A/N: Well...that was a depressing episode. A Ruzek-less CPD is kinda ho-hum.

Oliver was squirming around all morning. Kim had asked him what he wanted to do today and she was surprised when he asked if he could jump on his bike and ride over and see Al.

"Al?" Kim looked a little surprised.

He looked a little shyly at the floor. "And maybe perhaps Adam will be there."

"You want to go see Adam?"

"Do you think he'll want to see me?" After talking to him last night Kim was pretty sure he would be more than happy to see Oliver again. Adam just wanted to know what he had to do to be Oliver's Dad and Kim reassured him that they would just take it day by day and work it out as they went. She had no idea how to do this either.

"How about we grab our bikes and ride over together?" She sent him a message and Adam was quick to respond. He would absolutely love to see them, both of them.

Adam had to admit that it was a little hard to focus when they rocked up. Kim was wearing a pair of cut off denim shorts and tank top. "You rode a bike?" He choked out. It wasn't just that that Adam was struggling with, she wasn't wearing a lot and it got him a little hot under the collar.

"Mom did, she hates it and we had to get the cobwebs off before she would even get on it. I think we sprayed a whole can of bug spray under the seat." Oliver was quite happy to hang her out to dry.

"Some things haven't changed then. Your Mom always freaked out at spiders and bugs." Adam laughed and ran his hand up her arm quickly and turned his attention to Oliver. "Did she ever tell you the time she refused to get in my car for two weeks because I had found a spider in there?" Kim left them watching a Ball Game and headed outside to sit with Al and give them their first chance to be alone together.

Looking at Al she knew that he would tell her anything. "How is he?"

"Happy." He nodded. "The last time I saw him this happy was when you got engaged." Kim wasn't sure he needed to bring that up again but it did give her some idea of Adam's state of mind. He was pretty giddy with excitement then, before she let it all turn to shit.

"Yeah?" Kim swallowed her snippy retort and smiled.

"Yesterday, when he got back, Kim all he talked about was Oliver. He thinks he is amazing."

"I'm glad. Oliver didn't shut up either. He wanted to see him again today. I get the feeling I am not going to be able to slow this down."

"Why would you want too?"

"I don't think I do actually." Oliver was disappointed when Kim told him that they had to go. Daisy was coming home soon. Adam grabbed her hand as Oliver headed out to say goodbye to Al.

"Hey, thanks for coming over." He probably held onto her hand a little longer than he needed too.

"It was Oliver's idea. He really wanted to see you again."

"Anyway, I had a good time." He walked them both out teasing her that he just wanted to see her on a pushbike and gave Oliver a fist bump and watched them as they took off down the street. He felt like he was watching his life ride off down the path.

Neither of them wanted to slow down and Kim had no choice but to let them go. It didn't take long for them to develop a pretty strong foundation.

It was cute how much time Oliver was putting into his latest project. Kim often found him chewing his bottom lip looking through any one of the hundreds of folders full of photos that Kim had taken over the years. Being an organisational freak Kim had them all filed away in specific folders so it was easy enough to find what he was looking for.

Off his own bat Oliver had decided that he wanted to make Adam a photo book of his life so far. "Because he missed out." It was a force of nature, these two and the way they were growing together and all Kim could do was sit and watch and make sure that she slowed it down when need be. Adam had always done everything in a rush, he was all or nothing and Oliver had suddenly developed that trait.

"He'll love it." Kim sat down each night with him and they went through all his years and she let Ollie pick what he wanted and helped him get them into the book before they emailed it off to be printed and he would ask everyday if it had come back yet. She was proud of the effort and thought he had put into it. She never realised how much Oliver craved a father's love until she saw the light return to his eyes when Adam came into his life.

Adam's birthday was coming up and Kim had asked him if they could take him out to dinner. Daisy was with her father for the weekend and it would just be the three of them. He was hoping that it would just slide by, like it did every year. He never celebrated it; it was too painful but it seemed Kim and Oliver were not going to let him bury it this year. If he was going to have to acknowledge his birthday again it may as well be with these two.

Oliver was just about bursting at the seams when they got to the restaurant to give him his present. "Happy Birthday Adam." He leapt out of his seat. "I made this for you." He handed it over before Adam barely had the chance to sit down or even say hello to Kim.

"Do you like it?" He asked nervously as Adam opened it and held it in his hands. The front cover was a picture of him as a newborn. He had called it, 'My life by Oliver James Ruzek Burgess.'

Adam hadn't said a word because he couldn't speak. Flicking through the pages he watched his son grow up before his eyes, each page showing him with either his mother, or Adam's parents, his sister and the Intelligence Unit. The last photo he had added was a photo that Kim had taken just a few weeks ago of them both sitting on his bike. The first father/son photo he had and it was a beautiful photo because they both looked so happy.

"Ollie, I love it." His voice wobbled. "Really, the only thing better than this was the day I met you." He slipped his arm around his shoulder and leant down and whispered in his ear. "Thank you, I love it and I love you." Kim had to wipe away her own tears as she saw the pure joy and look of adoration on her son's face as he looked at his father. Adam just looked stunned.

He felt Kim's hand on his knee, squeezing it lightly. She sensed how fragile Adam was at the moment and how overwhelmed he seemed. After so many years of never letting himself feel anything for anyone he was suddenly thrown into a world where someone was desperate to love him and be loved back.

Kim went to remove her hand and Adam quickly grabbed hold of it. He looked at her and shook his head as he whispered quietly. "Don't." If she let go he would fall.

She kept it there, softly rubbing her thumb back and forth until the waitress arrived to take their orders. Oliver asked to go to the bathroom and as soon as he left Adam turned to face Kim. He rested one hand on the book. "That's amazing. Thank you."

"It wasn't me. It was all Oliver."

"Well then thank you for my son." He surprised both of them by leaning over a kissing her lightly on the lips. "Sorry." He muttered when he pulled away.

"Happy Birthday Adam."

"You know this is the first birthday I have celebrated in nine years." He moved away from her a little and he missed the feeling of her hand on his leg, he missed the warmth of it and the hope it bought. "It's a little strange. I am glad it's just us though. I think my Mom was planning the mother of all birthday party's. I think there were relatives mentioned that I haven't seen in twenty years, let alone the past nine."

"She's just excited."

"I know." They both forced a smile onto their faces when Oliver returned and Adam asked him to look through the book with him and tell him what he knew about them. Kim filled in the missing pieces and he loved every minute of it.

As was almost a ritual now he called her late at night. Kim would make herself a tea, pull her knees up to her chest and either listen to him talk or answer his questions. "Thank you for tonight. That present from Ollie was absolutely amazing. I love it."

"I have never seen him so excited working on a project. I wish he put as much effort into his schoolwork as he did that. He'd be a straight A student."

"Then I would worry that he wasn't my son."

"Except he looks like you and behaves exactly like you."

"I've obviously got good strong genes."

"Can I tell you something?"

Adam held his breath. He knew what he wanted her to say but he was fooling himself to think that she would. "Sure."

"That first day, when I saw you again you said something. When I was leaving you told me to 'be safe'. I remember you used to tell me that all the time at work."

"I did, did I?" He honestly couldn't remember but it did seem like it would be something he would say. Their job was dangerous and he always worried about her out on the beat.

"You did. Ollie says that to me all the time. When I drop him off at school or when I am going to work he always tells me to 'be safe'." Kim started to whisper; she could never say this to his face. "He never tells me he loves me he just tells me to 'be safe'."

Adam was quiet for a while. "So he's a smooth talker."

"He is."

"Guess I don't need the DNA test then."

They had organised to go Ice-Skating the next day. Adam was certainly making the most of his weekends with Ollie. They still didn't see each other during the week although he talked to him everyday and touched base with Kim when he could.

"Hi." He looked a little surprised when Kim and Oliver turned up and she had Daisy with her. Apparently her father couldn't look after her today and his parents had something else on. Kim didn't say why her husband suddenly wasn't able to have Daisy but he got the impression that Kim was annoyed with him. He didn't mind though, he wanted to meet her.

"Hey Daisy. Say hello to Adam." Daisy waved shyly. "Remember we talked about Adam, that he is Oliver's Daddy." Kim crouched down when she sensed Daisy reluctance. She was a little reserved when she first met new people and Adam was certainly an imposing figure to the petit four year old. She didn't really understand what her mother had told her about Adam, why he was Oliver's Daddy but Ollie called him Adam.

Adam waved back at her. "Hi Daisy. It's nice to meet you." He reached out and gave Oliver a fist bump. "So we are ready for ice-skating yeah?"

"Girl's versus Boys?" Ollie asked.

"Absolutely." It didn't take long for them to swap partners and Daisy was holding Adam's hand as they skated trying to beat Ollie and Kim. Adam picked Daisy up and they took off and by the time that they caught up with them Daisy was giggling uncontrollably at Adam who had fallen and was lying flat on his back.

"Thanks for today." Adam walked them all back to their car after they had lunch together. Daisy had suddenly become quite the chatterbox. "She's a lot like you."

"She likes you."

"I am hard not to like."

"Sadly true. I hope I don't have to fight my four year old daughter for your attention?" Kim giggled and then looked a little embarrassed. She couldn't believe she said that.

Adam just smiled at her but his heart was just about leaping out of his chest.