A/N: Here is another reunion scenario I have in my head. My fingers will be crossed all hiatus that the writers plan on bringing them back together at some point. And until then I will just write different ways it can happen. Please let me know what you think or if you have any ideas you want me to write, it keeps me busy during hiatus. Thanks!
Kim was having one of those days. No weeks. No months. No it was definitely the year. Everything was going wrong.
This year, she was no longer engaged to Adam, she lost her badge for a while after shooting the kid that shot her partner, she now no longer had a partner, and Adam knew she was with Roman for a while and hadn't really talked to her since.
This week, she had gone through three partners. All equally as bad. Platt was struggling to find Kim someone to work with that would keep up with her.
And now today, after spending all day on crossing guard duty since she didn't have a partner. She was getting ready to leave the district as it started down pouring. Kim found herself having to run to her car without an umbrella. She was gonna end up meeting Natalie and Will at Molly's soaking wet. Great. Kim tried to put her bag over her head as she ran to her car. Once she got to her car she dropped the bag to her side in total disbelief.
Of fucking course I would have a flat tire now. What am I going to do?
At this point Kim did the only thing she could do. She couldn't hold it in any longer. She sat down with her back up against the car, in the downpour and cried. Not just because of the flat tire but for everything. She hadn't cried since that day she told Platt about ending her engagement. This cry was long over due.
Adam walked out of district to head home. Kevin and Jay invited him for a drink but he said no. He wasn't really feeling up to being around people today. Ever since things ended with Kim he would get those days where he just couldn't put up his front. He needed to be on his own and wallow. Today was one of those days.
Adam didn't realize it was raining when he was up in the Intelligence office so he started to run to his truck when he spotted her. Why is she sitting against her car in the rain? Is she crying? Then Adam noticed her flat tire. The part of him that was mad at her wanted her to just sit there and deal with it herself but the part of him that loved her won out like it did during the shooting and trial, and he went over to help her.
Adam approached Kim and her car, and she didn't notice him until he said, "Hey you need some help?"
Really? This is who you send me? Why universe? Why? Kim asked in her head.
"I'll be okay." Kim said nasally since she had been crying. She tried to wipe her nose as she said. "I'm sure helping me is the last thing you want to do it. Its okay. You get out of the rain. I'll figure something out."
Boy is she wrong. Helping her is the first thing I want to do.
"Come on. Get up I'll drive you home and we can fix your tire tomorrow." Adam insisted.
"I'm really okay." Kim started but Adam wasn't going to stand there all night in the rain arguing with her so he bent down and scooped her up in his arms and started carrying her towards his car.
"What are you doing?!" Kim asked as he was mortified he was carrying her around but she realized this is the safest she has felt in months.
"I wasn't going to stand there all night arguing while you sat in a puddle. I'm gonna take you home and you can argue all you want with me in the car." Adam said.
"Oh you better believe I'm not done arguing." Kim said before leaning her head against Adam's chest. She was gonna enjoy this at least for a little bit.
Adam felt Kim finally lean against him and eat continued to tear his heart apart. He missed this so much. He needed to hold onto it as long as possible.
Once they made it to his truck he dropped her and said, "I can trust you can get in by yourself or am I going to have to place you in."
"I can get in. Don't worry." Kim said.
"All I do is worry about you." Adam said under his breath before moving to the driver side of the trunk. He slid into his seat and just realized how drenched he was.
"What did you say?" Kim asked.
"You said don't worry and I said all I do is worry about you." Adam said then turned to her and said, "Do you know how hard is to worry about you when you won't even talk to me? Its horrible because I can't even confirm if you are okay or not." Adam admitted.
"Well I'm not okay." Kim said. And then started crying again. How did this get so fucked up? Why did I fuck this all up?
All Adam wanted to do was hold her. But that wouldn't really work in the car so he just said, "Let me get you home."
They drove to Kim's apartment in silence, both dripping wet, and with Kim still crying in the passenger seat. Then she started laughing.
"What's so funny?" Adam asked.
"This. Us. Everything. My life is pathetically hilarious. Six months ago I was engaged to the love of my life, was doing awesome on patrol, and had life all figured out. Now. Now I have nothing. I lost you, I can't get a stable partner, I lost my badge for a while, and I was all over the new for weeks with people thinking I shot the kid cause I am racist. Everything sucks."
Adam stopped listening after love of my life.
She still thought that's what we are? He did, but he didn't know that's what she still thought.
Adam didn't respond and then he pulled the car up to Kim's apartment and put the car in park next to the curb.
"Do you want to come up? I can make you a thank you dinner for driving me home. I still have some of your clothes in a drawer so you can change into something dry." Kim said. She didn't know what was coming out of her mouth.
"Sure that would be great." Adam said.
They made their way up to Kim's apartment in silence. Once inside Kim made her way into the bedroom and grabbed some clothes. And turned to him and said, "You're stuff is still in the bottom drawer. I'll go change in the living room and then start dinner. Come out when you're ready." And then she exited the room closing the door behind her.
Adam looked around the room. It looked exactly the same. It felt good to be back but strange at the same time. He went to the bottom drawer of the dresser and sure enough a few pairs of jeans, t-shirts, and boxer briefs were all in there still. He grabbed a black shirt, jeans, and a pair of boxer briefs. He took his shirt of and then realized there was a white envelope in the drawer. He picked it up and the front was addressed to him in Kim's handwriting. He guessed she wrote him something then decided not to give it to him. He chose to open it and read it anyway. He read:
Dear Adam,
I'm so sorry about everything. I feel so guilty about ending things but it had to be done. We both obviously weren't ready to get married yet. I am writing you to let you know I am transferring out of District 21. I don't know where I am going yet but I just couldn't stay here. I feel so guilty and seeing you hurts so bad. I wanted to make sure you heard from me and not someone else but I couldn't tell you this in person, hence this letter. I haven't told Roman yet because I know he will be mad and try to talk me out of it so I am waiting to tell him until it is cleared. I'm hoping you will respect my decision and leave it be.
Adam, I am so sorry about everything. I love you very much and will always love you but this is for the best. I wish you the best of luck.
Love Always,
Kim
Adam didn't even think. He barged out of the room to where Kim was standing in yoga pants and bra.
"Adam what you doing?" Kim asked as he came out in just his still wet jeans and a piece of paper in his hand.
"What is this?" He demanded.
"What is what? Kim asked and then she realized what she did. She put the letter she wrote him in the drawer for safe keeping incase she changed her mind. She knew she couldn't write that again. "Oh that." She finally said.
"You were going to transfer?! Why didn't you tell me? Why were you going to?" Adam demanded.
"I was going to tell you in that letter. I was actually about to go put it in your locker when Lindsay stopped me. Platt told her what I was going to do and she talked me out of it." Kim explained.
"But I don't understand why. You said you were fine." Adam said still confused.
"Adam I was far from fine. I freaking cried in front of Platt in the office at the district. I was a mess. And I didn't think I could deal with the pain or guilt of seeing you everyday." Kim confessed.
"Why did you end it Kim? You never told me." Adam asked quietly this time.
"I guess it was a lot of little things. I realize in hindsight a lot of it was these things Roman was putting in my head. But it was learning about Nicole, and then you agreeing to push the wedding back, then we couldn't agree on an apartment. And then the day you were suppose to meet my mom and cancelled I met a man who talked about how the firs thing he wanted to do when he got home from the war was marry his girlfriend and he made her his wife as soon as he was home. And I just realized that all of that wasn't what you wanted. And I couldn't deal with it. I wanted you to want to marry me not me forcing it." Kim explained.
"Kim of course I wanted to marry you. If you would have turned to me and said lets go to the court and get married tomorrow I would have turned around and told Voight I was taking the day off. I wanted, no I still want to spend the rest of my life with you. I'm sorry if I did things to make you think I didn't. Maybe I was a little scared. But Kim you have to believe that these last few months away from you have been the worst of my life." Adam confessed.
"They have been the worst of my life too." Kim told him. Adam I love you so much I need you back in my life. Everything has been so horrible with you gone."
And with that statement Adam made his way to Kim and scooped her up in his arms and kissed her with all the passion he had been saving up for her. Kim wrapped her arms around his neck pulling him closer to her. He only pulled away for one second to say, "I love you too, you know." And the two of them spent the rest of the night entwined in each other making up for lost time.
