Under Cover

“Alright, Rookies. Today is the official first day that you are officers of the Fifteenth Division. Your training officer pairings are as follows…”

I listened to the captain go through his list of pair ups, glancing around as I wondered who my training officer would be.

“Gray.” he called, catching my attention as I turned back to him.

“Yes, Sir?” I asked.

“You’ll be with Officer Ackles.” he said.

I smiled as I looked over at the man who I had always considered family. He had worked closely with my father before he disappeared and had always been there for me and supported me in my decision to become an officer like my father.

“Dismissed.” Captain said.

I stood up with my fellow Rookies and walked over to Jensen, fighting back a smile.

“So, Jens- I mean Officer Ackles… What are we doing first?” I asked him.

“Well, first off you can grab your gear then meet me out at the car. After that we get some coffee.” he said.

I playfully rolled my eyes. That man and his damn coffee. I did as I was told, passing my friends Luke and Dylan on the way who went to the academy with me.

“Good luck, losers.” I grinned.

“Oh fuck off. Just because you got to be with someone you like doesn’t mean shit.” Dylan huffed.

I laughed and shrugged then found Jensen’s car, loading up my things before we took off into the city. As promised we stopped for coffee then I drove us around, making small stops here and there as we responded to a few calls over the radio. It wasn’t until we were parked for a few minutes that I noticed something suspicious going down between two men on a street that was known for illegal drug selling.

“Jensen, look over there. Isn’t that Marty Wilder? He’s a known drug dealer right? Look! They’re exchanging.” I said.

Jensen looked over at the two I was talking about, raising a brow when he heard what I was talking about.

“Alright. Let’s go check it out.” he said as he set his coffee down.

We stepped out of the car and I followed him over to the two men, putting my hand on my gun just in case I would need to use it.

“Excuse me. Police.” I said, identifying myself like I was trained to do but of course when they saw cops they both took off.

“Hey! Stop!” I yelled as I ran after them.

“Charlie, wait!” Jensen called after me, but I was already in pursuit.

I chased them down a fenced alley and while one of them got away I managed to tackle the man who had originally handed over what I assumed was a envelope full of money for whatever drug the other man was selling.

“Ow! What the fuck?!” The man groaned as I shoved him onto his stomach to handcuff him.

“Shut up.” I huffed, a bit out of breath from running after him.

“Look, lady, you have the wrong idea. I wasn’t doing anything wrong.” he said.

“Yeah? What was in the envelope, huh? This one right here that your friend conveniently dropped.” I said as I reached over to open it, finding some cash just like I expected. “Would you look at that. Were you going to buy drugs with this?”

“No. Just listen to me-”

“Save it for someone who cares.” I cut him off and pulled him to my feet.

He let out an annoyed huff as I led him back to the squad car, putting him into the back as I grinned at Jensen. He gave me an odd look in return but didn’t say anything as we drove back to the station. Of course I was completely buzzed that I was able to catch my first criminal on my first day.

“Go ahead and book him.” Jensen said.

I happily led the man inside, getting a few odd looks from people in the building. Just as I was about to take him into lock up one of the lead detectives stopped me.

“Officer Gray?” he asked.

“Yes, Sir?”

“Care to explain why you have Officer Styles in handcuffs?”

I opened my mouth to respond, but was too shocked to speak. Officer Styles?

“Hey, Jimmy.” The man who I had handcuffed said to him.

“How are you doing, Harry? Rough day?” Detective Mahoney chuckled. “Gray, uncuff him.” He ordered.

I could feel my cheeks heat up as I uncuffed the man before me, completely embarrassed that I had arrested an undercover cop.

“Thanks for that. No, really. You just single handedly ruined my relationship with one of my undercover ops. Now I can’t go back in there without blowing my cover.” He snapped at me before storming off.

I bit my lip and looked over at Jensen who just chuckled and shook his head.

“You knew, didn’t you. Why didn’t you say anything?” I asked him.

“You had to learn on your own. Congratulations for making your first rookie mistake. Next time listen to me. Now come on. We have some more work to do.” he said as he started to leave.

I sighed deeply and reluctantly followed, not wanting to come back at all because I knew that once the other rookies found out about this they would tease me for days.

Fuck my life.

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