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Severide POV

I could have slept all day if it weren't for the incandescent light streaming through my bedroom window. It falls perfectly, right on Erin's face, highlighting all of her gorgeous features and her soft hair. I could stare at this woman for ages. Last night, we sat in Molly's talking for hours. Herrmann even gave me the keys to lock up the place so I could keep talking to her.

She is the only person I've been able to talk about Shay with. I could tell that she didn't pity me, which I liked. She's tough. She's the kind of girl who won't give a rat's ass if her makeup gets smudged or her hair gets messed up. She just rolls with it. She's unlike anyone I've ever seen before.

We talked about everything last night. My past and her past. She shared how she used to be a drug addict and then Voight saved her life by taking her in. I'm going to need to thank that man one day.

We talked about our fears, and our hopes and dreams. We don't have everything in common, but I like that about her. We never ran out of things to talk about. Eventually, we realized that it was four in the morning and I asked her to head to my place. I didn't know if it was too soon, but she agreed without hesitation.

When we got back to my apartment, it was pitch black except the glow of the street light that casted itself on her face. God, she's so beautiful. We ended up in my room, having sex. But it wasn't just having sex, it was making love. I've never experienced that with anyone in my life. I cherished her like I've never cherished another woman before. It was pure adrenaline, pure love.

Suddenly, I'm pulled from my thoughts with the shrill ring of Erin's phone. I quickly grabbed it and turned it off, hoping that it wasn't enough to wake her up. I look over at her and see her stirring, but she quickly goes back to sleep. Phew.

I slowly ease out of bed, hoping the floor doesn't creak. I make it to the kitchen and pull out some pans. I decide to make her some pancakes, eggs, french toast, sausage, and bacon.

I could do this every morning for the rest of my life.

Lindsay POV

The sun blaring in my face is the first thing that wakes me up. The second is the sweet smell of sausage cooking on the stove. All of a sudden, the memories from last night come rushing back at me and I remember where I am.

Gosh, what a night.

Severide makes me feel like no one has ever made me feel before, emotionally and physically. It's like every nuance of emotion, every thing I've ever seen before Severide has been dull and grey and now there is so much color in my life.

I get out of bed quickly, pulling on my panties and my bra. I look around the room and decide to grab one of Severide's t shirts. I'll be drowning in it, but at least I'll be warmer. The second I put it on my nose is filled with Kelly's masculine scent. Gosh, they should make that into a cologne it smells so good.

Opening the door quietly, I look into the kitchen and see Severide at the stove making breakfast. All he has on is sweatpants, no shirt. I could look at that body forever and ever.

The second he moves away from the stove I run towards him and jump on his back, covering his eyes with my hands.

"Guess who?" I ask, laughing hysterically as he stumbles with surprise.

He takes me off his back and removes my hands from his eyes. Turning around, he studies me for a second.

"Hmm, I don't know. Maybe the most beautiful woman in the world?" he says. Instantly my heart and stomach flutter. I've never had butterflies in my stomach before, I like the feeling.

"Good answer," I laugh, reaching up to give him a kiss on the lips.

"So, what do you want to do today?" he says laughing. "We both have the day off so I was thinking we could maybe go walk around downtown Chicago or go to the park or something like that."

"Sure! I'd like that. Maybe before that you can come over my place and I can give you the grand tour. I need to change and brush my teeth and all that. Does that sound good?" I ask.

"Yep. After breakfast I can get ready and then we can head over together." Turning around, he scoops up a big pile of eggs, some pancakes, french toast, sausage, and bacon. Handing it to me, he motions to the little breakfast bar he has on the island in the kitchen. We sit down and immediately dig in.

Holy crap this is good. I remember Severide saying something about his cooking skills last night, but I didn't think it would be this good.

"Kelly, this food is amazing. Where did you learn to cook like this?" I ask between chews. That probably wasn't the most ladylike thing to do, but oh well.

"My mom is a really good cook, I learned everything I know from her. On Saturday mornings my mom would teach me new recipes that would be easy for me to make and as I grew up she would teach me more difficult recipes." he said.

All of a sudden my heart constricted a little. Him talking about his mom just makes me realize what I never had growing up: a mother who cared about me. Her bottle or drugs were always top priority.

Smiling, I pretended to be ok and went on eating.

"Wow, that's really cool. I can't cook for the life of me. I burn water," I muttered. What is wrong with me? A woman who cant cook?

Kelly looks up at me, giving me a strange look. "Erin it's okay if you can't cook, I can teach you. We can start a new tradition if you want. Once a week, whenever we both have off, I can teach you a new recipe. Do you want to do that?" he asks.

Smiling, I think to myself how lucky I am that I met a guy like him.

"Are you saying that you want this to be a thing? Like you want to be my boyfriend? Because I know that's what I want" I ask nervously. What a trivial word: boyfriend. I feel like a teenager saying it, but I can't help but feel nervous waiting for his response.

"Of course I do Erin. You and I both know that something is pulling us together, and I'm not going to fight it. I want it to happen. So yes, I would love to officially date you Erin" he says. I instantly breathe a sigh of relief. I've never had a serious boyfriend, when I was growing up I was always too hooked on drugs to care about someone other than myself and when Voight took me in all I focused on was work. This is going to be an interesting relationship.

Severide POV

After Erin and I finish eating breakfast and talking, she goes into the bathroom to take a quick shower. Instantly I whip out my phone and call Shay. When the usual ring is replaced by an out of service beep, I suddenly remember that she's gone. I'll never be able to call her again about good news. She wont be there on my wedding day. She wont see my children grow up. They'll never know how amazing she was. I instantly crumple to the ground, sobbing into my shirt. I stay like this for a couple minutes, just thinking about her and the memories we made together.

Wiping my nose, I slowly get up and suddenly feel a wash of comfort over me. I suddenly feel peaceful, even happy. It feels like one of Shay's hugs. I start crying again, but this time it's happy tears. I know that that was Shay with me just then, making me feel better and letting me know that she's here with me.

I smile to myself, thinking how happy she would be for me if she were here.

AN: Anyone else cry reading the ending? I know I cried writing it. Actually, I bawled. Like a baby. Anyways, please review and follow my story so you can get updates as I write and publish more chapters! Thanks lovelies, xoxo!