This is my first attempt at a longer story. I don't anticipate this being more than 3 or 4 chapters. But since this is my first time trying this, who knows!

Takes place between 7x14 and 7x16.

Today was shaping up to be a rough day for the Intelligence Unit. It was Adam's first day back after he and Kim tragically lost their baby. No one really knew what to say or do when they saw him come up the stairs. Adam simply nodded at everyone as he walked into the bullpen, which was intelligence speak for "I'm fine". They all made sure to make eye contact as they returned the nods, Hailey going as far as offering a shoulder squeeze. She was shocked when he pulled her aside a few weeks ago to tell her in person that Kim was pregnant. Not shocked that they were together-or whatever they were calling their situation-but that they had been able to hide it for so long. She wasn't sure if she was too wrapped up in her own life to notice or if they were just that good at separating personal and professional. She had congratulated him; she knew how much he loved his nephews and that he hoped to one day have kids of his own. She was genuinely happy for him and Kim and made sure that they knew it. That night in the hospital when they heard the news, her heart broke for them. She was surprised to see Adam walk up the stairs, but she knew him well enough to know that work was where he needed to be to keep his mind off what happened.

Luckily for everyone, they had caught a case. Rojas and Atwater had followed up on a lead trying to help a friend of hers find someone. This resulted in a crime scene when patrol located the person they were looking for and a much-needed distraction for the team. As the hours ticked by, they found themselves losing track of time. It wasn't until she heard Platt walking up the stairs and calling her that she realized it was past lunch. She jumped up when she realized she had missed an important lunch date and turned just in time to see Platt arrive at the top of the stairs.

"You have visitors."

Hailey's eyes widen as she sees her parents reach the top of the stairs. She was expecting to meet her mom for lunch that afternoon. She had been putting it off for months now and finally decided that she could buy herself some more time if she agreed to a quick lunch date during her workday. She knew the odds of getting more than an hour were slim and it was the perfect excuse to keep the meeting short and sweet. What she was not expecting was to see her dad.

"Mom. Dad. Hey. What are you doing here?" Hailey asked as she walked over to give her mom a hug. She nodded at her dad as he gave her a pat on the back.

"You were supposed to meet your mother for lunch today. It's a good thing I tagged along otherwise she would have had to eat all alone."

"Right. I'm sorry mom. You should have called; I was wrapped up in a case and lost track of time."

Just then Hailey realized that this conversation was happening in the middle of the bullpen and all eyes were on them.

"Sorry, guys. These are my parents." Hailey awkwardly stated.

Jay knew Hailey didn't like to reveal too much about her personal life and family, so he wrote off the awkwardness as Hailey being uncomfortable with her parents showing up at work. He stood up and walked over to introduce himself.

"Hello! Nice to meet you, I'm Jay" he said as he shook their hands. One by one the rest of the unit walked over and introduced themselves. All except for Adam, who simply stood at his desk and offered a nod while keeping his hands in his pockets. Hailey's mom was very excited to meet the team and spent a couple of minutes making small talk while Hailey's dad simply looked on. Jay couldn't help but notice that Hailey must get her facial expressions from him. He watched her dad's face trying to get a read on what he might be thinking but found it as hard as trying to get a read on Hailey. Finally, after about 5 minutes of conversation, which was 4 and half minutes longer than Hailey wanted, her parents thanked the squad for keeping their daughter safe and excused themselves down the stairs. Hailey followed them down the stairs offering to walk them out and make new dinner plans.

As they left the room, everyone in the bullpen chuckled at meeting the parents. They all had at some point or another wondered what the families of their teammates were like. While most of the team was familiar with Jay, Adam, Kim and Kevin's families, not much was known about Vanessa's or Hailey's. Vanessa made sense; she had only been working with them for a few months. From what they understood, she didn't even know her family as she grew up in the foster care system. Hailey, however, had been working with them for years. Nothing was known about her family except that she had brothers and her family was from Greek town, or Lake forest, depending on which story she told you. None of them ever expected to get much else out of her because she wasn't really the type to share too much about herself. To have her parents walk into the bullpen that afternoon was a treat that they were not expecting.

Jay walked over to his desk and glanced over at Adam. He had noticed that the former flame had given a short and curt greeting to the couple. On any other day, he would have been irritated at the rude behavior, but he knew Adam was not his in usual head space. He wasn't even sure that Adam realized what he had done. He couldn't help but notice that Adam had his eyes glued to the top of the stairwell and the look of concern he wore on his face. He watched as Adam sat back in his chair and ran his hand over his face only to pop up when he saw Hailey at the top of the stairs. Jay noticed the distressed look on Hailey's face as she went into the break room followed quickly by Adam. Something was definitely going on, but he wasn't sure if he should try to find out what.

So one of the hard things was finding where to end the chapters. Sorry if it feels sudden, this is my first multi chapter fic! Not sure if this is really my style, I feel much more comfortable writing one shots!