Thank you for leaving reviews and reading my latest. I hope you enjoy this too. You always hurt the one you love. Again thanks for all the feedback, it much appreciated being that this is my first time writing fanfiction. -uconnpaws

Chicago Med:

Hailey walks into the waiting area to greet the team. Kim is the first to walk up to her. She just hugs Hailey; no words need to be exchanged. The others are very concerned and wait for the exchange to be over.

When Kim releases her she starts, "He's stable…...sleeping….Will's with him. It was a hemothorax. They put to perform a thoracostomy to relieve the pressure….so he could breathe. Please tell me we got these guys."

"There has been a complication," Voight responds.

Hailey raises her voice in anger, "What complication?! Kim said you linked all the video, confirmed it was James, Jordan, and Shawn."

"Jordan even confessed. Laid down the whole series of events." Kevin adds

"Even more so!"

Voight responds, "The Press has the photos from their original arrest. Deputy Superintendent Miller is under pressure to explain. I have a sinking feeling, that in this climate between the police and the black community…..it's going to be tricky."

"What?!" Hailey's anger has not subsided, "What are you saying?! Are you saying they're going to get off!"

The whole team is rattled by this revelation.

" .No" Adam says "That's not so, isn't Sarge?"

Voight's sober look says it all.

They all look at him disbelieving.

"Look, I don't like this one bit and I'm going to do everything I can for it not to happen. But for now, let's all just wait and see what happens. We have a solid case. Let's call it a night."

The team files out but Hailey stays, shakes her head, and returns to Jay's room.

Jay's Room:

Hailey finds Will sitting where the end of Jay's bed was, still looking at his tablet but Jay is gone. She looks at him and questions, "Where's Jay?"

"No need to worry. Everything's fine, relatively anyways. Chest x-ray to see if it's an active bleed or not. Blood is still draining from his chest, so it's either residual or there's a small bleed."

Hailey relaxes only a bit and sits down. She wrings her hands then runs her left hand over her forehead.

"Hailey," Will says interrupting her thoughts and she looks up. "He is going to be OK."

"He couldn't breath Will." She says, her eyes watering. "He couldn't breath." This time just above a whisper.

Will's voice is filled with guilt. "I know. And that's my fault. I missed it. I should have made him stay another night. That's on me. You did everything right. I put you and Jay in a terrible situation. I'm sorry."

Hailey acknowledges Will's feelings and gives him a small smile and a nod. Will's tablet alerts. He looks down.

"Jay's on his way."

Will is looking down at the new set of x-rays as Jay is wheeled back into his room. The nurse reconnects him to the monitors, checks Jay over, and pulls a blanket up to his mid-chest. She turns to Will and Hailey and gives them both a blanket. She turns to Will.

"Everything went well Dr. Halstead. He's the perfect patient."

"So he slept right through it?" Will asks

She smiles and nods as she leaves the room.

Will gets up and checks Jay over for himself. Satisfied he returns to his chair and starts to look at the most recent x-rays.

Hailey watches the exchange between the nurse and Will. She suddenly feels out of place.

"I guess I should be going. Jay needs his rest." She says to the room.

Will looks up at her, "You can stay, like I said before, I'm sure he'd rather see you than me."

She really doesn't want to leave and is happy when Will insists she stay. She pulled the chair along Jay's right side. She places her left hand on Jay's right forearm careful not to disturb the IV line. She speaks softly to Jay as he sleeps.

"I know you don't like hospitals and needles. But here you are, with an IV and a tube in your chest. All because of some rotten cops." She shakes her head and gently rubs his forearm. She sits for a minute and then settles back in the chair adjusting the blanket over her.

Will is "looking" at his tablet but observes Hailey's exchange with his sleeping brother.

About a half-hour later Choi walks into Jay's room. Will looks up to Choi and then to Hailey, she's asleep.

"Did you see the latest x-rays?" Choi asks Will

"Yeah, in the hall." Will answers and motions toward the hallway. They both walk into the hallway.

Will turns to Choi, "Fracture of his 3rd rib obscured by the fracture on the scapula. Complicated blunt force trauma."

"I saw that too on the latest x-rays. I'm sorry Will I missed it."

"We both missed it."

"Will, about the restraints…..

"I get it, Ethan. It had to be done quickly, he couldn't breathe. Can't take the chance of not getting it right. I know…... I know you probably had to do that before under different circumstances." Will empathizes

"Jay has experienced that before." Ethan states.

"How do you know?" Will questions.

"The way he said 'No'. I've heard it too many times."

Ethan looks at his watch. "I got to get back to the ER. Let me know if you need anything."

Will nods his response to Ethan. He walks into Jay's room, sits down in his chair, and just looks at Jay wondering what all his brother has been through.

4 am

A hoarse whisper voice, "Will"..." Will" trying to wake up the sleeping Doctor.

Will opens his eyes to see Jay's half-open ones looking back at him. Will quickly gets up and goes to Jay. He moves the empty chair that was next to Jay's right side. The look on Jay's face questions why it was there.

"Hailey was here. She must have gone somewhere. How are you doing?"

"Thirsty."

Will pours some water in a cup, places a straw in it, and brings it to Jay's lips. Jay takes two big pulls from the straw. Will is about to draw back the cup when Jay stops and says with a stronger voice, "I know. Not too much."

Will gives a small laugh placing the cup on the tray. "Any pain?"

"No. Not really. Just pressure."

"That's the tube."

Jay looks at him, "What happened?"

"Simply put, complex blunt force trauma. The fracture on your scapula obscured another fracture on the back of your 3rd rib; not even able to see it on the original x-rays. The force caused a bleed and blood was filling near the fracture compressing your lung. And probably doing the breathing exercises didn't help either; just exasperated the condition. I'm so sorry Jay."

"Nothing's ever easy, is it?"

"Well, not this time anyway." Will sits next to Jay. "I'm sorry that you had to go through that….in the ER. Ethan couldn't take the risk of you moving while he was placing the chest tube…."

"I get it." Jay cuts Will off.

Will continues to explain, "Your heart rate was up. You were having trouble breathing.."

"I GET IT!" Jay raises his voice and immediately regrets it, right hand goes to where the chest tube is.

Will looks at him sympathetically. Jay takes some control breaths.

"Ethan said that wasn't the first time you've been restrained like that. Jay.."

"I DON'T want to talk about it." Jay clearly agitated and in more pain.

"Alright, Jay. I'm sorry." Will reaches out and pats Jay's leg. Jay flinches his leg away then lies still, eyes closed, breathing more under control. He brings his right hand back to rest on his hip.

"Alright." Will continues as he walks over to look at the collection container. He sees the flow is slow. "Good news is that there's no active bleed. This" he points to the tube "is just residual. The bad news is your lung didn't like how it was treated." Jay looks at Will. "We can fix that with pain medication and oxygen. Oh, and of course you'll be staying here for an extended stay. You need some around the clock care."

"Good times." is Jay's response.

Will walks around, picks up the PCA (patient-controlled analgesia), and puts it in Jay's hand. Surprisingly, Jay pushes the button with his thumb.

"Look at that, progress," Will says with a small laugh. "Get some more rest. I'll be right here."

Jay's eyes slowly droop closed and his breathing evens out. Will sits back in his chair, leaving the one next to Jay's side empty. Hailey is just outside the door having heard the brothers' conversation. She decides to leave the hospital.