Adam woke up a little earlier than usual for work on Monday morning. He heard Kim moving around in the kitchen and figured she must have had some insomnia last night.
She was standing at the coffee maker, already dressed and ready for work.
"Good morning, baby."
Kim turned around at the sound of his voice, a huge smile plastered across her face.
"Wow, look at you." Adam chuckled, immediately noticing why she was smiling so big. Her fitted top showed off a still small, but definitely noticeable baby bump. The first time she had been visibly pregnant. Could she get any cuter? He walked over to her and placed his hands on her stomach. "You're glowing."
Kim blushed, smiling even harder. The two met for a kiss, Adam sliding both hands onto her waist.
"You look so cute." He left kisses on her cheek and jawline, suddenly not able to get enough of her.
"Stop." Kim giggled. She arched her neck up, signaling for him to go lower.
"Stop?" He pulled away, teasing her.
Kim shook her head and he felt her grab the back of his neck to guide him where she wanted him. He started to leave a trail of kisses on her neck. She had definitely gotten more touchy lately. Lots of neck kissing, sliding her hands down his stomach while they were making out. But just before things would go any further, Kim would stop.
"We have to get to work." Kim pulled away without any warning.
Adam glanced at the clock on the oven. They didn't have to leave for thirtminutes, but he decided not to say anything. He didn't want to push her.
"Pregnant lady in the house!" Kevin was the first to notice as soon as Adam and Kim walked up the stairs.
The rest of the team turned their attention to Kim and started to cheer. They were taking every chance they could to celebrate Kim's pregnancy and making her feel loved. Adam couldn't think of a better family for their baby to be born into.
Adam placed a protective hand over her stomach and gave her a kiss on the cheek before he sat down at his desk. He couldn't help it - she looked adorable when she was smiling like that.
Kim felt like the days at work dragged on much slower now that she was stationed at a desk. The team had been out all morning, not even calling Kim to ask her to look up a phone number or address. Trudy would come upstairs every so often to keep her company, but she was busy so that usually didn't last long. Kim found herself getting excited when the phone rang so at least she had something to do.
Around two o'clock, the team finally came back to the district.
"Hi, darlin'." Adam gave Kim a big hug, a kiss on the forehead, and he rubbed his hand over her bump. "How has your day been?" Ever since the two had decided to get back together a few weeks ago, Adam hadn't been shy with showing affection. He didn't care who was around, he was going to show her his love every chance he got. And Kim was eating it all up. Voight didn't even seem to mind, like he was giving them a pass because their baby was such a miracle.
"I'm bored." Kim pouted. "I miss the outside world."
"That reminds me, I have an idea-"
"We're rolling out again." Voight interrupted Adam mid sentence. "Burgess, stand by. We may need you to send us over an address."
"You got it, Sarge." Kim nodded at her boss, happy to have a task, even if it was a small one.
"I'll be right back." Adam promised her, squeezing her hand before running down the stairs.
"Be safe!" Kim called after him.
"So like I was saying earlier, I have an idea." Adam and Kim were finally on their way home after a long day.
"What is it?" Kim asked eagerly, turning to face Adam. She loved any excuse to look at him. Something about watching him drive was very attractive, just like everything else he did these days.
"There's some live music and food trucks at a nearby park this weekend. Would you like to go with me?" Adam had really been making an effort lately. He was taking her out on a date once a week. So far they had been to a nice fondue restaurant, they rented a boat on the lake, and they played mini golf followed by dinner.
"I would love that." Kim beamed, giving him a quick kiss before the light turned green.
Kim told Adam she would make dinner while he took a shower. He had been out on the field most of the day and she could tell he was tired. She started to throw together a quick chicken dish, putting the food in the oven just as Adam walked out from his room.
Kim stopped in her tracks and stared. Adam was still wet from the shower, a towel wrapped around his waist. Had he always looked that good shirtless?
"I forgot my clothes in the dryer this morning." Adam walked over to the laundry closet, not seeming to notice Kim's excessive staring. She had seen him like this plenty of times before, but she couldn't help herself.
Adam grabbed his clothes and disappeared back into his bedroom, leaving Kim wanting more. She tried to snap herself out of it and make herself busy preparing some side dishes for dinner, but she couldn't stop thinking about him. A few weeks ago she read an article about increased sex drive during pregnancy, and she could definitely feel the increase kicking in lately. She told Adam she wanted to take things slow. Sleeping together after 4 weeks was definitely not taking things slow. She needed to control her urges and focus on their relationship.
After dinner, Adam cleaned up the kitchen and did the dishes while Kim made herself comfortable on the couch and turned on a tv show. She stretched her legs out and put her head on a pillow.
"Thanks for leaving me room." Adam joked after he finished cleaning up. Kim started to get up, but Adam protested.
"No, lay down. You're pregnant, you can take up as much room as you need." He lifted her legs up, sat down, and placed them over his lap, resting his hand on her knee. "Okay?"
"Yeah." Kim smiled at him, then turned her attention back to the tv.
Adam started absentmindedly running his fingers up and down her thigh. All focus Kim had on the show in front of her was out the window. Why did she want to take things slow again? All of her reasons seemed stupid now.
Her leg broke out in goosebumps and she felt a shiver go down her spine as Adam continued to touch her.
"How's it going over there?" Adam chuckled, noticing the effect he had on her.
"I'm just cold." Kim didn't sound convincing at all, cringing to herself as the words came out. She knew Adam was loving this. Before she could react, he had moved on top of her, hovering over her with his weight in his arms on either side of her. He picked up where he had left off that morning, kissing her neck. A soft whimper escaped Kim's mouth as Adam's hand trailed down her stomach to the waistline of her pants.
"Just cold, hm?" He teased, slipping his fingers just barely down her pants.
Screw it. Screw taking things slow. Kim couldn't take another second of not being with him.
Adam couldn't help but break into a smile every time he made eye contact with Kim the next day. After what was probably the fourth time that morning, Jay caught onto what was happening. They were in a room full of detectives, after all. He laughed and shook his head at Adam.
Adam was zeroed in on the paperwork in front of him when he got a text from Kim later that day. "Locker room." He looked over and noticed that she wasn't at her desk. How had he missed that?
Adam rushed down to the locker room, but didn't see Kim anywhere.
"Kim?" He called out.
Kim walked out of the women's restroom, not wearing much of anything. Adam's mouth fell open. "What-what?" He grabbed her hand and pulled her back into the bathroom, standing in front of the door so no one could get in.
"What are you doing?" So many thoughts were running through his head at once. This was illegal, risky, and... hot as hell.
"What does it look like?" Kim smirked.
He had to give it to her, her confidence had gone up about 10 levels since last night. From pretending she didn't want him, to now trying to get with him at work not even 24 hours later.
"I can't wait until we get home." Kim threw herself at him, lips locking onto his neck, hands immediately going for his belt buckle.
"Baby." Adam sucked in a breath, knowing he was already past the point of no return. He was hoping Kim would talk some sense into herself and stop, because he couldn't stop at this point even if he tried.
Adam's belt was long gone, and their hands were all over each other. Pregnant Kim was something else.
Partially ashamed but mostly proud, Adam walked back upstairs to pick up where he left off on his paper work. Everyone was gone except for Hailey and Jay. Hailey had her chair pulled up at Jay's desk and they were looking at something on the computer together.
"Hey." The pair looked up at Adam, Jay's expression slightly concerned. "You good?"
"Oh yeah. Kim's doctor called with some bloodwork results so she just wanted me to listen in. All good."
Jay nodded, satisfied, and went back to work.
Kim came up five minutes later. She definitely had a glow to her now, but it wasn't just because she was pregnant.
"Sorry, I needed a power nap." Kim shrugged at Jay and Hailey.
Adam let out a breath and shook his head, knowing their cover had been blown. They definitely should have gotten their story straight.
"Mhmm." Hailey bit her lip, trying to mask a smile.
"What?" Kim looked back and forth between Hailey, Jay, and Adam.
"I told them we were on the phone with your doctor." Adam gave her a sympathetic glance, and watched Kim's face turn red.
"Hailey has been gone for almost two hours." Kim grabbed Jay's attention, causing his head to snap up at the mention of her name. Everyone was out on the field except for Kim, Adam, and Jay. Hailey had left to talk to a CI, but she should have been back a while ago.
"She's not answering. I just tried calling twice." Jay's face was filled with worry.
"We'll go get her." Adam stood up and put his phone in his back pocket. "I'll drive. You have the address?"
Jay nodded, following Adam to the stairs.
"Can I come?" Kim shot up from her desk. She wanted to be there for Hailey just in case something was wrong. Plus, she hated being left behind every time the team was out.
"You can't take any kind of risk, baby. You're pregnant." Adam said, stopping in his tracks to talk to her.
"Please?" Kim tried again. "I want to make sure Hailey's okay."
"Come on, man, just let her come with us. We gotta go." Jay was in a rush, already near the bottom of the stairs.
"Alright." Adam agreed, much to Kim's surprise.
Jay drove to Joel Tackett's house way too fast. Adam kept glancing back at Kim every few seconds, clearly worried about her being in such a fast moving vehicle.
"Hailey's car is still here." Jay slammed on his breaks in front of the car and ran up to the front door.
"Stand behind me. Please." Adam instructed as they followed Jay.
Kim nodded, grateful for the extra protection. Jay pounded on the door and announced himself as Chicago PD. Kim poked her head out from behind Adam, but her body stayed shielded by his.
A petite, curly haired woman answered the door looking confused. "Can I help you?"
"Are you Rachel Tackett, Joel's wife?" Jay asked.
"Yes." She nodded. "Is he okay?"
Kim could already tell this woman was being fake.
"One of our officers is inside. We need to take a look around." Jay wasted no time cutting to the chase.
"I'm sorry, I'm a little confused. No police officer has been here today." Rachel continued to play games with them, and Jay was going to lose his patience any minute.
"Where's your husband?" Adam asked.
"He-um, I think he said he was meeting a friend at the bar down the street a while ago."
Rachel stuttered. She wasn't holding the door open very wide, but Kim was trying to look around to see anything that might help them. She had to remind herself not to jump out from behind Adam when she saw the smallest drop of blood on the woman's shoe.
When Rachel was focused on Jay, Kim whispered to Adam what she saw.
Adam immediately raised his gun and told her to put her hands up, and not to move.
"Look at her shoe, Jay. Does that look like blood to you?" Adam asked, backing the woman into her house.
"Where is she?" Jay took the lead, getting in the woman's face. "Where's Hailey?"
"Wh-who?" Rachel tried to stand her ground, but she wasn't doing well.
"I'll find her myself. I don't have time for games." Jay growled. Adam took over, keeping the woman backed against the wall. "Kim, go with Jay."
"I have Hailey!" Jay yelled seconds later.
Rachel's face quickly went from surprised to angry.
Kim raced up the stairs after the sound of Jay's voice.
Hailey was sitting on the floor next to a bed, her hands and ankles zip tied to the bed post. She had a gash in her forehead, a bloody nose, and some bruising around one of her eyes.
"You're okay. I got you. You're okay, right?" Jay was cutting off the zip ties as fast as he could to free Hailey.
"I'm okay." Hailey nodded. Neither of them had noticed Kim outside the room, so she backed out to give them some space and waited at the top of the stairs.
"You whore!" Rachel yelled as soon as she saw Hailey coming down the stairs. "My husband is cheating on me with her!"
"Hailey is an officer, and your husband was her CI. There was no cheating." Adam explained to her as he locked handcuffs on her wrists.
"Why were they always sneaking off then?" Rachel challenged him.
"Because Joel was a dead man if any of his friends found out he was snitching on them." Adam started to lead her out of the house.
"He's already a dead man." Rachel snorted.
Adam looked at Jay, and Jay shook his head. "I didn't check the other rooms."
"I'll put her in the car and go check." Adam suggested. "Are you okay?" He asked Hailey.
"Nothing I haven't been through before." Hailey laughed dryly. "I knew jay would find me."
The three team members watched as Adam dragged Rachel out to the car.
"I'm surprised he let you come here." Hailey raised an eyebrow at Kim.
"Me too. I wanted to be here for you since you were there for me at the hospital a few months ago." Kim gave Hailey's shoulder a squeeze.
"Should we go check on them now?" Kim asked, tired of sitting in the waiting room.
Adam nodded, grabbing her hand to help her up.
They stopped when they caught sight of Hailey's hospital room. Jay and Hailey were sitting on the end of the bed together. Jay gave Hailey a kiss on the forehead, right next to her stitches, and Hailey closed her eyes at the contact. Then Hailey said something that made Jay laugh. Kim couldn't help but smile at the way Hailey looked at Jay when he laughed. That was the same way she looked at Adam.
"They're cute." Kim smiled. "I don't want to interrupt them."
"We'll see them on their way out. They look like they're about to leave anyways." Adam wrapped his arm around Kim's waist and led her to the front entrance.
"Have you guys been waiting here for us this whole time?" Hailey asked as they rounded the corner to leave the hospital.
"Of course. We wanted to make sure you were okay." Kim smiled at her.
"Sorry it took so long. We were just waiting for blood work results."
"I thought we were supposed to tell them you were taking a power nap?" Jay made a show of making his eyes big and shaking his head.
"Oh, very funny." Kim rolled her eyes when she caught onto their joke.
"Hey, a pregnant woman should always be able to have her craving. Whatever that may be." Adam raised an eyebrow at Kim.
Kim felt her cheeks go red. "I'm done with all of you."
Adam loved sleeping in the same bed as Kim. He was right there to protect her, get her a drink or snack in the middle of the night, and wake up next to her in the morning.
They were close to falling asleep, Adam with his arm around Kim, her head resting on his chest.
"The baby is kicking," Kim told him in a sleepy voice. Adam rested his free hand on her stomach and gently rubbed to say goodnight to the baby. He moved his hand to a new spot, and felt a small movement under his finger tips.
"I just felt the baby." Adam was wide awake now. "Kim, I felt him kick!"
Kim started to sit up, but he stopped her. "Don't move, I want to feel it again."
After a few minutes of waiting, he got one more tiny kick. "That's amazing. I can't believe you feel that inside of you all the time."
"You called the baby a him." Kim went back to her spot under Adam's arm.
"What?"
"You said you felt him kick. You think the baby is a boy?"
"I didn't even realize I said that." Adam admitted. "I don't really have a guess."
"Me either, I was hoping you did." Kim yawned. "Every one says the mom will have a gut feeling whether it's a boy or girl, but I feel like every day my guess is different."
Adam tried to imagine them with a baby boy, then a baby girl and realized he didn't have a preference. Both felt right. "Maybe there's one of each in there."
"I don't think so." Kim laughed. "They couldn't have missed twins after like, five ultrasounds."
"Probably not." Adam chuckled. "Alright, we should get some sleep. But if the baby kicks again tell me so I can feel."
"I promise."
"Goodnight, baby." Adam gave Kim a soft kiss on the top of her head. "I love you."
