Summary: In the middle of a storm. Flack finds something unexpected. FlackOC. Post-S5
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone or anything. Just my OCs.
Author's note: English is not my mother language, so I'm sorry for any mistakes.
This is something that has been on my mind for a while now.
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Elizabeth was trying to breath as another contraction hit her.
Flack was sitting by her side, letting her squeeze his hand.
She leaned back in the pillow once the contraction stopped.
"Do you know if it's a boy or a girl?" He asked her.
She smiled and shook her head "No. I wanted to be a surprise"
"I don't think I could wait that long to know"
Elizabeth looked down at her round belly.
"I wanted something to look forward too. The earlier months of my pregnancy weren't exactly happy" Flack saw some sadness in her eyes "I needed something to make the birth special, to have a nice story to tell my kid"
"I think you got your wish" He said looking outside the window "Giving birth in the middle of a storm and a blackout...Pretty special" He grinned at her.
She laughed "You might be right" Her smile turned into a frown.
"Oh. Here comes another one" The contraction made her sit up and clutch her belly.
Once it was over she took a deep breath "They are getting really close Don"
"Don't worry" He said trying to ease her, but in reality he was starting to get worried too "The paramedics should be here soon"
She nodded "Okay. Then you are gonna have to distract me. Tell me something about yourself"
"What do you wanna know?" He asked smiling at her.
"I don't know. Work? Family? Love life?" She smiled "That is a good one, love life. I haven't had one in 8 months. And probably won't have one for another 18 years"
"I doubt that" He said "But there's not much to tell in that department"
She chuckled "Somehow I doubt that"
He looked down and she saw the change in his eyes "I don't date that much anymore. Night shifts don't really give you much time for that. My last girlfriend...She was a cop too. She was killed in duty"He was surprise with himself that he would tell her that.
"I'm sorry Don"
He looked up and gave her a sad smile "Yeah, it was almost 3 years ago"
They fell in silence and there's was only the sound on the rain in the window.
"What about you?" He asked braking the silence.
"What about me?"
"Work? Family? Love life?"
She smiled a little "Love life is pretty obvious" She patted her belly "Family is in Boston. Work...I'm a lawyer. I used to work for this law firm in Boston but here I'm gonna be working for the DA's office"
"Seriouslly?" He asked making a face at her.
"I knew you would not be very happy about that."
"Maybe we can become the first cop and lawyer ever to become friends" He said grinning at her.
"Until we work on a case together" She said smiling back at him.
They looked at each other for a beat and were interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Paramedics" Came a female voice from outside.
"The cavalry is here" He smiled at her and got up to go to the door.
He opened the door to find too paramedics with big flashlights in their hands "Detective Flack?" The woman asked him.
"Yeah"
He let then inside the apartment "Your neighbour is in labor?"
"Yes. Elizabeth Johnson. She's in her bedroom"
They walked inside the room and Elizabeth was having another contraction.
"Mrs. Johnson, I'm Rose and this is Fred. We're going to have a look at how your doing"
"It's Elizabeth" She said. Rose only nodded and began to examine her.
Flack had decided to wait outside the room.
The paramedics exchange a look before addressing her.
"Elizabeth, I'm afraid there's no time for us to go to the hospital. Your already too advanced and with the traffic that the city is in there we could risk getting there too late and harming you and the baby"
"What does that mean? I'm giving birth here?"
"We will make sure your baby is safe" The male paramedic said. Don walked inside the room and the paramedics looked at him for help
Elizabeth looked at Don with a scared look on her face "It's okay. They do that all the time. Paramedics deliver healthy babies in weird places all the time" He looked at the paramedics for confirmations and they nodded.
She took a deep breath "Okay" She said and the paramedics started to get thing ready.
"Don" She looked up at him "I know I already asked you a lot. And we've just met but can you stay a little longer? Just until the baby is born" He knew she was trying to make a joke but he could see that she was really scared.
"I will" He said kneeling close to her bed.
"Detective, maybe it would be best if you sat behind her, helping support her back" The female paramedic said.
Don looked at Elizabeth for permission and she just nodded softly.
He help her sit up and sat behind her letting her put her weight on him.
"I can't believe I'm doing this with no drugs" She whispered and heard him chucke softly behind her.
"Okay Elizabeth, are you ready to meet your baby?" The paramedic asked.
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