Here's another established-Burzek fic. Hope you enjoy!
Oh, if you have any prompt you'd want to see played out, feel free to suggest it in the reviews. I'm kind of running out of ideas so it would also be gladly appreciated.
I DO NOT OWN CHICAGO PD NOR ITS CHARACTERS.
We Are Stuck
The day had gone smoothly until then. The Intelligence Unit, along with Burgess and her new coworker, Roman, was working on a new case concerning bank robberies and the CEO of a big company in Chicago. They'd found out he had instructed his men to rob his own bank accounts, to have them transferred to a protected account in Switzerland: with the insurance he would gain lots of money. There had been five victims by then.
Ruzek and Burgess were instructed by Voight to pay the CEO a visit. His office was on the top floor of his company's building so they were riding a low speed elevator. With it being a 55-storey building, they had a long way up, and since they had had to stay away from each other all day – no one knew about their relationship – it was the perfect time to enjoy each other's company, away from Voight's strict supervision. If he knew, it would undermine Kim's plan to join the Intelligence Unit, so they'd agreed to keep it a secret.
So they were enjoying their time together, kissing, laughing, their hands going up and down each other's body, wondering what the security men would think as they checked the footage coming from the camera inside the elevator. Suddenly they heard a crack and the elevator stopped. Their first thought was that they were arrived at the top floor but as they looked up at the screen that told them which floor they were at, it read 26th.
Still embraced, Kim hanging onto him, they glanced at each other and Adam noticed a slightly worried look on his girlfriend's face. He fixed a strand of her hair behind her ear, his thumb lightly stroking her cheek, then put her down and moved to the control panel.
"I'm sure it's just a temporary issue, it'll restart immediately" he pushed the red call button. Nothing happened. He tried the alarm. Nothing.
He took his phone out of the pocket of his jeans and called Olinsky.
"Hey, we have a bit of a situation here" he said as soon as Al picked up "we're stuck in the elevator".
"Are you okay? I'll inform Voight right away. Have you tried the help buttons?"
"Yeah, we're okay, I've tried everything but no one answers" Adam heard talking on the other line, so he waited for his partner to share the info with him.
"I've just sent Halstead to check in the room with the elevators controllers. He'll call you back".
Halstead entered the room, where he saw the two security guards knocked out on the floor. He fiddled about with the computers till he managed to get audio and video from inside the elevator Burgess and Ruzek were in.
He pushed a button ad called them. They looked at the camera and smiled.
"Thank God, Jay, what happened?"
"Security is KO. The elevator you're in is the only one which has been compromised. I'm trying to make it work again, hang on".
After trying anything he could think of, Jay didn't manage to make the elevator move again. He called Voight and they decided to seek help from their firefighters friends as they would certainly know what to do.
Burgess and Ruzek had been trapped inside the elevator for almost an hour now, waiting for the firefighters of 51 to arrive. They passed the time by making small talk with Halstead, mainly about the case and what their colleagues were up to. They tried to keep the conversations light.
Kim sighed. She really hated the feeling of being on camera all the time and not knowing who was watching them. Adam took his phone from the pocket it was in, messed around with it for a while as Kim watched him, then put it in stand by, raising his head to look at her. He mouthed slowly 'Look at your phone'.
Kim took her cellphone out and read the text.
I so want to kiss you right now.
Me too, but we can't. She wrote back, smiling.
I really want to. There must be a blind spot the camera can't see.
"Adam!" Reading his text caused her to open her eyes wide and chuckle.
"What?"
"Is there a problem, Burgess?" they heard Halstead's voice from the speakers.
"You know, Jay, it's weird you can see us" she said those last words staring directly at Ruzek's eyes – hoping he would understand it would be too risky for them to kiss "but we can't see you".
Halstead laughed.
Another twenty minutes had passed and Ruzek was getting more and more frustrated. It was still all new to them, being in a relationship. They had been attracted to one another for some time before giving up trying to deny it, and now they found it hard to stay away from each other. The night it all happened, Ruzek had showed up at Burgess' door. He'd told her he liked her and that he knew she knew. When he said he missed her, she found herself unable to resist him anymore, so she quickly closed the distance between them with a long-awaited kiss. Since then, everything had gone smoothly. But right then, stuck in the elevator, being close to one another yet not able to get close enough, was hard for him and for her, too.
Adam paced along the perimeter for a while, carefully inspecting the walls, repeatedly checking the security camera. Finally, he sat down in a corner and took his phone.
In the meantime, Severide and his squad were being filled in on the situation. In ten minutes the plan to take Ruzek and Burgess out was made.
Found the blind spot – come sit here.
Kim read the text, hesitated for a while, then decided to join him on the floor. As she was still looking around her, she felt his soft, hot lips on her neck. He placed his hand on her chin and turned her head so that she was looking directly at him. She opened her mouth to say something, but he captured her lips in a kiss.
"Guys..." Halstead cleared his throat hoping the couple would stop making out "...smile, you're on camera".
As if they were hit by lightning, they both startled and moved away from each other.
"Damn" Adam swore under his breath as Kim tried to compose herself, still turned on by their kiss.
"There are bets on when you two would become a couple – Voight doesn't know 'bout them, though if he knew he'd bet, too" they heard the sound of Halstead's laugh muffled through the speaker.
Yeah, there would be a bet on whether he'd simply fire us or kill us, Kim said to herself.
"We're not together" Adam said promptly, which earned him a look of disapproval from Kim. She bugged her eyes out as he attempted to tell her to stick to the plan.
"We'd decided not to tell anyone" he whispered so that only she could hear, as he gestured between them.
"And do you think kissing me and then saying we're not together is believable?" she snapped.
"Are you saying this was my idea only? You certainly seemed on board with this".
"Guys!" Jay's voice made them both startle again "I'm not gonna tell anyone, if that's what you're worried about".
In that moment, Voight entered the room Halstead was in to check on the elevator's cameras.
"Voight here. We're ready to take you out of there, kids" he said, then took the radio he had in the pocket on his jeans and gave the firefighters the OK to rescue his men.
"Thank you, Jay" they both said when they were sure Voight was out.
Half an hour later, the couple of police officers were finally freed.
"We shouldn't..." Kim distanced Adam from herself, her hands on his chest, as he tried to lean in for a kiss in the locker room back at the precinct.
At first he thought she actually wanted him to kiss her but she was scared somebody would walk in on them. He thought she was just being careful, but as he took a closer look at her he saw her big, sad eyes slightly filling with tears.
Her back was against the wall, his hands left a hot spot on her hips where they had rested on before she pushed him away. She frowned, feeling chilly as his body wasn't close to hers anymore.
"What are you trying to say...?" he was confused. He tried to reach for her, his hands finding their way to hers.
"Now Jay knows, it's not gonna be long till Voight finds out, too".
"You heard him, he's not gonna tell!" it was starting to bother him. He fought hard the feeling, knowing how much her girl's career meant to her, but she was becoming more and more important to him every day and he didn't want to lose her over this.
"This, us, could really kill my chances to enter the Intelligence" she almost choked in her own words.
Just then somebody entered the room. Kim slipped her hands free from his and he backed off. She had a sad look on her face and he wondered if she really wanted to end things. He didn't want to believe it.
"Sorry to interrupt again-" Halstead said.
"You weren't" Kim stated, coldly.
"I don't want to interfere, but" the couple looked at him and Adam gestured him to go on "I didn't mean to eavesdrop your conversation.
"I like you, Kim, but that's not really why I want to keep your secret. I think you two are good together and it seems you really care for each other" they both nodded "I, just, know what it feels like".
They remained silent, carefully listening to their colleague.
"Voight won't allow me to date... a person, just because we kinda work together" there was no need for him to say her name, it was clear as water he was talking about Erin "I mean, I get it, it can make things complicated, but I also believe if it's real, you can make it work perfectly".
Just like that, he took his things and left the locker room, looked back winking at Ruzek before closing the door behind him.
He didn't know what to say or do. He agreed with Jay, he was just hoping she did, too.
"I didn't mean to question our relationship or our feelings, Adam" a deep sigh escaped his lips.
"I know, I get it".
"I'm sorry" she hugged him and as his arms embraced her she felt loved, and she felt okay.
"You're gonna be a great detective. Soon, I promise. We'd make a damn good team" he kissed the top or her head and pressed her tightly against his chest once more.
"Am I allowed to kiss you now?" he asked sweetly, her head still buried in his chest, her hands clutching his shirt.
Kim lifted her head to look him in the eyes and nodded.
Fin.
