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Prepare yourself for this chapter. It's an overload of cute Sylvie/Antonio and Sylvie and Louie. Also, when you get to that last page break down the bottom, it's really cute to play the song 'Can't Help Falling in Love' by Hearts & Colors. I actually wrote that whole last section listening to it, and it makes it 10000 times cuter, I swear... enjoy!

Sylvie woke up just after midday on Thursday after another one of the longest and most tiring shifts of her life. She was physically and mentally drained, especially after the incident with the young girl and the car pile-up a few days ago. Of course, her date with Antonio had made her evening much better, yet she couldn't seem to keep her mind off the fact that she hadn't been able to save that little girl.

Gabby was always reminding her that she was in a better place now - she didn't have to grow up without her parents. And even if that was helpful and made a bit of a difference in Sylvie's mind, it didn't stop the thoughts completely. Yet, she wished they would all disappear.

She buried her head into her pillow and groaned before throwing off the sheets and pulling on a pair of jeans and a plaid shirt she'd thrown on the dressing table near her bed. After freshening up, she left her bedroom and headed into the living room. Matt sat on one of the couches, pulling on a pair of shoes. He smiled at her when he noticed her.

"Could I ask you a favour, Sylvie?" He asked, finishing the laces and standing up, making his way over to her. She nodded in response, urging him to continue. "I'm taking Gabby out this afternoon on a bit of date - we haven't had time to do this in a while. I was just wondering if you could watch Louie for a while. We can always call Bonnie if you don't want to-"

"No, of course, Matt," Sylvie shook her head. "I'm happy to look after Louie. Don't worry. You and Gabby deserve to have a good afternoon out. And Louie's great, I'm sure he won't mind spending the afternoon with me. Go out and have fun." She grinned at him.

Matt chuckled in response and nodded. "You're a lifesaver, Brett, you really are." He grabbed the coat off the side of the couch and pulled it on, his eyes moving to Dawson as she walked out of their room, dressed in a red dress and heels. They were obviously doing something fancy. "Hey, Gabby, good news - Sylvie's agreed to look after Louie."

"Oh, Brett, you're too kind," Gabby smiled, pulling her into a hug. "You'll be alright here by yourself, yeah? The patrol car is still out front and nothing has happened in a while."

Sylvie nodded at her. "I'll be fine. Go and have fun, go on. I'm fine here with Louie, we'll find something to do. I'll see you in a couple of hours. You two look great, don't let it go to waste!"

"Okay, Louie, how are we spending our afternoon, huh?" Sylvie asked, picking him up and resting him on her hip as she walked into the living room. "Do you want to do some colouring? Watch a movie? How about I bake some cookies and we can frost them together? So when Matt and Gabby come home they can eat them?"

Louie nodded at the last option and Sylvie grinned. "Okay, let me put on a movie for you to watch and I'll bake some cookies. Does that sound good?"

"Good," Louie replied softly, nodding as Sylvie sat him on the couch, placing a bunch of pillows around him to get him comfortable. She put in the DVD for Toy Story and waited until it started to play before she retreated into the kitchen and started preparing the ingredients for the cookies.

Her mom had taught her how to make these cookies when she was a teenager. They were her absolute favourite - sugar cookies - and even though they were plain, they still tasted divine. And when you added her special Buttercream frosting, it made them ten times better. In her opinion anyway.

After making the mixture and using the cookie cutter to make decent shaped cookies, she placed them in the oven, walking over to the couch and sitting down beside Louie, wrapping an arm around him.

"Do you like Toy Story, Louie?" She asked him. He nodded slightly, his eyes still glued to the tv. She hadn't ever really sat down and watched Toy Story before, but it didn't seem too bad. She'd never been into those sort of animated movies as a child. Even if now she wished she had seen more films as a kid, she was, at least, watching them now.

Half an hour later, the cookies were perfectly cooked and Sylvie left Louie again to watch Toy Story as she started on the Buttercream icing. She couldn't help eating some of it as she made it and mixed a few different colours into the icing so they could make them prettier for Gabby and Matt.

"Okay, Louie, let's frost these, shall we?" She grinned, placing him in the chair beside her on the bench and sitting a cookie in front of them. "What colour should we do first? Blue or green?"

"Green," Louie nodded, pointing to the bowl of green frosting. Sylvie nodded and grabbed it, dipping the frosting knife into the mixture and getting a decent amount on it. With a little help from Louie, they got to icing the first cookie, and while it wasn't the nicest looking frosted cookie, Sylvie knew Gabby and Matt would enjoy it either way.

Ten cookies in, Sylvie dipped the clean frosting knife into the blue frosting, accidentally flicking some of it into her face as she did so. Louie let out a laugh beside her and she turned to him, grinning. "What are you laughing at, Mr?"

She chuckled, feeling the frosting on her face and shaking her head in amusement. Just as she was about to stand to wipe it from her face, the doorbell rang. Grabbing the frosting knife from the bench so it wouldn't be alone with Louie, she hurried to the front door, pulling it open.

On the other side of the door stood Antonio, wearing his signature leather jacket. He chuckled at the look of Sylvie - covered in blue frosting and holding a frosting knife in her hand.

"Bit of a mess in here, hey?" He asked, stepping inside as Sylvie blushed with embarrassment.

"We're icing cookies, and I flicked some on myself by accident," she laughed, shaking her and head making her way back to the bench where Louie sat, watching them both intently.

"Hey, little man!" Antonio grinned, picking Louie up from the chair and walking him down to the couch, pressing play again on Toy Story and letting him continue to watch the movie. He crossed back over to Sylvie, grabbing a paper towel from the bench and gripping her face in his hand, moving to wipe the blue frosting from her face.

"This is so embarrassing," Sylvie laughed as he threw the paper towel in the trash, moving to sit beside Sylvie as she finished icing the last cookie and began cleaning up the workspace. "I mean, you probably came here to see Gabby or something, and what do you get? Sylvie Brett with a face full of frosting."

Antonio chuckled and shook his head in amusement. "I came to talk to you and Gabby, actually. We've got a lead, but I'll talk you through it in a second when we clean all this up," he admitted. "And I didn't mind, actually. It's the fact that you flicked it into your own face that's the more embarrassing part."

Sylvie laughed, putting the last of the dirty equipment into the dishwasher and following Antonio to the dining table, sitting down across from him and waiting for him to talk.

"We got a DNA sample from the scene where you car was destroyed at Molly's, and that means we've got a name now. Kyle Martin. He's in our system for fraud and sexual assault, just like our friend from the fire a month ago. We've done a little digging and found out that Kyle Martin is the brother of the wife you got out of the wife back then, and that they're all tied together. Kyle's stepped forward and admitted that he's part of the trouble. He's said that there's a possible third accomplice, but he doesn't know who it is for sure. And the others won't talk," Antonio spoke, watching her intently.

"At least you've got a good lead, though, right? If you didn't, that would be bad. Considering everything that's been going on with the threat and my car and everything. Even if there is a third guy, I'm sure you guys are going to get him at some point soon. I'm sick of being so worried about all of this, y'know?"

Antonio nodded at her, grabbing her hand across the table. "There's almost nothing to worry about anymore. We've got two of the three men in custody. Obviously, we'll keep the patrols around, but apart from that, you're practically safe."

It was later at night now, nearing 8pm. Gabby and Matt weren't home yet, and just after 6 Gabby had sent Sylvie a text telling her they'd be home just before 10pm, and that Louie should be in bed by 8. Antonio had stayed, not wanting to leave Sylvie alone at night, and the two had contemplated ordering Chinese.

Sylvie had, instead, cooked him some of her famous chicken stir fry that she'd yet to cook for the firehouse, yet, as they sat at the dinner table, he really enjoyed it. When 7:45pm hit, Sylvie picked a sleepy Louie up from the couch, carrying him back into Gabby and Matt's room and placing him down onto his bed.

"I'll see you in the morning, okay, honey? Did you have a good day?"

He nodded softly, crawling up onto the bed and hugging his toy close to his chest. Sylvie smiled at him, rubbing his head a little before closing the door behind her and leaving the room.

Antonio was sat on the couches, a beer in his hand as Sylvie sat back down beside him. "I'm not sure that was the way you really expected to spend your day, right?" She asked him, kicking her feet up on the coffee table.

He shrugged. "I mean, no, not really. But I had a good day none-the-less. You and Louie are good company. And those cookies were great for dessert."

She grinned at him. "Severide thinks I'm a secret chef, and now you do! What more could I ask for in life?"

"Valid question, Brett, really," Antonio chuckled, taking a drink of his beer and turning toward her, raising an eyebrow at her. "The other night. At Molly's. I talked a lot about myself. But we never really spoke about you. So, tell me about yourself, Brett."

"What do you want to know?"

Antonio thought for a moment before shrugging. "Tell me everything. I mean, this may not be the most ideal second date, but I want to know more about you, Sylvie. Let me into that head of yours."

Sylvie chuckled, but nodded. "Well, you know about my exes, right? Harrison. I was engaged to him back ages ago. But that's all over now. Has been for a while. He, uh, he didn't really treat me right."

"Did he hurt you?"

"No, no! It's not like that, not at all. He just didn't trust me. He didn't think I'd be able to survive in Chicago. Tried to guilt me into coming back home with him. I made a lot of stupid decisions because of him. But that's all over now. And you know about Cruz, I suppose. That... fling, of sorts. He's still a great friend of mine, though."

Antonio nodded, at her, reaching over and holding her hand in his as she spoke, setting the beer on the table.

"Uh, well, as for me as a person... I love my job. More than anything. I'd do anything for my job, really. It's something that... it defines me, you know? Without my job I wouldn't be Sylvie Brett. I'd just be incredibly boring. I can't even imagine my life without saving lives and helping pe-" She paused, the girl from Tuesday morning coming to mind. Sylvie cringed and looked down.

Antonio frowned, reaching over to her with his free hand and holding her chin gently. "Hey, hey, it's okay," he sighed. "I know what happened on Tuesday. I know. But it's okay. There's nothing you could have done. That happens sometimes. And it's okay, Sylvie."

She nodded back at him, letting her eyes move up to his and letting a small smile fall onto her face. "Yeah, I know that. It's just difficult to get it all out of my mind sometimes, I suppose. Don't mind me, though. I get attached to patients and people I shouldn't."

He chuckled and shook his head, shuffling closer to her. "Tell me something, Sylvie. Tell me something completely honest and be truthful. Tell me something that almost no one else knows about you. Not about work. Not about your exes. Something solely about you."

Sylvie nodded, thinking for a few moments before looking back up at Antonio, trying to make herself feel more confident about this than she actually was. "Spending time with you lately has made me incredibly, incredibly happy. And I know that's really cheesy - like gouda cheesy - but still. I can't seem to stop smiling around you. And that's something different than anything I've felt before..." She hesitated. "And you're now the only person who knows that. Or who has heard me admit it, anyway."

Antonio looked at her for a few more moments, taking in her beauty and smiling before shaking his head and shuffling just a little closer to her. "Sylvie," he whispered, looking up at her. "Can I kiss you right now?"

He watched her as she slowly nodded, and, unable to keep the cheesy grin off of his face, leaned in and pressed his lips to hers, his hand gently holding her face, and his other still holding her hand.

She kissed back almost immediately, trying to ignore the explosions of butterflies she was feeling in her stomach as he kissed her.

In that moment, she was grinning internally more than she thought she'd ever smiled in her life.

A/N: That was a bit cute, wasn't it? Leave your thoughts in the reviews!