Loved this! My favorite stories are these quiet moments that show the depth of feeling between characters. Well done!

thank you for writing this!

Once gain, another good story about the 'bond of brothers'. I think that you caught the personalities of Pete, Dixie and Kel very nicely and very accurately. Well done!

Wow, girl, your reviewers are ridiculously harsh and hard to please.

I didn't see anything slashy in this fic at all, and anyone who thinks "a man crying that his partner got hurt" means "a man crying that his partner got hurt because he secretly wants to have sex with him" really needs to take the damn slash goggles off and stop being so insecure. Yes, the lack of Jim's wife is a little glaring, but that in itself doesn't make it slash or "pre-slash" either.

I did feel you perhaps overdid it with the "drugged/injured stuttering", which got a little annoying to read after a couple of lines.

I'm not familiar with this fandom so don't know if the crying is ridiculously OoC or not, so I'll withhold judgment on that one. I do think that there are moments where even the strongest person can break down under pressure, but I don't know if this is the sort of situation Pete has confronted before and whether or not it touches his weak spots as a person.

Thank you for writing, and keep at it x

Can I ask a question? I do not know where to go to ask this properly. Please forgive me if this is the wrong place, but what happened to the Tac2 fan fiction site?
This story is great! Thanks for writing it! Please write more !

Thanks for writing a good Adam 12 story. There is not enough Adam 12 fan fiction, so please keep writing.

I do not squeal for many stories but yours is just so freaking adorable. And finally, some Jim whump!

I guess this is one story that could go either was as far as slash or not slash. I can't say I agree with Pete's portrayal here. It feels rather out of character for him to show emotion, let alone emotion in front of anyone else, not to mention something like breaking down and crying in front of someone not close to him. As Matt pointed out, in none of the episodes, not even the ones where Pete and Jim almost lost their lives, did either of them show any emotion, outside of possibly anger. Even that was quickly repressed.

The thing to remember is the men of yesterday were not like the men of today as far as being comfortable with crying in front of other men or women. As someone who entered the force close to the era that "Adam-12" aired, I can assure you the unspoken rule was (and still is) that you never showed emotion because that just was not a thing men did. To show emotion was considered a weakness and might be held against you when it came time for promotion. It could also be exploited in a criminal situation. That's not to say situations didn't upset us, but we kept those feelings to ourselves until we were in private.

And Matt is also correct in that if Jim was injured in the line of duty, Pete would not be sitting vigil at his bedside, he would be undergoing a debriefing by his superiors, filling out paperwork, and possibly even being questioned by the detectives, depending on how Jim was injured. I can attest to that, having been both injured and partnered with someone who got injured in the LOD. Serious injuries such as what Jim apparently received would have a ton of paperwork and investigation into it. And even once that was done, Pete would be put back to work on the street if he had any of his shift left to finish out. Duty comes first, and Pete's duty is to the citizens of Los Angeles, not his partner, who is being taken care of by hospital staff and doesn't require a babysitter.

Also, Jim would've likely been taken to Central Receiving Hospital, not Rampart. Story crossover needs aside, Central Receiving served the jurisidiction they patrolled in, and in fact, many times when injured in an episode, they were seen receiving treatment at Central Receiving, not Rampart. When Pete was shot in the diner robbery, he was taken to CR. Same with when Jim was injured in the bank robbery. I know it's only fanfiction, but too many times writers try to cross "Adam-12" and "Emergency!" (and even "Dragnet") without a reasonable explanation as to why city officers are suddenly handling county situations or why county firefighters are suddenly serving in the city.

But all in all, the story wasn't bad. You depicted the partnership and friendship between Pete and Jim well, and Pete's concern was genuinely canon, so was Jim's response. But I suspect you've bought into the idea that men of that era were open with their feelings and they simply were not.

I can actually see where this could be taken as pre-slash. The big clues are Pete crying at Jim's bedside and the lack of Jean Reed. If you've ever actually watched "Adam-12," you'd see that not once in any of the episodes where Jim or Pete are hurt or in danger, do either of them cry. Men in that time did not openly express their emotions, let alone men that were in a profession like police work that demanded you keep your feelings under lock and key. And if Jim is injured this badly, why is it Pete that's sitting at his bedside instead of Jim's wife, Jean? Jean's the one married to Jim and I would think that as a loving wife, she'd want to stay at his side. Also, keep in mind that if Jim were injured on the job, Pete wouldn't be sitting at Jim's bedside, crying that he almost lost him, he'd be at the stationhouse, filling out paperwork and answering to his superior officers as to how Jim got hurt. If there was any time left on his shift once that was done, he'd be expected to get back to work on the streets because the taxpayers aren't paying Pete to sit at Jim's bedside and cry, they're paying him to do his job, which is protect the citizens. It never fails to surprise me how many times writers fail to do even basic research or use common sense when it comes to writing about police work. That's why I didn't bother to read your other story in this fandom, I saw in a review that someone had pointed out the mistakes in protocols and as a cop, the inaccuracies in how aspects of my job is portrayed irritate me.

How in the world could y'all misunderstand Shirley's story so badly? She is talking about brotherly love here... about noble, self-sacrificing love that exists between police officers who work together. There is absolutely no slash described or implied.

Why can't a guy show emotions without people assuming its slash? C'mon! That obviously wasn't the authors intent. Malloy and Reed are partners and yes that creates a deep brotherly tie, but they're not in love. Seriously! Keep up the good work S.J.!

What a wonderful depiction of close friendship between men. I didn't see anything about this that indicated it was pre-slash. I thought it was a very real example of how close partner's who work in life and death situations become. Great job, Shirley.

Totally agree with Mimi, this is one sweet pre-slash story! It's so nice to see Pete's true feelings for his partner shine at a time of crisis. And Jim seems to reciprocate those feelings as well. So can we look forward to some hot PetexxJim smut from you? Please say yes! I'd love to see how things develop between them. Will it be slow and steamy or hard and fast? Hurry with the next story!

I can't imagine Pete falling apart like this but you expanded my vision through wonders of fan fiction. Thanks for the story. Then again, I wouldn't have pegged Pete as the type of guy who likes a man purse but he he seemed to like the bag from Reed.

Another heart-warming story! Love being in the company of these endearing characters once again! Thank you.