Liv knows her husband better than anyone, at least anyone still living and once the man has a goal gut feeling he pursues it and she understands more often than not her gut has lead her in the correct direction with life. She understands but she doesn't agree not this time.
"I'm looking that fire over myself with my own eyes." He said watching as she looked for her penlight he'd let Klaire play with it over dinner last night.
"I don't think you should, you need to let OFI handle this Kelly."
He picks the penlight of the cup holder of Klaire's highchair tray. He plunks it in her hand. "And you think this because you have experience right? You aren't a firefighter Liv. You don't understand a thing Liv you can't."
She looks up at him leaning on the island opposite her. "Fine let me tell you what I know! I know that I can't take you going into another downward spiral and leaving me to hold your emotional baggage while you shut me out. That's what I fucking know, that if keep picking at scabs you never heal. Let OFI handle this please?"
"No."
She sighed tossing her head back in frustration. "Jesus Kelly. You can't do it all babe. You shouldn't have too."
"I'm doing this Liv with or with you." She rolls around the island to his side.
"Fine! Why the hell are you such a goddamned hard ass? I'm only trying to protect you Kelly. I'm always with you and you know it but I feel like I just got you back and…" he's not even looking at her now. "And I'm afraid of what it will do to you if she was murdered and I'm afraid of what happens if it is really just an accident if you no one and no where to place the blame but on the job. I love you I have to get to work."
He caught her arm gently before she could roll away. "Livvy?" She looked up at him. "Thanks for looking out for me."
"I'm just trying to save you back. Just one time."
"I carried you down a ladder. You saved yourself you always have. It's scary to me that you can't see that you've already saved me. I don't need a do over Liv I'm right here and I'm not going anywhere."
"Okay, forgive me for sounding like a heartless bitch."
He shrugged. "Shay would of done the exact same thing, I'll do better than forgiveness I'll be careful. You don't even gotta ask this time."
He leaned down and kissed her. "You know I love you. Like a fucking ton?"
"It's nice to fucking know." She laughed "I totally love you immeasurably."
"You also have nice boobs. Pregnancy does interesting things I'm digging it."
She rolled her eyes. "I've got to go. Ride with me?"
He smiled at her full blast and she smirks back. "So I can grind with you? Tempting baby but I need my car today."
"Alright pin me McFireballs and be careful."
"Have fun doing what you do Darlin.'" He pinned her rings on. "Get all the saves."
"Here's hoping." She kissed him and snatched up Klaire and went down stairs shouting. "We love you!" as the door closed.
She comes back in five seconds. "You wanna kiss Klaire?"
He laughs he just can't help it. Sometimes Liv was the nerdiest woman alive but she made him so happy. "Yes I wanna kiss her. Did you really turn around and come all the way back so wouldn't be cheated out of my baby kisses?" He asked trooping down to the ground floor.
"I'm nice like that a good wife."
He took the baby and kissed her. "Put her in the car for you…"
He bids them fair well and they both head off to work.
-/-/-
Liv is having a fairly slow shift so she texts Erin.
"How's your first day as a DEA big shot Fed going E?"
Her phone doesn't even have to vibrate or signal the return is so fast. "Fuck off."
"Really that well…"
"Are you Doctor Severide?" a young black woman says.
"Who's asking?" Liv said glancing up from her phone.
"Maggie Seaver peds nurse . It seems one of the hospital daycare children has the measles and I was sent to you by the hospital to look them over. With your daughter's condition…"
"Did you read her file?"
"Oh no. the day care worker informed me. It's just that with a condition like hers you'll want to limit exposure."
"Yes, I will thank you. Campeonato! I have to go get my daughter and take her to my husband after doing the once over. Can I leave you in charge for ten minutes?" The other woman looks at her oddly but she blows it off and hurries away once she knows her department is under control.
She rolls toward the day care. "Lang!" She says the second her brother picks up. "How high are T-cells? I need someone to watch Klaire because there's a measles outbreak at the hospital and I don't have anyone else to watch her. I can't expose you though if you're counts are screwed."
"She's vaccinated bring her we'll be fine. My counts are as perfect as they've been in ages. It will be fine."
"I'm going to leave her with- hang on." Her phone vibrates and she reads the message.
"Rescue Kit? Sorry I was a bitch.-Erin"
Liv sighed. "Okay so I have to leave her with Kelly. He's got the other car seat. Can you pick her up?"
"No problem and Livvy?"
"Yep."
"Breathe."
"Right…I'm sorry Lang."
"Nothin' to be sorry for Babe. Love you."
"I love you."
\/\/\/
"Kelly around?" Liv asked rolling in with Klaire on her nap.
"He borrowed Gabi and went to check something out can I help?" Matt asked.
"My brother is coming here to get her in fifteen minutes. Measles exposure at the hospital with her heart being as touchy as it is I feel no need to add stuff considering the last cold nearly killed her."
He held out his hands. "I got her. Come on princess wanna watch TV?"
She hands off Klaire and all her things as she leans over to kiss her she feels a sharp pain and sucks in a breath. "You alright?"
"Yeah probably just false contractions. Its fine… stressful day and the baby is reacting is all. Don't tell Kelly. He'll worry and he already has so much on his plate."
"Liv…" He admonishes.
"It's nothing already gone. Probably gas."
"If something happens to you-"
"Nothing is going to happen Casey besides I work at one of the best hospitals in the country. I'll be fine."
"If anything changes… "He hitches Klaire higher in his arms.
"I will call him I promise." She vowed. "Bye, Bye, baby." She blew Klaire another kiss and left.
-/-/-
When Kelly comes back to the firehouse Brett stands holding Klaire as Cruz looks as though he's trying to decide the likelihood of Klaire being a carrier of the plague.
"Klairey!"
She shrieked happily clapping her hands. "Dada!" she looks to Brett and as if to point him out says. "Dada!" again.
He held out his hands and she dove into his arms. "Why am I getting midmorning visits? Did you get expelled from day care? Wait did you bite that one kid again?" He asked looking down at her.
"Can you get kicked out of Daycare?" Mills asked.
"Yes you can." Herrmann says making Kelly laugh as he sways with Klaire.
"Nah she didn't bite anyone. Measles outbreak at the hospital." Matt supplied.
"Where is my wife?"
"You just missed her."
When Donna comes in with Terrance Klaire eyes him critically but stays very firmly in Kelly's arms. "You don't wanna check him out? Test drive him until your little brother or sister gets here?"
"No!"
"She understood that?" Cruz asked as he crept marginally closer.
Kelly laughs at her stern expression. "Watch this… Klaire do you want a sister?"
"No."
"Brother." He tries.
"No."
"I love you."
"No. No. No."
Now he is just messing with her. "Elmo!"
"No."
Bacon!"
"Eww.. No."
"So, No. is the only word she knows." Cruz clarifies.
"It's the one she likes best." She reached up and put her hand on his mouth as if to stop him from talking about her.
"Gimmie kisses." He leaned in and she turned her head away. "Klaire Katherine Eliza!"
"Ooh shafted by your own baby!" Dawson teased.
Kelly kissed her turned cheek and then sat her in the floor. He brought out some of his paper work into the main area.
So he could watch Klaire and work.
She screeches and giggles happily as she plays with Pouch. She jabbers at Otis. "Come on Klaire smile for me…So I can send this to Aunt Katie….Or just pull up on the couch. She's standing Severide." Otis alerts him from his spot on the floor.
"Yup she does that now…"
"Does she always walk or is that part new?" he asked and Kelly's head snaps up.
He watches her march behind Pouch to the sleeping quarters. "It's new!" he jumped up. "I need a camera! Someone hand me a phone!"
"I got you just follow her!" Gabi said.
"Me too." Otis said.
He gets a few paces in front of her to watch her mildly confused yet happy face. "Hi Klairey! Whatcha doin… "She just smiles at him. She takes three or four more steps then loses her steam and lands on her butt.
"You walked Klaire! You did it!" he got down on his knees and stood her back up. "Wanna do it again?" She promptly sat back down and patted Pouch on top of the head.
"She found the dog. She's happy." Mills said wandering over to watch as had everyone else.
"Should we text Mommy and tell her?" Kelly asked undoing one of her loose pigtails. She fusses at him. "I know but it's falling I gotta fix it." He said finger combing her hair holding the ponytail holder with his teeth. "What? I fix her hair. Not well but I can." He said to the men staring at him.
"It's just weird sometimes it's like you're a totally different person." Mat started.
"One more loop through and…there baby's got her devil horns back."
"And then you're not. It trips us out."
"I'm the same guy just happier." He said picking up Klaire. "Wanna take a "Mommy we just walked and you missed it cause you're saving lives" Selfie?" he held out his phone. "No chewing on the fingers…smile." She switched from gnawing on her fingers to trying to choke him with his medal. "Okay I'm getting you one for your birthday if you just smile Klairey!"
He snapped the picture and followed it with "Guess who just walked across the room unassisted! Tiny Severide!"
The return text is quick. "I'm crying in the middle of the DEA building. I can't believe I missed it!"
He calls her up. "Don't cry Livvy! I have video!"
"Still I missed it, I missed the first steps. "She sniffles and hiccups.
"Babe… It's okay."
She shakes her despite the knowledge that he won't see it. "No, it's really not because I'm not even doing anything important I'm dropping stuff off for Erin."
"Why? Wait! Yes I know you hear Mommy but let Daddy…okay never mind then."
Liv can hear rustling and clicking and she knows Klaire has put Kelly's phone in her mouth. She jabbers quickly occasionally dropping in "Mama" Or "Dada."
"Hello my sweet girlie did you walk?" She hears Klaire gasp. "Yes Bug I'm talking to you. "She finds herself smiling.
"She's looking for you on the screen. Someone face times their Papa Benny too much."
She can hear the phone being traded back. "Klairey…Thank you honey but I can't make Mommy-"
"Mama!" Klaire says with force.
"I can't just make her appear sweetie, she's on the phone."
"That means she's smart Kelly. She knows you usually push a button to make Benny appear."
"Mama! Mama! Ma-ma Ma-ma!"
"Oh great now we're protesting huh?" Liv laughs she can't help herself. The resignation in Kelly's tone is hilarious.
"I really wish Erin would hurry up I gotta get back and my back freakin' hurts."
"Just drop it at the desk…. And she's off again, crawling this time."
"I would but she told me to fuck off and it wasn't playful something is really wrong…Ow…ow…ok that hurt."
"What hurt? Where? Are you okay?"
"Fine baby, just a back cramp from being in Standy Liv mode all day."
"You sure Livvy? You sound off."
"I'm positive Kell just a busy day is all... lots of moving and lifting and pulling I'm fine." She tries to sound up beat.
"If suddenly you aren't okay…"
"You'll be the first person I call."
She tires of waiting for Erin. She leaves the package and a note on her desk.
-/-/-/-
She goes straight back to work busy in a multi-level trauma. The pains don't go away. They increase in frequency. It honestly freaks her out a bit. She doesn't have time to take a lunch break to be monitored having already spent her on call break times.
"Severide you look pale." Young says in concern. "Go up to OB. I will send Arata here."
"It's Braxton Hicks."
Her friend just looks at her. "Do I look like I care? Go."
Dr. Talik hooks her up to a monitor and determines she's not in active labor. It's likely false labor but she sends her home as a safety measure.
-/-/-
Liv lays dozing and watching The Blacklist. The bed feels too big to actually sleep in with Kelly being absent. An extremely sharp pain steals her breath and she feels definite pressure in her pelvis. She waits for it to lessen but it really doesn't.
She dials 911.
=/=
The fire tone rings out. Followed by. "Ambulance 61 female in distress. 220 East Cullerton Street."
Kelly looks up from the laptop screen where he is combing through photos with Gabi. "That's my house."
He's up and running for the ambulance. "It's Liv. She wasn't feeling well."
"Might be Viv." Gabi says chasing after him trying to calm him.
"No, it's Liv I can feel it."
"Distress can mean anything Kelly don't freak out."
"She called 911 instead of me. My wife the doctor thought her best bet was 911. Don't tell me not to freak out. Just tell chief where I went and why." He said climbing into the back of the ambo.
By the time they get to his house his heart's in his throat. He bails out of the ambulance and rushes into the house Brett and Mills are two steps behind him. "Liv! Olivia!" He shouts praying she can respond.
"Up here! Bedroom." She replies her voice sounds tight in pain or fear he can't tell.
He's never taken those three flights of stairs so fast in his life. When he reaches the bedroom she's laying on her side breathing shallowly.
He just freezes. For half a second he can't move he can't draw a breath. He just stands there. Brett gently moves him aside as Mills rolls in the stretcher.
"Hey Livvy. Can you tell me what's going on?" Mills asked.
"These are definitely contractions."
"How far part are they?" Brett asked.
"About three minutes…that's active labor…I can't… I can't…"
"You're not going too… it's going to be fine." Brett said firmly.
"You were supposed to call me! Back pain my ass! You lied!" He yelled suddenly blindly angry.
"I didn't want you to worry. Not with all the Shay stuff going on. The doctor said it was normal."
"Really now you're going to play the Shay card now?" He snarled.
Brett turned and snapped at him. "Snap out of it! Now isn't the time. She did call you! She called us for help if you're going to stand there and whine and gripe you can fucking leave or you can man up and hold your wife's hand and be a comfort to her. The choice is yours just make it fast."
He stares a bit dumbfounded until Liv squeaks in pain. That sets him in action. "Move." He commands and moves Mills aside to pick her up. "You aren't sweating. That's good. What's her BP?" he asked laying her on the gurney. "Normal…why?"
"Good…no Autonomic reactions to pain stressors yet."
"That one's over… they're not long just intense… that's good right?" She asked looking to any of them for reassurance.
He kissed her forehead and answered. "Sure… Its fine I bet…I think it'll be fine. Your water hasn't broke and you aren't bleeding all good signs. We'll just make go make doubly sure okay?" he lets go of her hand so they can troop her down the stairs.
"Kelly!"
"Right behind you baby, I'm right here…"
On the first floor he's back at her side holding her hand. He kissed the back of her hand. "I can feel pressure I'm not far enough along yet."
"I won't let anything happen to you Liv, everything is gonna be fine." He said concretely.
"I don't care about me… the baby."
"I care about you. You're my priority." He said for him that brooked no argument liv came first.
"Kelly you don't understand." She said as they lifted her into the ambulance.
"I do baby, I understand that you're afraid for the baby because they may be the only one you actually give birth too but I believe it's all gonna be fine I believe that. What I need you to understand right now is that without you I don't have anything, I have nothing left without you and if comes down to it? I will choose you."
"That's selfish." She retorts as Mills heads for Chicago Med.
"That's just me babe…"
"Ow! Kelly… "
"Breathe baby and feel free to squeeze me to death."
"Can you show me the video of Klairey?"
"Sure Baby…"
Brett laughs suddenly. "I just noticed your shirt Livvy that's cute." It read: Conserve water shower with a fire fighter.
"Thanks! It was a present from my Daddy of all people. He thought it was funny."
"Cole's an alright guy. Not my biggest fan but I get it." Kelly said started the video.
Liv watches closely. "Oh she just flat out took off Kell!" She laughed. "Poor Pouch she'll never escape Klairey's clutches now…ooh step on it Pete they're getting faster."
-/-/-
She is moved up to OB in the blink of an eye. "Well the head is down which typically isn't a problem but because you sit constantly your cervix is weak and trying to open and dilate which is why you have pain. I'd like to do a cerlage." The doctor says eying the sonogram.
"And what's that?"
"She wants to stitch my cervix closed."
"Is it safe? For Livvy?"
"Yes, I can see the baby's sex would you like to know?"
"Yes!" Liv says and Kelly follows with a nod.
"You're having a boy Olivia."
"I really like my name idea but if you want I will let you have Blaze… no Cinder no way in hell." She bargains intertwining their fingers.
"You really stuck on Aaron Shay?"
"Yeah… you got to name Klaire, you named her without telling me even." She points out knowing she's got him on that one at least.
"What if we hyphenate it as one first name no middle." He offers up.
"What about Aaron Shay Porter Severide."
"We met on Porter Street you nerd." He says smiling.
"I know that Kelly. That's the point."
"I like it. Every part of his name has meaning."
"Liv I'm going to go ahead and start the cerlage okay?"
"Okay will it hurt?"
"I will numb it but you might feel pressure or slight pain."
"I'm scared." She confessed quietly and momentary shock colors Kelly's face.
"Just focus on me Baby. Just talk to me." Kelly said leaning down so close their foreheads touch and he runs his hand through her hair. "I've got you."
"Is this how you keep your rescues calm?"
"Nah I just call them Sweetie and smile real big,"
"So you know this means no sex for the foreseeable future right?"
"There are other alternatives but if not…I'll live." He gives her a little shrug.
"And just where do those alternatives leave me?"
"It will leave you very sexually frustrated, I'm sorry to say. Nothing penetrative though oral sex is fine." The doctor answered and for some reason unknown to Liv Kelly blushes. It's endearing. She takes pity on him and changes the subject.
"The Shay…" she stops for a second.
"Lots of pressure Liv…I'm starting now that the field is numb."
"O-Okay…the shay thing did you find anything?"
"Found enough to take to OFI… Breathe baby…just…" he tilted his head down slightly to kiss her. "Keep breathing."
"It feels scary…"
"You can feel that? Hey! Stop she can feel it."
"Not actively baby…I can feel touch, pressure, tightness, but no pain. I really hate not having control."
"So once I finish this Liv you're on light duty for the duration. No more than eight hours on shift and no sitting for more than an hour without standing in the chair or moving to alleviate pressure. By the end of the eighth month you'll likely be on permanent bed rest."
Liv groaned. "I have a job to do."
"Yes you do, taking care of the little guy. Now go home and go to bed until next shift."
-/-/-
Kelly breaks the silence on the way home. "Don't lie to me like that again."
"Kelly I honestly thought it was nothing and you were busy."
"Shay is gone. You aren't and I'd like to keep it that way." He said tightly.
"Honey…"
He looks at her for split second then back at the road. "Do you want to know how fast I'll fall apart without you? It'll make my grief over Shay look like a carnival. I will not come back from it. So please, don't lie and be a little more conscious of your needs. Screw Erin, Screw the job, screw all of it. It means nothing if you aren't here for it."
"Kelly its not-"
"Don't you dare tell me it's not that serious! You almost went into labor! You are always telling me how rash I am how Take needless risks? So do you! Don't you dare invalidate your actions by saying you did it for me because you didn't." He snapped at her.
"Oh really…" Liv's voice shook as her eyes filled with tears. "Then why did I do it all knowing one?"
"Because you'd have to slow down or stop. You'd be limited and you hate being limited by anything. Even him."
"I- You think I knowingly put my unborn baby in danger? Fuck you!"
"I know that you were carless with your health and that's basically the same thing." He returns.
"For someone who wanted to have children with me you have a glaringly poor opinion of me as a mother. Stop the car, I'm getting out."
"The hell you are!" He yells.
"Watch me!" She shouts back.
"You can't fucking walk Olivia. Walking home is gonna be an issue. Hello Limitations!" He yells at her again.
Her voice turns low and dead serious. "Say that word one more time and you will learn exactly how you become one of my exes!"
"You don't mean that…" He says it like he knows its fact but he truly doesn't.
"You wanna test me and find out?"
When they pull up Lang is playing with Klaire pushing her on the swing Kelly's hung up in the tree in the center of the yard. "Lang! Will you help me real fast? I don't want him touching me right now."
"Livvy come on baby." He pled suddenly tired.
"You wanna be mad fine. I get to be mad too." She justifies.
Kelly sits in the car and watches as Lang helps her inside and Rainey takes his place beside Klaire.
"Fuck!" he hits the steering wheel. Liv disappears from view. "Fuck!" He growls out again.
"Watcha do wrong Fireballs?" Rainey calls out.
"None of your business Rainey." He groaned running a hand down his face. "God help me get through the next four months."
As clear as bell he hears Shay in the back of his head. "Go apologize."
"I was right though! She was being careless and it almost cost me both of them." He retorts.
"Uh you're talking to yourself." Rainey says from the curb. As she holds Klaire.
"I was right." He says to Rainey eyeing his baby who looks perfectly happy.
"So do you wanna be right or do you wanna be married because my sister looked pissed and hurt and if Lang is getting only her side? You are going to get punched."
Lang came outside. "She's sitting in the elevator but refuses to go up. She wants you. She's still cheesed off at you but she wants you."
-/-
She sits perfectly still holding the door open. "I hate my body." She said and there's stillness in her voice. It really alarms him. He steps on the elevator and releases her hold on the open door button. "I mean I really fucking hate it sometimes."
"Baby…" He replied softly feeling totally at a loss.
She shakes her head and stares at the button panel "I don't even mean the scar or my legs…I hate the way my legs look compared to normal girls. The fact that the body I think I have doesn't match the one I actually have doesn't even scratch the surface. I hate the fact that it is broken Kelly. That's the thing I loathe. My body fails me." She confides and his heart breaks a little bit.
"Olivia to me you're beautiful."
She looks up at him and tears brim in her eyes and leak down her cheeks. That hurts even worse. "Thank you but you're missing the point honey. My body is broken I will never chase after my kids, or dance at Aaron's wedding with him. I could live with that but my body is failing him before he is even here it's putting him in harm's way and I really did not want it to be true, so I was in denial. If I told you that meant being honest and admitting that in some ways I will always fail my children. So yes I was wrong and selfish and I'm sorry I lied to you."
"Livvy…"
"Don't tell me it's not true." She shook her head.
"Look I was wrong too okay, I was, I pushed your buttons and harped on things and went too far and I'm really sorry. It's not true though. You don't fail them, even if you can't do all those things that doesn't mean you're in any way less than any other mother. Hang on…wait right here." He leaves and returns with Klaire he stands her on Liv's lap. "Be gentle Klaire." He says as Klaire cuddles up and hugs her.
"What do you think she sees when she looks at you Liv?"
"I don't know." She replied with a break in her voice.
"Then I'll tell you. She sees the person who feeds her, who keeps her warm, holds her when she sleeps, when she cries, the person who sings awfully to make laugh the person who keeps her healthy and fights for her. She sees the person who lights her whole world up. She would be lost without you because you are a superb mother. Because without you I'm a generally shitty person and I couldn't do half of what you do for them."
"You're cocky but you aren't a shitty person."
He grins and wipes her tears. "You're legally required to say that. You're my wife."
"No I'm really not"
"Come on lets go get you set up in bed. I gotta head back."
"But the bed is just boring without you." He hits the up button and they ascend.
"I'll set up the Wii for you." He bargained.
She whined. "Whatever."
"You only wanna have sex because they say we can't." He points out as they get off the elevator.
"You say that as though you aren't in boat with me Hubs McFireballs."
He laughed. Then became suddenly serious. "I'm sorry for the things I said. I hate when people see you as less than or disabled and then I shove your limitations in your face I'm sorry." He said pushing her to the bedroom/
"I made myself look like an idiot trying to walk home."
"Your perseverance was charming once I wasn't pissed at you. I thought you might actually bail on me."
"Oh I was considering the merits of road rash. You do know I forgave you the second you stepped on the elevator right?"
"Hmm, by the way I am in that sad boat of chastity with you."
"Do even know how to be chaste?"
"Last time I tried it I was in diapers. So we shall see."
She laughs as he settles her in bed among the pillows. He kissed her. "See ya later my ladies." He kissed Klaire and trooped down the stairs.
"Be careful!" She called out.
"I will! Do not let her get up for anything but the bathroom or saving Klaire from imminent death. Is that clear?" He told Lang.
"I've got her Kelly." Lang retorted
"That's what they all say. Love you girls! Bye babies."
"Bye Kell!
'Ba Dada!"
-/-/-/
When Kelly returns that night. He finds Liv exactly where he left her thankfully. Not so thankfully Erin is lying beside her as they eat soft pretzels from the 7-11 down the block. "Fuck it's you…" he mutters to Erin.
"Hey douchebag." She replies mid bite.
"She's my wife."
"She's my hetero life partner. I out rank you. Unless you want to hear about my sex life with her brother you might wanna leave." She advises.
Liv interjects. "Technically for the fortieth time I really do not-"
"Oh hush Liv!"
"But in Liv's defense it kind of crossing like at least ten lines." He walked over and leaned down. "I'm kissing my wife hello then I will leave."
"I might taste like processed nacho cheese and Slurpee juice."
"I'll love you anyway." He kissed her. "Going to shower."
"Holler if you get lonely."
"They said no sex Livvy."
"She said nothing of communal showers or blow jobs."
"By the end of this you'll be the horniest person on the planet. I'll say a prayer for you." Erin said sounding totally unsurprised.
"What like Dear Lord don't let Livvy explode from sexual tension as she is my only female friend?"
Kelly gave a bark of laughter from the bathroom. "My baby she speaks the truth." He said before disappearing into the shower.
Kelly is washing his hair when the shower door opens. "May I join you?"
"Um Yes. Definitely."
"Mind fixing it so the sprayer won't hit me in the face?"
He does her bidding or so she thinks. "On it, How'd you get rid Erin so fast?"
"Told her as long as she's allowed to screw Halstead she should. I think she left to take my advice. She won't last at the Fed Gig, it's too rule bookish for her. She'll go back to Hank she always does… might as well take the chance while she has it. I think she thinks she's afraid it'll turn deep but hey, he might be sucky in bed. Doubtful but … one can only hope if you're destined to work together."
"Wait! So you're hoping she has shitty sex? Why?" Kelly laughed.
"Because if it's good, she'll keep at it and Hank will kill someone likely Jay."
"How was your day? The rest of it I mean with the investigation?'
He turned around. "Whoa you got naked fast."
She sat primly on the shower ledge "That was the general idea. So your day?"
"I can't concentrate when you… "
"When I what?" She smirked tilting her head at him.
"Stop smiling like that!"
"Like what?"
"Like you've won! "
"Well I have I just turned your brain to jelly and all I'm doing is sitting here. Which is really quite cold. Hand me the sprayer."
He turns the sprayer and water hits her in the face. "You asshole!"
"I love you." He said with an innocent smirk.
"Yeah I bet."
"The hose…it slipped."
"You been waiting a long, long, time to work that one in ain't ya Fireballs…" She said laughing as he leaned into to kiss her. "Mm, I am all for making up but this kiss it's a distraction. Rise your hair before you get itchy scalp and answer my question about the investigation."
"How did you know I was deflecting?"
"Seriously Kell? We are married! Talk to me."
"I would really rather play doctor with my doctor." He tries again.
"Kelly…"
"Right I did promise to let you in and not backslides."
"You did and I really am cold."
He picks her up and backs her into the wall with multiple shower heads. "Better?"
"I love you." She says a little dreamily.
"I love you too." He kissed the side of her neck. "So we found the guy who did it. He practically taunted me with Shay in the middle of the street."
"I'm sorry baby. It's good you found him though."
"They can't prosecute no proof even though we know he has set multiple fires over decades."
"So we get proof. How do we get proof?"
"Wait for him to start another fire."
She's silent a beat. "You can put me down I must be heavy."
"You're fine baby."
"I'll get Erin on it!" She said like it was already a given.
"Babe…"
"Yeah…"
"Thank you, but really I just want to be with you for a minute. In the quiet before the water gets cold or Klaire wakes up."
She doesn't respond she just wound her arms around him and rested her chin on his shoulder. Neither of them breaks the silence. They just breathe and he kisses her like she is the only thing that sets his world in some semblance of rightness. Because she just is.
As the water goes cool they don't notice.
AN: I own nothing but the OCs if you liked it tell me. This is getting harder to write I could use so feedback to fuel the fire no pun intended. Thanks for all the support thus far!-MM
AN 2: I don't own Maggie Seaver she in the back door pilot for Chicago Med. She's someone from Kelly's past and will be worked into my plot maybe. I saw an opening to drop bread crumbs and took it.-MM