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𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗞𝗬 𝗕𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗦
𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘨𝘰 𝘱𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬
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𝗦𝗨𝗠𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗬 !
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❝ this is a letter from my birth mother. she abandoned me, adam. how can i read this? ❞

𝟎𝟎𝟎. IN THE WINTER OF 1983, Bob Ruzek opened his front door to a sudden knock, which was weird for 10 at night. When he opened the door he looked down to see a new born baby wrapped up in a cardboard box.

𝟎𝟎𝟎. BOB WENT TO GO PICK UP THE BABY and takes a look around, to see if he could see anybody. He couldn't. He took a look at the note that was attached to her that read, her name is maxine bishop. Please take good care of her. I know you will officer ruzek. He brought the baby inside and both him and his wife ( before they divorced ), who was holding their one year old boy Adam, said that they would take care of her as their own. And so they did. Maxine grew up with the Ruzek family, thinking they were her own. Only on her 18th birthday did she find out the truth.

𝟎𝟎𝟎. MAXINE AND ADAM GREW VERY CLOSE since the day they could walk. They are the best of friends. They've done and still do everything together. They would make up their own handshakes, they made up their own language once in the 6th grade. When they had birthday parties, they had to be together. They made Bob build them a treehouse on his days off from the job. They always got in trouble together in school, always had each other's backs through everything. Relationships, friendships etc. Bob and his wife could never pull them apart, even for a second. They were bonded to the hip. And to be honest, Maxine and Adam wouldn't have it any other way. They weren't in love in any way shape or form, they did love each other very much, just like two best friends can be, but they never went that far. Maxine believes that a soulmate doesn't have to be a lover, but it can be your best friend, who is always there for you no matter what. And that is who Adam is to her. The ying to her yang, ya know?

𝟎𝟎𝟎. AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, Maxine wanted to be a cop. Like her adoptive father, Bob. She looked up to him in some ways. Yeah, he wasn't always there for her and Adam growing up because of the job, but she didn't care. She will always be indebted to him for taking her in and not abandoning her like her so called mother did.

𝟎𝟎𝟎. BEFORE MAXINE went into the police academy, she went to Central Chicago University for criminal justice, where she met Mickey Jacobs. She had never met someone that had her so mesmerized before. She was in love with his forest green eyes the moment they met, and Maxine had a lot of trust issues so this was new for her.

𝟎𝟎𝟎. A FEW MONTHS AFTER THEY MET, Mickey and Maxine started dating. They were so crazy for each other. An epic love, some would say. Much like Adam and Maxine, you would see Maxine and Mickey together all the time, couldn't pull them apart. Mickey was Maxines first true love, sure she said she loved these other guys in high school, but they've never did anything for her, but Mickey? Man, she fell hard . . . very hard.

𝟎𝟎𝟎. THREE YEARS GO BY and both Maxine and Mickey are in the police academy. Both passing with high marks and flying colors. They were accomplishing their goals together and couldn't have been happier with the way things were going. Until . . . Mickey got re enlisted into the military ( the rangers, where he met Jay and Mouse ), something he failed to mention to Maxine. Of course she was upset, she didn't want him to leave. But she couldn't do anything about it and she made peace with that.

𝟎𝟎𝟎. THEY WROTE LETTERS TO EACH OTHER, she fell more in love with him. And after a year went by, after she stopped getting letters 7 months in, she thought something was seriously wrong, that he was hurt or he got killed. But to Maxine something worse happened, he came back, got out of the rangers and didn't tell Maxine he was back. He never reached out to her, like she meant nothing to him. She was so heart broken and Adam was left to pick up the pieces, as usual. More walls built up around the ones she thought Mickey could knock down, but now are triple locked behind steel doors.

𝟎𝟎𝟎. RIGHT BEFORE MAX MADE DETECTIVE, her sergeant thought she was useful enough to work an undercover assignment and she thought it was an honor that she was even mentioned to be sent to do some undercover work. Man, was she wrong. When Maxine made detective when she was 26, ( the youngest to make detective the cpd has ever seen ) she knew she had to step up her game. Make it known that she was the most badass cop that Adam hyped her up to be. Even after everything she went through while undercover.

𝟎𝟎𝟎. AFTER WORKING FOR MONTHS IN THE GANG UNIT, one of the toughest units in the cpd. Hank Voight, one of her mentors, ( her partner when she worked gangs ) brought her onto his new unit, after he had gotten out of jail to start one of the most elite units in all of cpd, the intelligence unit. It was an amazing honor, that he had even considered her. And unknowingly to her, Voight thought very highly of her. And he trusted her, which is very hard to come by from the Hank Voight.

𝟎𝟎𝟎. A MONTH INTO BEING ON THE INTELLIGENCE UNIT, getting somewhat close with her new coworkers, Antonio Dawson brought up two new members. Jay Halstead ( her new partner ) and someone who she never thought she'd see again, Mickey Henry Jacobs. It was like her heart broke into a million pieces, all over again. But she knew she had to suck it up. This was her job and some guy ( who she thought she loved ) was not gonna get in between that.

𝟎𝟎𝟎. MAXINE MADE A VOW TO HERSELF when Mickey broke her heart, that NO GUY ( not her handsome green eyed partner or her still beautiful blue eyed ex boyfriend ) will ever come between her and the one thing she's wanted to do her whole life again. Or maybe that's just what she wants everyone to think.

♡ ☼ ⤷ CHARACTER CASTING !
starring . . .

CRYSTAL REED AS MAXINE BISHOP

❝ so, is this the part where i kiss your ass or can we get back to work? ❞

PATRICK FLUEGER AS ADAM RUZEK

❝ how long have we known each other? . . . right, so, when have i ever chose someone over you? you think that's gonna start now? ❞

JESSE LEE SOFFER AS JAY HALSTEAD

❝ you'd be a lot cooler of a partner if you let me drive ❞

GARRETT HEDLUND AS MICKEY JACOBS

❝ so, because i love you, means i don't want you to be happy? come on, max. you know me better then that ❞

FEATURING !

JACK COLEMAN AS BOB RUZEK
CATHERINE ZETA JONES AS DYLAN MONTGOMERY
JOEL KINNAMAN AS JOEY MASTERS
SEBASTIAN STAN AS MAVERICK CONNORS
&&&
CHICAGO FIRE AS THEMSELVES

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗧 𝗣𝗦𝗬𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗔𝗧𝗛
❝ i would do anything to get the type of love you read in books. god, those girls are so lucky... but if a man ever told me what to do it would be the last breath he takes ❞

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗞𝗬 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦
𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗢𝗡𝗘

𝘙𝘐𝘚𝘒𝘠 𝘉𝘜𝘚𝘐𝘕𝘌𝘚𝘚

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𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗢𝗡𝗘 , 𝘚𝘌𝘈𝘚𝘖𝘕 𝘖𝘕𝘌
❛ 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙒𝘼𝙇𝙆 𝙊𝙁 𝙎𝙃𝘼𝙈𝙀 ❜
𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 — 𝗳𝗶𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻
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𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗧𝗪𝗢 , 𝘚𝘌𝘈𝘚𝘖𝘕 𝘛𝘞𝘖
❛ 𝘼 𝙍𝘼𝙔 𝙊𝙁 𝙇𝙄𝙂𝙃𝙏 ❜
𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻 — 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁
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𝗔𝗖𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗘 , 𝘚𝘌𝘈𝘚𝘖𝘕 𝘛𝘏𝘙𝘌𝘌
❛ 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘼𝘾𝙏 𝙊𝙁 𝘼𝙉𝙉𝙊𝙔𝘼𝙉𝘾𝙀 ❜
𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗲 — 𝘀𝗶𝘅𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝘄𝗼
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AUTHORS NOTE

▬▬▬ WARNING   contains strong language, violence, blood, gun use, sexual content/innuendos, mentions of trauma and death

▬▬▬ DISCLAIMER   i do not own the one chicago universe or any of the characters associated. all rights belong to the writers and creators of all the shows. i only own maxine, joey, maverick, mickey, dylan and any other character i might have created for this book.

▬▬▬ COPYRIGHT   this story, including the book layout is to not be copied, translated or rewritten w/out my consent. all gifs belong to several creators on tumblr EXCEPT for the aesthetics, they are created by me, using pictures from pinterest & tumblr.

▬▬▬ STARTED  september 21st , 2022
▬▬▬ EDITING   october 17th , 2023
▬▬▬ COMPLETED  january 17 , 2023