Andy sighed and closed her eyes. 'I thought I was doing the right thing.' 'The right thing' Sam asked. 'You left without as much as an explanation.' 'I'm sorry,' she said. 'Yeah, so am I,' he said before leaving her alone. AU set during season one. Sam comes back from his undercover operation, to find out things at the division changed.

AU - McSwarek - They were married, now they're not. Sam's a cop, Andy's a nurse, and she's engaged to Luke. "Mom was going to tell me something last week, but then she had to pull some double shifts at the hospital, and I think she forgot." "And what 'thing' was she going to tell you?" Sam quirks, truly intrigued. "How you guys met."

"Everyday he walks right by me, and doesn't even know I'm there at all. And I can't think of one single reason, why I should hang around" Sometimes it takes somebody leaving for a man to realize what he's losing, & when the loneliness begins to take over, in one instant, he knew just how she felt. Set after S3, when Andy has to face her reasons for leaving for Project Dakota, & Sam