They had exactly one hour before they needed to get up and get ready for work. Today was their first day back. Recovery had been a long, slow process. Worker's Comp had covered everything this time, which was a blessing. It had been an especially big relief for Taylor, who hadn't had enough personal and sick time to cover the weeks that she'd had to take off to not only recover from her own injury but to take care of him as well.

Severide tightened his arms around his sleeping lover. She had taken such good care of him. He wondered if taking care of him while recovering from her broken arm would have consequences somewhere down the road.

He was lucky to have her. …No, not lucky. Good women like her didn't come into a man's life by luck. Especially not a man like him. She had come into his life suddenly, completely rocked his world, pulled him out of a deep, dark hole, stolen his heart, and tended his wounds. She was a blessing, not luck.

Taylor kissed his chest softly, "Mornin'."

"Morning." He kissed the top of her head.

"Has the alarm gone off yet?"

"Not yet."

"Good." She snuggled into him, "Can we just stay here forever?"

He smiled, "I wish."

"How much trouble do you think we'll be in?"

He frowned, "For what?"

"I'm pretty sure everyone knows about us now."

"So?"

"We need to be open and honest about it. I don't want to be like Dawson and Casey. That's no way to live."

"Yeah. I don't want to hide this." He raised her chin gently, making her look at him, "I love you. And I don't care who knows."

She smiled and kissed him softly, "I love you, too."

…

"I really don't know how I feel about the new Star Wars movie." Taylor said as she wiped down the kitchen countertop. "I'm not super crazy about Disney owning Lucasfilm."

"Disney's put out some decent not-kiddy movies." Otis pointed out. "The Pirates of the Caribbean series was good."

"This is true." Taylor squinted at a particularly tenacious spot of…something, "Did you guys clean anything while I was gone? Sheesh!"

"We cleaned." Mouch said. "Kinda."

"I'm sure." She scratched at the spot, then got her pocket knife out and scraped at it, "I leave y'all alone for a couple 'a days and come back to a hog sty."

"Sure didn't miss that hillbilly accent." Herrmann teased, giving her a one-armed hug.

"Hush up, Yankee, I fix your food." Taylor countered, returning the hug.

He chuckled, "Glad you're back, kid."

"Me, too."

"Glad you're back, too, Severide." Herrmann called across the room.

"Yeah, yeah." Severide waved him off, thoroughly engrossed in the morning paper.

"Have you let Mustang Sally drive the Silverado yet, Taylor?" Capp asked, elbowing Severide jokingly.

So they did know. Taylor grinned, "He's drove it a couple of times."

"It's really not my thing." Severide said.

"What year is your truck?" Casey asked.

"It's an oh-four." Taylor answered, still working on the mystery spot.

"It's a nice truck."

"Thanks. It was Jason's. He'd had it all of two months before he was killed. It's been a good one."

Before Casey could say anything else, Chief Boden appeared in the doorway. "Severide, Taylor, in my office. Now."

The two exchanged a glance before silently following Boden back to his office.

…

"It has come to my attention that you two are…romantically involved." Boden said, leaning back against his desk.

"We are." Severide answered.

"You both know what the policy is on that."

"We do." He took Taylor's hand, suddenly afraid that one of them might be sent to another house right that minute.

Boden sighed, "Given what happened to the both of you, it doesn't surprise me. I don't condone in-house relationships, but I can't punish you and let others get by with it. So, I am going to turn a blind eye. But, it had better not interfere with your jobs."

"It won't."

"Dismissed."

Quickly, they left the office. Severide put his arm around Taylor's shoulders as they walked down the hallway. "That didn't take long."

"I know." Taylor moved closer to him, "I thought I was a goner for sure."

He frowned and stopped, "Why you?"

"Kelly, this is your house. I'm still new. If anybody gets sent away it'll be me."

She was right. He gave her a quick hug, "Nobody's going anywhere, okay? We'll just have to be careful."

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Author's Note: Thanks to Sarrabr4, TheIrishShipperholic, and RBCFCPD7410 for the reviews!