Chapter 5

Psalm57 – In the show Munch constantly mentions his former wives. I think that the count was up to four.

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"Are you here for Detective Munch?" The young nurse asked as Olivia and Sara rejoined Cragen, Elliot, and Fin.

"Yes we are, what's happening?" Fin asked standing up.

"The doctor just sent me out to find out if there was any family here."

"I'm his fiancé." Sara said, "What's going on? Is John okay?"

"I was just sent to find if there was any family. You need to come with me." Sara slightly paled as her stomach began to tighten again.

"Uh is it alright if someone comes with me?" She asked.

"If you want." The nurse shrugged.

Sara turned and looked to Fin. "Will you…?"

"Yeah." Fin moved next to Sara. They followed the nurse down the corridor from which she originally came.

"Doctor Miller?" The nurse said, approaching a doctor in a fresh set of scrubs and white lab coat. He was standing in front of a set of x-rays.

"Yes nurse?" The doctor asked turning to where his name was being called.

"This is Sara Cohen, she's Detective Munch's fiancé."

"Yes… and you are?" The doctor turned to Fin.

"I'm Odafin Tutuola, I'm Munch's partner."

"Alright…"

"How's John doing?" Sara asked.

"He's doing just fine Miss Cohen. We've just brought him down to recovery; we were able to remove the bullet and stop all the bleeding. He'll be asleep for a little while, but there doesn't seem to be any permanent damage."

"Wait… where was he shot?" Sara asked realizing that no one had mentioned.

"He was shot in the stomach. Miraculously enough the bullet missed any major organs and he got here quick enough that we were able to stop the bleeding. Detective Munch was lucky."

"When can I see him?"

"I can take you to his room right now." Doctor Miller said starting down another hallway. Fin and Sara followed the doctor to a private room. "He's asleep right now, we had to use a bit of pain medication. He should be able to hear you though."

"Thank you doctor." Sara said, her hand on the door. The doctor just nodded and walked away. Just as Sara was about to go into the room she noticed that Fin wasn't following. "Fin? Are you coming?"

"Nah, you go ahead." He said shaking his head.

"Don't be ridiculous. You're his partner, you should come in." She said pushing the door opened. Fin nodded in appreciation and followed her into the room.

John was lying under the thin hospital sheets; there was an IV attached to his hand and a heart rate monitor beeping steadily in the silent room. "Ironic that this is the only time he's quiet." Sara muttered, walking over to the bedside.

Fin stifled a laugh at Sara's comment. He watched as Sara took John's hand that didn't have the IV attached to it. "Hey I'm going to go let everyone know the good news." Fin said making his way towards the door again.

"Alright." Sara said, turning towards him while he spoke then looked back to John's sleeping form. Fin stood outside of the door and watched as Sara pulled a chair next to the bed, sat down, and then press a small kiss on the back of his partner's hand.

Fin smiled to himself, glad that there was someone sitting with John. Someone who loves him. He turned and continued to walk back out to the waiting room.

"Fin, how's he doing?" Olivia asked as soon as she saw him.

"Doctor said that he would be alright. They were able to stop the bleeding and got the bullet out. Doc said he'll make a full recovery."

"That's great." Elliot said, an expression of relief on his face.

"Where's Sara?" Cragen asked, noticing that she hadn't returned.

"She's sitting in with Munch. They said he's out for the night but she wanted to stay with him."

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"You scared the hell out of me." Sara said, John was still knocked out from the drugs but that didn't mean he couldn't hear her. "You better not do this again…"

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