Joseph: "Hey. Sorry I'm late" he greets, rushing into the apartment "Budget meeting ran long."
Dawson: "Oh, it's okay." she breathes, sitting up in her spot on the couch
Joseph: "I'm seriously rethinking owning a boxing gym. Not as fun as I had pictured" he hums, setting his stuff down in the bedroom before moving into the kitchen "Oh, my parents invited us to dinner on Saturday. I said we'd both be there, hope that's okay."
Dawson: "Yeah, absolutely."
Joseph: "How's the game?"
Dawson: "Uh, we're down by one, I think. I don't know, I wasn't really paying attention."
Joseph: "You weren't paying attention to your Blackhawks?" he scoffs, handing her a bottle of beer "Cheers." he hums, taking a seat beside her
Dawson: "I have kind of a crazy idea."
Joseph: "Yeah?"
Dawson: "Yeah, um..." she nods, setting down the beer as she turns to face him, releasing a nervous laugh "Ooh."
Joseph: "What?"
Dawson: "What would you think...about us becoming foster parents" she hums, watching Joseph's eyes widen "It's the kid from a call we took. Louie. I can't get him out of my head, Joseph. The way he jumped into my arms and he held on with all his might...I have a feeling this was meant to be. That everything that happened this year, with us...maybe it all led us here, to this little boy. You know?"
Joseph: "Yeah, I mean from-from your texts he sounds like a great kid."
Dawson: "He is. And he's been through so much already. That boy deserves a real family."
Joseph: "I'm sure he does, it's just..." releasing a breath he sighs "It's a lot to take on. I mean with both our schedules, living in different homes...we barely have time for each other. How are we going to have time for a child?" he questions, watching her face drop "I want to have a family with you. I do. But I think we need to fully think about it before jumping in."
Dawson: "Yeah" she breathes, blinking away tears "Yeah, I told you it was a crazy idea, right?"
Joseph: "Hey, no. That's not what I mean. I-" getting cut off by his phone ringing he sighs, checking the message "I gotta go. We'll finish this later?"
Dawson: "Yeah" she nods, turning her face so he plants a kiss on her cheek "Be careful." she hums, sadly looking down as the front door closes
•••
Joseph: "Crime lab's taking the duffel for prints, hair, and blood. As soon as the body's released from Med, they'll start on the blanket and pajamas. Guess what else they found in the bag? Rocks. Looks like whoever did this put them in to weigh it down."
Voight: "How long's she been here?"
Erin: "Crime lab says preliminary estimate's seven hours."
Voight: "So 1:00, 2:00 AM. All right, check the harbor for cameras, run all the parking meters."
Joseph: "I'll check back with the officers, too, see if they got anything on campus."
Voight: "Good."
Erin: "You know we can hand this off to Area Central Homicide."
Voight: "No. We're gonna find out who did this."
•••
Voight: "Take it down." he orders, motioning for Skylar to remove the photo of the photo from the board
