Sorry for the wait, I have been really busy and haven't had time to update! Thank you to everyone who gave ideas on how they imagine Jay and Erin's family to be, I have it all planned out now and I hope you all will be happy with the result!

I: Invincible

*Erin tells Jay he isn't invincible and he needs to quit being so selfish because she refuses to lose him because of his recklessness.

"Turn right up here." Jay directed as Erin led the group of SUVs containing the members of the Intelligence Unit.

She followed his orders and turned right. She pressed her foot a little harder on the gas; there was no way she was going to let these guys get away.

The men they were going after had been involved in a human trafficking ring that had ended in the murders of at least nine girls under the age of 25. They were all taking the case personally, but like with most cases involving women or children, Erin was taking it the hardest.

Jay knew that she had a history of getting too invested. While it definitely motivated her to do whatever she had to do to solve the case, it also hurt her a lot more when things didn't work out the way they should have.

He held onto the door handle as Erin slammed on the breaks in front of the warehouse they would be going into. He took a deep breath and mentally prepared himself for whatever would happen when they got in there.

As they got out of that car, that familiar feeling started to settle in Erin's stomach. In the seconds before a takedown, she always wondered if she was right for this job. She thought about the possibility of dying, or that someone on her team would die, or that Hank or Jay could die, and it was almost enough for her to grab them all and leave. But she had sworn to protect her city and she knew that she was completely capable of doing her job.

Her eyes met Jay's as they both raised their weapons and began to walk up to the house. Jay was at the front, she was behind him to the right, Antonio was next to her, followed by Ruzek, and finally Hank. Al and Atwater were going around back.

Jay lifted up his foot and slammed it against the door, knocking it down immediately. "CHICAGO PD!" he screamed at the top of his lungs as he stepped back so she could enter.

She went to the right of the warehouse with her gun raised. A bullet flew past her face and she started to return fire. She felt her body get pushed to the ground so she was behind a couple of crates. She looked up and noticed that it was Antonio who had brought her down. She nodded at him in a silent thank you and they both started to shoot back.

Erin rose up slightly and saw that Ruzek had been shot and he was out in the open. Hank and Jay were on the left side and crouched behind some boxes and as soon as she saw her partner's face, she knew what he was going to do.

Her incentive to take out the shooter was a lot higher now and she put everything she had into trying to take him down. Jay ran out into open fire and slid across the ground to Ruzek. He grabbed the man under the arms and started to drag him over to the side. She watched in what felt like slow motion as a bullet hit Jay's arm, but it didn't stop him from his mission. He dragged Ruzek behind a set of crates and out of her vision.

Erin heard Antonio start to yell their location into his radio and announced they had an officer down and another one shot. She saw Al and Atwater were holed up behind a set of shelves as a man shot at them. She took one down just in time to see another run out the back door. She knew that none of them were close enough to chase him and avoid being shot by the three men who still had guns trained on them.

Then, out of nowhere, Jay came from behind his crates and took off after the perpetrator.

"Halstead, wait for backup!" Hank screamed, but the detective didn't listen. He managed to get out the backdoor without getting shot again.

"I'm going after him." Erin told Antonio.

"It's not safe." He informed her.

"Lindsay, you're not going anywhere!" Hank called out. He shot one of the men, and seconds later, Al took down another. That left only one of them and he was shooting towards where Ruzek was.

Since he was on the opposite side of Ruzek, Atwater came behind the man and brought him to the ground. Erin saw his gun slide out from behind the crates he had been behind and she rose to go get it. They had taken out all of the men, besides the one Jay was chasing. Now that the adrenaline was wearing off, fear for her boyfriend was starting to settle in.

"Atwater, Antonio, track down Halstead. I hope to God that kid is alive. Never listens to orders."

Erin wanted to go after him, but she knew that Hank wouldn't approve of that right now. Instead, she went over to where Adam was and knelt down next to him.

She started to strip off his bullet proof vest and saw that he had taken a bullet in the chest that his vest had caught, and then one in the leg. He was still completely conscious.

"I think I'd rather be knocked out if I'm gonna get shot." He told her as he breathed heavily.

"I can punch you if you want me to." She teased back. "You're gonna live, Ruzek."

"Jay saved my life." He stated.

Alvin joined them. "Let's just hope he didn't kill himself."

"He knows what he's doing." Erin said, more for her benefit than for anybody else. If he wasn't dead already, she was going to kill him.

The ambulance arrived and Ruzek was loaded on to be taken to Chicago Med to get his gunshot wound taken care of. Erin looked up just in time to see Jay, Antonio, and Atwater walking towards them. Hank started to go over, but she grabbed his shoulder and moved him back so she could instead. She saw Jay's face fall almost instantly.

She looked him over for any noticeable injuries. She could see his left arm was bleeding from where he had been shot, and he had blood all over the front of his shirt. She knew he was wearing a bulletproof vest and he looked fine, so it must have been from the man he was chasing.

"Look, I know you're pissed at me…" he began.

"Get in the ambulance." She ordered.

"Erin…"

"Get. In. The. Ambulance." She repeated. Jay was silent as he went over to the ambulance and climbed inside. Erin looked at him for a second. "I'll meet you at the hospital." She shut the door and went towards the SUV she had arrived in.

"Take it easy on him, Linds." Atwater tried.

"Don't tell me to take it easy on him. It's not my fault he feels the constant need to be a hero. It's going to get him killed one day." She looked at Hank. "Are we good here?"

"We're good." He replied. "Rip him a new one so I don't have to."

"Trust me, I will."

Erin drove to Chicago Med and contemplated what she was going to say to him. She knew that he didn't intentionally put himself in danger, but that was the problem. Jay never knew when he was in over his head because it came so naturally to him to just protect the people around him.

She parked her car and a few minutes later, she was standing at the front desk. "I'm looking for Detective Jay Halstead." She showed the nurse her badge.

"Room 321."

"Do you have an update on Adam Ruzek?"

The nurse typed for a second. "He is getting the bullet removed from his leg now. The doctor doesn't think it will have any lasting damage because the bullet missed anything important."

"Thank you."

Erin walked down the hallway to her boyfriend's room. She opened the door and some of her anger disappeared when she saw the look on his face. He was clearly in some pain. His brother, Dr. Will Halstead, was putting stitches in his arm. Since his shirt was off, Erin could see the bruises on his chest and knew that it had been a pretty rough takedown.

"Hey." Jay noticed her presence and stood up, causing Will to mess up what he was doing and Jay grabbed his arm in pain.

"Sit down." Will ordered his younger brother. Jay reluctantly followed his orders.

"How's Adam? Is he okay?" Jay wondered.

"The bullet missed anything major. He's gonna be fine, but you know he'll be milking this injury for as long as possible." She bit her lip. She wanted to talk to him, but she felt uncomfortable with Will in the room. She liked his brother, but when it came to her feelings, she didn't like to get too personal. It was hard enough for her to open up to Jay and Hank, and those were the two most important people in her life.

"I'm sorry for going after that guy like that. I know that I should have waited for backup, but I couldn't let him get away. He's already hurt so many women and it's not fair for them to know that one of them is still out there when I knew that I could get him."

She couldn't hold it in anymore. "But you didn't know, Jay! That's the problem! You never know what's going to happen, which is why you have backup. What happened during your takedown?"

"I chased him and he started firing at me. I shot him in the leg and he fell and we fought for a couple seconds and then I had to shoot him again."

"Why?"

Jay looked at where his brother was stitching him up, but that just made it hurt worse, so he turned his attention to the white tiled floor of the hospital. "Because he had his hand around my bullet wound and he was trying to get my gun with the other hand."

"If someone had been there, then that wouldn't have happened." Erin ran her hand through her hair. "That's not all I'm talking about though. You got shot because you decided to run out into open fire!"

"Yeah, because Adam was on the ground with a bullet in his leg! He would have been dead!" Jay finally started to fight back. "What was I supposed to do? Just let him get shot again?"

"You could have made sure someone knew what you were doing so they could cover you!"

"I did! I knew that you saw me!"

"But not in time! If I would have known a few seconds earlier, maybe you wouldn't be getting stitched up right now!" Erin gestured towards his arm. She felt bad because she knew how awkward this all was for Will, but it needed to be said.

"It's not a big deal! I don't know why you're freaking out about this. I'm fine, Adam's fine, and all of those guys are dead like they deserve. It doesn't matter anymore!"

"It does matter because you're too reckless!" she shouted. "You're selfish!"

"How am I selfish?" Jay yelled.

"Because it's not just you anymore! I can't lose you because you're being reckless. What if that bullet had been a few inches over? It would have hit your heart. You would be dead right now."

Jay's features softened and his voice went back to its normal volume. "Erin…"

"You can't do that to me. I can't lose you." Her voice quieted too as it filled with emotion.

"Come here." Jay held out his free arm and Erin went over to him. He hugged her as close as he could with Will still stitching up his left arm. She buried her face in his neck and he stroked her hair.

"You're not invincible, Jay. One day, you're not going to be so lucky."

"I'm sorry, baby. I love you so much. I didn't mean to scare you, okay? I know that sometimes I react without really thinking it through and I'll try to change that. You're not going to lose me." He kissed the top of her head.

They were all silent as Will finished stitching up Jay's arm. "I'll be back in a few minutes." He stated as he exited the room.

Now that they were alone, Erin pulled away from him. He reached out and wiped away the tear that was falling down her cheek. She rested her cheek in his hand and closed her eyes.

"I'm so embarrassed."

"Don't be."

"Your brother just saw me freak out. That's embarrassing."

"He understands. He's given me the same talk many times in our lives." He grimaced as he brought his left hand up to pull her closer to him. "You okay?"

"I should be asking you that."

"You can see that I'm breathing. I'm more worried about what's going on inside of your head."

"I love you and I don't ever want you to get hurt. I know that's unrealistic, especially in our line of work, but it's true."

"I feel the same way about you. I hate seeing you in any type of pain or in any situation where you could get hurt, but we have to do it. I promise that I'll consider what I'm doing before I do it. I'm not going to say that I regret either of the things that I did today because I don't, but I am sorry that I scared you. I'm glad we talked about this though. I hadn't even considered how some of my choices were affecting you."

"I know you didn't do it on purpose. I am glad that you saved Adam and we took those guys out though. I would just rather it be done a little safer."

Jay kissed her forehead. "I love you."

"I love you too."

He studied her voice. "How bad am I gonna get it from Voight tomorrow?"

She laughed. "Just tell him a couple of those bruises came from me and I think you'll be good."

Next up… J: Just Say It