Moving On


6 months later…

"Hey, how was your run?" Sean asked, walking into the bathroom where he watched his wife get out of the shower, wrapping a towel around herself

"Oh, it was great." Jude smiled, tightening her pony tail as he leaned down and kissed her, watching as she applied face cream to her face as he turned the shower back on.

"What's with the delayed shower?" Sean asked, waiting for the shower to turn back on.

"It always does that after someone else has used it." Jude waved her hand, putting some moisturiser on her legs, "Tap the top of it." She nodded as he reached up, tapping the top of the shower head as the water eventually began to spray out.

"You're practically a plumber." Sean nodded.

"I wear many hats in this house." Jude nodded, grabbing her toothbrush and smearing some toothpaste over it, turning the tap on at the sink as she began brushing her teeth.

"Hey, you shout at me for leaving clothes on the bathroom floor. What's this?" He pointed down to Jude's running attire.

"I'm just out the shower." Jude laughed, a mouthful of toothbrush, watching as he picked up the clothes, waving them in her face as she shook her head, pushing his arm down, "Stop." She laughed.

"It's annoying, isn't it?" He nodded, doing exactly what she would do to him if he left dirty clothes on the bathroom floor.

"It is annoying." Jude laughed, toothbrush still in her mouth, pushing his arm away as he grabbed her around the waist, lifting her playfully as she chuckled.

"I can't believe you showered without me, too. You got my hairs up this morning." He put her down as she laughed, shoving him over.

"You're so weird." She scoffed affectionately as he smiled, "I could have choked on my toothbrush." She said maturely as he rolled his eyes.

"Oh, the fun police is out." He yawned, dropping his boxer shorts, flicking them over onto the floor deliberately to get a reaction from her.

"Sean." Jude raised her brows.

"It's sitting neatly in the corner." Sean defending.

"Get in there." Jude shook her head, slapping his ass as he chuckled, stepping into the shower whilst she continued to get ready, fixing her hair and putting on the tiny spot of make-up she put on every morning.

"Coffee?" Jude asked him.

"Please." Sean called from the shower, washing his hair under the shower head.

Jude left the bathroom and wandered into their bedroom, taking out her clothes for the day and getting ready. There was something satisfying about going from sweaty gym clothes after her run in the park, to soft cotton after a warm shower.

She made their bed, throwing the cushions on without much thought before heading out of their room and into the next, switching the light on as she saw her one year old standing up in her crib, waiting on her like every morning.

"Hey, you." Jude smiled big, "Look at that messy bed hair." She chuckled, walking over to the crib and lifting Mirren out, "What do you wanna wear today, baby?" Jude asked, opening up the closet in the corner of the room, "Huh? You pick." She nodded to Mirren who rested her head on Jude's shoulder, looking at her closet with uninterest, "You're really helping me out here, babe." Jude nodded with a chuckle, "Momma pick for you?" She asked as Mirren nodded, finger in her mouth, drooling on Jude's shoulder as she took some time to wake up properly.

"Ok." Jude hummed to herself, picking out an outfit for Mirren, getting her ready, changing her diaper and putting her into her clothes for the day. She also managed to fit what very little hair she had into two bobbles on each side.

Once getting Mirren ready, she headed downstairs, turning on the lights and opening the curtains, sitting the one-year old in her high chair in the kitchen whilst she began making breakfast for them.

She put the coffee pot on and made some oatmeal and bananas for Mirren, whilst choosing a simple bagel for herself. She watched as Mirren began banging on her sippy cup on her high chair.

"Oh, you're thirsty?" Jude asked, walking over and collecting the cup from her, "Cup." Jude nodded to her at Mirren looked at her blankly, "Sippy cup." She pointed as Mirren turned away, not interested.

Jude just shook her head, walking over to the fridge to fill up some water in the cup, getting breakfast ready for them and eventually sitting down at the table to feed herself and Mirren, just in time for Sean to appear.

"Morning, sweetie." Sean smiled, leaning over and kissing Mirren's cheek as she smiled and extended a piece of banana to him, "Oh, thanks." He chuckled, taking the banana from her and eating it.

"Hey, Mir… can you say banana?" Jude said, "Banana." She repeated as clearly as she could, pointing to the bananas in her little bowl of oatmeal.

Mirren just mashed her spoon into her oatmeal, not interesting in speaking any time soon as Jude huffed, "Not speaking, huh?" She figured as Sean chuckled, pouring himself some coffee from the pot.

"She's probably thinking why is this crazy lady always saying random words to me." Sean nodded.

"I don't say them randomly." Jude scoffed.

"We were out last week for dinner and you started saying the word cat to her." Sean shook his head.

"Well because I realised it was an easy word to say, I thought she'd grasp it quickly." Jude shrugged, "She's one and she hasn't said a single thing. Not even momma or dadda." Jude said.

"Which is normal." Sean reminded her, "Kids take time to talk. From eighteen months until they're two."

"Maybe she just doesn't wanna talk to us." Jude shook her head.

"Yeah, probably." Sean laughed a little, "Ok, I'm already late." He realised.

"Ok, come give me a kiss." Jude nodded, dusting her hands off from the bagel she was eating as he leaned over, kissing her sweetly multiple times.

"Be good at work." He nodded as she smiled, "And you, be good at daycare." He turned to Mirren who looked at him, "No causing fights, no beating other babies up." He teased, tickling under her chin as Mirren smiled, "Ok, goodbye." He nodded, kissing her cheek sweetly.

"Remember your badge and wallet." Jude pointed over to the kitchen counter.

"Every morning." Sean rolled his eyes, walking over to his almost forgotten wallet, slipping it into his back pocket, picking up his NYPD badge and slipping it into the top of his jacket.

"Have a good day." Jude smiled, watching as he saluted her and left the kitchen, heading off to work, "Hey, Mir… Bagel." Jude lifted her half eaten bagel as Mirren looked at her like she had two heads, "Bagel." Jude said clearly as Mirren giggled, "I'm glad you find me funny, at least." Jude scoffed, "Can you cheers with me?" She asked, lifting her coffee mug as Mirren grabbed her sippy cup. She knew what the word cheers meant.

"Cheers." Jude smiled, chuckling as Mirren hit her sippy cup off her mug. Her sweet little best friend.


"Cassie, can I have those reports on my desk by the end of the day, please?" Jake asked, walking past Cassie's desk in the station, "All four of them." He nodded.

"Yeah, yeah… sorry, Jake. I… I've just lost my head with them a little." She admitted, "I'll have them to you by the end of the day."

"It's alright. How have you been feeling?" Jake asked her.

"I'm ok. I'm still on medication for my ribs and they just make me so tired." Cassie shook her head, "I feel like a zombie."

"Nothing worse than drowsy meds." Jake agreed, "When do you come off them?"

"Next week." Cassie said, "Thank God."

"If you need more time off, it's ok." Jake assured her, "Your job will still be here for you."

"No… no, I've lost enough time as it is. I'm good to go." Cassie assured him as he nodded with a smile.

"Ok." Jake smiled, "But get the reports done." He warned in his boss tone as Cassie nodded, watching him walking away as she opened up the reports she was half-way through.

Once she finished with one, she got up from her desk, walking to the back of the station into the copy room, bumping into another cop as she stepped into the room.

"Oh, sorry I-" She paused as she looked up and noticed it was Theo.

"Sorry." Theo nodded back as they looked at one another for a few seconds.

"I didn't know you were… back." Cassie said, stepping back from him a little as he nodded.

"Yeah, it took a while to bury all the undercover stuff, but… I guess I'm back to being just a regular cop now." He nodded as Cassie looked across at him.

She hadn't spoken to him much since she was stabbed. She couldn't bring herself to. Everything she thought she'd let go with him, seemed lost. She was upset that his undercover job resulted in a broke heart for her. It didn't seem fair, and she was having a hard time dealing with it properly. Dealing with him. In fact, she was doing her best to avoid him.

"Well, I mean you can… have your desk back, I guess." Cassie said.

"No, it's ok. I've got a new one." Theo said as Cassie nodded.

"Ok." She mumbled, walking past him to get to the copier.

"Cassie." Theo said as she looked over at him.

"What?" She said. Truthfully, she was still having a hard time believing he was really here again, right in front of her.

"Do you wanna… grab a beer after your shift?" He asked her as Cassie looked across at him.

"Seriously?" She looked at him, puzzled.

"Y-Yeah." Theo nodded.

"Did you really think you could come back here and we'd pick up where we left off?" Cassie asked him, "I thought you were dead. Do you understand that?" She looked across at him, "Everything I was scared of happening, everything I told you I was scared of happening in my life… happened." She said, "And all this time, you were fine… whilst I was blaming myself." She said.

"I'm sorry." Theo shook his head, "I never wanted to hurt you like that, but I… well I didn't know that's how you felt about me." He said, "We never really talked about-"

"You knew how I felt. Don't bullshit me." Cassie shook her head as he looked across at her, "Please just leave me alone." She advised, picking up her reports from the copier.

"Cass, come on. Let's just talk about it." Theo said, watching her walk past him and out of the copy room, heading back to her desk as he sighed to himself. He knew he shouldn't have thought this was going to be easy.


"Hey." Thea called, walking into her parents house with Sofia who ran ahead into the kitchen, "Morning." She said, walking into the kitchen where her parents were sitting.

"Morning." AJ smiled, watching as Sofia jumped on Punk immediately.

"Hey." Punk chuckled, "Someone's full of beans this morning." He smiled.

"I'm not full of beans, papa." Sofia shook her head with confusion as Thea smiled.

"Oh, of course you're not." Punk corrected himself with a smile as Sofia sat on his knee, stealing the rest of his breakfast.

"You doing a twelve hour today?" AJ asked her daughter.

"Yeah." Thea huffed, "Ecstatic about it." She nodded sarcastically, "So Dom will pick James up from school and then he'll pick her up on his way home." She told them as they nodded.

"Ok." AJ said, "I think we're gonna take her to the park. It's a nice day out." AJ nodded.

"Yeah, it is. The sun is out already." Thea nodded, "Good job Sof loves the park." She said loudly as Sofia looked up.

"The park? I do love the park." Sofia agreed as Punk smiled.

"Just as long as no one pushes you too high on the swing." She looked at her father specifically as he put his hands up in defence.

"I'll keep it at an average." Punk promised as Thea nodded.

"Have you guys had any more calls from Jake?" Thea asked them as they shook their heads.

"No, nothing since a few weeks ago." AJ said, "And every time we ask Cassie about it she… blows up on us." She shook her head.

"I think she's stressed about her situation with Theo. Whatever the situation even is. I don't think she knows." Thea said.

"Yeah, we figured." Punk nodded, "But yeah, we… haven't heard much." He said unhappily as Thea nodded slowly.

"I'm sure they'll find her somehow." Thea nodded hopefully.

"Yeah." AJ nodded in agreement as Punk said nothing.

"You better get going, things to do, people to save." Punk nodded to Thea who smiled.

"Right." She laughed a little, "Well thanks for having her today." She said, "And you be good." She leaned over, kissing Sofia's cheek.

"I will." Sofia promised as Thea smiled.

"Have a good day at work, baby." AJ nodded.

"Thanks, mom." Thea smiled, "See you guys later." She said, leaving the kitchen and heading out of the house to get to work quickly.

"Ok, park and ice-cream, how does that sound?" Punk asked Sofia.

"Yeah!" Sofia cheered as Punk smiled over to AJ.

"Ok, go get your jacket." Punk told her, lifting her down from his knee as she ran off to go get her jacket which her mother had left on the stairs on her way in.

"It looks nice outside but I bet it's cold." AJ observed, standing up and looking out the window.

"Are you gonna make me wear my hat, scarf and gloves?" Punk smiled over to her.

"Well, if you don't want to be cold, yes." AJ said as he smiled, walking over to her and wrapping his arm around her as she hugged into him tightly. She found herself hugging him a lot recently.

Things were changing around them, more than they ever were before. And yet, again, there was still that question mark left hanging over their heads, that feeling of waiting on something bad happening. They had escapes, like focusing on their grandchildren, on their jobs and life together. But it was always there. That last piece of the puzzle.


A/N: Thanks for reading this long ass story, lol. Be sure to look out for the next story to this series, and the final one, coming soon. One last ride. Y'all down for it?