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Bro Code

Cleaning equipment in the garage after a terrifyingly close call of a raid, Adam and Jay silently worked together to get the job done quicker. They both casually talked about the case and how it ended...how I could have ended if Voight hadn't stormed in when he did. Once that conversation came to an end though, silence overcame the two and the only noise that could be heard was the noise of the equipment being pulled apart and put back together again.
"Drinks tonight?" Adam suggested, already having everyone else on board other than Hailey; who politely declined his invite. "Ima give this one a miss. I'm shattered" Jay declined, earning a small smirk off Adam. "You and Hailey going to do your thing?" Adam questioned, loving how he could see right through Jay. "That predictable?" Jay scoffed, amused at Adam's bluntness. "Well, it's pretty obvious. It has been since day one that you had a thing you done after a rough case, but now you're a legit thing, it's even more obvious" Adam replied, locking a long-gun into place properly. "Yeh, about that. I know you and Hailey had a thing...I don't want that causing tension...."

"Bro, don't worry about that. Hailey and I...it was complicated. The bottom line is that Hailey loved you and couldn't have you and I loved...love...Kim and can't/couldn't have her, that was the deal with Hailey and I" Adam opened up, not wanting Jay to feel awkward around him because of his and Hailey's history. "I know, but, Bro-code" Jay countered. "Dude, please, Hailey's been yours since day one" Adam chuckled, shaking Jay's shoulder playfully. "Pfff, she wasn't. The woman was ready to murder me at first" Jay joked. "She gave you a kick in the ass because she cared for you...she didn't wanna murder you at all" Adam reasoned, seeing Hailey and Jay's development in third person and how it REALLY developed. "Anyway, enough about me. What's the deal with your and Kim?" Jay asked, unsure of where Kim and Adam's relationship lied. "Like I said before: I love her, but I can't have her. She doesn't want to be with me, so" Adam shurgged. Jay laughed, earning a questioning glare off Adam.

"You're an idiot, Bro" Jay shook his head in dispare.

"I know that, but why now?"

"Because Kim is bloody smitten with you, you doofus" Jay shot back, throwing a dusting cloth at Adam.

"Maybe...but"

"No maybes. Go tell Kim how you feel AGAIN; I guarantee she'll leap into your arms" Jay advised/ordered in a brotherly manner. "Just aslong as you and Hailey stop dancing around each other at work. You told us ages ago about the both of you, so stop dancing at work" Adam compromised. "Shut up, Bro" Jay laughed, punching Adam right in the ribs. "Okay, okay" Adam threw his hands up in defense, knowing Jay wouldn't go for the deal. "Good. I want you and Kim coming in holding hands in atleast three weeks time" Jay joked, before grabbing his coat and heading home....well, off to Hailey's.