anon prompt: How does nearly!canon Nick’s fight, with the man who had the torture chamber and was taking pictures of kids, and subsequent arrest impact his relationship? Side note: I loved his relationship with Munch and teared up when he bailed him out
I wish we got more of Munch being paternal with Nick! the scene where he bails him out and then talks about Nick to Olivia is so sweet. :’)
this takes place a couple of days after this fill. this will most likely be a multi-chaptered storyline, if you guys are interested! didn’t quite get to nick yet in this part, so let me know if you want me to continue this ❤
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You smiled grimly at the other person in the elevator with you before turning to face the front as the doors closed. You had fluctuated back and forth between anger and concern after Nick hadn’t shown up for your date two nights ago. His lack of response to your text messages prompted you to call him and yesterday the calls had been going straight to voicemail. You weren’t sure what his reaction to you coming to the precinct would be, but you couldn’t go another couple of days with radio silence.
The elevator dinged softly and the metal doors opened slowly with a whine of metal on metal. Stepping out of the elevator and into the hall you faltered slightly. People were rushing in and out and there was a low din of people talking, punctuated every so often with someone complaining loudly or angrily. You’d only been to the precinct several times before and it felt weird to come here without giving Nick a head’s up, not that it was due to your lack of trying. That thought spurred you on and you picked up the pace as you walked into the squad room. The usual flurry of activity in the room hit you abruptly and for a moment you were overwhelmed again before you spotted Amanda. She saw you at about the same time and her face did something complicated before she excused herself from her conversation and hopped up and made a beeline for you.
“Hey, Amanda,” you greeted as you neared her.
“Hey, yourself,” she responded lightly “Everything okay with Nick?” she asked.