All stories can be found on Fanfiction or AO3 under the name anniesardors
Upstead Multichapter Stories
All My Holidays
A series of one-shots following Jay and Hailey’s developing relationship through a year’s worth of holidays
From the Beginning
When an injury at work leaves Hailey with retrograde amnesia, she has no recollection of Jay or their relationship. It's up to Jay to remind her who he is and help her fall in love with him all over again.
Haunted
The thing about soulmates is you don’t always know they are your soulmate. Sometimes, they are just a stranger who keeps popping back up in your life.
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that’s another story
a series of upstead family oneshots set after the final chapter of "All My Holidays"
i'm yours, sincerely me
Jay meets a stranger while he is back on military leave and he decides to take a leap of faith with her.
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polaroids of us
a series of missing moment one-shots from my multi-chapter fic Haunted
one more song
With one glance at her, Jay thinks she must be the type of girl people write songs about. Strong and powerful and mysterious, with bright blue eyes that leave him wanting more.
He wonders if she's the type of girl he could write a song about.
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a love bigger than the ocean
9 major moments from Jay and Hailey’s relationship in a world where Mama Halstead is still alive
Two Shots
Netflix Trip
Jay and Hailey have their thing: They talk about the case, they drink a couple of beers and they watch some Netflix. But as the episodes of the show progress, so does their relationship.
Rely on You
Missing scenes from 8x06 and 8x07 where Hailey worries about Jay
inches apart (and even closer in heart)
The water is out at your apartment so I invited you to stay at mine but my couch is crappy so now we are sharing a bed and by the way I think I love you // forced bedsharing fic
salvation in the form of your grace
Hailey would let Jay wreck her time and time again. But what she won’t let him do is wreck their child // A rewrite of Season 10
One Shots
The Set Up
When Jay and Hailey are stood up by their friends at the annual winter festival, they decided to enjoy themselves with some ice skating and winter festivities. Heavy flirting and fluff ensues.
Permanent Ink
Jay hates when he and Hailey have to take off their wedding rings for work, so he makes an unexpected suggestion: matching wedding band tattoos.
Ask that Pretty Girl to Dance
AKA: The five times Jay asks Hailey to dance and the one time he doesn't
Something New
Just a little post 8x03 speculation fic of what happens after the Upstead bar scene and what happens during 8x04.
Love is a Ghost
Post 8x04 one-shot where Hailey finally confides in Jay about what happened at the hospital
Smiling at the Unknown
Missing scene from 8x05: Jay and Hailey talk about Kim fostering Mikayla and their own thoughts about children in the future.
Something ‘bout a Truck
After Jay’s truck gets totaled in an accident, Jay and Hailey go car shopping for a replacement, but not without hitting a bump in the road
I Fall in Love with You Every Single Day
AKA: The five times Jay thinks he loves Hailey and the one time he knows
Full Circle
After two years of dating, Jay takes Hailey back to the same bar where it all began with one plan in mind: asking her to marry him
Friends Don’t
When Hailey goes out with another guy, Jay finds himself drinking away his pain at Molly's. After a heart to heart with Will, Jay comes to the realization that he and Hailey do a lot of things that friends don't.
All I Need is Your Crazy Love
Hailey asks Jay what is on his bucket list, but the only thing he still wants is a life with her
Feel My Love
It's a strange thing how fast one's world can completely change
Waste My Time
Missing scene from 8x06: A snippet of what happened between Jay and Hailey during those 6 hours in the truck
Crazy Girl
The three times Hailey is jealous of Jay with another girl
Kiss Me Because
Saint Patrick’s Day fic based on the prompt “Kiss Me, I’m Irish”
Healing
Some flirty missing scenes from 8x09 after Cooper punches Jay
Simple Steady Love
Things are real for him and she wants things to be real for her but she has so many fears and no clue how to do this // 8x11 speculation fic
Safe and Sound
Tears sting in her eyes and her brain is pounding, yet, somehow, she thinks this is the safest she has ever felt // post 8x11 missing scene
Shades of You
While he is working undercover, Jay meets a stranger in a club with bright blue eyes and now, she is all he can think of. Only problem is, he doesn’t know her name. // First-meet AU
Darling, I’m with You
Is she ready for everyone to know about their relationship? Is she ready to deal with whatever the repercussions are at work? Is she ready to continue making their personal relationship work when everything is about to change? // 8x14 speculation fic
the dark led me to light again
After Kim goes missing, Jay and Hailey comfort each other and reflect upon their own experiences when the other was kidnapped.
No Strings
For a good thirty hours, the world is gray. She can’t tell up from down and she is terrified everything she loves is about to slip through her fingers. It’s all gray until she wakes up screaming and Jay is looking at her so softly that she finally just breaks // Post 8x16 Fic
Buy You a Rose
AKA: The five times Jay Halstead buys Hailey Upton flowers and the one time he doesn't
you turned into my best life
They spend every day together, small talk in the truck or glancing at each other from across their joined desks, but she is still looking forward to this: to slow kisses with nowhere to be and not having to hide that she loves him more than she can explain. (Or a post 8x11 day-off fic)
you look so good it hurts (in my favorite t-shirt)
"I'm sorry, but is that my shirt?" (Day 1 of upstead appreciation)
for me it’s always you
And maybe a game of truth or dare is a little silly, especially for two elite detectives. But she's bored and he's her best friend. So, if she can make him laugh and learn something new about him, she thinks it will be a night well spent. (Day 2 of Upstead Appreciation)
the one thing I need
Throughout the years she has known Jay, Hailey has never known him to be insecure. But maybe there's something about meeting his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend, someone who would have given her such a different life, that has him overthinking things (Day 3 of Upstead Appreciation)
just that simple
“You’re not supposed to call your boyfriend dude.” (Day 4 of Upstead Appreciation)
no better view
After Hailey’s holster breaks, Jay lets her borrow his thigh holster. But, he immediately regrets it when it gets a little hard to focus throughout the day (Day 7 of Upstead Appreciation)
the world got a little more dim
Mouse is gone and Jay is still here and it's not fair.
another place in time (infinitely mine)
This isn't how it's supposed to go. He's not supposed to realize he loves her only to lose her. His last memory of her isn't supposed to be unsaid confessions and her blood on his hands. (or a 6x22 rewrite)
not here for the moment (i'm in this for life)
Hailey’s never known a good thing about love, not before she met Jay. She wonders if, in love, it’s okay to be selfish. If it’s okay to keep secrets to protect the person you love. (9x01 spec fic)
hold my heart (til' it grows old)
Jay did not just show Hailey that good things could happen to her. He was her good thing, her safe thing. And now, he is her forever, her future, her everything. (or...the morning after 9x01 and a conversation about what Jay meant by “I’ve known for years”)
always be loving you
Every little thing about this moment feels like a promise of always. (post 9x09 fic)
put on a record (let's get lost in time)
It's the middle of the night and their daughter is crying, and they are both incredibly tired. But there is Christmas music flooding the apartment and Jay is dancing with his two favorite girls, and everything feels right in the world.
waves can’t wash away the love we know
They said in sickness and in health, in sorrow and in joy. Jay just didn't think the sickness and the sorrow would come so soon (post 9x13 fic)
sorrow (it feels like rain)
The rain almost feels like a constant in their relationship, just like their thing. TW: Major character death
my idea of heaven (is your hand to hold)
the post 10x03 upstead airport goodbye scene
should’ve taken your picture
And if Jay really thinks about it, there are a thousand pictures of Hailey he wishes he had taken. Pictures of her real smile in real life, not the photos that they have in frames or on Instagram. Photos of her to make him feel a little less lonely with her 800 miles away.
