Sending major thanks to MajorCFan for throwing a few suggestions my way and for being my beta on this. Been having immense fun bouncing ideas off her and improving my English along the way, too! :)

This is another add-on to 5x18 which occurred to me while I was battling insomnia the other night. It's set before and after the team brings that big guy in for questioning.

I just wish we'd seen something along these lines.

Sharon was waiting for her in her office, so when she saw her enter the empty murder room, she quickly stood and went out to meet her.

"Hi, Andrea." She waved a hand in the direction of the electronics room and, before Andrea could do much more than nod in greeting, added, "We're already set up." She waved her other hand to beckon Andrea to follow. "Lieutenant Provenza and Amy are keeping our suspect company in the interview room."

"Alright," Andrea said, starting to walk after her. "Wait," she said a second later and stopped. "What's that?" she asked, gesturing a hand toward Sharon.

Surprised, Sharon came to a halt and turned around. "What's what?" she asked, looking down her clothes as if something was out of place perhaps.

"That," Andrea said, taking an abrupt step toward Sharon to tap her left hand.

"Oh." Sharon instantly smiled. "I guess," she rolled her eyes, "the cat's out of the bag anyway, so-"

"Flynn proposed?" Andrea asked in disbelief, eyes set on the emerald cut that adorned the silver band around Sharon's left ring finger.

Sharon lifted the hand and wiggled her fingers in front of her colleague. "Yes, he did," she confirmed merrily.

Andrea gave her a sideways glance, looking impressed. Her look turned intrigued within the next instant however, and she asked, "He did not happen to pop the question some time around our last case, did he? You know," she aimed a finger at the ceiling and clarified, "that body-up-a-tree case?"

Sharon had made an attempt to continue walking toward the electronics room, but the question had her stop to turn to Andrea again. "As a matter of fact he did. The day we wrapped up the case, actually." She narrowed her eyes and, in genuine curiosity, added, "How'd you know?"

Andrea smirked. "Rusty had a hand in it, didn't he?" she asked in response. When Sharon nodded over a suspicious look, Andrea went on. "Because," she leaned in almost conspiratorially, "I heard a few hushed voices here and there that week."

Sharon shook her head, holding back an eye roll, and slowly resumed walking toward the electronics room. "Those hushed voices," she tried to sound annoyed, but amusement took over her words instead, "turned into a full blown conspiracy if you ask me."

"Did not see that coming, huh?" Andrea asked knowingly as she fell into step with Sharon.

Sharon shot her a wide-eyed look and shook her head again. "God, no."

Andrea chuckled. "Well, if it makes you feel any better, neither did I." At Sharon's in puzzlement raised eyebrow, she added, "I didn't think too much of it at the time." She tilted her head to look at Sharon pointedly. "But your son seemed rather distracted at the time," truthfully, he wasn't that distracted, but she did have to redirect his attention from his phone to work one or two times, "and your two senior Lieutenants did act a bit strange one day." She shrugged. "Now I know why."

Sharon pursed her lips, suppressing a smirk. Ignoring the Rusty mention, she said, "You mean my two senior Lieutenants acted stranger than usual?"

Andrea laughed, not so much at the question itself as much as the momentarily flustered look on Sharon's face. The words clearly escaped her before she could catch them. "That is exactly what I mean." While Sharon let out an uninhibited laugh in response, suddenly another thought occurred to her. "What do you mean the cat's out of the bag?"

Sharon sighed and circled a hand through the air, dismissing the question. "It's a long story. Point is, Andy asked and," she offered half a shrug and a light smile, "I said yes."

Andrea frowned a little, not too satisfied with Sharon's answer, but, as they finally reached the electronics room, ultimately smiled as well and said, "Well then, congratulations, Sharon!"

Sharon smiled again, pushing the door to the room open. "Thank you."

Andy was standing next to the desk Buzz sat at and when Andrea's eyes landed on him, she nodded approvingly. "Hi, guys," she simply said, receiving a round of casual greetings in return. Andy greeted her, too, but gave her a puzzled look before stepping aside to let both Andrea and Sharon find their places in the room.

"He sure is easy on the eyes," Andrea quipped. Although she spoke quietly she did not seem too worried about anyone overhearing her.

The team missed the quip, but Sharon and Andy most definitely did not.

Sharon's head whipped around to shoot Andrea an amused look as she sat down next to Buzz. When Andrea met it, Sharon's expression turned bland, but Andrea merely shrugged, unconcerned. Deciding she couldn't exactly disagree with the woman, Sharon just ended up shaking her head in renewed amusement, glancing over Andy with a coy smile before finally focusing on the screens in front of her.

Andy on the other hand shot Andrea a wide-eyed look, confused as to who the comment was aimed at, certainly not at their suspect, he hoped. Only when he met Sharon's smile did he realize who the topic of conversation was. That quickly wiped his confusion from his face only to make way for a self-satisfied smirk.

"Now, is this our guy?" Andrea asked, her eyes set on the monitors. If she noticed Andy's reaction she hid it well.

"We're about to find out," Sharon said, returning to business as well. "Buzz?" she added, looking at the man to her left.

He nodded and let Provenza know they were ready to start the interview.

...

When the interview was over, and it was decided they would take another look at their victim's apartment, Andy stood shoulder to shoulder with Sharon, letting the team slowly file out of the electronics room ahead of them. Last in that line in front of them was Andrea.

She stopped and turned around in the doorway, tilting her head toward Sharon as she looked at Andy. "Congratulations," she said and offered a smile.

Sharon instantly looked at him and he shot her a grin before nodding in response and saying, "Thanks."

With that Andrea turned around again and walked out, letting them follow.

Andy put a hand out, gesturing for Sharon to go ahead. As she passed him, he mumbled, "I'm easy on the eyes, huh?"

She stopped to catch his smug look, then cocked an eyebrow. "Don't let it get to your head," she rapped a few fingers over his arm, "Lieutenant." She then walked out as if nothing had been said.

Andy caught her amused smile though and chuckled to himself before going after her.

What do you think? Too much?