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U: Unexpected

*Erin is a runner, so when she and Jay get in a fight, nothing surprises him more than when she whispers the word 'stay' into the darkness of their apartment.

"I don't know why you let him control your entire life!" Jay shouted as he walked into the apartment, flipping on the switch and bathing the living room in light. He pulled his shoes off and set them carefully by the front door.

"I'm not letting him control anything. I'm sorry that I agree with Hank and with his methods. I don't think that every criminal deserves just a slap on the wrist." Erin shot back. She ripped her boots off her feet and threw them in the direction of the door as she headed towards the kitchen.

"Oh my God, would it kill you to clean up after yourself?" Jay called after her as he picked up her boots and put them where they belong.

"Would it kill you to loosen up a little bit? Quit being so OCD about where I put my shoes!"

"And you know what? I never said that he deserved a slap on the wrist. But I don't think that anyone deserves to be thrown around and treated like they're not a human just because Voight says so!"

"It's not your call."

"Well who made him God?"

"It's done and over with, Jay. It doesn't matter anymore. What's done is done." Erin grabbed a beer from the fridge. "I don't know when you're going to get it through your mind that not everything comes down to being about Voight. I just don't think there's any use in worrying about something that has already happened."

"Really? Because I've heard you toss and turn all night over a case that didn't end the way you wanted it to." Jay shook his head. "It'll always come back to Voight. It's always about how he saved you and you feel indebted to him. You don't owe him anything!"

"You don't understand anything about that! I owe him my life, Jay! So yeah, if he asks me to look the other way, then I'm going to look the other way."

"You saved yourself, Erin. Voight may have taken you in, but it was your choice to stop doing drugs. It was your choice to stay clean even after you moved out of Voight's. It was your choice to become a cop and stay on the right path."

"God, can you just drop it?" Erin yelled. "I don't want to fight with you anymore! I'm sick of fighting about Hank! I let him handle things his way today because there's no way that guy would have been convicted and our victim deserved justice. I'm sorry if you don't agree with that, but what's done is done."

"One day, Voight's luck is going to run out and you're going to follow him right down the hole he digs for himself."

"You're so dramatic."

"No, I'm being realistic. Would you really sacrifice your job for him?"

Erin shrugged her shoulders. "He sacrificed his job to take me in and get me off the streets."

"This isn't about your past right now."

"But everything connects back to it! What you don't seem to understand is that my past has made me the person that I am today. Everything that happened to me then is what shaped who I am now. If Voight hadn't taken me in, I would be dead right now. Instead of badmouthing him, you should be thanking him or else we wouldn't even be having this conversation!"

"You are completely missing my point!" Jay said incredulously. "I am saying that Voight is reckless, and he's gotten even worse since Justin's death…"

"Don't." Erin interrupted. "Don't even go there. I don't care what you're going to say. Just stop."

"No. He's going to get into trouble if he keeps doing the things he's doing and I don't want to see you follow him into that trouble. Where does you losing your job fit into our future?"

"That's seriously what you're worried about? Hank lost his son and all you can think about is how my job affects our future?"

Jay completely stopped what he was doing to look at her. "Are you serious? I think about how everything affects our future because I'm ready to spend the rest of my life with you, Erin. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure the first step to getting there is both of us having stable careers and a healthy relationship. I thought we were on the same page here, but I guess that I've been preparing for our future while you're more worried about what's going on with Voight."

"That's not what I'm saying." Erin tried to explain.

"It makes me sick that you would even suggest that I'm not being sympathetic about Justin's death. I have been here for you through all of this, I've even tried to be there for Hank. All I was trying to say was that because of his grief, Hank isn't thinking clearly and he's acting out and I don't want to see you get hurt." Jay shook his head. "I think we're both pretty emotional right now. I'm gonna grab some clothes and stay at Will's tonight."

He walked to the bedroom. He couldn't believe that Erin would act like he didn't care about Justin's death. It seemed like she was arguing just to argue at this point. He knew she was frustrated and needed to take out some of her anger, but he didn't want one of them to say something they would regret.

He didn't even bother to turn on the light when he went into their room. He walked straight over to the dresser and started to grab his clothes.

"Stay." Erin whispered.

Her voice was so quiet that he almost didn't hear her, but the word was unmistakable. She was asking him to stay.

Jay was honestly shocked. Erin had a long history of running from her problems and she was the first person to try and leave when things got too tough. He had tried to leave to make things easier on both of them. He had never expected her to ask him to stay.

"What?"

"Stay." She said again. "Please don't go."

Jay turned around. He could see her standing in the doorway of their completely dark bedroom. He went over and pulled her into his arms. "I won't go if you don't want me to."

"Please stay."

He kissed her forehead. "I'm here."

"I'm sorry for what I said. I didn't mean to imply that you don't care about Justin's death, or that I don't care about our future together. I know that what Hank did tonight was wrong, but there wasn't really anything that I could do to stop it and I'm trying so hard to not start any unnecessary arguments with him. I don't want to fight with you anymore, Jay. I'm sorry."

It was very rare that Erin apologized first, so he knew that she was genuinely sorry. "I'm sorry that I started this argument. I know that there wasn't anything you could have done, I'm just angry that Voight bent the law and that guy won't get to suffer in prison like he belongs. I know that you care about our future and it wasn't fair of me to say that. I love you, okay? I'm sorry for saying I would leave. I just didn't want one of us to say something we would regret."

"I didn't want you to leave and then for us to not solve this issue." Erin sighed in his arms. "Why couldn't we have just had this talk in the beginning instead of arguing?"

"Because we both have horrible tempers when we get pushed too far?" Jay suggested. "It's been a long day."

"I'm exhausted." Erin groaned. "Wanna shower?"

"How can I say no to that?"

Jay led the way to the bathroom and turned on the water. He made sure it was nice and hot before they both stripped out of their clothes. He climbed in first, followed by Erin. He opened his arms to her and they both stood under the warm spray of water.

Jay grabbed the bottle of shampoo and squirted a generous amount into his hand. He proceeded to rub it into Erin's hair, making sure to massage her scalp as he went. She practically melted in his arms at his touch. He turned her body so that she was under the spray of the water and the shampoo could be washed out. He repeated the same process with the conditioner, then lathered her up with body wash.

Erin returned the favor by washing Jay's hair and body for him. It took a lot longer for them to shower together than it would have for them to shower separately, but it definitely helped to patch up any negative feelings towards each other from their argument earlier.

Jay shut the water off and got out of the shower. He grabbed a towel and held it out for Erin. He wrapped it around Erin and lifted her out like she was a small child. He grabbed a towel for himself and they both dried off the best that they could.

They went to their bedroom together and got ready for bed in a matter of minutes. Jay snuck a glance at Erin and saw that she was already looking at him.

"We're good, right?" he said. "There's nothing else you wanted to say about earlier?"

"No, we're good." She promised. "Thank you for staying."

He smiled. "Well, I have a pretty good reason to stay."

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