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

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Prompt: Quiet.
(Prompt from keatontoney [Tumblr])

His fingers tapped against her knee, looking up to the rear-view mirror to check for cars before he turned into the Black Penny parking lot. Neither of them had spoken a word since they had left the barn and although Sam Swarek was all for the quiet, having her sit there and not say a word in thirty minutes terrified him.

He didn't think she was angry at him. At least, he hoped she wasn't. He'd just been looking out for her, for them. If anything had happened, the Detective would never have forgiven himself.

The thing was, it is no longer just her. There's an added variable now and she swears to him that nothing has changed, that she's still the same as before, but he's scared and overprotective and he wants nothing more than for them both to be safe. If that made him the bad guy, he was okay with that.

To an extent.

It wasn't as though he'd turned around and basically told her that she didn't know how to keep herself safe. She'd been doing it for years before they met – something she was able to point out to him in several different ways since the small disagreement had begun.

Killing the ignition, they sat quietly in the parking spot. The silence biting at his nerves.

"I'll compromise with you."

Glancing at her, he met her eyes briefly. He knew that one of them was going to have to say that at one point. But he still hadn't decided how to handle it yet, leaving him with nothing to compromise with.

"Okay."
"We'll talk to Frank tomorrow. See if I can get a sort of permanent assignment to you and Traci in the D's office. I'd still be out in the field, but not as much. When it becomes obvious, I'll get assigned to the front desk," she stated, moving the hand that had been subconsciously resting on her stomach during the drive to clasp his, "But I am not distancing myself completely simply because you're overprotective, okay?"

When she finished talking, he knew that there was no negotiating with her. 12 weeks pregnant and she still wore the pants in their relationship.

With a chuckle, he squeezed her knee and murmured, "There is no fighting you when you've made up your mind, is there?"
"There is," Andy smirked, "If you like sleeping on the couch."

Shaking his head, Sam opening his car door before reaching across the center console to cup her cheek with his free hand. Running a thumb under her eye he laughed.

"Still can't believe it?" she questioned.
"Just really happy."

When she smiled, he leant across to kiss her, wondering just who he had to thank for flinging her into his life. Because now? He couldn't imagine it without her.

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I guess you can say that 'flinging her into his life' comment can sort of be a tag to 'M' (Messy) but not really c:

Next Prompt: Rookie
"You're not my rookie anymore, and I'm not your training officer either. But you are the rookie that I trained, and believe it or not, you will always be my responsibility."