Title/Author: "Between the Bars: McCoy" by n.s.
Rating: T (minor language, some suggestive scenes)
Summary: A not-canon-but-not-not-canon take on Jack McCoy and Claire Kincaid's relationship through seasons 5-6; in the same universe as "Between the Bars: Logan," so implied Mike Logan/Claire also.
Disclaimer:I don't own any of these characters. This story is brought to you by 20-year-old repeats of Law & Order that happen to coincide with my daughter's nap time.
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"So how long?" Sally Bell asked, smacking her lips demonstratively as the scotch burned its way to her navel. All those years and she never acquired the taste.
"How long what?" Jack asked, brown eyes twinkling over the rim of his glass as he took a second sip.
"Since you've been sharing your briefs with Miss Kincaid," she said with an eyebrow wriggle, mostly a friendly joke with just a tiny twinge of appropriate, ex-jealousy.
"Interesting visual," Jack said with a shake of his head and a wolfish smile. "But you're dead wrong."
"Oh, wow," Sally's mouth fell open.
Jack grinned again, raising his glass.
"What can I say, I'm a changed man." And she prefers her Micks with a badge.
"I highly doubt that," Sally said after a moment, her smile less friendly now and more knowing. "You're in trouble, Jack."
"Care to elaborate, or do I not want to know?"
"Well, I was sleeping with you for at least six months before I looked at you the way she does," she told him, and watched as he reacted to that before adding, "And it took you another six to look at me that way."
After the briefest beat, he regained his composure.
"Objection. Argumentative."
Sally laughed a quick, sincere belly laugh.
"Overruled. I'm an expert in the field."