I'll take you up to his room.'

In all fairness, Will didn't look too rough. He looked a bit paler than normal and a bit more feeble, being tucked up into the hospital's bed. His left arm was over the blanket and I saw the massive bandage over his arm which already had a few patches of blood on. But he seemed okay, and just seeing Will lying there eased my mind slightly.

'Hey, Fin.' Uri said and I just looked at him. 'I'm going to go and call the family and nip home to get some clothes for him and you and feed the cat – I'm going to assume you aren't going home tonight - will you be alright here by yourself?'

'Yeah, yeah I'll be fine. Thank you.' I said and Uri hugged me again. I watched as he left before I sat down in the chair next to Will, leaning forward to kiss his cheek.

'Will, don't ever do that to me again.' I told him, playing with his hair. I don't know how long I just stared at Will, but eventually, he started to stir. I noticed he had started to hold my hand a bit more – not holding it but there was a bit more grip - and then frown, and eventually he opened his eyes and looked at me, smiling slightly.

'Hey.' He said deeply before frowning. 'How did I get here?' He asked before I quickly leant forward and kissed him, holding his face. Will lifted his uninjured arm to hug me gently.

'Don't ever do that to me again.' I said my voice breaking. Will frowned before he touched his arm.

'What happened?' He asked.

'You got stabbed, you idiot. You had to have emergency surgery to stop the bleeding.' I told him, gently running my hand over his bandage. 'You terrified me, Will.'

'Sorry, sweetheart.' He said and I bent forward to kiss him. 'My arm will be alright, yeah?'

'Should be fine. You can't weightlift for a while but everything will be fine. Will, you must be careful. I can't do this again. It's killed me off seeing you here.' I said and Will smiled.

'I'll be careful, I can't lose you.' Will smirked at me.

'Will, this isn't funny! You could have died, what if they missed your arm and hit your chest? You could have died on the mission, the n what? No one else was injured, it was just you.' I started crying and Will gently touched my face, running his thumb to wipe away a tear.

'Fin, I promise you I'll be careful from now on in.' He said softly and I nodded. 'Hey, I heard these beds are big enough for two.'

'Will…' I said and he grinned, scootching up as he flinched. I got up quick.

'Don't panic, it's gonna be sore.' Will said before holding his good arm. 'Come on, I'm assuming I'll be stuck in here for a while so I at least want my girl in my one working arm.'

Will was stuck in the hospital for over four days until he could prove he was able to function normally with his dodgy arm. The surgery scar had started to heal perfectly and he was able to lift stuff with moderate pain so he could be discharged. I had stayed with Will the entire time, with Uri feeding Dog each morning and night. I frisbee'd the holdall without clothes in over our shoulder as I put my arm around his waist, helping him to the car. It was a quick drive home – fifteen minutes if that – before I helped Will into the house.

'Fin, sweetheart, it's just my arm that's bad, I can still walk.' Will said and I turned around and rested my head on his chest as he hugged me. 'You must be exhausted.' It was true – Will was asleep in the hospital all the time but I couldn't sleep, not when he was in pain and in hospital. I was used to not sleeping with all the time I spent awake and having nightmares in Ireland so it didn't take long for me to get back into the routine of being constantly awake with no real bedtime.

'Look, go to bed. I'll be fine for a few hours or so.'

'You sure?' I asked.

'Yeah, I can pee with one hand, I'm an adult.' Will laughed. 'Look, I'll even tuck you in. you need a rest. Please, Fin.' Will whispered.

'Okay, fine, but if you need me, please call me.' I said and Will pinkie promised me before he followed me up the stairs. He kissed me softly, brushing my hair before I got into bed. His arm still had a bandage but he was using his arm more and more now. He gently tucked me up into our shared bed before kissing me gently.

'Now you, beautiful, sleep.' Will said and I nodded. 'I'll be downstairs. I'll call if I need anything – which I won't.'

'You sure?'

'You ask if I'm sure one more time, I'll go and get stabbed again.' Will joked before he left the bedroom. I just about heard him hit the bottom stair before I fell asleep, finally knowing Will was safe.

I woke up and I knew I had slept for god knows how long – a good few hours. I immediately got up and ran downstairs and into the living room, almost expecting Will to not be okay. But sure enough, I turned around the corner and saw Will sitting on the settee, on his laptop, happily typing away. Dog was sitting beside him and on the table was some coffee cups and a plate too. He looked up at me and grinned at me.

'Told you I would be fine.' Will laughed.

'How long have I been asleep?' I asked as I sat down next to him as Will closed the laptop lid and hugged me to his side.

'God, I don't know – seven hours or so? I've finished your case write-ups for you.' Will explained.

'Sorry. Have you taken your meds?' I asked and he nodded.

'Yep.' Will said as he opened the laptop up. I watched the screen as Will very quickly closed down a tab on his laptop – but I saw it before he closed it down. I saw the name of the website – and it was a local jewellery store. I looked at Will but he didn't look at me but he bit his lip – something he only ever did when extremely nervous.

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Christmas came and passed perfectly; Will's arm (with the help of Xav) healed perfectly and he had been given the clearance to drive and work again – and only worked a half day before the office broke up for the Christmas period, only put on call for major case developments. So Will and I spent Christmas Eve at his parent's house with everyone in tow – including several excited children and all of his brothers and their partners too, as well as one or two cousins. We watched a Christmas movie with hot chocolate and sweets. We went home late that night, went to bed and woke up at random times of the night to put each other's presents under the tree. The morning of, Will woke me up with a gentle kiss and we opened each other's gifts before Will started cooking Christmas dinner.

The whole experience was new to me and I followed Will around like a lost puppy, but he didn't mind. I helped him cook the turkey and the vegetables and everything, and we sat down to eat. But I had started to get some doubts and it terrified me – Will was looking at a jewellery shop one night when I was asleep – the night we came back from the hospital. But I got nothing that would have even been purchased from a jewellery shop – and neither did anyone else he bought for. Was he cheating on me? It was an irrational thought, I knew it was, but I was so scared I would lose him it was a genuine fear.

That evening, we sat down and watched classic Christmas films, his arm around me as I fell asleep a few times. I woke up eventually, pretending I had watched the repeat of Home Alone. Will just kissed my forehead.

'So what happens Boxing day?' I asked.

'We go back to Mum and Dad's for a bit, normally go for a walk, more film watching and there is normally some form of extended family.' Will said and I nodded and yawned. 'We do have to be up early, so shall we go to bed?'

'How early are we on about?'

'Half five?'

'Excuse me?!' I shouted and he laughed.

'You'll see, it'll be lovely.' Will said confidently and I sighed loudly.

'Fine, come on then, we better go to bed if we're getting on half five.' I said slightly grudgingly and he laughed as we both got up and went to get ready for bed. I started to regret having three glasses of wine with dinner as I went to bed, sleeping curled into Will's arm.

Sure enough, Will woke me up at half five a shade nervously. It was still dark outside as I applied a tiny bit of concealer and made both of us a cup of coffee before we headed back in the car to Wrickenridge. Just as the sun started to rise, Will pulled up into a carpark on the side of a mountain, a few miles away.

'What are we doing here?' I asked.

'Well, there was no traffic and we're a bit early.' Will said.

'A bit? We're two hours early!' I laughed and he grinned at me. 'So we're going to go for a pre-boxing day walk walk, yeah?'

'Yep. Ass out the car now, Finley.' Will said and I did what he said.

In all fairness, this spot was absolutely beautiful. We walked through long fields as the sun started to rise and we ended up walking through some forests on the edge of the hill, Will gently holding my hand the entire time. I didn't wear the correct shoes for this though – I had decided to wear my converse shoes and left my walking boots in the bag in Will's boot. The sun had just started to hit the side of the mountain a few miles away.

'See that little platform up there?' Will said, gesturing to a small section of the woods to my right-hand side. I could see a small wooded area and a fence around. 'Go look.'

I nervously did, walking up and jumping up on the platform and the view took my breath away. From here, I could see everything. I could see our car, parked alone, just a tiny prick in the distance with some cows in the field grazing below. We must have climbed up the steep side of the hill as the podium looked across the entire area. In the distance, there were two mountains and I knew they were the town where Will grew up.

'It looks beautiful.' I said, looking at the view for ages as the sun made beautiful patterns on the hills.

'Fin?' Will said ever so gently.

'Yeah?' I mumbled.

'Turn around.' He said and I frowned, turning around.

Will was on one knee on the forest floor. My hand immediately covered my mouth as he laughed. I stepped down and Will just grinned at me.

'What are you doing?' I whispered to him and he just looked down.

'Thought it was fairly obvious.' Will said and I just looked at him. 'Fin, you have changed my life. You are the best person in the World, I swear – you are absolutely beautiful, kind, smart, and just amazing. The last ten months we've been together have been the absolute time of my life and over the last month or so, since then – you know – you've shown me how truly perfect you are. I cannot thank you enough. I want to spend the rest of our lives together, working together, having kids and watching them grow old, watch them find love as we did. I know this has come out of nowhere, but Finley Loughlin, will you marry me?'

I just stood there, staring at him, shaking, my hands covering half of my face. Will just looked at me so nervously.

'The floor is really wet, please answer.' He said.

'Yeah, yeah – of course, yes.' I said, crying and Will just grinned, standing up and coming the three foot or so over to me to place the ring on my shaking hands – it wasn't easy as he was also shaking too. He touched my face before kissing me passionately.

'We're going to get married.' He whispered and I laughed, still shaking and crying. 'I really hope that they are good tears.'

'Yeah, I just, it's just…' I said as he wiped tears away but I noticed he has also teared up. 'Really? Me?' I asked.

'Oh yeah, you.' Will said before kissing me again. He held my hands to try and get me to stop shaking, before giving me his coat as he kissed my cheek. 'Always you.'

'You've got damp jeans now.' I laughed as he hugged me.

'It was worth it.' Will said, pulling me back up to the platform. I looked at the ring – and it was beautiful, a diamond in the middle and two either side on a silver band. It was my size perfectly. Will hugged me as we looked out over the mountains.

'Did anyone know?' I asked him and he shook his head.

'Nope – no one.'

'So we have to tell everyone later.'

'Yeah, sorry.' He kissed my forehead and I just grinned.

'Will, I love you so much. Thank you.' I whispered and he just kissed me. But I was extremely thankful. I thought I was perfect in Ireland, bumbling along doing nothing, but it wasn't until I met Will and had that company that I realised I wasn't happy. But with Will, I never felt alone, I never felt sad anymore because I had someone. I had my Will, someone I could rely on at all times. And I could never, never, thank Will enough for being there for me when I wasn't really there for myself.

Quick sidenote: I have written the first three chapters of the fanfiction that still has Fin and Will but from Sky and Zed's perspective - I will upload if I ever decide what I want to call it!