ABC.
Words: 311. Couple: Andy McNally and Sam Swarek.
TV Show: Rookie Blue.
Disclaimer: All characters you recognize do not belong to me.
AU.
Drabble.
Mentions an Established Andy/Luke.

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Prompt: Luke Callaghan.

He had no idea why he kept doing it, pushing her back in Luke Callaghan's direction. He also had no idea how he put up with that almost gut-wrenching pain that could only be numbed by alcohol, every time he didn't tell her, every time he sent her back to the homicide detective.

He'd go through the motions, and after completing the cycle just once, he'll have assured her that Luke Callaghan loved her and that he would do anything for her. Each time, reminding himself that he was her Training Officer. That a relationship, if possible, was forbidden by rules that were supposed to be there to save both the TO and the rookie from the fallout.

Normally, he ignored most rules. He lived by the basic ones, but there were ones that he usually just dismissed. This rule, however, no matter how much of him wanted to break it, he hadn't. He couldn't.

But ties had been cut, and her heart had been broken. And this time, as he watched her begin to go through the motions, he didn't push her back towards Luke Callaghan. He simply could do that anymore.

Not because it hurt him too much, but because it hurt her. Nor did he try to pull her to his side. He wanted to give her time, and space. Time to mend a broken heart, and space to do that in.

And as he sat in the passenger seat of Donovon Boyd's unmarked car, he wished that for even a moment he'd have stopped pushing her in Luke Callaghan's direction, or that when he'd been given the chance he'd taken just a small moment to pull her in his direction. Because that small change, in that small moment would have been enough to keep that almost gut-wrenching pain at bay, and maybe make her change her mind.

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So I post this while drowning in Under The Dome feels, and I tell you that now that I've watched the season finale of Rookie Blue there are some things I'm not happy about.

Ugh. Over a season of character development. Gone. Nope. Not even.

But anyhoo!

Thank you!

All mistakes are mine!

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Next Prompt: Messy.
Andy McNally was a mess. And when it came to her, so was he.