A/N: Am super busy this weekend, so hoping to get the next chapter up by Sunday night. Hope you guys enjoy, let me know what you think :)

When the team returned to precinct, some of the unit were tasked with sorting out the suspects, while others were tasked with sorting out the little boy. Tommy had settled with Erin, so she was still carrying him when they walked into the bullpen. Erin caught Jay's eyes and nodded her head towards the break room, an indication for him to join them. Once Erin had sat Tommy down on the sofa, she walked towards the fridge and freezer. She then took out two different pots of ice cream and said, "Chocolate or Vanilla?" Tommy immediately responded, "Chocolate!" As Erin started to get out the bowls and spoons, she heard Tommy whisper, so she turned around and asked him to repeat himself. So he said, "Can I have two scoops?" A little louder than before and this time he held up two little fingers as well. That was the moment Jay walked in and said, "Great choice little man, this chocolate ice cream is the best!" Tommy's eyes went wide with fear at Jay's presence and he scrambled off the sofa and ran towards Erin, hitting her with a little bump. Had he not been clinging to her legs so tightly he would have fallen on the floor. Erin crouched down, put an arm around the trembling child and said, "Tommy, I want you to meet my friend Jay. He's really nice and I promise he won't hurt you. Plus, if you ask nicely, I bet he'll show where the sprinkles are." Tommy glanced towards Erin, then towards Jay, then back to Erin. Slowly his grip on her eased and he moved back onto the sofa. Erin tried to let Jay take the lead in interacting with the little boy hoping that it would make him more comfortable in Jay's presence. Jay took over two bowls of ice cream and put them on the table, and then he brought over a couple bottles of sprinkles. Jay turned to Tommy and said, "Want to pick out your sprinkles?" Tommy gave a slow nod and then shuffled off the sofa, walked over to the table and pulled himself up onto a chair. This was the exact reason the intelligence kept tubs of ice cream in the break room. To try and get kids more comfortable, maybe even enough to open up and talk to the detectives. And even though they didn't need Tommy's help to find the suspects, they did want to know more about his family, especially if there was anyone he'd feel comfortable going to live with. Tommy had one living grandparent, but when Jay had tried to get in contact earlier in the day, he found out that Mrs Castle was living in a nursing home and wasn't capable of looking after her young grandson. Tommy had a couple of Aunts and Uncles, so Jay and Erin wanted to make sure they contacted the one that Tommy knew the best. They talked to him a little about his family, asking if he had any cousins and which of his parent's sibling he liked and knew the best. It was his Aunt Mandy who he said he'd like to go and live with, she lived over in Springfield but was currently on holiday in Europe. So the team worked on getting in contact with her, but had to decide what would happen to Tommy in the meantime.

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When Erin walked into Hank's office about an hour later, it was past midnight and Tommy was fast asleep on the sofa in the break room. "Hank, where is Tommy going tonight? Jay said that his Aunt won't be here for a few days and I know he can't stay like this in the precinct," Erin said. Hank knew what was coming, he could see it on her face as soon as she walked out of the house carrying the little boy. So he just waited for her to continue. Erin started fidgeting, uncomfortable that Hank hadn't responded, so she said, "I know it's unconventional, but I think he should come home with me and Jay. He's been through so much the last few days and I think we can handle it….so what do you think?" Hank just nodded and Erin gave him a wide smile in return. Then she moved to make her way out of the office. Once she reached to open the door Hank called out, "Erin," so she stopped and waited for him to approach her. When Hank had got to her, he put his hands on her shoulders and said, "Just don't get too attached ok, his Aunt will be here in a few days. Don't worry about coming into work tomorrow. Take the day and come back on Wednesday, his Aunt should be here by then. Night kid." Erin wrapped her arms around him and said, "Night Hank, and thank you."

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Jay brought up Tommy's things while Erin carried the little boy into their apartment. They both decided that waking him up when they got inside was best, just so that he knew where he was and didn't wake up in the middle of the night confused and disorientated. Jay put the bags in the guest bedroom and then came back into the living room. He sat down on the coffee table, opposite Erin and Tommy who were on the sofa, Tommy still half asleep. Erin lightly shook the little boy's shoulders and said, "Hey buddy, can you wake up for us?" Tommy opened his eyes and squinted, taking in his unfamiliar surroundings. Erin helped him up, so he was sitting properly and resting on the back of the sofa. Erin said, "You remember Jay right," and Tommy nodded, so she continued, "Well this is where we live, and if it's ok with you, we thought you could stay here until your aunt can pick you up." Tommy nodded again, so Erin stood up and Jay and Tommy followed her as she moved through the apartment. Erin then said, "So you'll be sleeping here, and the bathroom is just through that door." Tommy just looked up at her with big eyes, sad and watery, like he had no idea what to do now that his parents weren't there to help him. Jay then went into the bag he had earlier left in the room and pulled out a stuffed bunny and said, "While we were eating ice cream, we had our friends go to your house and pick up some of your stuff. And look what they found…" It was the happiest they had seen Tommy all night. He waited for Jay to hand over his toy and then squeezed it in his arms. Jay then continued, "We've got some clothes, PJ's and even your toothbrush. So how about we go into the bathroom and get you ready for bed." Tommy just nodded and held out his hand to Jay, waiting for the older man to lead him into the bathroom for his night-time routine.

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Later on as they were lying in bed, Jay had a hand on Erin stomach, just trying to feel for the babies. They had stayed quite for some time but out of nowhere Jay said, "Can you feel them moving yet?" Erin shook her head and said, "No, not yet, I think in the next couple of weeks maybe." A silence settled then Erin said, "I told Antonio today…I mean I was basically sick in his car, and I couldn't lie to him, so I told him. And look at me, I'm not going to be able to hide the bump for much longer. So when we go back to work, I think we should tell Hank." She spoke so fast, that she didn't take a breath once. Jay agreed with her and said, "You know, I think telling Hank is a good idea. I'd rather he hears it from us than figures it out for himself." As they were talking, they heard a noise from outside the room, a soft knocking at their door. Erin called out, "Come in," and then the door was slowly pushed open. In the dark, the couple could just about make out Tommy's outline. Erin and Jay both sat up in the bed and waited for Tommy to come over to them, but he didn't, he just stood where he was. It was Jay who got out of bed, walked over to the little boy and said, "You ok bud?" Tommy shook his head, and as Jay got closer, he could see his eyes were brimmed with tears. Jay reached out, put a hand on Tommy's shoulder, rubbed his arm and said, "Oh buddy, did you have a bad dream?" Tommy nodded in response. "How about, for just this once, you come and sleep in our bed. Would that be better?" Tommy nodded and lifted his arms up for Jay to carry him over to the bed. They settled into the bed, Tommy sandwiched in between Erin and Jay, then they pulled the covers up and all said goodnight to each other. Only a few minutes later, the couple heard Tommy's breathing even out. Then Erin whispered, "Jay… I think we'll be ok at this parenting thing." Over the top of Tommy's little body, Erin reached out for Jay until he held her hand. Then he whispered back, "Yeah me too."