Hey ! Here is the last chapter of this story so I hope you'll like it.

I have another fanfiction project that I look forward to write and for you to read !

(No beta, so my mistakes... Sorry !)

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Sharon closed the door quietly behind her and watched Andy put his clothes on her chair. She stood there for a moment before a loud sob made Andy turned to her.

"Sweetheart! What's wrong?" Andy asked concerned. He stood in front of her before putting his hands on her cheeks.

Sharon just shook her head but Andy didn't let her go.

"Sharon, talk to me... I think I know Emily's story, I mean, not in details but... I'm sorry if I did something that put her or you uncomfortable... It was not my intention at all-".

Sharon interrupted him b y putting her hands on his chest.

"I love you." She whispered.

Andy opened his mouth but closed it immediately.

"You, Andrew Flynn, have absolutely no idea how on much I love you right now. I'm so in love with you that I want to cry and smile at the same time. you have no idea of what you've done for my daughter means to me."

Sharon smiled to Andy but he didn't move, nor respond.

"Andy? Andy, you're okay?"

"You... You love me?"

Sharon smiled, "Yes, Andy, I love you."

She expected him to put on one his smug smiles but instead she found a bright happy smile that seemed to come all the way from his toes and radiated through his all body.

Sharon let out a quiet laugh, "You're so handsome and amazing. Come here." She pulled him to her after dropping a quick kiss on his lips. She put her hand in his hair while Andy's were resting on her waist and back.

Andy shook his head to clear his mind, "I love you too, Sharon. I loved you for a long time now, and if I didn't say it before, it was only because I wanted us to be ready."

Sharon pulled him even closer, "I'm ready Andy. That doesn't mean that I'm not scared, but I'm ready. You are what I want for a very very long time."

"Great. Because now that I have you, I'm never letting you go." He said and dropped a kiss on her hair.

"That's sound a little creepy." Sharon said laughing.

"Good." Andy answered immediately.

Sharon put her hands on his shoulders to make him look at her. "There is still something I want to talk to you about..."

"Oh, that's sound bad."

"It's not. Come on, let's sit down." She took Andy's hand and lead him to her bench at the foot of her bed.

"What is it?"

"Look, please, don't be angry with Emily, but she may have mention some insecurities that you have."

"Oh. That. Did... Did she also mention the part where she called me-"

"Stepfather? Yes, I know about that too..." Sharon said.

"Was my shower really that long?" Andy asked and Sharon couldn't help herself but laugh. He had that power over her. When she could calm him down with a single look or touch, he could make her relax and laugh with simple words.

"Look, Emily called me her stepfather when she called me the other day. The fact is, I love you and I care about your kids very much too, the three of them really. But, they all have been disappointed by one of their parents, or both, in Rusty's case. And I'm an alcoholic Sharon, 20 years of sobriety don't change that. I don't have the want to drink nowadays but I can't promise myself, you or our kids that I will never fall off the wagon again. As much as it pains me, I can't. I mean, I could promise them that I'll be a better father figure that Jack had been, but I can't either, because I'm not here for that. I'm here to love you Sharon, for as long as you want me to. And if your kids are nice enough to give me a chance as their stepfather, then I'll try to be the best stepfather that I can be to them, you know, with all my flaws and all... Because you can believe me, I'm in for the long run."

Sharon was crying again, and for once in her life, she didn't know what to say.

"Andy... I... What did I ever do to deserve you?"

"Yeah, of course! You're the lucky one in this relationship." Andy said rolling his eyes before pulling Sharon against him. She chuckled and relax against his body. When she talked again, it was against the skin of his neck, "Andy, you are who I want for as long as I will live, and my children will be very happy to have a stepfather like you. You can also believe me on that." She looked up to him once she was sure that her words had fully sank in, "Now, I think you made me cry enough for one day. So I think you should go take your medication and then come back and cuddle with me in bed."

Andy smiled and kissed her before standing, "Yes, Captain."

He closed the door behind him and made his way to the kitchen, where he found Emily with a cup of tea in his hands and her back to him.

"Hi." He tried to say quietly but she jumped nevertheless. "Sorry." He apologized.

She smiled at him. "You want some?" She asked, pointing at her cup.

"No, I'm going to bed. Just came here to take my medication."

"Oh, okay. Hmm... Andy?"

Andy immediately recognized that tone in her voice, it was the same as Sharon: she was insecure.

"Yes?"

"Mom was... weird when she left, I hope I didn't create any problems between you two."

Andy took his pill before turning back to Emily. He walked to stand in front of her, "Emily, I'm not really good with words, nor at ease with them, but I can assure you that you did not create problems. There were some things that your mother and I needed to talk about that's for sure, and you permit us to do just that and I'm glad. And... Well, it's not my place to say anything, but, I hope that you will be better because you certainly do not deserve to cry so much over someone if they are not happy tears."

Emily had not realize that she was crying until Andy delicately wiped one of her tears with his thumb.

Emily acted on pure instinct then, she knew it was because everything was so overwhelming at the same time, the story with Sam, coming back to her mother, finding Andy. And before she could clearly realize what she was doing, she threw her arms around his waist and buried her face in the softness of his shirt. Without thinking, Andy gathered her close. He had not been there when Nicole had her heart broken for the first time, nor had been here when she just needed a hug from her Daddy. When he thought about it, Emily hadn't really had that either. But if she wanted to find a stepfather in him, then he would be there. He tried to sooth her until he was sure that she was no longer crying. Then Emily took a step back.

"Thank you, and I'm sorry..."

"Don't be. I'm your stepfather, remember? For better or for worse." He smiled and was relieved when Emily let out a real laugh.

When they heard a quiet chuckle behind them, they both turned but Andy kept one of his arm around her shoulders.

"Yes?" Andy asked with a smirk.

Sharon walked to them, "Nothing, but it's been an eventful day, maybe we should all go to bed."

"She is so bossy." Andy whispered to Emily, loudly enough for Sharon to hear.

"But you have to listen to her..." Emily added. "Because you love her."

Andy rolled his eyes before looking into Sharon's, "Oh yeah, that... But mostly because she is my Captain." He winked at Sharon who was smiling at him, at them.

Andy pulled Emily closer to his side and dropped a kiss in her hair, "Goodnight."

Then Sharon pulled her into a tight hug, "Goodnight, honey. I love you."

"I love you too, Mom."

Emily watched Andy took her mother's hand and guided them to her mother's bedroom. She felt a warm feeling in her stomach. They looked like a family and it was a nice change. She grabbed her cup of tea and made her way to her brother's room. When she walked by her mother's bedroom, she could hear her laugh, probably at Andy.

"Yes. Definitely a family." She thought.

"Stop laughing! Stop!" Andy said to Sharon.

When she snorted, Andy thought that it was enough. He took a quick step toward her and pushed her quickly but gently on her bed, before covering her body with his own.

"I said stop, and I do not negotiated with terrorists." Andy tried to say seriously. He then kissed her and caught her surprised gasp in his mouth. She threw her hands in his hair and pulled him closer to her. The kiss quickly turned into a full make-out session. When Andy nipped at her bottom lip, Sharon moaned quietly and he started to pull back.

"I want you, Sharon. But I think we should stop."

She simply nodded, incapable of forming coherent words at the moment.

She was breathtaking with her hair all around her on the covers and her full lips swollen from their kisses.

"I love you."

Andy kissed her before answering her, "I love you too." He stood up and extended his hand to help her up.

Andy took off his pants as usual and climbed in bed. He waited for Sharon to snuggle against him before turning off the light. She sighed contently, "I feel like so much happened today."

"Yeah, me too." Andy agreed.

"Can I ask you something?"

"Of course, anything." He said while caressing her hair. Sharon lifted her head to look at him, "Can you take off your shirt? I... I want to feel you."

Andy quickly took it off and felt Sharon moved behind him. When he laid back down, he was surprised that Sharon had taken off her pants. Both on their sides, facing each other, with nothing but their underwear and Sharon's shirt between them, they could felt a deeper connection.

"I'm ready Andy. I'm ready to make love with you."

Andy pulled her closer and kissed her. "I want to make love with you too, Sharon. But our first time will be just you and me." He put his hands back in her hair to whisper in her ear, "Because I want to hear you. I want to get lost in you. I want to be with you like no one else had before."

"And you will, Andy. We will. Because I fell myself already so close to you." She let her hand fall on his shoulder, ran it against his arm and linked their fingers together. "I love you so much, Andy."

"And I love you just as much, sweetheart." He lifted his head to look in her eyes. "And remember, we are a family now."

Sharon felt herself tearing up again. "We are. Oh, Andy, we are. We are a family." She kissed him and rolled on her back to welcome him in his favorite position to sleep in; his face buried in her neck, one hand on her stomach and ribcage and her warm hands on his naked back and shoulders.

THE END.

(I don't have any idea for an epilogue so if you do please leave a review, or send me a PM, that would be very nice !)