After Season 5 Episode 16 Tell Her Goodbye
They watched the ambo pull away and you could almost hear everyone let out a long sigh of relief. Severide felt Stella nudge him with her elbow and he nudged her right back. "You okay?" He turned to look at her and saw the angry red bruise on her forehead. "You took a pretty good hit to the forehead." He reached up a hand and touched her forehead along her hairline, just above the reddened skin.
Stella leaned away from him and winced. "Hey, hands off."
He laughed at her. "Hey, I saved you."
Her eyes widened just a bit in shock. "Yeah, thanks for that, by the way." She reached out and touched her hand to his cheek, her eyes following the movement of her hand, the trail of her fingertips along his jaw. "That was a rush huh?"
He looked down at her hand, watched it lower until it touched his chest. "You mean like when you clubbed that guy who was trying to choke the life out of me."
She shrugged. "Sure. Big rush." She looked back up into his eyes and then shook herself slightly as if she was waking up. "Yeah. It was."
Severide grabbed her shoulder and gave it a squeeze. "And for that, I think I owe you a drink." He grinned back at her. "My treat."
Stella rolled her eyes and winced. "Maybe later."
"All right," Chief Boden's voice drew everyone's attention, "let's get back inside, we have a lot to cleaning up to do. Let's get back inside."
Holding back for a minute, Severide gave her a one last hopefully look. "You sure?"
She shook her head and then nodded. "Yeah, I'm good. Thanks."
He shrugged. "Okay, rain check?"
Otis clapped Kelly on the shoulder and they walked back into the firehouse with Stella just a few feet behind them. When she reached the door it clicked closed before she could step inside. The click sounded like the report of a gunshot and she pressed her fingertips to her temple. The world around her did a wicked shimmy and her stomach turned inside out.
"Kelly?" She had to work to make that much sound. She reached out for the door and it wasn't there where it was supposed to be. "Kelly?"
The door swam even further away and then the world went back.
**testing the waters for a little Stellaride fanfic - if you're a fan of the couple/ship let me know**
