Hello all! This is a story I began writing in 2015, and quite honestly I became disinterested, never had the opportunity to post it. It was an idea that I had, and after losing Erin Lindsay's character on Chicago PD this year, I figured I could give Linstead fans something to read over the holidays. So, I've started writing it again. I hope you all enjoy it.

Erin stood in the kitchen making coffee, while Jay sat on the table working on paperwork that he had brought home last night. This was basically their routine every morning since they got married nearly five years ago. Erin walked toward the table, a cup of coffee in each hand. She sat down in the chair next to him, placing the cups on the table, watching him work.

"Thank you," he said, not looking up from the paperwork.

"Yup," Erin said.

"Big day today, huh?" Jay said, still completely engrossed in the paperwork in front of him.

"Yeah, Nadia's first day as a uniform at District 8, and Ethan's first day with a nanny. I'm not sure I can handle this, Jay. It seems like it's moving way too fast. It only feels like last week we brought him home from the hospital and Nadia was taking care of him during work hours. Now she's a cop, and our son is almost four years old."

"Yeah I know but he's gonna be fine. The nanny is one the day care recommended and we've met with her twice. She seems great. I'm sure he'll adjust fine," Jay said, "and speaking of the little monster I hear tiny feet running this way."

Erin and Jay watched as their son ran from his bedroom, straight into his mom's arms. He was a spitting image of his father (except he had short sandy blonde hair), and tried to mimic his daddy's every move. He was a hyper little guy that wore everyone out.

"Good mornin' mommy," Ethan said, smiling so wide it showed his dimples (one of the few features he got from Erin).

"Good morning, baby," Erin said, kissing his forehead.

"What about me, big guy? Do I not get a good morning kiss too?" Jay said, grabbing him from Erin and tickling him.

"Okay, I'm sowwy," Ethan said in between laughs.

Jay kissed his son on the cheek, "Why don't you and I go get dressed while mommy makes you breakfast? Your new nanny should be here soon."

Ethan went into his room and picked out his favorite Chicago Blackhawks t-shirt, and black shorts, with neon green socks. Jay laughed as he helped his son get dressed.

"Is my new nanny nice?" Ethan asked, looking up at his dad with the same blue eyes he had.

"Of course she is! She's gonna take great care of you." Jay said.

"Pwomise?" Ethan said, sticking his fist out toward Jay, to "fist bum" in Ethan's words.

"I promise," Jay said, touching his knuckles to his son's tiny ones.

An hour later, Ethan was watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse quietly on the couch with toys all around him, when the doorbell rang. He jumped from the couch and immediately hid behind it.

Erin and Jay laughed at their son's reaction to his nanny arriving for the first time.

Jay opened the door with Erin by his side. "Hi, Kylie, come on in," Jay said.

"Thanks. You have a lovely house." Kylie said.

"Thank you," Erin said, "Ethan, why don't you come out and say hello to Kylie?"

Ethan peeked his head up over the top of the couch and looked up at his new nanny. She had blonde hair and green eyes, and was wearing a Chicago Blackhawks sweatshirt and shorts. He walked toward his parents hesitantly.

"This is our son, Ethan. He's shy right now but give him some time he'll have you losing your mind soon enough," Jay said sarcastically.

The three adults laughed. "That's not funny!" Ethan said, half angrily, in the same defensive way Erin would.

"There's the firecracker personality I heard about. It's nice to meet you Ethan. I'm Kylie. Do you like the Hawks?" She asked, gesturing to his shirt.

"Yes! I love hockey." Ethan said, his excitement at a new level.

"Me too! Why don't you say bye to your mommy and daddy so you and I can play hockey on the driveway outside?" Kylie asked.

Ethan hugged and kissed his parents goodbye so quickly they felt like they were being thrown out of the house. "Jay will be off work by 6, so he'll see you then."

"Okay, we'll see you later!" Ethan said, practically pushing them out of the front door.

Intelligence was having a slow day that mainly consisted of mountainous paperwork on everyone's desk. At 6 o'clock, Jay stood from his desk, and decided it was time to head home. They had a working schedule with Voight that on alternating nights either Jay or Erin would leave work early to spend time with Ethan. Jay gestured to Erin to follow him to the break room.

"Alright, I'm gonna head home and see how the day went with Kylie. Text me when you leave, okay?" Jay said, quietly.

"I will," Erin said, kissing him softly.

The drive from the precinct to the house was only 15 minutes, give or take a few depending on traffic. Jay walked into the house which was unusually quiet for 6:30 pm. Usually, Ethan would be bouncing off the walls at this hour.

"Hello?" Jay said.

"In here," Kylie whispered.

Jay walked into his son's room to find Ethan asleep, and Kylie sitting on the edge of his bed. Jay kneeled near his son's bedside and gave him a kiss.

"What are you some kind of miracle worker? We can barely get him to bed at 8!" Jay whispered.

"He's a good boy. I guess playing hockey all day wore him out." Kylie said, silently laughing.

"Yeah he likes to pretend he's Patrick Kane," Jay said, shaking his head.

"He adores you. If we weren't talking about hockey today, he was talking about his daddy catching bad guys. He's adorable, he looks just like you. He's got your eyes." Kylie said, with a mischievous smirk on her face, looking into his eyes.

Jay immediately stood up, feeling uncomfortable. "Yeah well um…thank you, Kylie. We'll see you tomorrow at the same time." Jay said, awkwardly walking out of his son's room, with Kylie following him.

"Yeah, have a good night," she said, letting herself out of the house.

"What the hell was that?" Jay mumbled to himself before grabbing a beer from the refrigerator and sitting on the couch.

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