Elastic Heart.

Chapter 01.

Note: This is a Linstead's universe where Hank Voight has a sixteen-old-year daughter that will cause a lot of trouble to everyone. There's a lot of drama and angst. I had this idea for awhile and I hope you guys like it. ;)

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This shouldn't be happening. Hank shouldn't be here alone at Silos with Justin's killer. Erin tried to stop him, but Voight wasn't paying attention to what she was asking, the sergeant was blinded by his grief and all he wanted was revenge for what they did to his son. Lindsay's heart was racing knowing exactly what would happen if Hank moved on with this. God! She had already lost so much and didn't want that to be the cause for losing Hank. Erin tried to remind him that he still had Daniel, Olive, Avery, and her, and they all needed him. Lindsay was desperate and by the time Hank - the only father she had -, looked at her, Erin knew he was not going to give up. Without a word, Erin ran – in the heavy rain and Chicago's chilly weather – to her car crying, still hearing the loud, fast sound of Voight firing his gun.

Erin jumped out of bed, scared after dreaming about that horrible night of Justin's death. Jay opened his eyes to look at her. He knew something was going on with his girlfriend and as much as he wanted to help her, she wouldn't let him. Lindsay quickly got up saying just that she needed to go and left him without even a good-morning kiss.

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"Don't you think it's too soon to be back?" Erin asked as she walked into Hank's office. Just a month from Justin's death, Hank was back in Intelligence and that somehow worried Erin.

"No. I am fine. That's what I need, to get back to work." Hank leaned back in his chair looking at his best detective and daughter.

"Mm ... How's Avery?"

"She got back to school last week, seems to be distracted. Although it's the last week before summer break." Avery was Hank's youngest daughter, and Daddy's famous little golden girl. She had good grades, she was attached to her father and especially to her siblings. Although she grew up without her mother, Camille, she had a female figure as her sister, Erin. Her father took her in when Erin was fifteen and raised her with Camille like she was their own.

"What about Olive and Daniel?"

"That boy is what makes me be here now." Hank smiled and Erin just pressed her lips together and nodded. "What about you? How are you doing?"

"Good."

"Are you sure? You know you can tell me if something is wrong." After Nadia's death and the way Erin handled it, Hank has all the reasons to worry about her. He knew how deep she can go when something like that happens.

"Yeah"

"Okay." Without saying another word, Erin just nodded and left the office and headed to the break room for her cup of coffee.

Erin's morning wasn't easy. After waking up at 6 o'clock in the morning and meeting Crowley who questioned her about Hank, her head was about to explode, but not because of a headache, but because she was exhausted from carrying so many things on her back. Lindsay was overloaded and keeping everything she knew a secretly was consuming her life, however, she knew she needed to protect Hank, after all he saved her life when she was fifteen, and this was the least Erin could do.

"Hey ..." Jay's voice made her turn, to see him leaning by her side. "You know, I feel a little bit handscuff here, because I want to be there for you, but I don't know what's happening."

Erin looked into Jay's eyes and knew that her boyfriend was worried and as much as she wanted to keep this just for her, it wasn't fair what she was doing with Jay.