I know it's been since forever for an update. Life gets busy and adulting is hard. Thanks for everyone's patience.-uconnpaws

Chicago Med

Hailey and the team left a while ago leaving Adam to be with Jay. He received a 'Good Night' text from Kim and Makayla then turned on the Hawks game. The volume is low so as not to disturb a sleeping Jay.

Adam is snacking on peanuts and a Coke watching the game, Hawks are being shut out in the third period and just missed their eighteenth shot on goal.

"Come on!" A whisper from Adam, "Go to the backhand, Geesh." He glances over toward Jay and sees him watching the game through half -closed eyes.

"Hey, there you are."

Jay tracks Adam's voice but doesn't say anything.

"You haven't missed much, Hawks can't buy a goal this game."

"Maybe they need you as a coach." Jay says quietly.

"Oh, you got jokes." Adam playfully replies. "Nice. You must be feeling better."

Jay looks at him, "How's Hailey?"

The smile falls from Adam's face. "Scared. This scared her. Hell, it scared all of us."

Jay nods knowingly. "Scared me too. It's different now…" looking at Adam.

Adam nods in agreement then looks down and takes a deep breath,

"I'm sorry Jay. This is on me. I set up the buy. I should have called it off when Vinny showed up with all those guys. I should have known it was going to be a rip. This is all on me. If I called it off patrol wouldn't have been there and..."

Adam's guilt is palpable.

Jay shakes his head 'No', "Every undercover has risks. You had no way of knowing."

Adam, still looking down, shakes his head not believing. "But this.."

"Are the risks of the job." Jay finishes.

Adam looks up, "But…."

"No 'But'", Jay is not having Adam blame himself and is growing agitated with him doing so. "We're Cops. It's part of what we signed up for."

"We may sign up for the dangers of undercover, but not for what Patrol did." He says looking at Jay. "That crossed the line. You didn't deserve that."

Jay matches Adam's stare with a look of confusion.

"Wait? You don't know?" Adam asks

Jay's blank look says it all.

"Oh Man." Adam runs his hand through his hair.

"I know I was tackled and rammed into a dumpster. I was trying to get up and slammed into the ground, I was having trouble getting air and somehow while being cuffed I felt my shoulder pop out and just a lot of pain after that."

"Well, there's a little more to it. The Officer arresting you used his baton to apply an arm lock. I saw you react to it and he held firm. That's what dislocated your shoulder and broke your wrist."

Jay absentmindedly looks at his wrist and wiggles his fingers, it incites sharp hiss and a wince.

"Hey" Adam responds to Jay's pain "You Ok? I can get the nurse."

Jay shakes his head "No." looking back at Adam. "I haven't thought about what happened." He takes a slow deep breath and before releasing it, places his left hand over his chest closing his eyes.

Adam notices the discomfort. "Well, you know Platt took care of Patrol. I'm not sure of the details. Are you sure you're alright?."

Jay's eyes are still closed and responses with a frown.

Adam looks to the hallway to see if anyone is around and notices a head of red hair.

Will is finishing up for the day but can't resist one more check-in on his brother. He sees that Adam is in Jay's room and smiles at him but instead of a smile back Adam waves him in.

Quietly Will approaches the doorway and Adam meets him there.

"What's up?" Will whispers looking from Adam to Jay. He immediately notices Jay's condition and steps in.

"We were talking. He moved his fingers and hissed. And now after taking a deep breath he looks in pain. That's not normal is it?" Adam asks

Will approaches Jay's bed whispering, "He'll be sore. He had surgery this morning. Frankly I'm surprised he was awake at all. He's been through so much these last couple of days."

Adam nods his understanding.

Will looks over the monitors and dons his stethoscope to listen to Jay's chest. Jay wouldn't have minded but Will put some unwanted pressure on his side near his rib. A groan of disapproval was heard.

Jay opened his eyes to see his brother, 'Mother-henning' him.

"Don't you ever go home?" His agitation is apparent, eyes close again.

"When's the last time you used the PCA?" Will retorts

"Just after dinner." with a more pronounced frown.

"Dinner? That was hours ago, Jay. You can't go that long without pain relief. The PCA are measured doses, you can't mess it up."

Jay opens his eyes, looks at Will and then Adam, "It puts me to sleep."

"No Jay. It relieves the pain and your body, which has gone through Hell lately, wants to rest. That's why you sleep. You need it to heal."

Jay gives them both a look of dismissal but Will continues.

"What's going on with your wrist?"

"Nothing, it's fine." Jay is short. His discomfort makes him impatient.

"Ah huh. Let's take a look." Will moves to Jay's right side.

"Let's not." Jay's agitation grows and tries to move his hand out of Will's reach.

It's to no avail. Will catches the splint below the wrist. The sudden stop jars Jay's wrist and shoulder incites a sharp "AH!" but Will holds firm.

"Relax Jay and use the PCA."

Adam is unsettled seeing Jay in pain and instinctively grabs for the PCA. Will sees this.

"No Adam. He has to do it himself."

"But Doc…." His motions to Jay who is in obvious pain.

"I know it's difficult." towards Adam

"Jay" No response but controlled breathing and grimaces.

"Jay!" more forceful.

"Alright." A defeated Jay fishes for the device but can't seem to find it. Adam steps forward and hands it to him. Jay pushes the button.

Within a minute Jay is relaxing, pain subsiding. He opens his eyes to see Will still holding his arm.

"Better?"

Jay reluctantly nods.

"Good." Will places two fingers in Jay's palm, "Now squeeze my hand."

It takes a few seconds but begins to squeeze. The result is immediate.

"Nope." Jay releases his soft grip "Can't. That hurts."

"Alright." Will gently places his wrist back on the pillow over his hip. "We'll have Ortho look at it in the morning…shoulder too, now that we've got your chest injury under control, we can concentrate on the rest of you." He ends with a smile.

Jay is not pleased.

"But until then keep up with the pain relief." Will tells Jay but also Adam for confirmation.

"I'll make sure Doc." Adam reassures.

"Alright then." Will is satisfied, "Have a good night." and he leaves the room.

Adam starts to pull the chair up to Jay's bed.

"You didn't have to get him." Jay says flatly

"You were in pain." Adam responds sitting down "and I'm not having that. Not on my watch."

Jay's mood is better after the pain relief and is beginning to slowly blink.

Adam takes a breath and makes eye contact with Jay.

"You know you're the heart of the team, right?"

Jay frowns at his words.

"We all look to you Jay. Voight's our Sergeant but you're our leader….and it took you pushing to find Kim for me to see that. I'll never forget what you did. Keeping calm and clear headed, doing the right thing and you found her. You and Kevin found her. I don't know what I would have done….." Adam is rambling.

"Hey." Jay gets his attention. "We're all human and sometimes we don't do rational things when it comes to the people we love."

"Don't I know it." Adam chuckles. He sees Jay fighting to stay awake. "Get some rest. You want to be all rested for Hailey in the morning."