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Landscapes had always been his favourite thing to photograph, that was until she walked into his frame and his whole world got turned upside down in the space of two weeks. Now the only thing he wanted to photograph was her, if only so he had something to remember her by when their inevitable goodbye came.
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She had been so excited to receive the invitation, two of her best friends were finally tying the knot. That was until she realised Jay had also been invited.
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The thing that works between them had always worked and it was no different even after years had passed. But being back where they had shared their first kiss meant it was hard to ignore the sparks between them. And did Hailey want to ignore them anymore?
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‘Jay, look at me,’ she pleaded, reaching out to still his hands. ‘You’ve got to go.’
‘I’m not leaving you,’ Jay said, the words spilling out of his mouth at speed. He had stopped trying to move the beam and grabbed her arm instead, like if he tugged on it hard enough she might be freed. ‘Not again,’ his voice broke on the final word.
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It had been years since he’d heard that voice. At least not through a recording of a dated voicemail message that he refused to delete. But that voice sounded like the one who haunted all his nightmares and whispered to him in his dreams.
It sounded like Hailey.
It sounded like Hailey in trouble.
He broke into a run, he was unarmed and knew nothing of what he was running into but if there was even the slightest possibility that Hailey - his Hailey - was in distress, he had to get to her.
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Sheltering in place due to a snowstorm with her one night stand from the night before - that was how all good Christmas stories started off right? Apart from the fact that Hailey hated Christmas and she hadn't planned for her one night stand to be anything more than that.
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Her agent had suggested that spending two weeks at an artists retreat in the Rocky Mountains might be just what she needed to spark the inspiration for her next book.
Hailey wasn’t keen but she had a private cabin so what was the difference in sequestering herself away there than at home.
But when she checked in she was told there was an issue and her private cabin wasn’t so private anymore. She had a roommate.
Jay Halstead.
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Hailey had always hated nicknames, they’d only ever been used to keep her in line or make her feel less than. That was until Jay came along, and things sounded different when he said them. When he said them with love.
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He had never wanted this for Chen. He had known from the moment he met her that whilst she would be an excellent cop, a true asset to the department, if she ever was dealt the unlucky hand where she had to take someone’s life in order to save her own or someone else’s, it would weigh heavily on her. Her heart was too good to be able to move forward without missing a step. And today had been the day when she had had to pull that trigger and end the life of an offender.
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Hailey remembers clearly the moment that she and Jay took the step from being just partners to being something more. But when her daughters comes around asking about how she knew it was the right moment, she realises that Ivy is taking after her in more ways than one.
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- Part 3 of Upstead Family - Ivy Halstead
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She knew that Adam was trying to distract her, to give her an escape from thinking about the moment she had rounded the corner and saw Jay lying prone on the ground. The beer in her hand was getting warm, her hand clenched so tightly around it but never lifting it to her lips. She didn’t want to drink. She wanted to be with Jay.
Alternative Ending to 6x02
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I’ll be the last one in your corner (when the count’s done) by Torreshalstead
Fandoms: The Rookie (TV 2018)
21 Apr 2025
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She had said ‘if’ he won Lucy back. And it kept playing over and over in his mind. He knew if anyone was going to give it to him straight it was Angela, she was never one to mince her words. But he was worried that the answer to his next question might not be what he wanted to hear.
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He should have known better than to let his mind drift, especially in the heat of a battle because before he could blink, a cold blade was pressed against his throat and a figure stepped out of the darkness.
‘Want to tell me what you are doing aboard my ship?’
There was no other words for it, the woman with her blade pressed to his neck was gorgeous.
But there was something more.
The blue eyes, so close to the colour of the ocean but with a lightness to them, like the water in the shallows, were familiar, like Jay had seen them somewhere before.
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She had known from the very moment she had taken the oath to serve and protect her city that she might need to fire her weapon. However the feelings that flooded her mind afterwards were not what she was expecting but a knock at her door might just be what she needs to pull herself out of her spiral.
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She didn’t enjoy what she did, sourced no pleasure from it, but she did it for a reason. And that reason had been left in a lifeless heap 20 feet back. He would never lay his hands on another person again. He would never be the cause of the pain and fear that the young woman in the hospital emergency department had experienced. He would never fulfil the promise he had made that he would kill his wife if she left him. And that was because of her.
Because sometimes you have to take matters into your own hands to ensure the safety of the most vulnerable in society. Because if she didn’t do it. Who would?
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i can’t decide if it’s a choice, getting swept away by Torreshalstead
Fandoms: The Rookie (TV 2018)
16 Feb 2025
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A one night stand with Tim was never what she had intended, never what she had wanted. And although she was terrified that perhaps that was all that remained of their relationship, one night in a hotel room, she was also terrified of the other possibility. Of putting her heart on the line again. She just didn’t know if the risk was worth the possible reward.
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‘And I’m sorry.’
‘Sorry for what?’ She asked.
‘Sorry that the first time I held you was because we both thought it was the end,’ he spoke gently, truthfully like the blanket of the night was a protection that he needed to speak his truth.
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‘I’m sorry Jay,’ she said, breathing the apology out into the air that was getting thinner by the second.
‘It’s not your fault Hailey,’ he said, sliding down the wall to a seated position where it met the floor, resting his head against his knees.
She appreciated him saying that but it was a lie, it was completely her fault they had ended up locked in an airtight bank vault, with a limited supply of oxygen and no way to contact any of their team to let them know where they were.
It was her fault they were about to die.
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He was her best friend. She was also in love with him but she had no plans to tell him such. So when Hailey wakes up in Jay’s bed, with him, she does the only thing she can think of so as not to face him. She runs.
Because she knows that to him their night together was just a drunken mistake between friends, but to her, it was so much more. -
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Because Christmas should be the most magical day of the year but when the person you love is fighting in a war across the ocean, how magical can it be?
A follow up fic to on a crowded street in 1944 set at Christmas time.
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- Part 2 of On a crowded street in 1944