Hi everyone! I have five new chapters lined up for this week, starting with today's that I hope you'll all enjoy!

For now - sometimes a game plan is necessary if you need your kids to do something right... enjoy!

The Game Plan

"Ok, here are the ground rules. All you have to do is hold onto this with both hands. No pulling it from each other. You hold it and you walk in a straight line to where I'll be standing with Uncle Sev and Uncle Joe. You give it to me, then you go and sit with Uncle Wallace and Auntie Donna. There will be no fighting, your clothes stay on and at the end – you get a massive piece of cake. Do we have a deal?"

Three-year olds Jack and Elliot looked up at their dad with blank expressions as he talked them through their roles at ringbearers. It was the day of Severide and Kidd's wedding. They'd never been in much of a rush to get married, but they figured why not make that commitment now? It was a low-key deal, but they insisted on having Jack and Elliot as ringbearers and Sylvie was even more insistent that that meant getting them all dressed up in little toddler tuxes.

Matt knew it sounded like he was talking through some sort of game plan with them, but to him, that's basically what it was. He needed to be clear with the boys on what they were to do otherwise god knows what they'd pull. They weren't bad kids, but they were little boys. Little, energetic, bold boys who loved to mess around with each other. They needn't look any further than the swing incident last week for proof. Jack decided to see if he could jump off the swing and land beside Elliot – instead, he managed to land on top of Elliot leading to Elliot needing 8 stitches on the back of his head and Jack needing 5 on his knee and 3 on his elbow. They really didn't have much luck in parks. Then there was also the fact that they were going through a phase of stripping off their clothes whenever they had the chance. Sylvie suggested one afternoon that they just let them loose in the wild – they'd probably thrive.

"Deal." Elliot and Jack repeated at the same time with a nod of certainty.

"Good" Matt said, nodding back at his boys. "Ok, tux inspection." He said as the boys stood up from the couch and straightened out their jackets like they'd seen Matt do before.

As Matt straightened their little bow ties, the door opened, and Sylvie appeared.

"Oh my gosh." She said as she put her hand over her heart. "Look at my babies, you look so handsome!"

Jack's eyes widened, "Momma, you look like an angel" he said in awe.

Matt looked Sylvie up and down. She was glowing in her pale blue bridesmaid dress. Her hair was curled, half of is pulled off her face and as usual, her most radiant feature was a smile.

"She sure does bud" Matt repeated as Sylvie looked at him and smiled, giving him a subtle wink. It had always been their silent way of communicating.

"And we're not babies momma, we're ring bearers." Elliot added proudly.

Sylvie laughed, "You sure are. The best and most handsome pageboys in all of Chicago" she said as she ran her hands through the tips of their hair, making sure it was sitting perfectly. "Did daddy talk you through what you have to do?"

"Hold onto the pillow" Jack began, as he and his brother alternated recalling the instructions.

"With both hands"

"Walk in a straight line"

"Hand the pillow over"

"Sit with Uncle Wallace and Auntie Donna"

"No fighting"

"Clothes stay on"

"We get cake!" Elliot finished excitedly.

"Wow, you could never tell that you're a fire captain" Sylvie teased Matt. He'd really drilled the rules into his littlest recruits.

"Funny…" Matt remarked as nudged her with his elbow.

"What kind of cake is it?" Jack asked curiously.

"Chocolate" Matt told them as their eyes narrowed.

"Hm… our favourite kind…" Elliot grumbled. "Come on Jack, we need to get this right." He said as Jack nodded furiously.

"And you will" Sylvie said as she squeezed their chins and stole a kiss from each of them.

Jack and Elliot ran out the door of their changing room to find the groomsmen room so they could tell their Uncle Severide that they were going to nail this ring bearer deal.

"They melt my heart." Sylvie said with a smile. "How could we manage to make two of the cutest little humans to ever walk the planet?" she gushed. She was totally bias, but the Casey boys were stupidly cute – even when they were being terrors.

"Well their mom is pretty cute so that probably helped." He said as he wrapped his arm around her waist and kissed her cheek. "You look amazing."

"Thank you handsome, you don't clean up too badly either." She said with a smile. "Come on, let's get our boys down the aisle and our best friends married."

Sylvie tried to pull him away, but he stopped her and looked at his watch.

"We've got a few minutes…" he said with a lopsided, suggestive smirk before pulling her back in.

"You're not ruining this dress." She warned him as he pulled her flush against him.

"Then I'll have to be extra careful" he said deeply before kissing her hard and fast as he pulled her dress up around her waist...

"Where the hell have you two been?!" Severide demanded to know as Matt and Sylvie eventually emerged from their room, looking a little flustered as they desperately tried to fix themselves.

"Sylvie had a hole her dress" "Matt's zipper was stuck" they said at the same time as they looked at each other with wide eyes.

"Yeah. If zipper is a euphemism for penis and hole is a euphemism for vagina." Severide said through his teeth.

"Severide. Little ears." Sylvie replied through her teeth as Severide turned around and looked at the twins sitting behind them eyeing the adults in the room curiously. "I'm going to go make sure Stella is ready. I will see you at the altar" she said with a smile before disappeared.

Matt watched her leave before turning back to Severide who had his arms cross over his chest.

"I can't believe you had sex at my wedding." He said in disbelief.

"Yeah because you and Kidd totally didn't have sex at our wedding and at the boys' christening." Matt challenged. They were stupidly late for the ceremony, which was made ten times worse by the fact they were godparents.

"… ok we're even." Severide conceded before turning around to the twins and bending down. "Ok twinnies – you ready?"

"We've got this Uncle Sev, don't worry." Jack assured him.

Severide smiled; "I know you do." He assured them before giving them a fist bump.

The boys rushed out the door to get in position while Severide held back and checked his appearance in the mirror. Matt put his hand on the door handle before turning back to his friend.

"You ready?" he asked.

Severide turned around and smirked, "Hell yeah."

The wedding went off without a hitch. The boys proudly walked down the aisle, steadily carrying the rings on the pillow and waved proudly at their dad at the end who gave them an even prouder smile and a wave. He didn't think it was possible for his heart to love those boys more than it did. He also didn't think it was possible to love his wife more than he did. As he watched her walk down the aisle he was instantly taken back to their wedding and the feeling he had when he saw her walking towards him. His heart had never felt so full.

Later that evening, Matt and Sylvie were swaying gently on the dancefloor with a few couples around them. The twins had passed out on the sofa in the corner of the room after one slice of cake – plus two extra slices that Ritter and Gallo gave them – caused a serious sugar rush with a dangerous come down. As soon as they passed out, Sylvie and Matt got them blankets and decided to use the quiet to enjoy the wedding together.

Matt was totally oblivious to the world around him. He was even oblivious to the song that was playing, all he could focus on was Sylvie singing the song softly in his ear and on holding her close to him.

I'll never forget, the time we sort of stumbled
But then we knew, that it takes two to tumble

The stars in your eyes, still there as before
They show us the way, to work, love and pray
As sweethearts in love
The years have now passed, and our love still lasts
Cause everyday, we know to say
We're sweethearts in love

The song ended and moved on to the next, but Matt and Sylvie stayed safely in each other's arms. Sylvie lifted her head and looked at her husband.

"You look proud."

Matt smiled, "I am proud. I'm proud that Severide finally settled down…" he joked as Sylvie giggled.

"Yeah, who would have thought your commitment-phobe best friend would make the biggest commitment of all?" she asked as they looked over at Severide and Kidd who were just an enamoured with each other as Matt and Sylvie were.

"I don't know – I think as soon as he met Kidd he was pretty much sunk."

Sylvie smiled and nodded, "I agree."

"I'm also proud that our boys made it down the aisle without fighting or removing their clothes…"

Sylvie closed her eyes and scrunched up her face before letting out a laugh that Matt copied. They really needed to teach the boys the value of clothing.

"They did good. They certainly earned that cake" Sylvie agreed.

"You were right earlier… it is kind of remarkable that we made them." He said as they looked over at their sleeping boys. "They were my dream. A dream I never thought I would have and I just – I look at them everyday and I am so grateful. Even when they're jumping off of swings and stripping naked…" he joked. "I am so grateful everyday for you. You're the dream it took me a long time to realise I had. Most days I don't think I deserve you."

Sylvie cupped his cheek and affectionately ran her thumb over it, "You deserve all your dreams Matt Casey and I'm grateful that I got to be one of them."

Matt closed the small gap between them and kissed her delicately.

"Ugh. Gross. Elliot don't look." They heard a voice beside them say as they broke apart and turned their heads to see their boys staring at them with scrunched up faces.

"Well, look who's awake." Sylvie teased with a little laugh.

"It was a power nap momma, we're ready for the next stage of the party." Elliot told her with a wide smile.

"And more cake" Jack quickly added on to the end.

Matt and Sylvie simultaneously quirked an eyebrow. They were relentless on the cake.

"Come here" Sylvie said as she scooped Jack up and started dancing around the room with him while Elliot jumped up on Matt's shoulders and started to mess around with his parents and brother from an advantageous height. They would deal with any sugar hangovers tomorrow. For now, they would gladly spend whatever time together they could with the people they loved most.