Title: True Words
Author: SneetchesToo
Pairing: n/a
Rating: General
Summary: Day 4: "It's going to be okay." + comfort
Author's Note: #911DispatchersWeek2020. Look I understand that Grace and TK probably aren't that far apart in age, I'm guessing less than 10 years between them, but she's still the mama hen and he's still the little baby and they need each other. Also, can we please get some Grace/TK interaction next season?! I need them to be friends.

Grace had been the one to take the call from TK when he found his father unconscious on the living room floor.

She had been the one to remind him calmly of what to do next and how to make sure he was breathing and comfortable.

She had been the one to page Michelle and her team to a scene at the woman's own house.

And she had been the one to stay on the phone with TK while he rode in the back of the ambulance doing his best not to freak out.

So it didn't shock her one bit when she was also the one that TK had plopped down next to after finally wearing himself out from pacing so much.

"I know you don't wanna hear this honey," She reached over and took his hand as he dropped his head to her shoulder, "but it's going to be okay."

He nodded softly as he let out a sniffle and she felt her heart break for him.

"He's a tough guy you're father," And if she knew anything about Owen Strand it's that he didn't give up, no matter what, "he's gonna pull through this."

She had muttered those words a million times before but they had always felt so one sided and meaningless.

She didn't know the people on the other end of the line like she knew them.

Those people weren't her family.

But TK and Owen and Michelle, they were.

"Thank you being there for me earlier." TK whispered as he sat up and gave her a soft but sad smile. "I don't know what I would have done if someone else had answered the called."

"You would've done the same thing you did with me honey." She reached out and wiped his tears off his cheeks before pulling him in for a hug. "You were brave and you did the right thing and everything's going to be okay."

She hoped that maybe repeating those words over and over again would help make them more true.

Because this was a time, more than ever before, when she needed them to be.