Twenty minutes later they were in his room and Vic was sitting in a chair next to the bed and had near-death grip on his hand. Rosaline sat on the other side and mirrored Vic's position. After another forty-five minutes or so, he began to stir.

"Luke?" Vic asked softly.

"Victoria." He murmured as his eyes opened slowly and he turned his head.

"Hey you." She smiled and he squeezed her hand.

"Everybody's fine. Deb was moved to the burn unit and it was not nearly as bad as they assumed, the fire was put out about fifteen minutes ago, no one else was harmed and the investigators have taken over and will be doing overhaul on their own, so they don't lose any possible evidence. Samantha went to oversee it all. Against all obvious protocols, but she just wants to know what happened and Deb was sedated so they could clean her burns and get them treated and she couldn't just sit and watch.

"Keeping tabs?" He chuckled.

"No the deputy chief has been updating me knowing that you'd want them as soon as you woke up, Chief." She smirked and he kissed her softly. Vic took her chance and pressed the call button for the nurse. They needed to tell the doctor, who they'd learned was Meredith Grey, when he woke up.

"That's cheating." He half-whined when the nurse walked in.

"You weren't going to let me very well go and get them, were you?" She asked matter-of-factly.

"Nope." He grinned.

"Exactly my point. Besides I was only following doctor's orders." She grinned.

"You followed orders? I'm impressed." He smirked and dodged the hand that was coming to smack him lightly on the cheek.

"Very funny." She smiled and moved out of the way so Dr. Grey could check him out.

"Everything looks good here, just take it easy and let me know if you need anything." He nodded.

"Oh I will. He's too damn stubborn." Vic replied and Dr. Grey smiled and left them be.

"You're enjoying this too much, Vic." He replied and let out an exasperated sigh.

"I definitely am." She laughed.

"When do I get to go see Deb? I need to see her." He asked softly.

"As soon as the doctor lets you. Hopefully later this afternoon, when they take her out of sedation." Vic replied as she ran her hands through his hair. He nodded.

"I hope so." Vic smiled and laid down next to her and Jennifer set Lila on his other side and took Vic's seat. The team stayed and chatted for a while before Sully led them out.

"Stay in bed and listen to your wife at the very least, Rip." Sully said before he shut the door.

"I'll try." He chuckled and they soon dozed off together.

A few hours later Vic groaned and rolled out of the bed to rush to the bathroom. When she came back, she found them helping Luke into a wheelchair.

"Time to go see Deb?" She asked and he nodded.

"Dr. Grey said it was okay." Jennifer confirmed when Vic looked to her.

"Okay. Come on." They made their way to the burn unit and were directed to Deb's room immediately. Samantha was back and Deb's sedation had been lifted.

"I'm fine, Rip." She said as she saw them in the doorway. Vic pushed him to her bedside opposite her wife.

"Had to see for myself." He replied and she nodded.

"So, you just had to play hero, huh?"

"My best friend and one of my Battalion Chiefs called a Mayday order. There's no way I wasn't going in." He replied, sternly but gently.

"Thank you." She smiled at him and he squeezed her hand.

"You're welcome." He smiled.

'It may be a while before we come back. Deb's awake and they're having a heart-to-heart.' Vic texted Jennifer.

'Okay. We're going to get food in the cafeteria then.' Jennifer replied and Vic sent her a thumbs up emoji.

"What are you so interested in on your phone, love?" Luke asked.

"Just telling Jen that we'd probably be a while. She is taking Lila and your mom to the cafeteria for lunch." She replied and he smiled.

"Okay."

"Sammy did you figure out what they used as an accelerant?" Deb asked and Sam nodded.

"I'll tell you, but you can't repeat it to anyone outside this room." The three firefighters nodded.

"They used acetone. It was so hot that no one inside that fire should have been able to make it out. But everyone did. There was no loss of life despite multiple injuries; all firefighters, no civilians. You two got the worst of it."

"Good. I will be paying visits to the other firefighters later, once I'm not in a gown." Luke replied matter-of-factly.

"Yeah. I figured that. You always do." Deb replied. She was starting to doze off again.

"Sam, I think we're gonna let her rest, you know where to find us, right?" Luke asked.

"Yeah. We'll stop by later tonight or tomorrow." She replied. Vic nodded and pushed him to the cafeteria. She pushed him over to Jennifer and Lila and went to help Rosaline with the food. They set it down on the table and Luke looked like he was about to fall asleep.

"You wanna go up babe?" Vic asked. The smells were making her nauseous anyway.

"Yes please." He replied and they made their way back up and left the three ladies to eat. She helped him into bed, and he fell asleep quickly. Vic decided to call the deputy chief and inform him of Luke's condition.

"Deputy Chief Ricardo's office." His assistant answered.

"Yes, this is Victoria Ripley, is he in?"

"Just a moment."

"Thank you." Vic replied and she was patched through to him.

"Victoria? How are things on your end?"

"Luke woke up a while ago, then he took a good nap before going to see Deb. They're both resting now but they should both be out by the end of the week and at home to recover, although that will probably take at least four to six weeks, according to their doctors." She replied.

"Alright. Thank you for the updates. Let me know if any of you need anything and remember to take care of you and the babies too." He replied.

"I will, thanks chief." She replied and they hung up.