She knew the whole Stroh escape was really hitting Sharon hard. They were not friends, not really, not in a conventional way anyway. She knew Sharon would never confide in someone she worked with. She was private like that, the Captain. But if she could do something to help her out, she would. So it was with that in mind that she offered to go with Rusty and Tao to the Emmy awards. It was fun, she saw that spectacular man that was Jon Worth, food was good too. And the kid had a nice night out without thinking about Stroth or his mother.
Intending to keep her promise, and not make Sharon regret her trust, she walked Rusty to the door and insisted on talking to the captain before going. They opened the condo's door quietly, in case she slept (and Rusty insisted that Sharon NEVER slept). The blue hue from the TV greeted them. The sound was very low, a baseball game was on. And she was sleeping. Lying down on the sofa, her head on Flynn's lap, her breathing was slow and even.
She felt immediately like an intruder. She didn't know they were that close. Sharon insisted they were only friends, after all. The moment Andy saw them, he stopped running his hands in her hair and moved them up in the air, looking like a weird bat. He cleared his throat, trying to act nonchalant. « So how was it? »
« You didn't watch? » Asked a surprised Rusty, seated in one of the orange chairs next to the sofa.
Andrea took the other one, still uncomfortable but wanting to speak to Sharon before leaving. « Mike's show won! »
« That's not Mike's show! » Said Flynn, a bit more vehemently than necessary. Andrea noticed that the lieutenant then resumed his soft caresses on Sharon's scalp, moving his fingers through the heavy mass of hair, not noticing what he was doing, his gesture so ordinary and familiar.
Disturbed by the noise, Sharon rolled on her back, looking up at Andy with a look of pure tenderness on her face. « Quit being jealous, Andy! You should be happy for him. » Andy moved one of his hands against the woman's jaw, caressing her cheekbone with his thumb. She moaned softly, closing her eyes for an instant before looking at him again.
« And he won in 3 categories! » Said Rusty, proudly.
Sharon moved her head around to find her son but Andrea knew the moment the other woman spotted her. She nearly jumped off the sofa, sitting very straight all of a sudden, blushing furiously.
