You can't shoot feds, moron

[Thomas Voight]

Thomas was already playing catch up with what everyone else knew about Sharon, he guessed Hank had already been through the phase of being angry about it but then he wouldnt have expected anything less from the man. “I am angry about it, they are supposed to protect you, to make sure you’re safe not harm you more or...” Thomas shook his head as he realised that being angry about it was pointless because there was nothing he could do about it. “I’m not angry with you Sharon, I could never be.” He said not wanting her to think for a second he was angry with her at all.

Hank knew that doing the dance about letting anyone else in on what the knew was a bad idea but then Sharon had made the choice and he couldnt exactly stop her. Keeping information from others was tough, he had done it a lot over the years and sometimes it felt like you were on the ledge alone though Hank was more than ready to fix the problem if Thomas caused one. His eyes said as much as he stared at the man, this was his family and no one risked Sharon or Lou or Erin. If he needed to go off the reservation he was there and with this if Thomas even breathed a word of it to anyone he would lose vital body parts if not have a new home at the silos.

Thomas tried to smile when she said she wasnt going anywhere, he still wasnt sure what to do about anything as it felt like he was learning a whole new cover for someone who he thought he had known or still knew. “Good because I don’t want you to go anywhere Sharon.” He said wishing he could have done something more to help her at the time but then life didnt work that way. “And if you did have to go anywhere I’d go with you.” There wasnt a chance if the Marshals decided to do anything or if she had to go that he would let her go alone.

He knew it sounded nuts but then he loved her and he was willing to walk away from the life he had in Chicago to go with her, not that he had much of one as his family was well complicated and his ‘friends’ were usual whoever he was to be that week or month so moving on was what he was used to. Thomas didnt know what to call Sharon, it was a name but then what is she wanted to be called something else something other than Sharon. A name change to him was a whole other person in his life, it was what he was used to. Put Thomas Jackson in a box and welcome Dave Smith or Demetri Hass.

Hank could see Sharon’s eyes darting at him as he tried not to make any comments or say something that would make it worse for either of them. If he interfered then, well he had wanted to kill Thomas the last time and Sharon had run out of his office so obviously that wasnt the route to go down unless the guy ran his mouth off. “Her name is Sharon Voight, anything previous doesn’t matter. I call her Cher but if I catch you calling her than then I’ll shoot you myself.” Hank stated glaring at Thomas as he saw the man nod. “You can find your own nick name but if it’s anything weird I don’t want to know or anything soppy.”

Hank was trying not to interfere but then he had to say something to the guy since he seemed to be caught up about her name. Hank hadn’t much thought about naming another child but then there was Sharon and he had the list of names previously when Justin might have been a girl. Cher however had stuck and that was it, he nodded to Sharon for a moment as he reached a hand out and squeezed her shoulder lightly before he returned his hand to his side and felt silent again.

Thomas nodded to Hank, Sharon she was still Sharon as he saw the confusion in her facial expressions. He told her he wasnt going anywhere and she was confused unless she wanted him to go he wondered. Maybe that was what she wanted him to do and he hadn’t picked that up as he stood there unable to say anything for a moment. “I’m not going anywhere Sharon I promise you that.” He said trying to read her face again as it was the one thing he knew she couldnt lie so if she wanted him gone then she wasnt going to be able to hide it. He didnt know what to think as the more he thought about it the more confused he managed to get.

“Sharon promise me you won’t go near these people?” He asked her deciding that if she promised then that was good enough for him. He had to believe that she wouldnt break a promise. It was family at the end of the day and he would rather risk his neck for Sharon or Hank than have either of them return it for him, it was just the way he worked. He had lost his own family in a sense and with Sharon it was like he was finding a family all over again which he didnt want to lose at all. All he needed to know was that it involved the Mafia which to him was a world that Sharon needed to be free from and not to go back asking questions.

Hank knew that the truce wasnt exactly thought out to the point in including Thomas too. In a sense mentioning the feds would hand Cooper a play by play of how to get to Sharon and that wasnt happening. He didnt want to push the man further after he had taken the three most important people in his life, it was bad enough that Hank was going to have to make a call for help to the guy in a sense but then for family he would put any sense of awkwardness aside to get the job done as he saw it.

Thomas could see that she looked worn out as he felt like he had just been knocked for six too. His head was spinning as when he had brought her lunch he never thought he would have been walking into this. “Sharon do you want to go home and get some sleep?” He asked her not sure what she wanted to do though he was only trying to help. If she was at home she wasnt involved in the case and couldnt get hurt he thought as he gave a look to Hank to say as much.

“What do you want to do?” He asked as he knew she had risked her life in telling him everything she had done so Thomas could only ask what she wanted. He knew that he could offer up a few things about his life but then was now even the right time for that conversation, his skeletons weren’t life threatening at all at least to anyone but him. Potentially relationship ruining but then even that seemed like a small issue compared what he had just heard as he stayed quiet deciding now really wasnt the time for that conversation.

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[Sharon "Cher" Voight]

Sharon could see the anger in Thomas and it was unsettling. She just had to remind herself that he wasn’t going to hurt her. In fact, Sharon knew better but anger and males didn’t go well together in her book. Even if it wasn’t towards her, she was unsettled about it. Right, what they were supposed to do and what they had done, it was not the same thing.

Sharon caught the look her dad gave to Thomas. The last thing she needed was for Thomas to turn on her too. He’s different Sharon you know that. Keep your head up, you’ll get through this too.” She had already been through so much. Sharon hadn’t always made the best decisions and it was something she was working on. Sharon looked between the two males, they were the reason she kept fighting so hard to do things better. They’d taught her to trust and that counted for more than either of them realized.

Sharon was still scared but she did her best to keep it from shining through. She returned the smile, she was waiting for him to be like everyone else and when it didn’t come she wrapped her arms tighter around him. Why was trust such a fickle thing? “I’m glad” she said genuinely. Sharon started to calm down with deep breathes and just focusing on something else entirely. In her head, she was anywhere but this conversation right now. Distraction, where was one when you needed it?

Sharon never changed anything but location and name. She never had to pretend to be something she wasn’t. She knew people in Chicago. She had friends, family, and even the man she loved right here with her. There was no way she was going to leave. Sharon tugged on Thomas’ hand towards the door. Her stomach grumbling louder than she intended.

Hank was the only one who could call her Cher. It was their little inside joke. When Hank said he didn’t want to know if it was weird or soppy, Sharon just rolled her eyes and hip shoved her dad lightly. Then again she knew it was his way of showing he cared. It didn’t matter to her that her name wasn’t exactly planned, what mattered was that it was hers and it felt like hers. It was the first thing that had genuinely felt like hers in a long while.

Sharon smiled some feeling her dad’s hand on her shoulder. She was glad he was here, it made this that much easier to explain even though she knew it shouldn’t ever be spoken of. Hank wouldn’t have to take care of Thomas if he turned on Sharon, she was pretty sure at this point she had balls enough to do it herself. She’d learned a few things from the guys and that was to stop letting people push her around.

Sharon buried her head in Thomas’ neck at his promise. She didn’t deserve him though she was pretty certain that wasn’t the way her dad saw it, or even Thomas for that matter. “I love you” she mumbled into his shoulder. The words were becoming more frequent between them, but she always meant the words when she said them.

Then there was him making her promise she wouldn’t go near them. “I can’t make a promise that I can’t keep Thomas, you know that. I can promise I won’t go looking to start trouble, but I can’t promise you that our paths will never cross.” She didn’t want to break a promise so she wasn’t going to break one she couldn’t keep. Though she didn’t want to upset him either. She could feel her body tensing up, fear of his response gripping her before he would even get a chance to speak. Deep breathes Sharon. Right now she just wanted to curl up at her desk and cry. She was letting him down again. Though she knew he was going to be more upset if she made a promise and then broke it.

Sharon wasn’t sure what her dad was planning on doing but in no way was it probably a smart idea. Hank didn’t need to put his neck out for her. In the end, she was still the one with her neck on the line. Why should these two feel like they could stop that. Sharon would remain a target and she knew it. Why wasn’t she allowed to use it to her own advantage? Pft. Men.

“I’m hungry and I’ve got work to do." If Thomas thought for one minute she was going to go home and stop working, then he was as delusional as Harley Quinn. Sharon was not going to fold easily if at all. Sharon would find a way around this, and she wasn’t going to let her fed almost fiance stop her either. Why couldn’t the feds just leave well enough alone?

“I want to finish out the day, go home and crawl in a hole.” She admitted. It was her way of explaining she was emotionally spent. Sharon tried to distract her mind with wedding ideas but that distraction had hardly worked last time given the situation. Sharon rubbed her thumb over Thomas shoulder. The blank expression of uncertainty across her face. They’d discussed being engaged and Hank apparently was half okay with it but there was nothing official. Given everything, it was understandable. Sharon laid on Thomas and just wanted to feel safe. The expression on her face said as much as she stared off in her dad’s direction. Exhaustion had set in but she was only halfway through her shift. Maybe she could get away with falling asleep after scarfing lunch?

Thomas Voight

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[Thomas Voight]

Sharon was the reason he had come so far, the reason he trusted because he had many a reason not to but with Sharon it was easy to trust her. Easy to let her in. Thomas hadn’t thought that anyone who had shot him would mean so much and sure that day on the harbour he hadn’t exactly thought the best but now it was entirely different. She had been through so much, much more than he had even realised and it was amazing to think of the person that stood there now.

Thomas smiled when she hugged him tighter, he would never hurt her though he knew that all took time to built and get back. Hearing her genuine words he was glad of it, Thomas wasnt going to go anywhere and he certainly wasnt going to leave her. He knew it took a lot to tell him what she had done and yes it was a slight shock, the sort of thing he hadn’t ever thought even when he had wondered about what her past had been it was always good. Then again he really didnt want to imagine anything bad for her.

Hearing her stomach grumble Thomas chuckled as he followed her to the door, well lunch had been a good idea at the time he thought wondering what would have happened if he had decided on dinner instead. The two guys in lock up, well they had the shooters just not the people behind it but if it put Sharon in danger. Thomas was more than happy just to let that one go. It was a win in his head and good cooperation between the FBI and CPD.

Hank smirked at Sharon for a moment when she hip shoved him. “Yeah I mean it, I have the name for my daughter and that’s the only name I need to know.” He stated deciding it was best not to know too much about Sharon and Thomas given that he meddled when it wasnt needed. Safer to just stay away and then shoot the guy without forming an attachment to a fed, or just ask Debra to shoot him instead.

Thomas sighed happily hearing those words, it hadn’t been words he thought he would ever say but there he was saying them right back to her because he did love her. More than anything else. “I love you too Sharon.” He said glad that she was there and safe. He hadn’t appreciated how much there was to understand about what had gone on in her life and now, he was just glad she had managed to get this far.

“Sharon, please no trouble. I don’t want to lose you not over this. Just promise me you’ll be careful and let us know what it is you plan on doing? Can you at least promise me that so we can help?” He asked her not wanting her to go all Rambo on anyone but then it wasnt for their sake it was for hers. Thomas didnt want to lose Sharon she was the one person in the world he considered more family than the one he had. He knew she wouldnt break a promise so it was just finding the promise that worked for both of them as he felt her tensing up.

“It’s okay.” He whispered to her lightly in a soft tone, he wanted her to know that he wasnt about to hurt her. He was just worried because if she did get hurt then this was on him. He wanted to tell her she was alright and explain he wouldnt hurt her but then it had been said as he took a breath not wanting to argue with her. “Then why don’t you have lunch with me and then work?” He offered, at least if she was having lunch with him she couldnt be getting anywhere near the case and that worked for him in his head.

Thomas nodded as he kept his hold on her, his hand gently rubbing her back as he saw her expression of uncertainty. “Well I’ll make sure everything is done at home for you getting back then and I’ll make dinner.” He said not sure exactly what he would do but it was a start. As long as she came home he thought as he considered hanging around the precinct all day but he knew he couldnt touch his case much unless he wanted the lawyers ripping him to pieces. “Besides I’ve been wanting to ask you about taking a few days off so we can get some time together but only when you want.” Thomas asked her figuring that if he was going to propose to her he needed to have some kind of date for it.

Hank could see the exhaustion as he tried to smile toward Sharon. “Cher you don’t have to finish out the day, we’ve got plenty of people here so you can go home but if you stay you’re ok desk duty.” Hank said knowing that a tired cop wasnt going anywhere but the office. It might also keep her out of trouble at least for the short term of a day, enough time for him to try and work out something with Cooper.

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[Sharon "Cher" Voight]

Sharon knew when she was out numbered. Both men were pushing her to go home. Why was it that everytime she tried to get ahead they told her to go home and rest? She had a job, just because she was a female and they felt like they could do things she couldn’t? What was with them? She really was too tired to answer all of their questions.

Sharon wanted to go home and curl up. She was going to get the men who sat in that room. If she had to sneak around behind the FBI’s back then so be it. She looked to her dad and then at Thomas. Honestly, why were they ganging up on her? The one person she knew who would understand and join her might be her partner. She’d have to talk to him later.

Neither Thomas nor Hank could understand. These people had taken everything from her and she was tired of letting them walk all over the family she had. When Thomas asked her for no trouble she let her body stance become submissive. There weren’t words, but despite the submissive body language there was no way she was backing down from this or letting it go. “I’m not making any promises right now. I can’t.” At least she was being honest about it. Then again she knew she wasn’t going to go anywhere alone. There was a difference between stupidity and sneaking around someone on a case. “But I am not about to dive into this alone.” Maybe if he knew she wouldn’t do anything without back up that would help? “I won’t let you lose me.” She reassured him. Though she could still feel the fear.

Sharon hated upsetting Thomas or Hank. They could be hot headed and irrational at times and getting in trouble really wasn’t her thing. Sharon could sense him trying to keep himself calm and tried to decide what she wanted to do. She was still debating how to answer Thomas’ question when she heard her dad tell her to go home.

Sharon relaxed when Thomas started to rub on her back. “Cooking is relaxing.” She reminded him. Sharon cooked to take her anger out with sharp objects. Stabbing things was therapeutic, even if the poor potato didn’t do anything to her. Going home wasn’t going to keep her off the case, and anyone who knew her knew better. She'd just spend time in her head trying to figure out how she was going to approach it. Sharon wasn't afraid of 'pulling a Voight' on cases.

Thomas mentioned time off and she nodded. “I already put in for a few days off.” She’d known she was going to need them after the whole shooting incident. Time to straighten things out in her head. But she’d not exactly explained the reason for the requested leave of absence. At times she had to look out for herself.

Desk Duty. That was worse than being grounded. Sharon would find a way to discuss things with Cooper. Once upon a time Cooper hadn’t hated her guts. Ironically, the man was one of the more well mannered ones in the family. Hank going in making threats and demands wouldn’t do any good.

“I know when I am outnumbered.” Her decision to go home would leave her wiggle room to think, come up with a plan, and talk things over with her partner. She sure as hell wouldn’t go on desk duty. Sharon leaned on Thomas’ shoulder but her body language suggested that she was going to take her dad’s advice and take the rest of the day off. Sharon had her ways around things, it would just take getting her partner on her side. Someone who everyone in the room trusted to have her back.

Thomas Voight Henry 'Hank' Voight

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[Thomas Voight]

Hank was being protective, was that so wrong? Yes him being protective usually meant an argument over it but Sharon was one of two daughters he had left and one daughter that he had completely failed for her first thirty years of life. He had a lot to make up for and right now if telling her to go home made up for anything he was going to do it. It was clear she was tired and he wasnt about to go and let her go anywhere near the family that had hurt her again. No, again he was agreeing with a fed but at least the fed had some sense in this argument.

Thomas stood there as he watched her body stance become submissive followed by those words of no promise. He tried to have no reaction to it, yes he had been shot but where was the sense in putting her in danger over it? They had the people in CPD custody responsible or at least those who pulled the trigger. It was all he could ask for given how well some cases went so what was the point in taking it further. “Then promise me you’ll come back safe, promise me you wont do anything stupid or reckless.” Thomas asked her, he couldnt deny the fact that he had a fear of losing her.

She was the one person who had let him see it was alright to trust her, okay to love someone and now he didnt want to go back to not knowing that again. To start over or even the thought of losing her. Hank knew he would do something, it might not work and might not be pretty but then the less Sharon knew of it the better. He needed the time to think which if Sharon was home with Thomas there wasnt going to be any trouble because it seemed so far like the guy would look after her.

Thomas smiled and nodded, “Yeah for some of us who can.” He stated finding cooking okay and baking just a disaster waiting to happen. How cooking could relax a person was a thing to be seen but he knew Sharon enjoyed it. Thomas knew that home wasnt going to keep her away from it but then maybe it gave him more of a chance to talk her out of it or at least to change her mind if he could. It was his case too and having Sharon hurt or going back to the life she had escaped wasnt happening for him or anyone.

“That’s great.” He said still not exactly sure on his plan but then if they were both off it was a start, how badly could it go unless she said no to the whole thing and called everything off which was still possible. “It would be good to get away for a day or two until thing calm down a little.” Thomas said looking at Hank for a moment. Sure Thomas had a while left on medical leave and if Sharon was away she wasnt going to be able to get into the case he thought, the other bonus was he could find somewhere nice to propose if he could think it all through.

Hank was surprised when Sharon agreed she was outnumbered, well that was easier than he thought as he watched her closely for a moment. “Finally at least someone listens to me occasionally.” Hank said with a sigh, “Go home and take your time, you dont have to be in anytime soon if you don’t want to be.” It was easier probably to go around and threaten the mafia without worrying was his daughter going to get caught up in it all again if she wasnt in the building.

Thomas smiled and nodded as he placed his arm around Sharon seeing in her body language she was going to take Hank’s advice. “Good, because it feels like i’ve not been home in ages and I’d rather be there if you’re there too Sharon.” Thomas said knowing it sounded crazy but then he wasnt a fan of hospitals and he seemed to have spent forever in one.

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