This takes place roughly 3 months after the first date; I own nothing but Liv her family and my plot line.
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"There's a pretty girl getting out of a fancy handicapped truck outside." Otis said walking into the common area and kitchen.
"That's Liv." Kelly said getting up from the table and holding open the door for her. "Hey Red! What ya doin here?"
"It's ok I'm here right? I just, I know we haven't been seeing each other very long but Sadie asked me to deliver this for her.
"You're totally fine babe…" He takes the little gift bag with Dora the Explorer on it.
"She wrapped it herself." Liv answers as he pulls out the sand bottle filled with swirly purple, white, and light blue sand. "She wanted to finish it for you."
"For saving her Livvy?" He asked smiling,
"Nope, I don't rate that high. You impressed her all on your own. I think fire trucks will do that to a lady."
"Yeah well the one I was trying to impress seemed indifferent." He said dryly.
She shrugged in jest. "Two outta three ain't bad Kell."
"How are you? You look tired."
"This day's on par I'm fine, really I am." She answered brushing the hair at his fore head back into place with her fingertips. She notices a blonde staring them down through the glass but doesn't say anything.
He leaned down and kissed her. "You got time to meet some people? Eat with us?"
"If you've got strong coffee then I'm your girl."
"Strong enough to peel paint off the walls and you're already my girl."
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When he grabs her hand and pulls her along behind him into the common room she can feel all eyes on her.
"Guys, this is Olivia Grayne. My girlfriend." He steps to the side and gestures to her still keeping her hand in his.
The room is utterly silent until… "Why do I know that name?" A sandy hair man who looks slightly familiar asks.
"You're the Porter Street rescue." A guy with a mustache says pointing at her.
"Yeah she is but it's not that." Casey replies.
"I worked with Hallie but you guys were spilt up." Liv provides.
"
No, are you related to Owen Grayne?"
"He's my brother." Her brows quirk.
"He under bid me for a contract."
"A Rescue Rebound? Really Kelly, I thought you were better than that." The blonde staring girl says snidely.
She smiles when Olivia flinches at her tone and implication. "What does she mean?" Liv asked slowly.
"Nothing baby, Shay's just naturally a bitch these days." Kelly shoots back.
"Look, that's Casey, Cruz, Capp, and Herman, Clark, Mills, Mouch, and Pouch, Dawson and shay."
"And I'm Otis." Mustache man adds in.
"And I skipped you on purpose." Kelly teases.
"That cuts deep Severide."
"I'd imagine it does she's pretty."
Her phone rings. Damn it Kell, sorry." She lets go of his hand to answer it.
"Its fine, duty calls."
"Hello, yeah what? No, what's his BP?" She shields the phone. "It was nice meeting you all, rain check on the coffee?" She looked at Kelly. "I'll bring you some I'm off before you today. Kelly said."
"What no, I'm on my way." She rolls off and Kelly grabs the chair and tips it back. "AHHH! Shit! No not you my boyfriend's being a jack ass." He smiled at her.
He kissed her. "Be careful."
"You too."
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"What was that Shay? It certainly wasn't the friend I know." He said watching her stock her rig.
"She's your rebound from Renée and that's it I feel no need to become invested." She said not sparing him a glance.
"You're wrong, I like her, I genuinely care, she's interesting and smart, and I have feelings for her. I see her becoming a part of my life I'd like it if you'd get behind that if not please at least have the grace to not make her feel unwelcome in my home. This firehouse isn't just your home it's mine too and I introduce you guys to no one unless it's real you know that! You know it's important."
She looked over at him. "When you marry her or she moves in? Then I'll believe you're serious but honestly Kelly don't need to save the poor little cripple."
"If you think that's what I'm doing then you know what? Fuck you, just fuck you!" He said pointing at her. "You don't know the first thing about her." He yelled walking away.
"Well do you?" She shouts at his back.
That night in bed. He plays with her hair and looks at the ceiling as she curls against him.
"Livvy?" He breaks the silence and glances down at her.
"Hmm." She said sleepily.
"How'd you end up in your chair?"
"My mother was a paranoid schizophrenic who listened to intently to the voices in her head and parked in the middle of a four way stop. She ended up dead and I was paralyzed. I was four." She answered patently like it was old hat she stretched and looked over at him for a quiet minute.
"Damn." Kelly murmured she pulled herself into a sitting position.
She shrugged holding the sheet to her. "That's life, let's see as a result of the accident I'm adopted my father signed over his rights he's a three time offender for drug trafficking in Cali. I'm the second oldest of twelve. "She finishes with a smile.
"Holy shit!"
"The Grayne's are a godsend to a lot of kids. They take in a lot of special needs foster kids. I love my parents. My brother Owen once dated my best friend Erin; I like brussel sprouts hate beets. I love old movies and peanut butter ice cream. I always cry when I lose a patient. I listen to heavy metal when I'm sad. Is that enough information to appease Shay?" her eye brows winged up.
"How'd you?" she dropped the sheet to pull back her hair. Kelly went silent and watched her.
"I like your hair down." He said a little thickly. Reaching out he placed his hand on her side and rubbed his thumb along the faint line of her rib.
"It's hot though."
"Please."
"Fine only because I like you she dropped her hands her hair falling back into place just below her shoulders. "Anyways, I can read you that's all and Shay she means a lot you and so does her approval. I get it."
He grabbed her by the back of the neck and pulled her over him to kiss her. Her deep auburn red hair curtaining his face. "Nuh uh, Mister..Mmm...Fair exchange of information dude."
"
Ok then," He kissed her neck. "I love your hair."
"That's not something…."She squealed. "That I don't already know, stop it that tickles."
"Never. My middle name's Benjamin." He kissed down her neck.
"What does this mean?" She touched the medallion hanging around his neck. He lingers a moment at her shoulders.
He backed off momentarily. "It's the medal of St. Florian Patron Saint of Firefighters. My father gave it to me when I joined the department. I'm a second generation firemen."
"Really? I had a patient's father give me one. St. Rita. "
"Ah, Patron Saint of impossible things." He smiled knowingly. "My grandmother was catholic."
"I'm a Christian but it stays in my lab coat at all times." He walks his fingertips down her abs and around her navel and back up to her breast bone.
"Let's see, I'm a Taurus, I like boxing football and the occasional jog, I like rocky road Ice cream rock music and I like to drink Shinerbock when I'm sad. I'm allergic to cats and cedar trees. I've never had anything pierced despite what the boys may tell you and yes, my best friend can be a bitch but she means well and now can we get busy again?" he tipped her chin up with his index finger and kissed her.
"You started it," She teased against his lips.
"Now I'm going to start something else." He retorts pulling so she's strattled in his lap.
"Oh my God, you're incorrigible." She replies he nibbles his bottom lip as he drives up into her.
"I love when you use big words, it's sexy." He whispers into her neck.
"Necrotizing Fasciitis." She jokes.
The roll of his hips cuts off her laugh. "That, not so sexy."
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"Ahh! Kelly there's a man in your house!" Liv drops the laundry basket and makes a grab for anything throwable.
"Who are you?" They ask in unison.
"Livvy are you okay?" Kelly comes trotting down the stairs and swings into the laundry room bat in hand. Where Olivia sits in his Chicago Fire Department Softball Team tee shirt and his father stands eying his girlfriend and her wire hanger warily.
"Dad what are you doing here? Liv, its okay baby lower your very cute weapon."
"Sorry to have frightened you sweetheart, I'm Benny Severide."
"Olivia Grayne nice to meet you," She yanks a pair of sweat pants out of the basket. "I'll just go put pants on."
"Those are mine." Kelly teases as she blushes.
"Shut up!" She retorts.
"Livvy?"
"Don't worry he's walked in on me with women at lot more naked than you now."
"That's not surprisingly at all comforting Kell,"
He just winks at her. She gives a disbelieving laugh and leaves the room.
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"I'm making good on my rain check." He hears from behind him a star bucks cup is sat on his desk.
"Livvy!" He says turning his chair to look at her.
"I love it when you say my name like that!"
"Like what?" he said laughing.
"Like you're happy to see me."
"Well I am." He sipped his coffee. "You bought me girly coffee."
"I did yes, don't worry no one knows of your secret love for pumpkin lattes." She gave him a conspiratorial wink.
He rolled his desk chair up to her. "Hi."
"Hi back." He kissed her reaching around he pushed the door closed. "We can't do this here." She said trying to think clearly as he found the spot on her neck that always made her insides feel hot. She prayed he left no noticeable marks.
"Why not?"
"Because there are people here." She tried to say it with some conviction but really had none.
"My guys know not to come in when my woman's here."
"Excuse you?" She sat back and eyed him
"My lady?"
"That's a little better."
"Yeah?" he lifted her into his lap. "Next excuse."
"It's a process to get undressed and I have a Foley in because I'm taking part of Hanna's shift and won't have time to straight cath on time." She said trying to be as discreet as possible about her bodily functions.
"I'm still not put off. You can have sex with it in and I have no problem helping you out of your clothes." She just looked at him. "What I can use Google." She laughed.
"What if you get-"he put his finger to her lips "Don't say it because if you say it-"
"Truck 81, squad 3, ambulance 61 attempted suicide 14th and Vine."
"It's gonna happen." Kelly whined. He kissed her quickly sitting her back in her chair.
"Sorry I didn't know."
"Now, you do. Don't jinx your boyfriend out of hot sex." He said teasingly.
She followed behind him. "We've got too sync up our schedules or we're never going to see each other for more than five minutes Liv." He steps out of his shoes and steps into the bottom half of his fire suit.
"I can see if I can switch or cut back some." She watches him yank up the suspenders into place.
"You'd do that?" He looks at her swinging on the coat. He puts on head protector and the hat. He steps into the truck and closes the door.
"I hate to point out the obvious but I am dating a firefighter. I expect to make sacrifices." She tries to hand him his coffee through the truck window but can't reach. A black man seemingly in charge takes the cup from her and throws it away.
"It's a sweet gesture honey but you aren't supposed to be out here." Chief Bowden says.
"I'm sorry I didn't know. Stay safe everyone." She said feeling admonish as the trucks and ambulance speed away. With only Pouch for company she leaves.
"Chief I got three sips outta that. You never had a problem with anyone's wife showing up unannounced." Kelly said over the radio.
"She's the flavor of the month not your wife and we can't have any fuck ups with the dragon lady around Kelly." Shay gripes.
"She might not be my wife but she's not the flavor of the month either."
"Oh I'm sorry I forgot, she was the flavor of last month too." She jabs
"At least I chose a flavor Miss musical mattress queen!" he retorts.
"Hush you two!" Gets barked over the radio.
"Tell me something first Shay? Are you jealous I got there first? You think she's hot? That why you're acting like I peed in your cheerios?" He asked.
"Enough, fight over Kelly's girlfriend after the rescue." Bowden snaps over the radio.
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Kelly's in the shower when his phone rings. He jumps out of the shower hitting answer.
"Talk to me." He said shoving the phone in between his shoulder and ear to wrap himself in a towel.
"Well I'm good with that? Hi baby!" She replies.
"Oh it's you…talk dirty to me." The happy laugh that bubbles out of her makes him smile. He puts her on speaker and sets about shaving in the sink.
"Oh my god, you insatiable pervert."
"You love it."
"Maybe a little." She flipped through an old People Magazine.
"Watcha wearin'?"
"Little mermaid scrubs."
"Oooh hot!" He rinses his razor.
"Liar."
No, Disney characters totally do it for me." He teases.
"See Perv!"
"So, what's up since phone sex is obviously out." He said carefully shaving around his mouth.
"I prefer the real thing."
"Can't argue that."
"Did I get you in trouble Kelly because if I did, then I'm sorry I just like seeing you before I go to work?" She stares at brad pit on a glossy page he did not age well. Kelly's hotter.
"Look babe Chief just has a corn cob up his ass about the audit lady. It ain't about you. I swear to God if you quit coming by I'm going to lose my mind." He said honestly.
"How are things with your Dad?" She asks and he's silent for a few beats.
"Babe…" he hedges tiredly finishing his half assed shave.
"I know I'm pushy we didn't grow up the same."
"It's not that Benny runs when he gets bored and he is bored with Beth all of it."
"Do you run?" She asked preparing for the worst.
"I used too." He said quietly staring at her picture on his phone.
"Are you going to run from me when the novelty wears off and being with the crippled girl gets real?" she reveals her worst and oldest fear.
"You are not a goddamn novelty Liv! You aren't the fucking flavor of the month you're my girlfriend. Did you know I just ordered a trapeze so you can sleep at my place? This is real for me! My feelings are real and I don't care who thinks they're not anyone but you. You've gotta believe me Liv, I want to be with you."
"I'm sorry, it's just guys like you the ones who can have any woman he wants? They never want me. I'm work and sacrifice and parts of being with me won't be easy."
"I don't want easy just give me possible."
"Okay I believe you Kell." Something about his answer eases the knot that sometimes lives in her stomach.
"Go to my place when you get off I want to have something to come home too." He asks hopefully.
"You do realize I have another 28 hours on call right?" She said dryly.
"I don't care if all we do is sleep in the same bed for three hours and eat dried cereal for breakfast. I want you there."
"How will I get inside and up the stairs?" She said being logical.
"My Dad's there. He's retired but he can carry my 105 pound girlfriend up the stairs."
"Baby, I gotta go I just got 911-ed I'll be at your place.
"Bye Babe."
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"Livvy! Baby, I'm-"Kelly shouts.
"Shh. She's asleep." Benny said. "Six car pile-up rights before shift change she just got in maybe an hour ago."
"Damn."
Benny shrugged. "Let her get in a few solid hours before you wake her. You like her, I can see it. I think you are in love with her already."
"I'm-"
"I get it, she reminds me of your mother a lot, I knew with your Mom on our second date."
"Shay hates her." He said leaning on the kitchen island,
"You fall in love with someone Shay loses her safety net. I'm a shit husband but even I know your wife becomes your best friend."
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Kelly comes in and sees her lying on her stomach. He gets on the bed and crawls on top of her.
"Typically Kelly, I love all things you related including that smoke smell that never goes away and the fact that are hornier than any fifteen year old I know but I'm tired cuddle me or step off." She said not bothering to open her eyes.
"Okay I can cuddle you just watch." He gets up and gets undressed before climbing back in bed and pulling her too him. He holds up his phone and snaps a picture.
"You just tweeted that didn't you? Asshole."
"You still look beautiful." He kissed her cheek.
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Liv wakes to moaning. "Kelly!" He sleeps right through it. "Kelly!" She laughs as it gets louder. She shakes him" Kell darlin'."
"hmm what?"
"Please tell me the Ahh Ahh Ahh girl is not Shay that's gonna get annoying." She points to wall to her left.
"We could always drown em out I'm naturally competitive." He said grinning.
"I have no doubt. Your Dad's here though."
"If we scar him he'll leave quicker." He said rolling on top of her.
She laughs loudly. "You can't be seri-"His kiss cut off her sentence and shut down her higher brain function.
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"Your still here." Kelly said walking down the stairs. Olivia sits on the counter next to the stove cooking scrambled eggs. "I took a personal day so I could spend time with you."
"Well I feel special." He said coming to stand beside her.
She looks up and finds him staring. "What?"
"Nothing making a mental note of something for future reference." He shrugged and scooted closer to her.
"Hm, okay then. We're both off today what do you wanna do?" She stirs the eggs around.
He grins. "Besides that Kell!"
He kissed the exposed side of her neck. "Baby?" She said freezing in place.
"Mmhmm." Kelly murmured
"unless you wanna eat burned eggs I'd keep your lips to yourself."
"You don't really mean that." He kissed on the lips. Before going to open the fridge.
"Fry up the bacon horndog."
"Wanna go to the movies later? I'll even let you pick." He said looking for a pan,
"That never happens take him up. On it." Shay said lingering near the coffee maker. Neither of them had heard her come in. the dark haired girl behind Shay gives Liv the creeps.
"I make it strong, I apologize in advance. Thanks for the tip. Look I really don't like this tension between us I don't know what I've done to cause it but I'd like it too stop. I'm not trying to steal your best friend, I'm one of twelve I have plenty of friends. Kelly's different and I care about him and have no intention of hurting him in fact he'll probably hurt me before I will ever hurt him. As for being a rescue rebound that's my problem not yours. He swears I'm not a rebound and I believe him. Look we're going to be together you can get behind it or not that's your choice. My choice is to be nice to you and call a truce. The rest is up to you because I'm not going anywhere. "She looked at Shay unflinchingly.
"You like straight shooters Shay, Livvy the eggs are burning anyway." Kelly points out.
"Shit." She turns back to her egg pan
"No sweat I'll start some new ones." He said handing her a cheese stick to nibble on.
"Movies? Catching Fire?" She suggests biting into the cheese.
"Sure sounds fiery."
"It's not." Shay and Liv say together.
"We're cool." Shay said to her with a nod.
"Can we drop by Lakeside? I have a little girl to thank for my present." Kelly said,
"Yup I'm sunk." She grabbed him by the face and kissed him deeply.
"We'll never get breakfast made at this rate." He points out and she just laughed.