(A/N: Right after 10th finale, but Paula Hill is deceased. Great thanks to RJ7123's Born Blue as well as ChiTown4ever's Long Road To Family for inspo. Blue Bloods belongs to CBS, To All The Boys I've Loved Before books by Jenny Han, movies by Netflix)

Joe's pov

As I had just finished meeting/greeting the last of my newfound family members in the house, including my current boss, Commissioner Reagan, I became overwhelmed, but managed to keep it at bay, instead training my eyes around the room. My eyes fell on a picture of four teenagers. Three boys and one girl. the second boy in the lineup looked a lot like me. Letting out a breath, I asked

"Is... Is that my Dad?"

A silence broke out in the room, and I regretted asking that question. Maybe it was too soon. Or maybe they were uncomfortable talking about him with me. My own mother couldn't manage...

Commissioner Reagan was the first to break the silence

"Yes, that's your Dad, Joe. He was about to start high school, he was 14 there."

Sergeant Reagan, who I now knew as my uncle Jamie, let out a hearty laugh

"And there I am, right next to him, hugging him for dear life, because he was abut to go to high school with Danny and Erin and leave me all alone."

We all laughed at that. Then I spoke again

"Um, you mentioned that some family members aren't here?"

Pop answered my question

"Nicky, Erin's daughter, is at college. Same goes for Danny's oldest son Jack. Erin's youngest is sixteen, Peter. He's on a school ski trip. Then there would have been Danny's wife Linda, but we lost her nearly three years ago. We would have loved to have your father here..."

The whole family held back a sob, but I appreciated the words. He went on

"And it would be great to have my wife Betty and Francis' wife Mary, but they're in a better place. And then we would only lack the only crime we never solved..."

The table grew quiet again, save for Commissioner Reagan's low voice half warning, half pleading with his father

"Pop..."

Apparently never one to listen, my great-grandfather and former Police Commissioner, Henry Reagan, went on

"Danny's twin sister was taken before Erin was even born. We've been searching for her since they were two. Never found a match. Still looking."

Silence only interrupted by some sniffles soon followed, and, trying to be sensitive to the disappearance of my aunt, but also trying to lift the spirits of the Reagan clan, I spoke up

"Well, I have some news... I wish I had known you all before, because then I would have invited you to the wedding, but I'm married."

Their moods sure improved, congratulating me happily. I made a mental note to talk to my wife about my newfound family and the possibility of changing our surnames to that of my father. Erin, who was truly nosy, but out of love if nothing else, inquired happily

"Well, what's your wife's name?! And it's a shame she couldn't join us..."

I smiled as the rest of the family echoed her sentiment

"Her name is Laurie Rourke. Well, was anyway."

Suddenly you could hear a pin drop, it got so quiet. My grandfather broke the silence, but it did little to calm my nerves

"Like STAN Rourke, the Fire Commissioner?"

There was a tightness in his voice that indicated animosity, though he tried his best to keep a lid on it.

Danny, my Uncle and NYPD Detective First Grade shot up in his seat, not even bothering putting a lid on his Reagan Irish hot head

"Rourke? The man's a total bonehead!

Erin surprisingly backed Danny up

"Seriously, they picked a fight with the NYPD in the ER for no reason. Sometimes I think he'd oughtta splash himself with his hose to calm down..."

From what I had heard, she and Danny were hardly ever on the same side of an issue. Still, this was my father-in-law they were talking about. He isn't perfect, but he's the father of my bride.

Trying to keep the peace, Jamie and Eddie asked

"So, what does Laurie do?"

I sighed

"She's a firefighter"

It grew so quiet in that room you could hear a pin drop. This was not going as I'd hoped...

My cousin Sean, who found me in the first place, spoke up

"Hey, not everyone is bad, and even people who do things they shouldn't do shouldn't automatically receive the Scarlet letter for life. We haven't even met her yet. And the Fire Commissioner apologized for the hospital incident, Grandpa."

Sighing, my older family members apologized to me. I shot my cousin a grateful smile.