Timeline: Season 7

Completed: Aug. 22, 2020

"Jay, be careful!" Hailey yells at her partner as he slides on a patch of ice while chasing a suspect.

Jay tackles their suspect before answering Hailey, "It's fine. Nothing is going to happen."

"Just be careful, the wait times in the ED are forever this time of year," Hailey reminds him.

"I got him, didn't I?" Jay smirks.

"Isn't slipping on ice how you got your last concussion?" she questions him, eyebrow raised.

"I mean, it wasn't even that bad," Jay tries to play off.

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"It required a hospital stay."

"It was only twenty-four hours for observation," Jay responds.

"Can we just get him back to the district?" Hailey questions, knowing that she won't win this debate with Jay.

"Fine," Jay agrees.

Two weeks later, the unit is working on the paperwork and reports that they always try to avoid when Hailey gets a strange feeling in the pit of her stomach. It's like something bad is going to happen, she just doesn't know what.

"Want to go on a lunch run?" Jay asks when he notices what time it is.

"Yeah, let's go," Hailey agrees cautiously.

"Everything okay?" Jay questions his partner, noticing her strange behavior, once they are in his truck.

"Yeah, just I have a bad feeling but I don't know why."

"About what?"

"I don't know. That's what worries me."

The rest of the ride is quiet, Hailey concerned but not knowing why and Jay concerned for his partner.

Just before they go to get out of the truck, a call comes over the radio. "All units, be advised, home invasion on the 200th block of West Ave. Suspect is in a tan sedan. Hispanic male in his thirties. White t-shirt, dark blue jeans, green baseball hat."

The two detectives look at each other, "That five blocks away," Hailey states.

"5021 George, I'm five blocks away. Be advised: plainclothes officers responding," Jay responds into the radio.

"Copy 5021 George." Hearing the response, Jay pulls out of his spot and starts in the direction of the call.

Approaching the location of the call, Jay and Hailey look around carefully for the suspect. "Jay, over there," Hailey points at the sedan matching the description that came over the radio.

"Run the plates," Jay tells her as he starts to discreetly follow the vehicle.

"Vehicle belongs to Cameron Díaz. He's got a rap sheet a mile long; ranges from petty thief to rape allegations."

"So, he could be our person of interest in the home invasion," Jay guesses.

"He fits," Hailey answers.

"Let's do this," Jay answers as he speeds up to get closer to the car in question.

"Jay, be careful," she reminds her partner of the black ice. Jay nods in acknowledgment as he turns on the lights.

Díaz notices and speeds up heading towards the pier.

"Where's he going?" Jay asks out loud.

"Don't know," Hailey answers as she watches the car move.

Díaz parks the car and then runs– going into the crowd, trying to lose the two detectives.

"Where'd he go?" Hailey asks as she searches through the crowd, losing Díaz because she can't see over most of the crowd present.

"I see him," Jay tells her as he uses his height advantage. Jay takes off after him, not wanting to lose him again.

Weaving through the crowd, Jay manages to catch up with their person in question. By now, Díaz is near the rails and Jay attempts to corner him as Hailey catches up to the two of them. Hailey points her gun at him, hoping that it would give her some control. Díaz knows that he only has a small chance of getting away, so in one swift movement, he lunges at Jay hoping to catch him off-guard.

Jay stumbles, not expecting the actions of Díaz. Because of his Ranger training, it only takes him a second to move to subdue Díaz.

Hailey doesn't shoot, in fear of accidentally getting her partner by accident.

Realizing that he is going to lose, Díaz does the only thing that he can think of: jump over the rails with Jay in his grasp.

"Jay!" Hailey yells looking over the edge to see her partner struggling with their now suspect. Relief floods through Hailey as she sees Jay appear above the water, albeit still struggling with Díaz.

Jay manages to knock Diaz out before calling out to Hailey, "I'm fine, but I'm going to need some help getting out."

"What about Díaz?"

"He's fine– just unconscious."

"I'll call for Squad," Hailey tells her partner before pulling out her radio. "5021 Henry to Central. I need rescue squad to the Navy Pier. CPD detective and offender when over the rails," she informs while trying to manage the crows that have since gathered.

"Copy. Squad is five minutes out."

"Jay, squad is five minutes away," Hailey informs her partner.

"Okay."

"How're you doing?"

"This is a little colder than I would like," Jay answers.

"I know," Hailey answers, not knowing what else to say.

"What's the problem?" Severide asks when squad arrives on scene.

"The suspect took Jay over and he can't get back up on his own."

"Okay," he replies before leaning over the rail. "We'll have you up in a minute," Severide tells the detective before ordering Tony and Capp to grab the equipment from the truck.

Once ready, Severide and Cruz descend into the water with Tony and Capp anchoring the lines.

Cruz grabs the offender and Severide helps Jay. Cruz throws the offender over his shoulders as he's unconscious and Severide throws Jay's arm over his shoulder and his arm around Jay's waist as Jay's hands are numb and he can't feel or move his fingers.

Once on solid ground, Jay and the offender are both placed in separate ambulances. Jay is placed in 61 and the offender is placed in another.

By now, the rest of the intelligence unit is with them at the pier, so Kevin goes with the offender and Hailey climbs in with Jay. "'m fine," Jay slurs.

"Jay, you're going into hypothermic shock," Brett tells him. "I need to cut off your wet clothes," she continues before cutting off his shirt and pants, leaving him only in his boxers before wrapping him in an emergency insulated blanket.

"Is he going to be okay?" Hailey asks over his chattering teeth.

"Yeah, I would say that he's at mild borderline moderate hypothermia. We just need to warm him up," Brett answers as the ambulance lurches forward for the impending trip to Med. Hailey can see Adam following in Jay's truck and Kim following behind Adam to give him a ride back to the district.

When they arrive at Med, Hailey is pushed to the side for less than a minute before she is ambushed by the older Halstead. "Hailey? What happened?"

"The suspect took Jay over the rail with him," Hailey answers as they look into the treatment room that Jay is in.

Jay, who is now in a hospital gown, is being treated by Marcel. There is an IV in his arm giving him warm fluids and he is covered in may blankets. The two look at Jay and the only thing not covered by blankets is his face.

"How you feeling?" Will asks as he walks into the room.

"O-ook-kay," Jay answers.

"Jay."

"C-col-ldd."

"I'm sorry."

"'s no-ot you-ur fa-fault."

"Will, when he came in his temperature was 90 and we got it up to 92. We're going to move him to a room and keep him for observation until his temperature is back to normal range," Marcel tells him.

"Thanks, Crockett."

"What's that mean?" Hailey asks.

"It means he moved from borderline moderate to mild hypothermia."

"I'm going to update the team," Hailey tells Will. "Let me know what room he's in?"

"Of course."

"Voight," their boss answers.

"They're keeping Jay for observation; he has mild hypothermia."

"I assume that you're staying with him?"

"Unless you need me to come back to the station."

"No, stay with him. Make sure he doesn't try to escape."

"Will do."

"Hey, how is he?" Hailey asks when she enters his room.

"Okay, he's sleeping," Will answers, briefly taking his eyes off of his brother.

"Is that normal? Is it okay for him to sleep?"

"Yes, his body is exhausted and he is fine to sleep."

Hailey takes a seat in the chair on the other side of Jay's bed.

"Are you okay?" Will asks the blonde detective.

"I'm fine. I'm not the one who ended up in the water."

"Doesn't mean that you weren't affected."

"I'm just glad that he's okay."

"Jay's tough, he-" Will is interrupted by his pager going off.

"Go. I'll stay with him," Hailey offers when she sees the conflicted look of the older Halstead.

"Thanks, I'll be back as soon as I can," Will tells her hoping that he won't be away from his brother for too long.

Hailey looks at Jay, just watching him breathe. Seeing his breathing, Hailey can tell that he is in a deep sleep and she is relived watching him, knowing that he is going to be fine.

"Will?" Jay groans an hour and a half after his brother left for the ED.

"Jay? Do you need anything?" Hailey asks when she hears her partner.

"Where's Will?"

"He got paged. Do you want me to get him?"

"No. I'm fine."

"Do you want me to get you anything?"

"N-no. I-I'm fi-fine."

Before Hailey can argue a nurse comes in to take his temperature. She runs the device over his forehead and gets a reading moments later. "92.8. You're going in the right direction. Do you need anything?"

"No."

"Okay, press the call button if you do," she reminds him before leaving the room.

"Do-don't you n-need t-to be at-t th-the d-district?" Jay questions.

"No, the others can handle it," Hailey tells him.

Jay looks at her, trying to tell if she's lying to him to make him feel better. Jay yawns, still tired from his unexpected swim.

"Go to sleep," Hailey tells him.

"Are you staying?" Jay asks.

"Mm-hm," Hailey hums. "Either Will or I will be here when you wake up," she assures him.

Jay nods the best he can under all of the blankets. It only takes a few minutes before Hailey hears his breathing has evened out.

Hailey watches him sleep, thinking about how different this could have turned out. Her thoughts are disrupted when Will enters the room sometime later.

"How is he?"

"He's okay. The last they checked his temperature, he was almost at 93," Hailey tells the worried older brother.

Will nods while feeling Jay's forehead, relieved to feel a slight warmth on his otherwise ice-cold skin. "Has he been sleeping the whole time?"

"Mostly, he was awake for a little while. I told him that one of us would be here when he woke up again," Hailey answers causing Will to nod. Jay moves his head towards Will in his sleep, sensing his brother's presence.

"He was asking for you earlier. I told him that you got paged, but I could get you. He said no."

"It's getting late, why don't you go get something to eat. I'll stay with him," Will offers when he notices the time.

"Okay, do you want me to grab you something?" Hailey asks standing up.

"No, I'm good."

"Sure, you are," Hailey replies when he is given away by his growing stomach. "Can he have anything?"

"No, someone will bring in broth for him in a bit," Will answers.

Hailey accepts his answer, leaving the room and heads to the cafeteria to get food for the two of them.

Once Hailey walks out of the room, Will notices Jay shifting in the bed, "Hey, Buddy. You're okay," he tells his younger brother.

"Will?"

"Yeah, it's me. Hailey will be back soon– she just went to grab something to eat."

"What's she getting?"

"I don't know, but you can have some broth when they dinner in for you."

"Not sick," Jay complains.

"I know, but your body went through something traumatic. If you handle that, you can have something solid tomorrow."

"Okay," Jay sighs, knowing it is not worth it to argue.

The brothers are interrupted when a nurse comes in to take his temperature again. The nurse once again runs the thermometer over his forehead, "93.7, your dinner should be in soon. Do you need anything else?"

Jay shakes his head no.

"Okay, if you do hit the call button," the nurse tells the brothers before leaving the room almost walking into Hailey who has dinner for Will and herself.

Hailey walks into the room after both mutter their apologies. "Hey, you're awake. How're feeling?"

"Still cold," Jay answers.

"But his temperature is still going up. A few more degrees and he's out of the hypothermia stage and will just have a low body temperature until it goes back to normal," Will adds.

"That's good. Here, I got you a sandwich," Hailey tells Will as she hands him the item.

"Thanks."

"No, Jay," she tells him when she notices the frozen detective giving her puppy eyes.

Jay sighs, knowing between his brother and partner he wasn't getting any real food. Before he can say anything, another nurse comes in with a bowl of soup on a tray. She places it on the movable tray in his room before leaving.

Jay attempts to grab the spoon, but his hands are still shaking too much. Seeing his problem, Will gets up and goes to the lounge room for staff and grabs a mug.

"Here, try this," Will tells Jay as he pours the broth into the mug for Jay to drink instead.

The mug makes it much easier for Jay to eat his broth and he finishes around the same time as his brother and Hailey.

Jay is once again asleep when Will notices Hailey yawning. "Go home," he tells her. "It's okay, I'm going to stay with him."

"Okay," she agrees, knowing that Will probably wants some time alone with his brother. "Call me if anything changes."

"I will, but he's going to be fine. He's out of the danger zone."

Hailey takes comfort in this and leaves the brothers alone.

Jay slept soundly through the night as if sensing that he was safe with his brother there, only somewhat coming to when the night nurse would check his temperature but Will managed to keep him from completely waking up.

In the morning, Jay's temperature is up to 96.7 and both Will and Marcel are comfortable with Jay being sent home once Hailey can come and give him a ride home during her lunch break.

Jay is given oatmeal for breakfast as it is hot and his body temperature is still a bit low. Once Jay eats, Will goes to the ED to work on Jay's insistence.

After Jay is certain that he is in the clear, he slowly gets up and changes into the sweats and hoodie that Will managed to find for him. Once he is changed, Jay looks out his room to make sure that he isn't going to be caught. He makes it about five steps out of his room before he hears a familiar voice.

"Where do you think you're going?" Hailey questions.

"For a walk?" Jay answers.

"You know you're lying to a detective and your partner, right?"

"Worth a try?"

"I figured you would try something like this," Hailey starts.

"Hailey, you know I hate hospitals."

"I know," she smiles. "That's why I came early. I had to come talk with a victim here and figured I can drop you off before I go back to the district."

"I can go to work," Jay argues.

"No, you're wearing sweats and you're still shivering."

"Hailey, come on."

"No, you can come back when Will clears you. Which will probably be in a day or two," Hailey reminds him.

"Fine," Jay gives up.

"Do you need anything before I go?" Hailey asks once dropping Jay at his apartment.

"No, I'm good. Thanks, Hailey," Jay tells her, referring to how Hailey drove him home, found blankets for him, and giving him hot chocolate– claiming that he can't have caffeine yet.

"Okay, I'll check on you later, okay?"

"Okay. Thanks."

"How's Halstead?" Kevin asks when Hailey returns to the district.

"He's okay. Still cold, but out of hypothermia range."

"When's he back?" Kim asks.

"When Will clears him. So, either tomorrow or the day after," Hailey answers.

"That's good. How's he doing with the whole doing nothing?"

"It's Jay. What do you think?"

"Good point."

Hailey opens the door to Jay's apartment using her key that he gave her for emergencies, not wanting to wake him in case he was sleeping.

She finds him sleeping on his couch where she left him. Making her way into his kitchen, Hailey pulls out a bowl and pours out some hot and sour soup from the Chinese takeout dish for Jay.

Hailey goes to wake Jay, placing a hand on his shoulder, causing him to shiver. "Jay, time to wake up. I brought you dinner."

"Hailey? What are you doing here?"

"Making sure you eat dinner."

"I don't need a babysitter," Jay rolls his eyes.

"I'm not your babysitter. I'm your friend who's concerned about your well-being. I know you would do the same thing for me."

"It's different."

"How?"

"It just is."

Hailey sighs, knowing she won't get any farther with him, she changes the subject. "How are you feeling?"

"I think I'm finally starting to warm up. Thanks for the soup."

"No problem. I'm glad you're okay. You scared me."

"Sorry."

"It's not you're fault. But that doesn't stop me from worrying. It just seems like you and Will have the worst luck," she jokes.

"It's called the 'Halstead Luck'," Jay answers her.

When Jay returns to work, two days later he is greeted by his co-workers teasing him about his unexpected swim.

A/N: Wow! Crazy that I completed my second story. Hoped you all liked this, but now that it's done, I can focus on some other stories that are in the works.

Conversions:

90= 32.2

92= 33.3

92.8= 33.8

93= 33.9

93.7= 34.3

96.7= 35.9

Questions, Comments, & Concerns

Once again I find myself explaining my story. Someone said that it did not vary enough. I just want to remind everyone that "U", "V", and "W" were connected. Him having just gotten over a cold in "O" was one of the triggers of his asthma attack. I remember a time in middle school where a classmate was getting over a cold that triggered his asthma so bad that the school had to call an ambulance. When he was sick in "L", I believe that for Jay to be vulnerable emotionally in that chapter there needed to be a secondary factor- that he would never bee like that if he was 100%.

Daisyangel- Chapter 24- I would love a one shot Sunday idea. Also, what about an A-Z story with Hailey as the one in trouble or dealing with situations and Jay helps take care of her? The guys always try and see what kind of trouble they can get into. Maybe Med should name a room after them. lol

I don't think I can come up with another 26 situations to put Hailey in, I've already gotten a complaint that the stories in this Fic were repetitive. You're right, they do- it must be some type of competition for them. That unit defiantly needs a room named after them.

Daisyangel- Chapter 25- I really enjoyed this AU chapter. Will is always so protective of Jay which is super sweet.

Thank you, I like to believe that the Halstead brothers had a good relationship until Will left for college or Jay enlisted.

Since this is the last chapter, if there is a question that needs to be answered, I will PM the answer if your review is signed-in. If it is a question by a "guest" I will have an updated version if the chapter with the answer here within a week- the same if it is from a signed-in account if you do not have PMs enabled.

Update on all stories for now:

-"Rock Bottom": I have not forgotten about it. It will be completed, but I am holding off on working on that until I have time to do more research to portray the subject in a respectful manner.

-"Man's Best Friend": (Maybe) One more chapter for now, then going on another hiatus. I am going to use this time to edit and add it to my AO3 as well as deciding on how I want to move forward with Hailey and Jay's relationship. Let me know what you think.

-Whump prompt by floopdeedoopdee: in progress. Have part of chapter 1 done, it will be 5 chapters. I will post when it is complete, one chapter a week.

-Deaf Jay: I am still on chapter 3. The problem with that one is that I am using the deaf chapter from here for the first chapter, so I am trying to make all chapters around 3,000 words which takes me more time than my normal 1,000-2,000 word chapters.

-"One-shot Sunday": Not completely off the table. If I did, I would be taking requests- I would just need to figure out how that would work so the request would all be in one place (Ideas on how to do this are welcomed). Will probably start with a modified one-shot that didn't make this story.