A/N: Hey all! Thanks so much for your reviews! I'm glad everyone liked the little bounty thing I added, I didn't want it to be too predictable haha

I really appreciate the reviews, and I'm sorry for the slightly long wait for this chapter haha

I've added in some stuff to that little spoiler scene I did back in chapter 10 J

Enjoy!

"I need some help!" Jay yelled as he rushed into the emergency room, Erin laying in his arms.

Will Halstead jumped up from his seat next to his fiancée, pulling the gurney he had gotten alongside him.

"What happened?" Will asked as Jay placed her down on the gurney.

"Drive-by. Apparently we've got a hit out on us. She took the bullet for me." Will listened to his brother explain the situation as he pushed Erin's gurney into an exam room.

"What have we got?" Connor Rhodes asked as he joined the team of nurses helping Will.

"Erin Lindsay, 32 years old. Gunshot wound to the abdomen, right side. She's lost a lot of blood, in an out of consciousness." Will explained, hooking Erin up to the IV and heart monitor.

"Is she gonna be okay? Will!" Jay called frantically "Is she going to be okay!?"

"Someone get him out of here!" Connor called out.

A nurse walked up to jay and gently held his arm, leading him towards the exit "Will!" He called again.

"I'm going to do everything I can Jay," Will said momentarily looking at his brother "I promise."

"Halstead!" Hank yelled as he saw Jay exit the room "How is she?"

"I don't know. She was unconscious by the time we reached, I tried keeping her awake but she just kept saying she was tired."

Hank frowned as he saw Jay begin to sway on his feet.

"Have you been checked out?" Antonio asked as he saw the wound on Jay's head.

Jay shook his head, regretting the action immediately. Hank reached forward and put his hand over the blood that was running down Jay's face. "Get a nurse" He ordered.

That had been 3 hours ago. Jay was now sitting in the waiting room - under strict instructions by his brother that if he began pacing around the room again he would be straight back in a hospital bed – with a few stitches in his forehead, as a result of the fall he had taken when Erin tackled him. He had a mild concussion, but the other doctors were confident he would be fine to sit in the waiting room with his unit.

Hank sighed as he looked at the blood on his hands, and then at the blood on Jay's hands. He didn't understand how they got here. How did this happen? The bounty had been out for less than two hours and already they had been attacked.

"Hank." Will said softly as he entered the room.

"Did you get an update?" Hank asked urgently.

Will shook his head "I'm sorry…"

Hank could feel his knees buckle as he heard those words. He felt his heart drop into the pit of his stomach. He wasn't sure he was ready to hear the next words that would come out of Will Halstead's mouth. The last time someone had started a conversation with "I'm sorry" the outcome had been very similar to what this could be.

"I'm sorry Hank … We did everything we could. Camille's cancer has progressed too far."

"How long does she have?"

"Maybe a few days, at most. You should prepare yourself Hank, and your children. This isn't like the last time. There's not solutions, we've done all we can now. She says she's done. It's time."

"Hank." Will shook the Sergeant's shoulder gently, breaking him from his thoughts.

"Is she alive?" Hank asked.

Will frowned "Of course. I just wasn't able to get an update. The x-ray showed that the bullet didn't hit any major organs, there are fragments of it that have shattered so her pelvis took a bit of this hit from that. But Connor seems confident she should be okay, provided that nothing goes wrong. He's still trying to stop the bleeding though."

Hank nodded quietly, his eyes glazed over. The memory of losing his wife and son haunted him every day, but now here he was in this hospital again, facing the loss of the last person he called family.

He couldn't lose Erin. He had managed when she left for New York, knowing that she was still alive and healthy, and finally free from her mother. But this he couldn't handle. If she died, he would really lose her for good. And his heart couldn't handle anymore loss.

"Has he said anything to you?" Will asked nodding in the direction of Jay.

Hank shook his head "He walked me through what happened, but other than that nothing."

"I'll handle him." Will said, sensing the fear in Hank's voice.

He knew that both Hank and his brother were equally afraid of losing Erin, and he didn't want to put Hank in charge of being there for Jay on top of his own worries.

"You've got patients Will –"

"Natalie can help me with that. Let me do this, we promised we'd work together remember?"

I'm worried about him Sergeant. I haven't seen him like this in a long time." Will said as he paced Hank's office late one night.

It had been three months since Erin left. Jay had been doing better in this past week, but something had happened in the past few days to cause him to slip down the rabbit hole yet again.

"I don't know what you want from me Will." Hank shrugged.

"Help him! You claim this unit is like a family, but you've always disliked Jay just because he and Erin wanted to be together. It's not his fault she left! She's the one who hurt him!"

"He broke up with her, I don't know what he's crying about her leaving for."

"He was going to propose Hank."

The silence after that statement was deafening. Hank put down the paperwork he was reading, his eyes focusing in on Will.

"What?"

"Jay asked me for out mum's ring. He was going to propose that night, and Erin left. He wanted to fix things Hank."

"Dammit." Hank sighed. He knew he was being tough on Jay, but he genuinely thought that Jay was just wallowing in his self-pity. Little did he know the real extent of the issue.

"Look, I'm not asking you to keep giving him chances, but I just need some help. He needs help. Please Hank, you're my only option ... Erin would want you to help."

"… Fine. But we work together. We've both got our own lives to live too, no dumping everything on the other."

Hank smiled softly "Thanks Will."

"No problem sir." He squeezed Hank's shoulder before walking over to his brother and sitting down next to him.

"I'd take a bullet just to come over to your house tonight." She said with a smirk.

Jay felt his cheeks flush at her comment "… Which part of your body would you sacrifice?"

He watched Erin shrug, her eyes roaming his body "Shoulder … Fleshy part of the thigh."

"Oh I feel special." He chuckled.

"You should." She sassed back, her smile matching his.

…

Jay dropped down onto his couch later that night sighing contently as he took a sip of his beer, letting the refreshing beverage run through his body.

He heard a faint knock on the door and groaned, shutting his eyes and praying for whoever it was to leave him alone.

The knocking stopped after a few minutes, and Jay smiled to himself. He heard his phone ring indicating a text and he looked down to see Erin's name.

'Are you not going to let me in? This pizza, and I, won't be hot for long.'

He quickly jumped up from the couch and rushed over to the door, opening it and seeing Erin in her jeans and slinky back singlet. His breath hitched as he took in her slightly curled blonde hair resting gently on her shoulder, one strap of her very snug shirt falling off her shoulder and his eyes quickly glanced down her body before he met her eyes.

"I thought you were going to go home and sleep?" he asked lamely.

Erin smirked and raised one eyebrow as she leaned against the door "Well, I know I don't have a bullet in me, but I thought you'd still appreciate me coming over?"

"Oh definitely." He said quickly taking the pizza from her with one hand and taking her hand in his other, pulling her inside after him.

He dumped the pizza box on the coffee table and turned around to face Erin, pulling her into his arms and kissing her fiercely.

"The pizza." She mumbled against his lips "Should eat while it's hot."

Jay leaned back and smirked "I'd rather have you while you're hot. Apparently it won't be for long."

Erin rolled her eyes at his cheesy reply, giggling as he lifted her up and carried her into his bedroom.

…

"Jay, Jay wake up." Will says shaking his brother's shoulder.

Jay's eyes open groggily, disoriented as he looks around the waiting room. It takes a few moments for reality to set in but Will holds his brother firmly as his eyes widened in realization.

"Erin." He says panicked "How long was I out"?

"A couple hours." Will replied.

Jay shot up quickly out of his chair "Why didn't you wake me up?"

"You needed the rest Jay, especially with the blow to your head."

"How's Erin?" Jay asked again looking around "Where is everyone?"

"Hank sent them all home. They've got to go into work tomorrow and finish up the case."

"Where's Hank?" Jay pressed.

"He's with Erin." Will replied "She's in recovery right now-"

"What room." Jay said starting to walk towards the front desk.

"Jay wait." Will said grabbing his arm "You can't go in."

"What the hell do you mean!?" Jay exclaims "I need to see her Will, you can't just-"

"Jay, relax. Hank wants some time with her first." Will said trying to calm his brother.

Will watched as Jay paced the floor, trying to piece things together "…How is she doing?"

"She lost a lot of blood, no major organs were hit and luckily Connor was able to stop the bleed that occurred. Shrapnel from the bullet did get lodged in her pelvis, so she's going to need some rehab. But, as long as there are no post OP issues, she should be good to go in a few months."

Jay nodded his head, relief sinking in. Erin was okay. She was alive.

"When can I see her?" he asked again.

Will shrugged "As soon as Hank comes back out, I guess."

Jay sighed as he sat back down in the chair. She was alive. And for now, it was just a waiting game.

A/N: Okay, so I feel like this was a really shitty ending to the chapter haha but I really wanted to try and get this up asap.

Next chapter is where a new set of drama starts haha, I've been planning all this out for a while and it's finally here! I'm so excited for you guys to see what's coming up.

Please leave a review and let me know what you think, and if there's anything you'd like to see! Hope you're all having a good week.

Maddie :)