So, there are a couple of things I felt were missing in this episode. Shandy, of course, being one of them, but also a scene of Sharon being shown that ATM video. That's why there are two separate (unrelated?) scenes in this update. I wrote a short, teeny tiny piece with a hint of Shandy first. The second bit is set after the dinner with Gus. Here goes nothing!

Part 1

He nearly bumped into Rusty, who was making his way out of Sharon's office. The team was done with the park and he had just returned to the murder room.

"Hey," was all Andy could throw his way. Rusty walked towards Buzz's desk, videotape in hand. He mumbled a "Hey." in return but that was it.

Andy, standing between his desk and the open door to Sharon's office, followed his movement, somewhat puzzled, but instead of throwing questions at Rusty, he decided to pop his head into Sharon's office.

With his hands leaning on each side of the doorway he said, "Hey, we're back, Amy's waiting for you down by the morgue." he figured she had had her fill of personal for the day so he went straight to business.

"Hey," she replied, turning her head to look at him, slowly moving her gaze away from Rusty's figure now moving out of the murder room. "I'll be right there," she told him, looking back at the spot Rusty just vanished from.

He threw a look behind him, the rest of the team hadn't come in yet. Someone mentioned grabbing a bite to eat on their way back and Provenza was already in the break room looking for food with a dash of anything that wasn't Patrice's. "Is everything okay?" he looked back at her and entered her office. Maybe personal was okay for a few more minutes, he thought. "The kid?" he hooked his thumb in the direction of Rusty's hasty exit.

She leaned back in her chair, watching him closing the door now, still looking at at her. "Oh, I don't know," she let out on a sigh.

"He still ignoring the other Sharon?" He took a few steps and leaned on the chair in front of her desk.

"Yes, he's having a hard time reconciling her sobriety with this pregnancy," her eyes narrowed slightly, as if she was mulling something over.

His brows drew together. "What do you mean?"

"He doubts her ability to stay sober. If she couldn't stay sober for him, how would she be able to do it for another child's sake?" Her tone of voice was etched in such sadness, an almost breathless quality to it, he almost walked around her desk to draw her into a hug.

He humphed. There wasn't much he could say to that. He stood straight again and walked towards her, he placed his hands on the edge of her desk, deciding to lean on that this time. He'd been wondering about this for a while, and now seemed as good a time as any to ask her. "Do you want me to talk to him? You know, me being an alco-"

"Oh, no," she cut him off with a wave of her hand. "He'll think I've put you up to it. If he has questions he should come to you, or anyone else for that matter, if and when he feels like it."

He took a deep breath and straightened again. "Okay." He understood. It wasn't her who didn't want him to, he knew Rusty wouldn't want him to. And truth be told, he felt relieved she thought so. He didn't think Rusty would take kindly to it either. But he would've gotten over himself if necessary.

He waited a beat, in case she had more to say. When she didn't, he walked up to the door, opening it. "So, morgue?" Personal was over for now.

"Yes, tell Amy I'm on my way." She stood up, gathered her things and walked past him, gliding her hand down his arm before letting the Captain in her take over again.

Part 2

"I do. I most definitely do."

"So, knowing him, he'll probably be a while. I might as well clear the table then." Gus stood up, reaching for his and Rusty's plate.

"Oh, don't," Sharon put a hand on his to stop him. "Let me, it's the least I can do after this feast." Her hands waved over the leftover food on her dining table. She stood up and reached for the plates herself.

"It's not a problem." He took the two bowls instead. She eyed him, a look resembling amused impatience decorating her face. "Let me help at least?" he offered with a smile, followed by a shrug of his shoulder.

She just smiled at him and turned, or, with the way her hair swayed with the movement, maybe even twirled on her feet to proceed into the kitchen. He took it as a go-ahead and followed her.

"I really wish he would give his mom a chance." he said quietly. He put the leftover salad into the fridge and then headed back to the table again.

"Yes," Sharon rinsed the plates and turned to open the dishwasher. "I worry he will regret not giving her a chance more than he would giving her one." She put the plates onto the dishwasher rack and looked back at Gus. "Even if she ends up disappointing him."

"Again." Gus added, her red place mats and the bread in his hands now.

She hummed and leaned on the counter behind her for a moment. She couldn't deny it. She was wary of another disappointment herself. But the possible benefits of being part of his mother's life now far outweighed any of the dreaded disappointment should she make a mistake again. Maybe Gus's words will have an effect on Rusty. She eyed the young man moving around her kitchen. Gus was good to Rusty, she thought. She felt a slight relief wash over her, being able to reassure herself of that again. Rusty's qualms from a few weeks ago were still at the back of her mind. Yes, her opinionated Rusty was a bit of a handful, but, all things considered, he was happy. They both were. That was good enough for her.

She used her hands and pushed off the counter. She grabbed a towel to wipe down the table. But before either of them could say anything more, they heard Rusty's footsteps approaching them.

He stopped in front of Gus's, now unoccupied, chair and put his hands on the back of it, a startled, or haunted, she wondered, expression on his face. Sharon stopped moving the towel under her hand over the table surface and looked at him quizzically.

"Buzz sent me the ATM video." was all he said in response. Gus turned around from where he was putting away the bread to look at him.

"Have you seen it?" Sharon asked him carefully. She straightened up, the hand holding the towel having moved up to join the one she worried would start fiddling with the uneasiness she started feeling at the news, if it didn't grasp something instead.

"Er," he looked down, "yeah."

And before Sharon could respond he added "I asked Buzz if it was okay to show it to you." He glanced up at her, now running the towel between the fingers of her hands which seemed eager to give away her uneasiness. "He said you have to see it." He slanted a look at Gus and rolled his eyes, "Something about rules," his look returned to settle on her again, "and you being the boss and all that."

Her lips turned upward for a moment as she slowly blinked and nodded. She put the towel down on the table. "Yes, I should watch it." She addressed Gus then. "You don't mind finishing up here?"

"Oh, no, don't worry about it," he waved his hand through the air. "Go ahead." He moved to take the towel.

"Have you talked to Buzz any more?" she asked Rusty as they walked down the hall to his room.

"He's still at work. I think Lieutenant Provenza is with him." He paused for a second as they entered his room. "I don't really know what to say to him. Can't imagine what seeing that," he waved his hand at his laptop, "must feel like."

She hummed noncommittally and moved to sit on Rusty's chair in front of his desk. "This is it?" She asked, seeing a paused video on the laptop's screen.

"Yeah," Rusty moved to hit the space bar, to play the video again.

He stood next to her and waited for the video to finish. He really didn't feel like watching it again so he looked at his feet instead.

"Okay," she said when it finished. She pushed the chair backwards and started getting up.

Rusty's head shot up to look at her. "What? That's it?" He looked at her incredulously.

"Yes, that's it." Her voice rose in pitch and carried a note of finality. She stood up and took a moment to regard him before she would turn to leave his room. "I am not discussing with you any details of this case, my thoughts on this tape included." Rusty looked ready to interrupt her, but she raised and waved her hand in warning. "I will have to discuss it with Buzz as his commanding officer. What he," she emphasized this with a pointed look, "decides to share with you is up to him then."

She then left the room to join Gus in the kitchen. She had asked Provenza to stay behind in case Buzz decided to watch the video that night. She was glad she had. Watching videos like those was difficult enough when you didn't know the victims. She could only imagine what it must feel like when you do know them. Buzz could turn to Provenza tonight if he needed to.

Tomorrow though she would talk to Buzz herself. And not only to discuss what to do about the case now.

With that final thought, she turned the corner to rejoin Gus in her kitchen. Rusty will follow soon enough. After all, she was only following the rules.

In his email, Buzz said he and Sharon agreed Rusty could watch the tape. I don't know if this is supposed to mean she had already seen it. Either way, since there's no definitive proof of her having seen it, I'm working under the assumption that she hadn't. I hope you don't mind.

And yeah, as always, happy to hear your thoughts on this!

[And please ignore (or correct) my mistakes!]