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thebookreader12345 · 2 years
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Hostage Situation
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I had always had a knack for helping people. However, instead of becoming a police officer, like my brother Jay, or a surgeon, like my brother Will, I became a nurse. Working at Chicago Med was everything I dreamed it'd be. Plus, getting to work alongside one of my brothers most days was usually enjoyable. Today, however, I was with both of my brothers at work. But it wasn't a pleasant experience.
"I will shoot you," the man holding the gun to my head insisted, his finger hovering over the trigger.
The hostage taker, Dan, had barged into the ED arguing to speak to the doctor who was in charge of treating his son. And when no one would answer his questions, he pulled out his gun and grabbed the nearest employee, which just so happened to be me. So now, here I was, trapped in the doctors' lounge with a gun pointed at my head. Thankfully, Jay was also in the room, and his gun was out as well, but aimed at Dan instead of me. From where I was standing, I could see Will out in the ED watching the situation, and by the way he was acting, plus the face he was making, I could tell that he was very worried.
"Dan, I know my opinion isn't that important right now, but could you not shoot me? For a nurse who deals with needles and sharp equipment everyday, my pain tolerance isn't that high," I explain.
"Y/n, please shut up and let me deal with this," Jay hissed, his gaze still focused on Dan.
"What? I just wanted him to know," I defend.
"Both of you shut up!" Dan demanded. "Now, Detective, if I don't speak to Dr. Smith in the next five minutes, I'm gonna kill her."
"I already told you Dr. Smith isn't in today," I say. "So if you could just put the gun down and let me go."
"I said I want to speak to Dr. Smith. Now!" Dan commanded.
When it was clear Dan wasn't going to budge, I turned to my other options. As soon as Dan's finger was far enough away from the trigger, I reached up, grabbed the gun with one hand, elbowed Dan in the face with the other, and pushed myself away from him. Now, I had the gun, and Dan was armed. Jay rushed in quickly, handcuffing Dan, who was now on the floor, and turned to me.
"What the hell was that?" Jay asked as another officer escorted Dan out of the room.
"That was what I learned in the self defense classes you made me take when I started college," I respond. "But no thank you for taking down the criminal?"
"I'm glad you're okay," Jay breathed out and pulled me in for a hug. Seconds later, we were joined by Will, who wrapped his arms around the two of us.
"You had me so worried," Will admitted. "But when are you gonna learn to shut your mouth?"
"Never," I reply playfully. "Now come on. Shift is over, and I need a drink. First round is on you guys."
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amsgrey · 1 year
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Blind Date
Halstead reader x Jay halstead
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Warnings: bad writing. misogynistic comments.
Synopsis: Your date goes horribly and Jay thinks it's the funniest thing ever.
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Note to self; never let Gallo set you up a blind date again. Never, ever let him within 50 feet of your dating life. And while you are at it, make sure Violet and Ritter get what's coming for their peer pressure in all of this.
"You know," Violet said, sitting down next to you at the table one shift, "One of us has to have a successful dating life and it might as well be you."
You turned and scowled at her, "Why me?"
Violet grinned, "Gallo is a lost cause and Ritter is, well, Ritter."
The two sitting across from you looked up from their plates and made mumbled protests. Violet shooed her hand at them, shutting them up. She turned back to you and started rattling off ideas to find you a date.
"What about a blind date?" Ritter said in passing, grinning as you scowled at him.
"I know the perfect guy! I went to the academy with him," Gallo said, growing excited in his typical Gallo way.
You screwed up your nose in disgust, "When has a blind date ever been a good experience?"
"Blind dates are fun!" Gallo protested.
Hermann gave Gallo an incredulous look as he walked by, muttering about Gallo's stupidity.
You laughed, "I'm with Hermann on this."
Ritter shrugged, trying to hide his grin, "Hey, maybe it will be fun. You never know until you actually go."
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Oh, man were those three going to pay the next shift. You were sitting opposite one of the stupidest firefighters you had ever met. You spent the entire first half of the meal listening to him recount how he had made the record at the academy for whatever, you had almost completely zoned him out.
You were both finishing your meal when he finally asked something about you, "So you work at Firehouse 51 right?"
"Yea-"
"Man!" He interrupted, "That house has so many rumours! Don't you all live together or something?"
"Uh, I mean I guess?"
"Yeah, my house is super tight too, we'd die for each other ya know?" He launched into a recounting of when he almost died in a warehouse fire. Does this man ever stop talking about himself?
You finally finished your meal when he wrapped up his story. The young waitress came over and asked how your meal was, "Are y'all after the dessert menu?"
"No," You said at the same time your date said yes.
He laughed awkwardly, you completely ignored him.
"No, thank you," You clarified for the waitress, "Thank you though."
She returned with the bill after a few more moments, which you split and started to get ready to leave. Your date was almost dragging his feet, you regretted letting him pick you up.
"So, you and Gallo went to the academy at the same time?" You asked as you got into his passenger seat.
"Yeah!" He grinned, "Gallo and I were head to head during the academy, expected him to make squad already."
You nodded, "I'm sure he will soon," You and Gallo talked about making Squad a lot, both of you actively trying to pursue it, "We train together a lot."
Your date laughed, "You train for Squad?"
You frowned, "Yeah? Severiade said I have a real chanc-"
"Ha! Yeah right, a women firefighter on squad?"
You stared at him in awe, "What's wrong with that?"
He looked over at you as he realized you were offended, "Look, you have to be honest. The only reason female firefighters exist is that the academy lowered the physical standards and woke culture at work."
It took you a few seconds to actually process what he said. When you did, you replied, "Ok yeah. Uh, Pull over, now."
"What? Why?"
"Pull over!" You demanded, "Let me out now."
He pulled to the side of the street, watching with a frown as you got out of his car and grabbed your bag, "Take this as a no to a second date."
You slammed the door and started walking down the street. Never let a date pick you up, that was your second mistake. The first mistake was letting Gallo near your dating life.
You pulled out your phone, opening the group chat you Gallo, Ritter and Violet were in.
Blind dates are the worst, I hate you, Gallo.
You watched Ritter and Violet immediately respond with laughing emojis. You ignored the conversation and opened your phone to see if Jay was working. You knew there was a good chance he would be working, but if he was too busy you could always try Will.
"Halstead," Jay answered the phone after three rings.
"Do you not check Caller ID?"
You could hear the pause as Jay rolled his eyes, it was your greeting now. "What do you want?"
You giggled, "Are you at work?"
"Yeah, sitting in the Bullpen, why?"
"Any chance you can come get me? I'm stranded." You said sheepishly.
"Stranded?" He asked.
"Gallo set me up on a blind date and I couldn't be around that prick anymore so, I walked out," You explained, bracing yourself for his response.
"Who goes on blind dates anymore?" He chuckled, clearly trying to hide how amused he was.
"Don't be mean," You heard Hailey in the background.
"Yeah! Don't be mean to your little sister who is stranded in downtown Chicago in the middle of the night," You replied.
"Alright, Alright," Jay sighed, "Where are you?"
You relayed your location to him, rattling off the street signs around you.
"Okay, just stay there, Hailey and I will be there in ten."
You sighed, putting your phone back in your pocket and crossed your arms over your chest. There was no way you would hear the end of this from anyone in intelligence. You could already hear Ruzek and Atwater's jokes about how terrible an idea blind dates were.
You were about to text Jay and ask him where he was, when you heard police sirens from a few streets over.
Please, lord no.
The black police car came around the corner much slower than was necessary, you could see Jay grinning like the Cheshire cat through the windscreen. The few people who were on the street looked over at the commotion, you could feel their stares as Jay did a U-turn and pulled up beside you.
He turned off the sirens, climbing out of the car.
"What are you doing out here alone, young lady?"
"Jesus Christ, Jay," You sighed, smacking his chest, "Do you make everything in a commotion?"
"Ma'am, did you just assault my partner?" Hailey called from the passenger seat.
You threw your hands up, "I should have just walked home!"
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sarahmadpeople · 1 year
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Family Dinner
Summary: Halstead’s sister thought that this time, family dinner would be peaceful but boy was she wrong.
Pairing: Jay Halstead x Hailey Upton, Will Halstead x Halstead!Reader, Jay Halstead x Halstead!Reader
Characters: Halstead!Sister Reader (OFC), Dad Halstead, Will Halstead, Jay Halstead, Hailey Upton, Jay’s daughter (OFC)
Tags: light angst, fluff, brother love, family dynamics
Warnings: none
Word count: 1101
Disclaimer: i don’t own any of the characters and this is purely fiction but based on true event ✌🏼
a/n: first chicago med fic although i’ve been watching the series since forever,, jay and hailey have a daughter in here (they deserve so much),, sorry for any mistakes and hope you enjoy this short fic ~~
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There’s no Halstead family dinner that’s uneventful and that includes tonight. Everyone’s here at dad’s home for our weekly dinner. Will was the one who insisted on having dinners like this to spend time together after dad’s narrow escape from death in the apartment fire (and to watch dad’s diet once in a while, not that Will would admit that).
Dad’s seated at one end of the table and Will at the other end while Jay and Hailey sat at one side of the table and Alina and I sat at the other side of the table. Alina is my niece, Jay’s and Hailey’s daughter, who’s turning 8 years old in a few months.
Our plates were all loaded up with food that Will and I cooked since we’re in-charge of dinner tonight.
“The mashed potatoes are so good! I’m guessing Evie cooked it?” Jay said, in between mouthfuls of mashed potatoes. I laughed, “That’s right, big brother, and it’s mom’s recipe so can’t go wrong.”
There’s a pause of silence after I mentioned mom but that’s normal, we all miss her. Trying to cheer the moment, Hailey complimented the pasta that everybody knew Will made because it was his go-to dish to cook (and his most famous in the family). Dinner resumed and everyone made small talks with each other.
“I want to eat bread with nutella,” whined Alina and I glanced over to see that her dinner was already half-eaten. “Go and take the bread and nutella from the kitchen,” I instructed and Alina smiled cheerfully, skipping to the kitchen and back to the dining table with said items.
I helped Alina to spread the nutella on the bread and continued eating my dinner. Not even 5 minutes later, Alina called out to me, “I want more,” so I said, “You can do it yourself, Alina”. I pushed the bread and nutella to her. I was about to continue eating when dad voiced out, “Why can’t you just do it for her? She wants to eat it.”
Before I could even answer, he continued, “Sometimes, I think that you don’t like Alina. The way you treat her at times is just uncalled for.” I looked at dad, was he being serious? Was he really going to talk about this during dinner? Granted I’m not the kind of aunt who’s lovey dovey with their niece but that doesn’t mean I don’t love her. I’m rough with her because she’s like my younger sister who can tolerate and even return that treatment to me. It was like your typical sister siblings behaviour. Regardless, it was a mutual agreement that we don’t upset each other while eating and dad being dad, went straight to break it.
“Dad, Evie’s in the middle of eating, she hasn’t eaten since lunch and was busy the whole evening, besides, Alina’s old enough to spread the nutella on her own.” I heard Will saying. I felt myself shut down, which usually happens when I’m upset.
“Yeah dad, Alina can do it herself, don’t be mad,” Hailey started before turning to me and apologised, “Sorry Evie”. I shook my head and smiled (more like grimaced) at her, whispering a short “it’s okay”. Then, before Alina could reach the bread, I took it and made one for her. My eyes got teary and I knew if I talked I’d cry so I whispered to her, asking if she wanted more. Alina nodded so I made another piece for her.
I went silent the entire dinner. Having lost appetite after what happened, I ate slowly and ended up picking half of what’s left on my plate. I felt Will nudging my leg from under the table and I looked up to see the concern in his eyes. I smiled and continued picking at my food.
One by one, everybody finished their dinner and I carried my own plate together with what’s left on the dining table to the kitchen. Tonight, it was also mine and Will’s turn to clear the dishes and clean the kitchen. So while the two of us were in the kitchen, the rest were in the living room watching tv.
“I’m sorry about dad. He shouldn’t have said that, especially when we’re eating.” Will said, starting what he hoped to be a conversation that I honestly was not in the mood for. I shrugged and replied, “Whatever, not the first time and i’m sure it’s not gonna be the last. Let’s just clear all these so we can go home.” My tone giving Will no room to retort or continue the conversation. So we cleaned in silence and soon dad’s kitchen was back to its original state, clean and tidy.
‘Hey dad, I’m gonna go home first. See ya around,” I didn’t bother to wait for any replies before heading out the front door.
“Evie!” I heard Jay called out and stopped. I felt Jay approaching before he entered my line of sight. “I want to apologise for dinner, about Alina and Dad. I know you love my daughter, no doubt about that. It’s not fair for dad to say that to you, after what you’ve done for Alina ever since she was a baby. I’m not excusing him but it’s not like you don’t know him, right. Please don’t let this be our last family dinner.” Jay said.
I scoffed because yeah, I know what dad is like, but I thought he could’ve at least spared my dignity over dinner. “Don’t worry big brother, I’m not gonna disappear just because of tonight. I’ve faced worst than this, and I’m sorry too about Alina, I could’ve just prepared more than one piece of bread and no drama would occur. It's my fault too.”
Jay laughed and shook his head, “Don’t blame yourself, we’re Halstead, what’s life without drama,” he paused, then continued, “Okay, not gonna keep you here any longer than you’d want, so see ya around kiddo, and wait for Will, you live with him,” Jay ruffled my hair and went back in. Seconds after, Will was rushing out of the house.
“You’re so impatient, lil sis, left me high and dry in there to explain to dad why we’re rushing back home,” I heard Will and rolled my eyes. As Will turned the car engine on, he looked at me and said, “Dad said he’s sorry for what he said just now,”
I nodded. I looked at the house dad stayed and thought about the people inside and knew that I wouldn’t change this family for anything, even with the baggage it comes with.
“Okay.”
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poppadom0912 · 2 years
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Falling in love with you
Characters: Jay Halstead x Sibling!Reader, Will Halstead x Sibling!Reader, Stella Kidd, Christopher Hermann
Warnings: Overprotective brothers, swearing, minor injuries. Incorrect information about the American School system (Apologies for mistakes)
Summary: Growing up, you’ve always had eyes on you and your brothers did everything they could to get them off. 
*****
You were the youngest sibling and being a girl definitely did not help anything. The years between you three weren’t much but it was still there and always used as leverage, something you did take to your advantage when you could easily put the blame on them or sweet talk you parents while they tended to struggle a bit more. 
Now, the Halstead genes were strong, and they did not miss when it came to the three of you. Your brothers were in a league of their own, looking so different but so alike. Adding to the mix, Will’s red hair, Jay’s green eyes and your mothers height, was you. 
Being the youngest came with pros and cons that you could go on for hours, but you were as humble as they came. Being the only girl came with its pros and cons, one of the pros that was also a con was your brothers were extremely protective of you. 
Curse that damned Halstead stubbornness. Chicago continues to send their wrath towards you three because of it. 
Anyways, carrying on with being overprotective, something your brothers prided themselves in being. 
The first time they truly showed it was one random day at the local park. You were all young, playing around and being stupid, like always. For some reason, the three of you decided to play hide and seek, you being the seeker. 
So, you started counting to twenty, kicking the greying tarmac with your worn out shoes, hearing your mother scold you in your head for ruining and tearing said shoes. 
Reaching nineteen, excitement built up, jumping on the spot you were preparing yourself to run and find your brothers, shoving it in their faces when you found them. But you never made it to twenty, a hand tapping your shoulder making you whip around, braid smacking you cheek harshly. 
The boy seemed around Jay’s age, but you’d never seen him before. You knew a lot of people both in the area and at school, so you deducted he didn’t live here. 
Tilting your head to the side, you confronted him. “I’m sorry but I’m busy, I can’t talk to you right now.” 
Thinking that was more than enough, you turned around and was about to shout really loud to let your siblings know you were coming to find them, but he poked your shoulder again. 
Before you could confront him again, your six year old self felt a presence behind you. The familiarity of that tall shadow made you crane your neck up, coming face to face with your older brother. 
“Dude, back off.” Jay made sure to enunciate each word with as much grit as he could. “Don’t be a pedo.” 
Yes, Jay was very much exaggerating, but he felt that, taking into account the situation, it seemed appropriate. 
Before your green eyed brother could go any further, you heard Will calling for the both of you, your parents standing further behind him. They must’ve come back from the market. Did you really take that long to count? 
Looking back at the boy, you sent him an awkward smile, not too sure what to make of the situation and ran into your ma’s open arms. 
Jay followed but not before giving his best glare at the boy, eyes never breaking contact even as he walked away. 
***** 
Between the ages of six and thirteen, a lot had happened. 
First, you grew up, maturing at an earlier age in comparison to your brothers. Your mother made sure she always made that apparent, boasting about a girls maturity and how much easier they were to handle. 
But, little did she know she wouldn’t be there to watch as it got harder. 
Second, you started ‘womanhood’, getting your first period and all that jazz. It was a rollercoaster and it made absolutely no sense at first, but you got there. 
This wasn’t the second time Jay and Will were overprotective, definitely not but this was one for the books. 
It was your last year in middle school, you were still thirteen since your birthday was in august, at the end of the school year and your classmates constantly used that to their advantages during the time you spent together. 
The school was holding a dance. The last week had all sorts of different things to do, making it as memorable as possible and this dance was a version of high school prom but for eight graders. 
You were confused as to why your mother was getting emotional, watching as you refused to wear bright coloured dresses like the other girls in your class, much preferring to go in a smart shirt but with much reluctance, settling with a navy blue knee length dress that complimented your red hair. 
Untold to your brothers, you had a date. Well, it was more forced by both your friend groups and there was no attraction on either of your behalf’s yet here you were. 
His parents came to pick you up, him ringing the doorbell as his parents stood behind him. 
Refusing to open the door, Will more than happily volunteered to do it, opening the door with such enthusiasm it made you openly gag, earning an elbow to your side from Jay.
He liked this as much as you did and after hundreds of attempts, he had gotten nowhere in his protests. 
“Ma, Pa, Jay and Will, Noah and Mr and Mrs Parker. Noah, Mr and Mrs Parker, my brothers, Ma and Pa.” You introduced everyone to each other, hands gesturing at each person when they were named. 
It was very subtle, and they pulled it off far too well. 
While the parents were talking, you had gone to get a last minute drink of water and your brothers took this time to get whatever message they had through to Noah. 
They were very successful. Noah was shaking like a leaf, flinching away from you and refusing to hold hands when taking pictures, sitting in the farthest corner of the car and never to be seen again when you got to the dance. 
What to do, what to say. 
You were thankful, to say the least. It was the biggest relief, not having to fake anything and not being around a boys company. There was no need for the overprotectiveness, but you were grateful for it today. 
***** 
Sixteen was a wonderful age. That’s what society says but then your mother had fallen sick out of the blue. 
Being a typical seventeen year old, Jay continuously butted heads with you both in amusement and distaste. While Will, well, he was Will. 
So, you had a crush, your first male crush. Emphasis on the had. He was a new boy in your maths class, having moved from another state. 
It became scary just how much you were interested in him that you were disgusted with you behaviour. Why were you adapting features of a stalker? Nothing felt right when you came to the realisation just how infatuated you were with him that you forced your feelings away. 
You were happy with yourself. No feelings left and moving onto your next platonic female crush that was really your best friend, who you promised that if you were single at thirty, you would marry each other and she was over the moon, accepting with her pinky finger. 
Will was at med school, Jay was sitting on a metal chair next to you, you were eating a cookie and your best friend spilling school drama. 
Jay wouldn’t admit it, but he would always listen to your best friend every time she talked about school gossip, finding it somewhat interesting and even getting invested when he found out the things that happened despite going to the exact same school as the two of you. 
“Emily, there’s no way a teacher and student hooked up, that’s mad.” You shook your head, not believing her words as you broke the rest of your cookie in half, giving a half each to Jay and Emily. 
Without hesitation, they took the sweet treat, Jay taking his attention away from his phone and onto the two of you, fully invested in the drama. 
“That’s illegal.” Jay added, as if you two already didn’t know. 
You looked at him, eyes shouting ‘are you being serious right now’
The voice was loud, shouting your name from across the street. All three of your heads snapped in the voices direction and Emily obnoxiously scoffed at the sight of your former crush turned classic high school football team bully. 
A mouth full, yes, but that’s what he was now. 
This was going to be a disaster, you didn’t have to be a genius to know that. 
His teasing made your blood churn, his smirk made you want to wipe it away with antibacterial wipes. His gang of friends hanging back, egging him on and slapping his shoulder with pride at each of his comments. 
Clearly, he was blind, not noticing your older brother sitting literally right next to you. 
You had this under control, having to deal with his new personality at school all the time, you were basically an expert in the bully department. 
“Back off man.” Jay stood up, chucking his phone and unfinished half of the cookie into your awaiting hands that you held up before he even spoke. 
Your brothers played this overprotective role way too often, especially in public that you memorised how everything would play out. 
“Why should I? You have no authority over a girl, y’know, feminism and all that shit.” He laughed to himself, over the moon with his comeback. 
“Take a step back and think about what you just said, really think about it.” Jay said with a humorous tone. “If you’re going to be a dick, at least do it right.”
Emily smacked her hand over her mouth, muffling her loud gasp as she watched with wide eyes despite being familiar with you brothers protectiveness. 
You sat, watching unfazed. Honestly, you were expecting Jay to be a bit mouthier, maybe even a little physical. 
It wasn’t until you heard another voice, one that didn’t belong to any of the boys surrounding you three. You knew that voice and bit your lip, your eyes shining in realisation. 
“Oh fuck.” Emily whispered loud enough for you to hear, taking a pause between her words to express her shock. “This is going to be good.” 
Will Halstead stood in all his med school glory, his student scrubs still on under his jacket. His eyes zeroed in on the man of the hour, eyebrow raised in recognition. 
“You.” His voice was strong and firm, scaring all the high school boys which was surprising as Jay was the brother that was all for the threatening and all that scary jazz while Will was more on the nurturing side of all things. 
The boys cowered, and your ex crush gulped at the sight of your eldest brother. 
“Oh shit.” He squeaked. “I’m fucked.” 
*****
You had your fair share of people falling in love with you, ranging from a boy trying to introduce himself at six, forced love at thirteen, an attempted of bad boy falls for the good girl at sixteen to all of the others to now. 
You were looking pretty good for a thirty year old. Well, you turned thirty today but as Jay and Will liked to point out, you wouldn’t truly be thirty till around four in the afternoon. 
Speaking of Jay and Will, it’d been a hot minute since you saw them. Because of all your jobs, the three of you were constantly colliding. 
How it happened will always be a mystery, but you were all first responders: Will a doctor, Jay a detective and you, a firefighter. 
The Halstead name must’ve been known by a lot of Chicago and by most of the staff that worked at Med, the 21st District and the firehouse. It was funny when the three of you happened to be together during work hours and responding to the same voice shouting your shared surname. 
Being a female firefighter came with its pros and cons but with experience, all the cons became tolerable, and the pros made you smile brighter. 
Realistically speaking, it was a miracle the three of you were still employed with that stubbornness that seemed to shine a bit too bright sometimes. Only sometimes though.
Your legs were swinging back and forth as you sat on the hospital bed, voices muffled as they spoke outside about what just happened. 
Currently, you were at med for injuries that were all superficial. Being the siblings of a doctor, you and Jay found yourselves getting hurt a lot and Will always was on the receiving end of the phone, being told you two somehow hurt yourself and was being brought in. Jay was always reckless, constantly getting shot and you couldn’t stop yourself from being burnt and inhaling smoke. 
It was truly a miracle Will had no grey hair because the first would be from either you or Jay, maybe both. 
The curtain was opened, your legs stopped swinging and you sent your older brothers the brightest smile you could muster. 
“None of this was my fault.” Was the first thing you said, hands in the air in surrender as you looked back and forth at both brothers. “It’s my birthday, why would I willingly want to see your brooding faces.” 
Jay looked at you with a raised brow, hands going into the pocket of his dark jeans while Will rolled his eyes and came forward to look at the extent of your injuries. 
You winced when Will inspected the bruise on your wrist, the colour was a mix of purple and blue. At Will’s frown, you tried reassuring him that it was nothing, poorly pushing him away so he would stop inspecting you. 
“What happened?” 
Looking back at Jay with uncertainty, you debated whether you wanted to tell the story or let one of the guys on truck let them know. 
Your eyes were squinted, one hand acting as shade so you could properly see as the other was comfortably placed on your hip. Holding back your laugh was difficult in this situation, especially when your boss was on the verge of strangling the man. 
A cat was stuck in a tree, a classic yes but it was a situation that was a waste of time. The cat would come out on its own accord eventually, they were meant to be allowed in the wild to do whatever they want, not to be saved by firefighters. 
The man whose cat was stuck in the tree didn’t seem fazed at all in comparison to his stress and instability over the phone when he called for help. Instead, his muscular build was standing to your right, talking your ear off. 
Not paying attention, you rolled your eyes at the underlying tone in his voice. He was trying to charm you and it was clear you weren’t the only person who noticed, Stella snorting behind her hand before clearing her throat and making her excuses, apparently needing to help out with the rescue. 
You watched her walk away, eyes desperate, begging for her to come back. 
Thinking fast, you too excused yourself saying you were needed and hastily followed after Stella, not wanting to be along with the man despite the most harm him doing was none stop chatter. 
Stella stopped, turning slightly so you could catch up and ‘help’ the rest of your team in getting the cat out, but you didn’t make it to her side, a voice calling for you as a hand circled around your wrist. 
The force around your wrist made you stop in your tracks, eyes landing on the man. You looked at him in shock, eyebrows furrowed as you turned to fully face him. 
You had to remind yourself you were working, and people were watching, both members of the public and truck. 
Before you could say anything, Stella interrupted. “Hey! You mind letting my friend go so we can get back to work?” She said was a raised voice, her expression screaming that if he made a wrong move he was fucked. 
You sent him a tight lipped smile and turned to walk away but his grip got tighter, pulling you towards him so your back hit his chest. 
He was quick, so quick that despite your fast reflexes, you didn’t see it coming. Neither did Stella expect it either, shouting at him to let you go as she made her way towards you with slow steps as to not provoke him any further. 
Being this close to him was suffocating and you weren’t claustrophobic at all, you were trained to fit into small places. 
Scoffing, you looked up and harshly pushed him away, not caring that he staggered, nor of your pulsating wrist or of the peering eyes of a forming crowd holding out phones to record everything that unfolded. 
You were so stupid. How hadn’t you noticed that familiar scar on his eyebrow and that chipped tooth that was inflicted onto him at the ripe age of sixteen.  
Pointing an accusing finger at him, your eyes squinting threateningly. “You” 
That stupid ex crush of yours from high school that was relentless, always trying to get your attention even after he was confronted and even physically threatened by your brothers. 
He smirked and looked as if he was about to burst into a soliloquy. 
A silver glimmer caught your attention, shining in your eyes making you divert your attention away from the man expressing his infinite love for you, you found an awfully familiar object in his pocket that his hand was tucked in. 
A fucking blade. 
Behind you, Stella was silent, watching both of your actions closely as she informed Hermann, who was having difficulty standing back, of your predicament. She too caught the hand size weapon sticking out of his pocket and didn’t miss the darkness blanketing his eyes as you gave him a strict warning. 
Once again, it was all so fast that you didn’t get time to hit back. 
His hand appeared from his pocket, lunging at your retreating figure. His voice was raised but was lost under the shouts of your colleagues and friends. He was being pulled away but not before doing some decent damage to your face and wrist, your complaints fell on deaf ears about how this wasn’t how you were meant to look on your birthday. 
Sighing in defeat, you slumped in Hermann’s arms that was restricting you from going any further. Mumbling a quick thank you, you patted his arms and insisted to be let go, promising not to do any harm to the man being pulled away by the rest of truck, officers yet to arrive to the scene. 
Standing up straight, shaking off your gear, you made eye contact with him for a split second, taking the second to flip him off, relishing in the laughs it received from your crew, ignoring the gasps the bystanders let out at the gesture. 
“Just to be sure, let’s get you to med.” 
You finished your story with a lazy smile. “And here I am.” 
“But you already knew what happened because you hassled everyone didn’t you?” It wasn’t even a question, it was a fact. You knew your brothers too well for your own good. 
“I mean.” You paused, hissing when a nurse started disinfecting the scar on your brow. “We saved his cat at least.” 
“Y/N” Will sounded tired and well in fact fed up. “This is serious, he attacked you.”
You shrugged, it was nothing knew, and you’d definitely been through worse. “What’s he looking at?” You ignored Will and looked at Jay. 
“Don’t you worry about that.” Jay shook it off, deflecting your question. “Can you go and marry Emily so that we don’t have to worry about your depleting love life anymore?” 
Will snorted, remembering the pinky promise you and your best friend made back in high school. A promise that was still strong since you and Emily was as thick as thieves. 
“You know what?” You challenged your brunet brother. “We’ll get drunk at Molly’s tonight and find an open courthouse to sign the papers. Might even buy her a ring pop.” 
The three of you settled into silence at your very serious comment and very serious face before bursting into laughter. 
How people found you irresistible would always be a question you’d contemplate on for the rest of your life but then you remembered just how easily girls fell to their feet, immediately falling in love, at the sight of your devilishly looking brothers. 
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Counting Breaths
Fandom: Chicago PD / Chicago Med
Characters: Jay Halstead, Halstead!Sibling
Genre: hurt/comfort
Warnings: asthma, mucus/phlegm
Word Count: 1927
Requested By Anonymous: Sibling!Reader x Jay Halstead x Will Halstead - I’m kinda basing this off of your Soccer Practice imagine. Feel free to accept or make it however you want - Something kinda like the reader staying over at either brother’s house and during the middle of the night has an asthma attack… -That’s all I got, just something very simple you could make into whatever if you want to. :)
A/N: I hope I could do this justice for you, anon!
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It’s no surprise to you when the coughing wakes you up, your chest fighting against whatever was aggravating it so much. You’re hunched over as the constant coughing gives you no chance to even try and sit up, take a breath or press the ‘call’ button your brothers had installed in your room at both of their apartments. This time you were at Jay’s apartment, it was the weekend and Will was busy covering for Natalie so she could have a camping trip with her parents and Owen.
You feel your ribs start to ache in protest of the constant strain, your chest wall feeling sore as you take ragged breaths. Your eyes are watering and your head pounds, you know you’ll have burst blood vessels in your face in the morning, each of your nerves and muscles fighting together to get the irritation under control.
There’s a momentary pause in the coughing and you try and twist in bed to press your button, your hand is shaking as you pant, trying to calm down. Luckily for you there’s no need for the button to be reached as you suddenly hear Jay’s door opening and his quick footsteps towards you, the bedroom door opens and the lamp by your desk is flicked on.
“Hey, kiddo, I’m here.” He speaks softly, concern on his face as he already has the top drawer of your bedside table open, pulling out one small fabric pouch and a slightly larger one.
You’re taking shaky breaths, a slight wheeze to your breathing as you blink with stinging eyes.
“Hi-hi…” You try and smile but another round of coughs breaks the silence and you’re pushing against your chest to try and feel some reprieve from the pressure.
Jay sits on the edge of your bed, his hand is a warm and comforting weight as he rubs your back, letting you get it out for a minute, not liking the way you almost throw up from the aggravation on your body. Your body is wracked with tension until it subsides once again.
“Okay, here we go, let’s get the pemdi and spacer working together, alright?” You nod meekly, leaning into Jay’s body as he keeps you sitting upright. The ‘pemdi’ as Jay called it was actually called your pMDI inhaler, the inhaler that you could attach to the tube known as a ‘spacer’ so that you got your medicine more efficiently - Will had stressed the importance of always communicating with you what was happening, even if it was the hundredth time.
Like you had many times before you turn your head to the side, knowing you had to give your best exhale in order to inhale the steroids.
“Are you ready?” Jay asks, with a steady palm still against your upper back. 
You nod, nearing the maximum of your exhale.
“Okay, here we go…” He gently places the spacer over your mouth, 
“1, 2, 3.” He counts you down to the release of the medicine into the spacer, 
“Inhale, Y/N, deep and slow.” You do as instructed, instinctively closing your eyes as you focus on the inhale, taking every bit of your medication in as you feel the tightness in your chest give ever so slightly.
“Okay, now hold that for as long as you can, sweetheart.” Jay encourages, taking away the inhaler and spacer as he resumes the gentle motions on your back, kissing the side of your head. 
Jay waits patiently, counting silently as you get to 7 and then exhale again.
“Good, that’s good.” He soothes, smiling at you as you turn, dropping your head on his chest, wrapping your arms around him.
“Better?” He asks quietly, holding you as long as you needed.
“Better.” You sigh, focusing on maintaining those steady inhales and exhales, waiting in slight anticipation of another round of coughing.
“We’ll sit for a bit, just to make sure nothing’s starting back up again once you try to sleep. Here, scoot over.” Jay momentarily releases you as you make room for him on the bed, sitting against the mountain of pillows you used to prop yourself up.
He wraps an arm around you and you fall back into his side, feeling the comfort of his presence as always, he tugs the duvet back up over you, keeping you cosy in the chill of the room.
“Thanks, Jay-Jay…” You sigh, wrapping your arms around his middle, listening to his own steadily thudding heart. 
“Never a problem, Y/N, never.” He murmurs, kissing the top of your head, speaking once again in the quiet of the room, 
“Did you want to put on some Prehistoric Planet, just until we know for sure you can get back to sleep?” 
He feels you shift, you hum with peaked interest, you most definitely wanted to watch Prehistoric Planet even if you were half asleep.
“I’ll take that as a yes.” He chuckles, snatching up the remote from the bedside table and turning on the TV, turning down the brightness a little to save both your eyes from the bright glare. 
Jay and Will had both got you a TV as presents one Christmas, knowing how sometimes you would have to be home from school because of your asthma, or up at strange times with nothing to do that wasn’t exerting energy. It had worked wonders for helping you feel a little calmer, and it meant you could rest in comfort and privacy rather than being in a lounge.
You had been sitting watching for all of 10 minutes when that familiar sensation bubbled up in your chest like poison suddenly spreading, immediately you were coughing, each cough getting more violent than the previous. Jay quickly sat right back up again, leaning you forward just a touch to keep you upright.
“Okay, it’s alright, just get it out, you got it.” Your big brother encouraged you, his own expression tense with concern. It was always a fear that these kinds of attacks would develop into something worse, like they had on other occasions, something that would require the hospital.
The attack subsides and you repeat the steps once more. Exhale, place spacer over the mouth, press the inhaler, inhale slowly, hold your breath, remove the spacer, exhaling when ready.
You sit, zoned out on your bed, catching your breath as your ribs protest the intense work they’re forced into. Jay sits for another five minutes, waiting to make sure you weren’t going to start up again immediately.
Your eyes are drooping, cuddled back up to your brother, feeling your mood dip a little at how exhausting this could be.
“Okay, good job, kiddo. I’m gonna get the rest of the stuff.”
You nod slightly, releasing Jay from your hold so he could get up.
You sit blankly watching the dinosaurs on screen before your big brother returns, holding the items you needed on a tray.
“Here we go.” He smiles reassuringly, stroking a thumb over your forehead and down your nose, a motion that had relaxed you since you were a baby. 
“First, let’s rinse and spit.” He instructs, handing you the water as he holds a bowl beneath you. It was important to not let the steroids sit in your mouth after inhaling, as that could lead to irritation and other problems.
You rinse your mouth and spit, then take the glass for a few real, soothing, sips.
“Okay, now let’s do the decongestant.” Jay sits for this one, shaking the spray bottle for a count of ten. He then presses the trigger for the spray until he can see the mist, the sign that it was ready to use.
Next, he plucks a few tissues from the box beside your bed, handing them to you. You wordlessly blow your nose, ridding yourself of the mucus and then clear your throat into another tissue to release the phlegm that had built up too. You make a noise of disgust, another thing you were not a fan of when dealing with all of this.
“I know, I’m so sorry. It really sucks, kid.” Jay squeezes your shoulder, handing you the bin to put the tissues in the trash. He then passes you some sanitiser and you make sure to thoroughly cover your hands.
“Right, I think we’re good, you ready?” You nod, yawning, “Ready, Jay.”
“Almost there, Y/N, you’re doing great.” Jay encourages, testing the nasal spray one more time before asking you to tilt your head forward. 
“Okay, hold the other nostril closed whilst I do this one. Remember, breathe in gently, no hard snort.” You giggle, remembering the very first time you and Jay had done this together and the spray had gone up your nose way too harshly, Will was not pleased. 
Your brother has a smile on his face too, shaking his head as he knows you’re remembering the same occasion as he is. Angling the nozzle just right, he counts once more. 
“Okay, on 3. 1, 2, 3…” Jay sprays and you breathe in slow, the sensation is weird but not the worst. 
“Exhale through your mouth.” Jay prompts, you exhale slow. You were starting to feel a lot better with the different exercises and treatments.
“Let’s do the other one, okay?” 
You nod, glad to feel a bit more attached to reality now. “Okay.”
The process is repeated with the other nostril, and you’re relieved when it doesn’t drip from your nose or down your throat, it meant you’d done it right and there would be no gross taste or sensation in your mouth. 
“Good job. Okay, now just the preventative and then I think we should try going back to sleep, what do you think?” Jay brushes his fingers through your wild bed hair, smoothing down the fly away hairs, squeezing you in a gentle one-armed hug.
“Sounds good, I’m sleepy as heck.” And as if on cue, your body produces a loud yawn, resting your head on Jay again. Jay smiles, kissing your forehead, he loved you so much.
“Let’s get this last thing done, then you’re free to sleep for as long as you need. And I was thinking we could play Mario Kart later, maybe order lunch and watch a movie? You can pick.” 
You lift your head, excitement on your face, “Yes please, that sounds awesome.” 
“That’s settled then, let’s do your preventative, and then we can sleep.”
Jay switches out the inhalers, getting you to repeat the same process as before with the different canister. When it’s all done your brother moves all the paraphernalia off your bed, you do another rinse and spit before shuffling down to half lay and half sit against your pillows, watching him with fluttering eyes. 
Jay turns the TV back off and hands you your giant Triceratops plushy, his name was Terry. This was a gift from Adam who had gone to the trouble of finding a hypoallergenic comfort toy that wouldn’t aggravate your asthma.
“Okay, goodnight, kiddo. I love you, and if you don’t feel good, just press the ‘call’ button, alright?” 
You nod as you clutch Terry to you, enjoying the soft and smooth material beneath your fingers, sinking into the pillows as Jay turns off the lights, leaving the door ajar in case you needed him. “Night, Jay-Jay, love you…” You mumble already a third of the way to your dreams.
He makes a mental note to shoot Will a text and just keep him updated, Jay gives you one last adoring glance before heading back to his own room.
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Fin.
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A Herrmann/Halstead Production: Series Rundown
Hello! Thought it would be a good idea to make a main post with all of the links for my OneChicago crossover fic series, A Herrmann/Halstead Production. (ao3 series link here.) What's the series? It's an AU where Christopher Herrmann's mom had an affair with Pat Halstead resulting in a baby. The series follows this original character (Rebecca "Bex" Herrmann) as she grows up and gets to know her brothers and the various Chicago teams. It is very much an AU, just to underscore that. It doesn't follow the same timeline and characters will follow different paths. I pull some plot lines from the three shows to weave into the big picture storyline, but there will be a fair amount of differences. Hopefully you still check it out! Story Links:
All header artwork has been created by the awesome @sowrongitslottie!
Part One: Oopsie Baby
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Part Two: Promises Kept
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Part Three: Stop Adopting My Friends
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Part Four: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
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Part Five: Now Kiss!
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Part Six: Where There's a Will
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Part Seven: First Rule of Game Night
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Part Eight: A Fun Fair, An Alleged Flirtation, and a New Living Arrangement
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Part Nine: Will and Bex: ROOMIES!
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Part Ten: Do Your "Grrr, We're Intelligence" Thing
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Bonus Fic: IT'S DECEMBER 23RD, WILL!!!
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Part Eleven: Sometimes You Need
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Part Twelve: Reckless [With My Heart]
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Part Thirteen: There's a Way
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Part Fourteen: Game Night 2: Fresh Blood
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Bonus Fic: The Grocery Story Trip
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Part Fifteen: The Centre Must Hold
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Part Sixteen: Congratulations on Not Dying (Happy Birthday, Chris!)
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Part Seventeen: Wingman? Wingwoman? Wingperson.
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Bonus Fic: I Am Looking Disrespectfully, Sir
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Part Eighteen: Honesty. Horrible, Horrible Honesty.
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Part Nineteen: 500 Miles --Read it on Tumblr: Chapter One (Sixteen chapters in total. Follow the links at the end of each post to read the next chapter.) OR -- Read it on ao3 --
Part Twenty: Game Night 3: It’s Bex Ball, Bébés --Read it on Tumblr: Chapter One (Two chapters in total. Follow the links at the end of each post to read the next chapter.) OR -- Read it on ao3 -- (Rules of Bex Ball found here.)
Part Twenty-One: That Herrmann/Halstead DNA --Read it on Tumblr: Chapter One (Seven chapters in total. Follow the links at the end of each post to read the next chapter.) OR -- Read it on ao3 --
Part Twenty-Two: Fine is a Four-Letter Word --Read it on Tumblr: Chapter One Chapter Two Chapter Three (ongoing) OR -- Read it on ao3 --
More parts to come! NEW: I've started a secondary series to go along with this AU called A Herrmann/Halstead Production - Not Fics and Ficlets and Fun Bits! I'm using it to store all of the little asides that don't fit into the regular series. I'll put links here for that series as well (unless it gets too big and needs its own post.) A H/H Production - Not Fics and Ficlets and Fun Bits 1. Thanksgiving 2014 The list of upcoming ideas for this series can be found HERE and you can feel free to make suggestions for it too!
I've also created a post with who I could cast as the original characters in this series and you can check it out HERE!
As always, my inbox is open if you want to say hi!
(And if you're on ao3, please feel free to say hi and leave a comment/question over there!) Thanks for checking out the series! :D
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Maybe We Could Do It Again
Pairing: Jay Halstead x Reader
Word count: 4,632
Warnings: bickering and fluff.
Summary: Jay meets the Reader as they’re both babysitting Makayla for Adam and Kim and they end up tangled up on the ground and kissing.
Disclaimer: I don’t own any of the One Chicago shows, or its characters, also not associated with it in any way, or know anyone involved with it.
A/N: Okay, so this is one of the longest fics I’ve written, which might be a little too long but I hope you guys like it and feel free to send feedback! By the way, this is the first time I insert Burzek in one of my fics but I think I got their energy right ;)
(y/n) = (your name) (y/l/n) = (your last name) (y/n/n) = (your nickname)
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“Oh my God, Adam! I can’t believe that even when you’re not supposed to do something you get it wrong!” Kim yelled at her boyfriend.
“What the hell-” He even tried to respond but got immediately interrupted for his bad language.
“Adam!” She hissed again, not believing how he could still curse so much now that the two of them had a child in the house.
“Sorry, sorry!” He said, nervously raising his hands, as Kim already peeked through the kitchen doors to see Jay and Makayla pretend like they hadn’t been listening to every word of their conversation in the living room. “It’s just… I remember you specifically telling me to find someone to babysit the kid, so I did it! How is it possible that I’m the one who-”
“Yes! I did ask you two to do that! On Monday! And do you remember what you told me?” He didn’t dare to say anything. “Oh, no? Because I do! I remember you saying, and I quote:” she said, even making finger quotes to emphasize the whole thing, “‘Where the hell am I supposed to find a babysitter for Makayla? None of my friends have any experience with kids!’” Kim shoved it in his face, making a very good point for herself. But, as usual, Adam decided to go against any sign of good judgment and continue to defend himself. He knew he could never let Kim in on it, but Jay himself was one of those who had already heard the officer saying how much he loved bickering with his girlfriend and getting her all fired up against him.
“No, uh! That won’t cut it! You told me, and I quote: ‘Then hire someone! I don’t know! But you’re the one who came up with the date night idea, so don’t come and throw something that should be your responsibility on my shoulders!’, so I knew that I needed to find someone! Kev and Vanessa are visiting his siblings this weekend, so I thought: why not Jay? He’s good with kids, and he offered to help us with Makayla!” Adam concluded, absolutely proud of himself while Kim just rolled her eyes.
“Oh. My. God!!! You do know he didn’t mean that literally, don’t you?” She was already fuming by that point.
“Err-” He had to admit that he’d never stopped to think about that possibility…
“No one means that literally!!” She shouted, this time, making even the neighbors hear their arguing. “No one means that literally, and, now, you’re just making us both look like the cops who can’t take care of their own kid in front of the entire unit.” She stated, in a lower, tone while pinching the bridge of her nose.
“But this is not the entire unit! This is Jay! Our friend Jay, who had offered!” Adam stood by that argument and Kim had already opened her mouth to shoot a remark back when Jay came into the kitchen.
“Makayla’s distracted with the tv.” He started with that so that they wouldn’t be worried. “Uh... Guys, Kim, you don’t have to worry about me telling anyone about this, okay? I won’t. Besides, I did mean what I said before. I’m here to help. Whatever you guys need. Plus, for someone who had plans of watching a game rerun alone at home on a Friday night, babysitting that cute little girl is almost like hitting a jackpot!” Jay assured, giving them a small smile and shiny eyes headed towards Makayla’s direction. Babysitting a kid, when he was probably never gonna have one of his own, was one of the things that he, personally, missed the most about when Will and Natalie were together. Back when Lindsay lived in Chicago, he used to be sure that, someday, he was gonna find someone. Settle down. Build a family. But, now… After everything that had happened, he couldn’t help but feel like his time to do all that had run out. So, instead of mooning over it, he could gladly babysit Makayla.
“Well, um, thank you, Jay,” Kim started, nervously tucking a string of hair behind her ear, “that’s really nice to hear. And we very much appreciate it. But-” She didn’t get a chance to finish as the doorbell rang and Adam rushed towards the apartment’s entrance to prevent his very excited little girl from opening the door by herself. When he got there, followed by the other two adults, Makayla was already standing on her tiptoes, hand-in-handle.
“Hey! Watcha doing, you little adventurous?!” Adam asked while picking her up from the floor and tickling her sides, which made her become a giggling mess. “You can’t just open the door like that, darlin’! You gotta check on the peephole first,” he said, as he lifted her up enough so that she could look through the hole, “like this. See someone?”
“Yes! It’s (y/n/n)!” She squealed out. “Can we open the door now? Please, Adam?” Makayla asked, shooting him pleading eyes, while her body buzzed with happiness.
“Ah, (y/n/n), right,” Adam said simply, opening the door and fearing that Kim would want to restart the whole discussion with him.
“Hey, princess!” And that simple greeting was all it took for Makayla to throw herself from Adam’s arms straight to yours. “Wow,” you laughed at her sudden movement, which had caused you to lose your balance a little, “you excited to see me?”
“Yes!! Did you bring the bakings???” She asked you eagerly, bakings being what she called your cooking utensils.
“No, not today!” Your answer made her face, almost immediately, turn into a sad frown. “But I brought this!” You told her while lifting up a box that read ‘karaoke set’, above a few drawings of a microphone and musical notes. Seeing that, Makayla’s saddened expression shifted in two seconds, eyes lighting up.
“Look, Kim!” The little girl shrieked, more than ready to have what she already knew was about to be the time of her life.
“Yeah, I see that! Seems like you girls are gonna have a blast…” Your friend weirdly trailed off, as her mind tried to find a quick solution to the mess her boyfriend had made.
“Uh…” Was all that a very handsome man you hadn’t met yet managed to let out.
“Jay, um, this is my best friend (y/n). (y/n/n), this is our friend from work Jay. I’m sorry about the mess, guys, it’s Adam’s fault.” Kim spoke again, bluntly accusing her boyfriend.
“My fault??? Are you kidding??? You told me to find someone to watch Makayla 'cause you didn’t want us to keep bothering (y/n)!”
“Guys! It’s no bother at all, really. Hanging out with this little princess is in my best interest, believe me!” You said, quickly defending your case.
“Well, thanks for saying that, (y/n/n). What happened here is that Adam told me he wouldn’t be able to get anyone,” Kim started while shooting daggers into her boyfriend with her bare eyes. “So, since I wasn’t about to just wait for a miracle, I called and asked you to do it. But someone didn’t think about telling me that he had already gotten Jay to come. And now you’re both here, ugh!” She finished, rather dramatically, while pointing a finger at Adam.
That was, seriously, the best couple you knew when it came to bickering.
“Okay, so, um, it’s not gonna be any trouble. I can leave since your colleague got here first and you don’t need to be stressed on your date night, friend.” You tried to bring things to a peaceful ending before Kim turned it into a murder scene.
“Oh, I do need to be stressed! I need to-” She started to debate but got cut off by Makayla’s cute pleading voice:
“But you can’t leave, (y/n/n)! We’re gonna play karaoke!” The little girl clearly had already gotten worked up by your idea for the night.
“Makayla, baby, please don’t be difficult. You hang out with (y/n/n) all the time, and uncle Jay is already here…” You watched as Adam tried to reason with his daughter while she held you really tight.
“No, uh…” Their friend started to say. Was it too weird for you to be thinking about how incredibly cute he looked when scratching the back of his neck like that? “Relax, man, I can go. I bet that you’re gonna have a lot more fun with her than with me, anyways, Mak.” He completed, talking to your little friend with a sweet smile, to which she reacted with a confused frown.
“But- but why does Jay have to leave? Can’t he play karaoke with us, (y/n/n)?” Makayla asked you poutingly.
“Now that’s something I’d like to see!” Adam started to mock but stopped when Kim punched him in the arm. “Ouch! That hurt, you know?”
“I know! That was exactly the result I was hoping for!” She squealed out sarcastically, “Makayla, honey, you can’t just ask both (y/n/n) and Jay to play karaoke, of all things, with you.” It was lovely to watch Kim interacting so patiently with her kid but the young girl still didn’t seem to understand.
“But why???”
“Well, they don’t know each other, Makayla.” Kim tried again but Mak still wasn’t ready to give it up.
“But they know me!” 
“Good luck explaining now, ma.” As soon as the words came out of his mouth, all of you 𑁋 Adam himself included 𑁋 knew what was coming, fortunately, Kim just punched him in the arm again.
“You know, guys, you don’t need to fight over something like this, okay? Uh… Since he’s your coworker, I’m gonna assume that he’s one of the good guys, therefore I wouldn’t really have a problem with hanging out with him…” You said because you were never one to say no to little kids. “I mean if that’s okay with you, too, officer…”
“It’s detective, actually. But you can call me Jay, uh, (y/n), right?”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
“Well, I don’t have any problems with hanging out with you either,” Jay said and, Jesus, was that really his smile? “I mean, Mak should get all the babysitters she wants!” He told her with a wink. It was official. You were so done for the night.
“Ha!” Kim nervously let out a laugh, “let’s go easy there, cowboy! You can’t just come into my house offering the kid everything she wants.”
“Okay, okay,” the detective started to say with a gesture of surrender while the couple started to get out of the house to give you the space to properly go in. “Sorry ‘bout that, ma!” You could have sworn that you saw him tremble 𑁋 just a little 𑁋 under the deadly gaze your friend sent his way. Adam, who seemed to be off the hook for the first time that night, took the moment to laugh and hope that his girl would forget she had been so mad at him.
“C’mon, darling. Let’s get going before we decide it isn’t very safe to leave Mak with those two.”
"Yeah… I'm already deciding that but maybe they'll prove us wrong." Kim said, voice absolutely faithless. "You behave, Makayla!"
"It's more than obvious that she's going to be the best tonight. Get outta here already!" You heard Jay yelling a little in response to her, as you and Makayla started to get the karaoke set up.
But you, being the lucky person you were, obviously couldn't find your way around your friend's old stuff.
"Uh, you need any help there?"
“No! No, not all! Um, I got this!” You quickly responded because you could be pretty skeptical when it came to admitting your weaknesses and, from your point of view, not getting a simple karaoke set to work was a huge one.
“Alright, then…”
“Are you sure you don’t want Jay to help, (y/n/n)?” Mak asked, sounding way more reasonable than you, the actual adult there.
“Um, err, I guess maybe I could use some help… It’s just that this TV setup is quite different from mine…” You said, still unwilling to let how confused you were really show.
“Yeah, I can help!” you heard Jay as he left his spot in the corner of the room. “I was just ordering us pizza but I can totally help out 'cause Adam and I actually shopped for these TVs together, so I have the same one!” He said, this time, already gently getting the device from your hands before you could even react, which was probably him sensing that you wouldn’t give it up so easily, like he could see right through you.
“Okay, well, since you already ordered the pizza, I’ll go make us some juice.” As you said that you got both of your companions making weird faces at you, so you amended: “Or not, because you already ordered soda too… Just keep in mind that if Kim gets mad because of all the junk food that kid is eating, I’m telling on you, detective!” You said, making a point to stare right into his eyes 𑁋 God, they were so beautiful, was there nothing but beauty in this man’s body?
“Okay, so I think we’re all good here with the karaoke! Who wants to go first?” Hearing that you came of your very dangerous thoughts and Makayla jumped up and down, screaming:
“Me! Me! Me!”
“Alright, little lady, then come pick a song!” Jay told her and stood by to help her with her choice.
About three hours later all three of you had already sung your hearts out 𑁋 Jay having had gone for ABBA, which surprised you and Mak, to say the least 𑁋 eaten lots of pizza, drunk lots of soda and had begun watching a movie, cause you told Jay that that always did the trick when it came to Mak falling asleep. But, God, it was hard to pay attention to the movie you were supposed to be watching when sitting next to a guy like that. And he wasn’t just really handsome. He was sweet and kind and funny. Also, he was so good with Makayla. It was like everything you’d always imagined the perfect man being like was right there, reunited in the detective’s goof self. But you couldn't be thinking those thoughts about him. Not when he was so close. And definitely not when your best friend's daughter was lying on both of your laps.
So, in order to calm your thoughts for a minute, you gently put Makayla’s head on a cushion as you got up 𑁋 because she was already asleep 𑁋, and said I’m gonna get started on cleaning over there.” It was indeed necessary since Mak had dropped all of the content of a big ice cream container near the dining table, the ice cream being very sticky and sort of liquid 𑁋 which was obviously beyond your understanding but who were you to judge Kim and her preferences? 
"Oh God, lemme help you!" You heard Jay saying, as he quickly made his way from the corridor over to where you were cleaning the floor, by the dining table.
"Ah, there's no need for it. I'm used to spending time with Mak, and, then, cleaning up before Kim sees it." You told him with a sly smile.
"Ha! Well, I don't doubt it! You're really good with her."
"And she's really good at making giant messes."
"Right." He said, chuckling lightly. "But, this time, I bet you felt like there were two kids, huh?"
"Your words, not mine, detective."
"Anyways, I'll help. Don't tell Kim and Adam, cause they might spread it across the district, but I'm actually pretty good at cleaning. Especially, when compared to someone who's doing such a lousy job." At that, you instantly snapped your head in his direction.
"What did you just say?" You asked, pretending to be mad while standing up and raising your sponge, as if it was a weapon you were threatening him with.
"Uh… Uh, d- did you know that pulling a weapon on a cop is a crime?" He asked, trying to play along, but stuttering a little.
"And what are you gonna do?" Now that Makayla was asleep… "Huh? Arrest me?" Jesus Christ, you definitely weren't thinking straight, you thought as you watched Jay drop his mop, also spilling all the soapy water on the floor. He even motioned to take care of it but stopped when he realized that you were, now, standing closer. Closer than it was safe for him to be near a woman like you. So he decided to take a step backward, not remembering the floor situation and slipping. As a reflex, you grabbed his shirt when you were obviously not gonna be able to prevent him from falling.
So, you ended up falling with him. On top of him. Oh God, was that living room always so hot? Your thoughts were cut off by Jay's laugh, it was an open-mouthed laugh, just like when you two were interacting with Makayla. He didn't seem to be the kind of guy who got to laugh too much, especially given his job. But it definitely suited his features. His smile, that bright, was so beautiful.
"So you're seriously not even gonna try and get up? Just gonna stay there staring?" Hearing that, you blushed instantly, because you hadn't even realized you were staring.
"Ah, uh… Right." Now, that was your turn to stutter, and Jay was loving every second of it. He thought you looked absolutely adorable like that. Even more so than you had looked all night.
But you weren't feeling adorable at all. You were embarrassed. By the situation at hand, sure, but, also, by your entire behavior that had, pretty much, gotten the two of you in that position. What was going through your head? The answer was simple: nothing. Or, better yet, Jay's gorgeous face, body, and behavior. Just, Jay being gorgeous all night. Now, what really made you wanna dig a hole and jump right into it was when you tried to get up but the floor was so slippery that you just fell back on him.
Needless to say, he was having a playfield. Laughing like there was no tomorrow. In fact, he had relaxed completely under you, laying his head on the soaked floor.
"You know what? This is pretty comfortable. I think I'll stay right here." It was official: you had no self-shame.
"Are you serious?" He asked, trying hard to hold back from laughing.
"Look, I don't know what else to do, okay? And my brain is clearly affected by your little charm, because I just keep mortifying myself over and over-"
"So you think I'm charming, huh?" Damn it. A thousand times damn it.
"Uh… That's not exactly what I-" You couldn't finish your sentence, as Jay started pulling you even closer to him. Kissing you. Oh boy, how he kissed you…
"Oh. My. God." Both you and Jay jumped away from each other, as much as you could, the second you heard Kim say that, her being followed suit by Adam:
"What the hell is that?!?" He half-asked, half-barked at the both of you, trying hard to not burst into laughter.
"Uh, it's, um, it's not what you're thinking, guys-"
"It's not what I'm thinking?!?" Yeah… It was safe to say that Kim was pissed. "Are you sure it isn't? Because the image actually seemed pretty self-explanatory to me!" As the both of you just kept working out a way to get up from the floor, she continued: "I come back home thinking that everything was gonna be perfect because my daughter had two adults babysitting her! People that I thought were quite responsible but, then, I come home to find those very adults making out on the floor in my living room! My very dirty living room! And, by the way, where the hell is Makayla?"
"She, um, she's in her bedroom. Asleep." Jay finally spoke. "And, about the mess… We were just, uh…"
"Yeah, man, we saw what you were just doing," Adam said, looking like he was having the time of his life.
"No! That's not what he was gonna say-"
"Ah, so the two of you got along so well that now you even know what he was going to say, (y/n)?" Kim said, while glaring at you.
"All I meant was that, well, the place got a little dirty…" Jay started to explain but not fast enough.
"A little???" Kim was really, really mad, you realized.
"But dinner was great!" At that, both you and Kim just stared at him incredulously while Adam started laughing on his way to the kitchen.
"That's what you were going to say???" You ask him, not believing you'd just tried to defend him for some joke. "Kim, I'm sorry things ended up this unfruitful…" You began to tell your best friend, to try and patch things up, when Adam chipped in from the other room.
"You know, darling, Jay wasn't wrong! This pizza is great!" He barked, mouth full. And that's what got Kim to go over the edge.
"Don't you realize what just happened here, Adam??? And, you two! I still haven't heard an explanation on what the hell I just saw!"
"I'm sorry, okay? I'm sorry! We were cleaning up and then it just-"
"It just what, (y/n)??? It just happened? That what you were gonna say?"
"As a matter of fact, yes, it is! It just happened because you and your boyfriend made me babysit with this ridiculously hot guy and I'm human! Now, before you have another crisis, Makayla didn't see anything and I'm leaving because I just humiliated myself more than enough for a lifetime!" With that said, and your flight or flee instinct activated — cause you were never much of a fighter —, you did the smartest thing possible and stormed out of there, hoping to be able to get into some sort of protection program for embarrassment victims.
Meanwhile, Adam and Kim simply had to laugh, even more so when they noticed Jay's shocked twinkling expression.
"Jay! What is wrong with you?" Kim asked, taking him out of his daze.
"What?"
"Go after her! If I hadn't been so upset about the circumstances, I would've been the first one to say that what happened over there?" She asked, pointing to the floor. "What happened there was hot." The officer finished her trail of thought bluntly, as if it was the most obvious thing.
"But… What about your living room?" Jay asked, still unsure of what to do.
"Are you kidding me? Look, Halstead, if you promise not to break her heart… I won't hold it against you." Kim stated, making her stance on the whole matter very clear. She thought it was a good way to start apologizing to you after freaking out like that.
"Uh, uh, alright!" The detective rambled, looking like he had no idea of what to do next.
“Go!” With that last push, he left his friends’ house to go try and get the girl.
“You know, this is quite a mess but they do have the potential to be a great couple!” Adam happily pointed out, as he kept eating all he could find.
“Ha! If she’s as lucky as I am…” Kim ironically muttered, as she watched her boyfriend impolitely shoving food in his mouth.
“Then she’s a very lucky lady!” He confidently stated with a grin while all Kim could do was laugh at his messy childish ways.
Outside burzek's apartment — burzek being the ship name you used to tease Kim and Adam with —, you had been slowly walking towards the subway. You wanted to move faster but your mind was too full at the moment. And, sometimes, when you needed to get your head back on straight, you couldn't really do anything else, having a hard time concentrating on your flow of thoughts.
It was right when you were beginning to think you had stopped the spirals in your mind that you heard him: "(y/n)!" You recognized the detective's voice on the spot. How could you not, after how he had managed to disrupt your thoughts and actions all evening? But you weren't about to turn back around and have your very own movie ending with him. You just knew it wasn't gonna play out like that and decided to keep walking in order to preserve the little dignity you still had. "Oh, c'mon! Just give me a minute! Please!" That pleading made you turn around, to let him down more politely, which ended up with the two of you almost hitting each other. Once again, that same night, he was too close to you. The proximity with his body sending all sorts of heatwaves through yours. He seemed to be feeling it too, given the way he started to look at you, the damn smirk back on his lips.
"Nu-uh. You don't get to look at me like that. Not after what it did to me the first time."
"Huh. Care to elaborate on that? How exactly am I looking at you?" He asked, moving even closer to you altogether. "And, more importantly, what exactly did it do to you?"
"You don't need me to answer any of that." You pointed out, crossing your arms over your chest — clearly going into defensive mode.
"Maybe not," he started, tilting his head slightly — the damn smirks never leaving his face. "But. I'd like to hear it nevertheless."
"Well, you're not going to."
"Ah, okay." Wait, was he really giving up that easily? "Then maybe I can just try and see what it does to you one more time? For the sake of curiosity." All you could think to say was an enthusiastic 'Yes, please!' but, when he started leaning in to kiss you, you seemed to come back to your senses, pushing him away and taking some steps back of your own.
"Oh my God! Don't you get it? We can't be doing this right now. Not after the way I left things with Kim because of our previous, um, actions!" At that, Jay just gave you a confused look. "I stormed out of there but just because I was feeling too ashamed about it all and I honestly don’t think that I want any more embarrassment for a lifetime.
“Okay, okay. I get that but maybe it would feel less embarrassing for you if you knew that I was feeling all of that too: all of that buzzing energy and the goddamn butterflies and everything. You were doing exactly the same I did to you to me. And, as embarrassing as it was to be caught like that by Adam and Kim, I still can’t say I regret any of it. In fact, I was thinking that maybe we could do it again? You know, minus all the mess and the kid 𑁋 I mean, I adore Mak but that would be-” 
You didn’t care to listen to the rest of all he had to say. Instead, you threw yourself into his arms, even making him lose his balance for a second, and started kissing him, except that this time it was a slow, hot, and thought-through kiss. And the second you did kiss him, you heard clapping and whistling from afar, as you turned to find Kim and Adam there, once again witnessing you and Jay kiss. And that had Jay whispering to you:
“Let’s get out of here?” To which you responded simply with a:
“Yes, please!”
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callsign-dexter · 10 months
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Requests are temporarily closed!
This Masterlist does have 18+ fics in it so please heed the warnings.
All fics are separated but I do:
Top Gun
Top Gun Maverick
One Chicago (Chicago Med, PD, and Fire)
Criminal Minds
9-1-1
9-1-1 Lone Star
The Rookie
I will do:
Sister!Reader
Daughter!Reader
x Reader
A/N: All fics not underlined means that they are planned and a wip this just helps me to keep track of what fics I need to do.
A/N 2: All fics are fem!reader unless stated otherwise or requested otherwise.
Series
(Discontinued) I'm Already There (Bradshaw!Sister)
My Daughter, My Heart (Jake Seresin x Daughter!Reader, OC!Elizabeth Taylor x Daughter!Reader)
Whisper in the Wind (Natasha Trace x OC!Benjamin Bradshaw, Natasha Trace x Daughter!Reader, OC!Benjamin Bradshaw x Daughter!Reader, Bradley Bradshaw x OC!Wife!Leah Winters)
Universes
A Forever Home (Grace Ryder x Daughter!Reader and Judd Ryder x Daughter!Reader, Grace Ryder x Judd Ryder)
Baby Bradford: A Little Fighter (Tim Bradford x Daughter!Reader, Lucy Chen x Tim Bradford)
Blizzard (IceMav x Daughter!Reader, Maverick x Iceman)
Littlest Halstead (Jay Halstead x Daughter!Reader)
Little Nash (Bobby Nash x Daughter!Reader)
Lil' Severide (Kelly Severide x Daughter!Reader)
Mini TK (TK Strand x Daughter!Reader, Carlos Reyes x Daughter!Reader, TK Strand x Carlos Reyes)
Our Little Girl (Jake Seresin x Daughter!Reader, Bradley Bradshaw x Daughter!Reader, Jake Seresin x Bradley Bradshaw)
The Firehouse Miracle (Eddie Diaz x Daughter!Reader, Evan Buckley x Daughter!Reader, Eddie Diaz x Evan Buckley)
x Daughter!Reader
Top Gun
Maverick
Safe and Sound (Maverick x Daughter!Reader, Bradley Bradshaw x Mitchell!Reader)
Always Daddy’s Girl (Maverick x Daughter!Reader)
Light of His Life (Maverick x Daughter!Reader)
Maverick is a dad!? (Maverick x Daughter!Reader)
Crossing Paths (Maverick x Daughter!Reader, Penny Benjamin x Adopted!Daughter!Reader)
Always With You (Maverick x Daughter!Reader)
Maverick's Little Co-Pilot (Maverick x Daughter!Reader)
A Father's Fury (Maverick x Daughter!Reader)
Night Ride Rescue (Maverick x Daughter!Reader)
Echoes of Talent (Maverick x Daughter!Reader)
The Lost Keepsake (Maverick x Daughter!Reader)
A Father's Comfort (Maverick x Daughter!Reader)
Love, Laughter, and Little Pranks (Maverick x Daughter!Reader, Penny Benjamin x Daughter!Reader, Maverick x Wife!Penny Benjamin)
Just Like Daddy (Maverick x Daguther!Reader, Penny Benjamin x Daughter!Reader, Maverick x Penny Benjamin)
Never Again (Maverick x Daughter!Reader, OC!Nichole Bradshaw x Daughter!Reader, Maverick x OC!Wife!Nichole Bradshaw
From Fear to Family (Maverick x Adopted!Daughter
Jake Seresin
Nightmares (Jake Seresin x Daughter!Reader)
One Chicago
Kelly Severide
Daddy to the Rescue (Kelly Severide x Daughter!Reader)
A Home in His Heart (Kelly Severide x Foster-Adopted!Daughter!Reader)
911
Bobby Nash
Unspoken Reunion (Bobby Nash x Doctor!Daughter!Reader)
911 Lone Star
TK Strand
"911 what is your emergency?" (TK Strand x Daughter!Reader)
The Rookie
Tim Bradford
I'm Fine (Tim Bradford x Daughter!Reader)
Surprise at the Station (Tim Bradford x Shy!Adopted!Daughter!Reader)
x Sister!Reader
Top Gun
Bradley Bradshaw
Brotherly Love (Bradley Bradshaw x Sister!Reader)
The Sibling Connection (Bradley Bradshaw x Sister!Reader)
Jake Seresin
Together Against the World (Jake Seresin x Sister!Reader)
Heart to Break (Jake Seresin x Sister!Reader)
One Chicago
Connor Rhodes
Blood Ties, Broken Bonds (Connor Rhodes x Sister!Reader)
Fics
Top Gun
Bradley Bradshaw
Be Mine Forever (18+ MDNI) (Bradley Bradshaw x Floyd!Pilot!Reader)
I Apologize (Bradley Bradshaw x Benjamin!Air Force Pilot!Reader)
A Flight of Insecurities (Bradley Bradshaw x Reader)
Meet and Greet (18+ MDNI) (Bradley Bradshaw x Reader)
Behind Closed Doors (18+ MDNI) (Bradley Bradshaw x Simpson!Reader)
Out in the Open (Bradley Bradshaw x Simpson!Reader)
Hearts on the Edge (Bradley Bradshaw x Wolfe!Reader)
My Brother's Wingman (18+ MDNI) (Bradley Bradshaw x Seresin!Navy SEAL!Reader, Jake Seresin x Navy SEAL!Twin Sister!Reader)
Love's Second Chance (18+ MDNI) (Bradley Bradshaw x Adopted!Mitchell!Reader)
From Fear to Forever (Bradley Bradshaw x Pilot!Seresin!Reader)
Intoxicated Confessions (Bradley Bradshaw x Pilot!Kerner!Reader)
Knight in a Hawaiian Shirt (Bradley Bradshaw x Reader)
Shadow of Protection (Bradley Bradshaw x Reader)
Jake Seresin
Surprise! (Jake Seresin x Best Friend!Reader)
Hangster
Doppelgänger (Hangster and Bradley Bradshaw x Daughter!Reader)
Dagger Squad
Fight for Freedom (Dagger Squad x Reader)
Learning to Love Again (Dagger Squad x Reader, Bradley Bradshaw x Reader)
Tangled Hearts (18+ MDNI) (Dagger Squad x Reader, Bradley Bradshaw x Reader)
Maverick
A Guarded Heart (Maverick x Reader)
One Chicago
Connor Rhodes
Heartbeat Promise (Connor Rhodes x Nurse!Halstead!Reader)
Unexpected Reunion (18+ MDNI) (Conor Rhodes x Assistant!Reader)
Emergency Love (Connor Rhodes x Paramedic!Severide!Reader)
Blazing Hearts (Connor Rhodes x Paramedic!Severide!Reader)
From Exes to Lovers (Connor Rhodes x Nurse!Reader)
Lovers Forever (18+ MDNI) (Connor Rhodes x Fiancée!Nurse!Reader)
Surgical Serenad (Connor Rhodes x Surgical Resident!Reader)
Will Halstead
Unspoken Desires (Will Halstead x Doctor!Reader)
Daniel Charles
A Hug to Remember (Platonic!Daniel Charles & Platonic!Oakley Finn)
Jay Halstead
Dispatched Love (Jay Halstead x Reader)
Antonio Dawson
Heartstrings Tangled (Antonio Dawson x Reader)
From Tough to Tender (18+ MDNI) (Antonio Dawson x Reader)
Undercover Temptation (18+ MDNI) (Antonio Dawson x Reader)
From Colleagues to Lovers (18+ MDNI) (Antonio Dawson x Intelligence!Reader)
Gossip and Glances (Antonio Dawson x Intelligence!Reader)
Flirting with Risk (18+ MDNI) (Antonio Dawson x Intelligence!Reader)
Love in Sickness (Antonio Dawson x Sick!Reader)
Undercover Desires (18+ MDNI) (Antonio Dawson x Cop!Reader)
Shattered Lives, Mended Hearts (Antonio Dawson x Paramedic!Reader)
Drunken Confessions (Antonio Dawson x Halstead!Reader)
Fighting Fate (Antonio Dawson x Intelligence!Reader)
Love Conquers All (Antonio Dawson x Halstead!Twin Sister!Reader)
Lost in Lust (18+ MDNI) (Antonio Dawson x Intelligence!Reader
Frostbitten Love (Antonio Dawson x Firefighter!Reader)
Undercover Seduction (18+ MDNI) (Antonio Dawson x Intelligence!Reader)
In the Line of Fire (Antonio Dawson x Reader)
Hank Voight
Snapshot of Justice (Hank Voight x Intelligence!Reader)
Blake Gallo
Two Hearts, One Firehouse (Blake Gallo x Severide!Reader)
Kelly Severide
Taming the Flame (18+ MDNI) (Kelly Severide x Paramedic!Reader)
Sizzling Heat (18+ MDNI) (Kelly Severide x Paramedic!Reader)
Heatwave of Emotions (18+ MDNI) (Kelly Severide x Paramedic!Reader)
Broken Promises, Rekindled Flame (Kelly Severide x Paramedic!Rhodes!Reader)
Ignited Desires (18+ MDNI) (Kelly Severide x Firefighter!Reader)
Flames of Courage (Kelly Severide x Firefighter!Reader)
Passionate Nights (18+ MDNI) (Kelly Severide x Reader)
Saving Grace (18+ MDNI) (Kelly Severide x Fiancée!Paramedic!Reader)
Fireside Romance (18+ MDNI) (Kelly Severide x Paramedic!Reader)
Snowy Embrace (18+ MDNI) (Kelly Severide x Reader)
Beneath the Bubbles (18+ MDNI) (Kelly Severide x Reader)
Christopher Herrmann
Surgical Sparks (Christopher Herrmann x Surgeon!Wife!Reader)
The Rookie
Tim Bradford
Love's Wake-Up Call (Tim Bradford x Police Officer!Reader)
Love in the Moonlight (18+ MDNI) (Tim Bradford x Police Officer!Reader)
Late Night Confessions (18+ MDNI) (Tim Bradford x Evers!Lawyer!Reader)
Unraveling Desires (Tim Bradford x Police K-9 Officer!Wife!Reader)
Forever Yours (18+ MDNI) (Tim Bradford x Reader)
Bulletproof Love (Tim Bradford x Reader)
911
Bobby Nash
Surprises and Smiles (Bobby Nash x Wife!Reader)
911 Lone Star
Owen Strand
Love and Homemade Treats (Owen Strand x Wife!Reader)
Crossovers
Fight to Survive (9-1-1 x Criminal Minds) (Evan Buckley x Nash!FBI!Reader)
Burning Jealousy (One Chicago x The Rookie) (Kelly Severide x Paramedic!Reader)
Love in the Danger Zone (One Chicago x Top Gun Maverick) (Bradley Bradshaw x Halstead!Pilot!Reader and Kelly Severide x Halstead!Pilot!Reader)
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How Many Detectives Are Needed To Sleep A Baby? || Jay Halstead x reader!
Cute and fluffy Jay, wife and baby + babysitter detectives
*re-posting this because I'm stupid and accidentaly delated my blog 🫠
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Summary: Intelligence unit takes care of Jay's newborn baby while he and his wife are in court. Turns out it is the most difficult case they have worked on.
-"You can't go in there". Platt muttered in a scolding tone to Adam, who wanted to go into the coffee room.
-"Why not?" He asked strangely.
-"Shhhhhh". Kim gave him a punch on his arm. -"Keep it quiet, you're gonna wake her up".
-"Ok, alright". Ruzek kept his voice low. -"What the hell is going on, girls?"
-"Halstead's baby is sleeping in there. Don't you dare to interrupt her sweet dreams, bro". Kevin said from his desk.
-"Look at her. You can see her smile even from here". Hailey said, peeking through the window.
Trudy and Kim followed her.
-"She's so lucky she didn't get her father's mad face". The Sergeant enquired.
-"What do you think she's dreaming about? She looks so peaceful".
-"What's going on? Where's Jay? Where's her mom? What is she doing here all alone?" Adam was losing it, increasing his voice volume once more.
-"She's not alone. We're taking care of her!". Hailey frowned.
-"Adam, please". Voigh silently got out of his office and rushed towards him whispering. -"Would you keep it down? I can hear your voice even with my door closed. Let the baby rest, she's only weeks old and already has seen too much".
The detective opened his arms in a defeated gesture. He had just arrived and didn't understand anything.
-"Y/N is testifying right now, we couldn't avoid it. She and her colleagues published the investigation under their names, so...I couldn't stop it. Jay is by her side. The baby is here for protection".
-"She really is a hell of a journalist". Upton mentioned with admiration.
-"And a very brave woman. We owe her a lot in this case". Hank stated.
-"You know? You would have known about this if you had arrived in time to work". Burgess teases Adam.
-"Is there any news about the trial?" Platt wanted to know, worried about you.
-"Not yet, but Jay said he'll be in touch". The boss stated. -"You know these trials take time".
They weren't conscious about it, but the whole Intelligence squad looked hilarious talking with whispers and walking in tiptoes as they went back to their workplaces.
Time passed and the girl was still sleeping safe and sound, until Adam decided to stand up to stretch a bit and stumbled with some cables on the floor. Naturally, the clatter woke up the little baby.
-"It had to be you, right?" Kim mocked her husband as she helped him stand up.
Hailey and Kevin ran to the coffee room as if they were running a race. It was him who got there first and held the baby girl.
-"There, there. Uncle Kev is right here". He tried to reassure her. -"I had siblings and took care of them when they were babies. I can manage another one".
But after a few minutes, she was still uncontrollable.
-"Ok, it's my turn". Burgess got into the game and took the baby off his partner's arms. -"I'm the only mom here, the only one who has a real daughter. I know how to do it".
-"What are you talking about?" Trudy Platt laughed. -"Makayla was already a grown up when you adopted her!" And she grabbed the baby to accommodate her in her chest. But the crying did not stop.
-"Oh, no. What are they doing to you, sweetie?" Upton grabbed her and laid her in her arms. -"I am her godmother, she knows me better".
The baby Halstead slowed down her crying, but she was still restless.
-"Well, how many detectives do you need to sleep a baby, hum? You don't know anything". Hank Voight gasped. -"Give her to me, I'll show you all". But as soon as she was in the arms of the boss, her crying increased. -"Oh. I've lost touch!"
Jay and Y/N were already at the bullpen, waiting in the stairs. They got in time to witness the fluffy scene.
-"Hey, guys? She's not a rag doll, you know?" Jay said laughing at the scene and his friends turned around with surprise. -"She just needs her daddy's arms''. He took his daughter to stroke her and almost immediately she calmed down.
-"That's not fair". Platt crossed her arms.
-"We brought you coffee". You smiled, leaving the box you were carrying on one of the desks. -"There's not enough caffeine when you take care of a newborn. There's one for each of you, just as each of you like it. Look for your name in the tags".
-"Geez, thanks!" Adam said gladly and balanced the table. -"I was denied entrance to the coffee room the whole morning".
-"I'm sorry". You turned red.
-"Don't listen to him". A chorus of detectives said.
-"She's really calm, it was no problem". Kevin asserted and everyone else agreed.
You approached your husband and as soon as you were in your daughter's sight, the baby started to smile and giggle, throwing little kicks into the air.
-"What? Why are you laughing so much, baby?" You raised your hands and freed Jay's arms. -"Come with mommy, sweetie".
Everyone stared at the scene with tenderness, especially Kim, whose eyes started watering.
-"You wanna hold her?"
She just nodded and took the opportunity.
-"How was the trial? Are you alright?" Platt inquiered.
-"Yeah, I mean it was really scary, but I think it went fine". Y/N hands started to shake a little bit, but she was fast enough to hide them in her pockets. Nobody noticed, except for Jay.
-"She did a great job". He hugged you by the waist, trying to secretly ease you.
-"I have no doubt about it, she already showed us how much of a badass she is". Hank smirked.
-"I will just be more comfortable if you stay in here at least until the Jury deliberates, or as soon as I can go home with you. It's just a precaution, I'm not being paranoid or something".
-"Yes, I agree". Voight followed the idea.
-"Sure. Whatever you think is better".
The baby yawned and stretched herself so adorably, that she caught everyone's attention again.
-"I should put her down to sleep".
-"Alright. Take my seat, Y/N. We don't know how much we're staying here". Jay pointed out.
-"C'me on, Kim. Give the baby back to her mommy".
-"If you need help with the baby or you get bored of these people around, I'll be downstairs". The desk Sergeant winked at you and you smiled back at her back.
-"She won't be bored. She has me here". Hailey pulled a face.
-"I'll take provisions just in case the little one takes the coffee room again". Ruzek rushed to the kitchen.
Everyone else rolled their eyes in a funny way.
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Big Brother Hugs
Will Halstead x sister!reader
synopsis: After a particularly bad day, you seek out your eldest brother for a hug.
warnings: depression, mention of depression like symptoms, description about depressive thoughts, not proofread and generally mediocre writing.
Authors note (PLS READ): Modeled off my own experience with depression, hopefully this isn't too triggering for others but i do want to stress that if this could trigger you to please not read. Tried to avoid any in detail descriptions of anything past emotions.
If you are struggling with Depression or any mental illnesses pls reach out to someone, there is no shame in doing so. It will get better and you will find yourself again.
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Having a doctor and a cop as a brother usually meant they weren't around all of the time. You didn't really mind, they loved their jobs and you loved them. However it did mean that when you needed them they couldn't always make it.
Your day at school had gone about as well as you expected that morning, absolutely terribly. Every period it was like the workload grew and your energy diminished. When you finally got home you abandoned your bag in the entryway and headed straight for your bed. Lately it had felt as if every day was harder than the last, getting up in the morning had become near intolerable. You couldn't go to your brothers, they were busy with their own things and the last thing they needed was their little sister demanding attention.
You pulled back your duvet, revealing the tangle of blankets and sheets underneath that you hadn't tidied that morning. Jay was strict on keeping every part of the apartment orderly and tidy, which meant making your bed every time you got up. Today you had just pulled up the duvet and made it look tidy to save the effort. You climbed under the covers, pulling the blankets up to your chin and trying to hold back the wave of emotions that threatened to crash into you like a tsunami. The weight of the day started to pull on you more, drawing you into a drowsy state. Just as you closed your eyes to sleep your phone buzzed.
Detective Chuckles
'Hey kid, won't be home til late. Don't wait up.'
You didn't bother replying, stuffing your phone under your pillow and closing your eyes again. Maybe the world wouldn't be so daunting if you just took a nap.
When you woke up the sky outside your window was dark, the entire apartment was cold and eerily quiet. You fished around for your phone, nearly blinding yourself as you checked the time. 6:43.
You lay there just staring at your phone for a moment, you didn't feel well rested or any better about your situation. You just felt like you had wasted time for nothing. Tears stung your eyes, this was stupid. You had nothing to feel bad about, everything was practically fine. You held your breath as you forced yourself into the bathroom, grabbing a face cloth and soaking it to clean your face of the running mascara and hot tears. You could faintly see yourself in the mirror despite the lack of light. Your face was red and puffy, it was clear you had been crying. You stared down at the basin, trying to calm yourself down but to no avail. You had to get out of here. Being alone felt like the entire world was silent, waiting, waiting for you to do something regrettable.
You tried not to sob as you made your way back to your room, pulling on your shoes and retrieving your phone. You walked through the apartment to Hailey and Jays room, pulling open the drawers until you found one of Jays old hoodies. You slipped it over your head,it was far too long on you, you had to bunch the cuffs up at your wrist to be able to use your hands but you didn't care. You just wanted to wear something comfortable and big. You grabbed the keys from where you chucked them in our bag and made your way out of the apartment.
As you made your way out of the building you contemplated going to the precinct to see Jay, but if he was staying late it meant they hd a big case and they were busy. Instead, you walked to the closest subway entrance and headed towards Med. Going to see Will meant he would try doctor you, but he gave the best hugs and it was exactly what you needed right now. And waiting in the doctors lounge in the busy ED sounded a lot better than lying alone in the dark at home.
When you got off the subway and headed towards Med, it had started raining. Normally you welcomed the rain, but tonight it felt like the world had a personal vendetta against you. You could have sworn the forecast had said it wasn't meant to rain this week. You walked into the ED waiting room and waved half heartedly to Leah at the reception desk. She looked busy but nodded a hello and didn't stop you as you walked through the doors.
The ED was always busy, tonight was no different. When you approached the front desk you waited out of the way for Maggie to spot you.
"Hey, Mini Halstead," She smiled, you could tell she was studying your puffy face. She put down the phone in her hands and ushered you behind the desk, pulling you closer. "What's wrong?"
You had to take a deep breath to stop from crying gain, you shrugged, "Nothing really." You mumbled.
Maggie frowned, "Doesn't look like nothing," She gently wrapped her arm around your shoulders.
You rubbed your eyes with the back of your hands, forcing yourself to take a moment before talking.
"Can you tell Will I'm here when he gets a second?" You finally managed to get out.
Maggie nodded, "Of course," She guided you through the ED and opened the doctors lounge door for you. She told you to wait there while she told Will and that as soon as he had a moment he would come see you.
The doctors lounge was considerably more quiet than the ED just through the door. You sat down on the couch and pulled out your phone, there were no messages from anyone but you made yourself busy by scrolling through it anyway. After about 20 minutes, Will entered the lounge. He had a look of concern written over his face. He knew that you only ever came to the hospital to see him if it was important. You hated hospitals.
"Hey squirt," He walked into the room, taking off his stethoscope and leaving it on the table. You didn't wait for him to say something else, just got to your feet and wrapping your arms around him in a hug. Will immediately hugged you back, rubbing a hand up and down your back soothingly as you cried into his shirt. He didn't say anything, just held you as you cried and soothed you until you were ready to talk.
When you pulled away he gently tucked your hair out of your face, wiping the tears off your cheeks and waiting patiently for you to meet his eyes.
When you did, he smiled softly and asked, "What's the matter, Y/N?"
You took a shaky inhale, "I don't know," you told him, "I just needed a hug from my big brother."
Will looked compassionate, he drew you back into a hug and held you a little tighter. "Is Jay not home?"
"No," You replied, "Him and Hailey are working late."
Will nodded, unwrapping his arms and leading you back to the couch. He sat you down and walked to the fridge, returning with a bottle of water. He cracked off the lid before handing it to you and quietly ordering you to take a drink.
He sighed, rubbing your back and looking concerned.
"Sorry for bothering you," You mumbled, unable to look at him.
"No," Will argued, "You aren't bothering me, okay? I'm happy you came."
You nodded, not really believing what he said.
"Have you eaten?" He asked, starting to merge from worried big brother to worried doctor.
You shook your head, telling him how you got home and fell asleep then came right here.
"Okay," He took a moment to think, "I get off at 8, in about half an hour, can you wait that long? We can grab Pizza and watch a movie or something, yeah?"
You nodded, relaxing back into the couch and making yourself comfortable to wait for him to get off. He leaned over and pressed a kiss to your forehead, before leaving the lounge with a promise he would try get away a little earlier. You couldn't find the energy to return to scrolling through your phone, just staring at the wall and trying to stay awake while you waited for Will. He returned just before 8, grabbing his stuff from his locker and pulling you to his side as you both walked to his car.
"I love you, squirt," He said, smiling at you as you walked, "Anytime you need a hug you can come find me, yeah?"
You smiled, "Yeah. I love you too."
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poppadom0912 · 2 years
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Could I request a Halstead story where the reader is the sister of Jay and Will and she gets super sick and has empetphobia (fear of vomiting) and they have to take care of her?
I love your writing!!
Characters: Will Halstead x Sibling!Reader, Jay Halstead x Sibling!Reader
Warnings: Vomiting and school
A/N: Lowkey think I messed up, I'm very sorry. Hope this is okay?!
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You had been perfectly fine throughout the entire week and it just so happens that on the day you have a job interview, you fall sick.
With slumped shoulders, you were sat on cold tiles that gave you goosebumps as you were hunched over the toilet bowl. Eyes pinched closed in irritation as you try to steady out your breaths.
You had just vomitted and that was a very big problem.
Just the thought alone of vomiting made you feel sick but to actually be doing it, you were starting to freak out and from experience, you knew freaking out would do you no good.
Initially, when you woke up and felt the bile in your throat, you felt yourself panicking because you knew you were going to vomit. But, it was also why you were vomiting that made you feel anxious.
Oh, the next time you saw your boyfriend, you'd give him an earful but you needed to be sure.
But if what you were thinking was true, your brothers were going to have a lovely chat with him.
Snapping you out of your reverie, there were several knocks on the bathroom door. Right, your brothers.
You and Jay had been sharing an apartment for quite a while now, neither of you were home because you were away at college, which unfortunately was in another state, so sharing an apartment wasn't really a big deal and it made it easier for you when you came back for holidays.
It was summer break and you were back home in Chicago. You were still in college and had too many assignments piled up, waiting to be completed and submitted but they were put on hold as you searched for a job or anything you could volunteer at.
Anyways, when you came home, you were surprised to find out that Will was staying at Jays due to a few complications at his apartment but as soon as he was back on his own two feet, he would be gone. Either way, it didn't make much of a big difference when both males were always working as first responders for the windy city.
Right, there's only one bathroom, you remembered. You couldn't hold your brothers up, especially when they had to get to work.
Lifting your head up from the toilet bowl, you spoke to whoever was behind the door, wincing at the rasp in your voice that made your throat burn. "1 minute!"
The knocking came to an abrupt stop and in no longer than a few seconds, you heard your brothers voice. "Y/N, you good?"
The apprehension in his voice was as clear as day and before you could reply, you covered your mouth when you felt a familiar sensation.
Did you mention that you had an extreme fear of vomit. You don't know why, no one knows why or how you came to being scared of it but eventually came to terms with it. Every time you vomitted, you had the same reactions and your brothers, always, happened to be there to witness it.
Rubbing the remainder of sleep away from his eyes, Jay dragged his hand down his face in dread. By the looks of this - you being stuck in the bathroom for twenty minutes, the lack of replies and the rasp in your voice - you were sick and being sick meant vomiting.
With wide eyes, Jay gently knocked on the bathroom door. "Y/N, can I come in?" He paused, trying to think of an excuse, knowing you were going to shoo him away. "I can get Will if you want, he couldn't care less."
His voice oozed urgency, the door was locked and he really didn't want to break it down unless necessary. If what he thought was true and you were vomiting, someone needed to be by your side for when everything hit you.
You were no longer paying attention to anything that you were being told. Everything drowned away and you could start to hear the beating of your heart in your ears, echoing. You didn't like it and you wanted it to go, you wanted this sick feeling to go.
Slamming the toilet lid shut, your hand blindly felt and shakily pushed the flush. It felt like your senses were in overload and suddenly, everything started to make sense.
With shallow breaths, you leaned back against the glass door of the shower, well aware of the muffled voices coming from the hallway.
"Y/N?" Will wearily asked, one hand knocking as the other was on the handle. "Can I come in please?"
Wiping the collecting sweat on your forehead with your long sleeves, you refused to lick your lips or swallow anything, opting to reply with a nod but then upon realising he couldn't see you, you hummed in affirmation.
With every ounce of muscle you had, pushing yourself to your knees, you managed to reach the door and unlock it, immediately falling back against the shower after the exertion.
Pushing the door open, Will was met with your sweating pale figure against the shower door. His eyes examined you, looking for anything physical, kneeling down to get a closer look.
Placing the back of his hand against your forehead, he frowned slightly when you had no fever.
Before he could ask you anything, Jay appeared in the doorway with an unscrewed bottle of water, handing it to Will so you could drink it.
Shaking your head, mouth covered with your fists, you stared at the water as though it was your worst enemy. The thought of eating or drinking, you couldn't fathom it and soon, you were drowning in dread.
Noticing your reaction, Will opened the toilet and as gentle and fast as he could, moved you so you could do what you needed.
Rubbing your back as your body emptied all its contents, Will was watching you closely, waiting for you to start hyperventilating once you realised just what you were doing.
Your brothers knew you too well.
Your breaths picked up as you were brought back down to earth. You blinked, coming to and taking in your surroundings, taking noticed of yourself hunched over the toilet.
Nothing about this was nice. You pushed yourself away from the toilet, letting Will close the lid and flush it. With a gentle hand on your shoulder, moving your sticking hair away from your forehead and behind your ear.
And so, both brother let you have a moment. Get all your feelings, even if they were slightly irrational, out of your system before they stepped in.
With many words of encouragement, you were somehow able to rinse your mouth, riding of anything vile and was ever so kindly handed your favourite mints from Jay.
Both brothers practically held all your weight as they helped you back into your bed, both whispering to each other as they discussed their next move of action.
Either way, whatever they were going to do and whatever it is that was wrong with you, they were going to be by your side to help you through it. Even if it was something like reassuring you when you felt like puking.
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This list will be continuously updated, happy reading!
Soccer Practice |  Halstead!Sibling | Jay picks up his sister after soccer practice, but things don’t go as planned.
You Called The Police Before You Called Me? | Halstead!Sibling | The Halsteads are victims of a robbery.
When The Fever Breaks Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 | Halstead!Sibling | Y/N, sibling of Jay and Will has been struggling with their mental health, and it’s all coming to a pressure point.
Firefight | Jay Halstead x Reader | Jay and Y/N are in a firefight.
Hostage Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 | Kelly Severide x Reader | Y/N is a Firefighter at Firehouse 51, they get taken hostage inside the Firehouse with Casey’s niece, Violet.
Pony | 18+ | Jay Halstead x Reader | Jay is put in an unusual undercover position, Y/N is on the front lines of it, and the rest of Intelligence gets to watch it.
The Academy | Kelly Severide x Platonic!Reader | Y/N and Firehouse 51 respond to a call at the CFD’s Fire Academy. It’s a bad day, with good friends to see you through.
Valentine | Will Halstead x Reader | You’re a chef and Will drops in at the end of your shift on Valentine’s Day.
The Waiting Room | Kevin Atwater x Reader (Platonic or pre-romance) | As the team wait for news on Kim, the reader experiences some troubles of their own.
She'd Have Liked You | Kelly Severide x Platonic!Reader | Y/N finds herself caught in the moment of Ritter and Eric being harassed at Molly’s. [Lesbian!Reader]
Gossip | 18+ | Will Halstead x Reader | Some trouble with Dr Archer and crossed wires gets Will into trouble with the reader. How will it be resolved?
A Minute To Win It | Severide!Sibling | The Severide siblings are arguing again, Herrmann wants to know why.
Ears and Tears | Severide!Sibling | Time-rewind. A moment in the past where Kelly takes care of his little sister, Y/N, when she’s feeling unwell.
Jealousy, Jealousy | Jay Halstead x Reader | Reader’s ex is Kelly Severide and Jay is jealous but the reader kind of laughs it off/teases him for it.
The Bullpen | Matt Casey x Reader | Reader works admin at the firehouse and Matt keeps interrupting her because he’s in a playful mood.
Heartbreaker | Jay Halstead x Reader | Reader joins Intelligence and has a reputation for breaking hearts. The reader tries to warn Jay that she may not be the best relationship person.
Fooling | Kelly Severide x Reader | People think that you and Kelly have something going on when in reality you only hooked up once, and now you’re just super close friends.
Call It Love | 18+ | Jay Halstead x Reader | Reader and Jay have to share a hotel room for a case but she forgets to bring pyjamas, so Jay offers his shirt.
2-Minute-Fiancé | Will Halstead x Reader | Reader is a doctor at Med and is hit on by one of the patients, Will gets her out of an uncomfortable situation.
Dead and Waiting | 18+ | Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9 (FINAL PART), EPILOGUE | Jay Halstead x Reader | Reader gets caught up in an undercover case, and she's forced into faking her death.
We'll Always Need Each Other Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 | Halstead!Sibling | Jay and the reader have a big fight, and then the reader gets kidnapped.
Hard Day's Night | 18+ | Connor Rhodes x Reader | Connor and Reader are trying to spend more time together.
The Third Halstead Part 1 | Part 2 Part 3| Rhodes/Halstead!Sibling | The new doctor at Med is Connor Rhodes' sister, or is she?
I'll Take You Home Part 1 | Part 2 | Hank Voight x Reader | Intelligence goes out for drinks, Hank helps a drunk reader get home safely.
Home To You | Jay Halstead x Reader | Reader returns home from service, she finally has the courage to face the one person she's been avoiding. (TBC)
The Thunder Rolls | Jay Halstead x Reader | Jay and Reader get caught in a thunderstorm.
Second Chances Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 | Connor Rhodes x Reader | Reader is in a car accident.
Moonlight Flit | 18+ | Connor Rhodes x Reader | Reader has a new job, she meets a stranger the night before her first day.
Best Friends | Jay Halstead x Platonic!Reader | The reader is having an anxious day, and Jay is there to comfort them.
Fri-yay | Jay Halstead x Reader | Reader has a bad day, but luckily Jay Halstead is the remedy.
Intruder | Will Halstead x Reader | Y/N gets caught up in a home invasion.
Rose | Will Halstead x Reader | Y/N and Will with their newborn daughter.
Team Severide | Severide!Sibling | Y/N is trapped in an elevator.
Lucky | Atwater!Sister | Kevin gets hurt on the job.
Believe Me | Severide!Sister | Kelly has a new girlfriend, it doesn't go well for the reader.
In Pursuit | Will Halstead x Reader / Jay Halstead x Platonic!Reader | Jay and Reader are partners, the Reader gets hurt on a case, and Will and Reader confess their feelings.
I'm With You | Antonio Dawson x Reader | Reader gets a cancer scare, and Antonio is by their side.
First Date | Hank Voight x Reader | Reader invites Hank on a first date, to a wedding.
Wrapped In Lace | 18+ | Will Halstead x Reader | Reader has new underwear to show Will, she gets creative with it.
Old Flames Can Still Burn You | Part 1, Part 2 , Part 3 | 18+ | Jay Halstead x Reader | Ava Bekker is from Reader's past, now together with Jay, they must face the return of everything Reader wanted to escape from.
The Escape King | Jay gets into some trouble fighting an offender, Reader is there to help. Jay!Whump - Chicago PD S1 E11
In The Morning | Brian Zvonecek x Reader | Brian comes home from a shift, fluffy one-shot.
Your Hand In Mine | Jay Halstead x Fem Reader | Jay and Reader get some life-changing news. Pregnancy!Fic.
Counting Breaths | Halstead!Sibling | Reader has an asthma attack in the middle of the night, Jay's there to help.
Restless | Jay Halstead x Reader | Sometimes it's hard to sleep.
Dead On Your Feet | Jay Halstead x Platonic!Reader | The reader tries to save Hank Voight, but there are misunderstandings and regrets for all involved. Can things be healed?
Interstate Intimacy | 18+ | Jay Halstead x Reader | Sequel to Call It Love, The Reader and Jay make the trip back to Chicago, with a detour.
The Wrong Door | Jay Halstead x Reader | The reader opens the wrong door after a night out, but it turns out it actually might be exactly the one they should have opened.
Thinning Of The Veil | Jay Halstead x Reader | The Reader has a gift and it's not a welcome one.
Five Times and A Date | Matt Casey x Reader | Five times Matt Casey and the reader meet, and one time they go on a date.
I Only Want To Be With You | Jay Halstead x Reader | The reader is turning 30, and nobody seems to have remembered.
The Red Strokes | Jay Halstead x Reader | Wires are crossed and assumptions are made, can the reader and Jay resolve what has been left unsaid?
In Sickness and In Health | Kelly Severide x Reader | The reader is having an asthma flare, and their husband Kelly Severide is there for them.
Suspects and Surprises | Jay Halstead x Reader | Jay chooses a unique moment to propose.
Free Will | Will Halstead x Reader | Will makes a decision that throws everything the reader thought they knew into question. Where will the road take them?
Chasing Shadows Away | Jay Halstead x Reader | The reader dreams of their worst fears, and Jay is there to chase them away.
Figures | Halstead!Sister | The reader has a rough day of seizures, they are reluctant to go to Med until they have no choice. - but things are always easier with two big brothers by your side.
Beware Your Elders | Adam Ruzek x Reader | When Adam gets assigned to patrol for the day, he is reunited with an academy classmate and friend.
Thank you so much to everyone who has followed, supported, liked, reblogged and commented, it's so very appreciated!
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Day 2 of my Month of May Writing Challenge: I’m really not sure what this is but enjoy! It’s a Halstead! sister reader x essentially intelligence unit. Idk how to tag this one tbh but it just came to me.
Title: Village
Your POV
You were an anxious person who had a brother who worked for a specialized elite unit in the police force and you liked crime drama shows, so it was no brainer your brain thought of all the irrational scenarios for you to be kidnapped. Like walking to the Target and getting grabbed by someone hidden in the bushes. You drop your phone and the only way anyone knows you're missing is because you do a no call no show at work. Or maybe you're at your door unlocking the gate but it’s taking you a hot second because you're carrying a tray of coffee for you and your siblings. A guy who was watching you for days sees their opportunity and grabs you, inevitably getting you to drop your drinks. Your brothers find out you're missing when they look outside and see your keys, backpack, and tray of drinks spilled out on the ground. 
Realistically you know the likelihood of any of these things happening is low, but you're still on guard. 
That’s why when you find yourself being chased by a man dressed as a construction worker, you're scared but not fully shocked. 
Reaching your brother’s house, you bang on the door with the palm of your hand hoping he or his wife is home and will open the door. Looking back, you can see the man in the distance still running. Knocking harder, you pray someone will open the door. You can feel the hairs on the back of your neck stand up when you realize the man in question is getting closer and before you have time to knock a third time, you feel yourself being lifted. You begin to wriggle about in his arms and begin to open your mouth to scream, but before you have the chance he clamps a hand over your mouth. 
“Be a good little girl and swallow the pill” he chastises while yanking your head back to take in the pill he had in the palm of his hand. 
You really don’t want to swallow it, but your reflexes kick in and before you know it whatever he had given you, you had swallowed. 
“Good girl” he praises as he drags you away from the door and towards an awaiting van. 
When you wake up, you find yourself tied to a pole in the center of a room. Looking around, you figure you're in a basement somewhere. You pray Jay realizes you’re missing and has started looking for you. 
 Jay POV
It was a slow paperwork day at the office. Nobody seemed too interested in the paperwork we were doing. 5pm couldn’t come fast enough. Y/N was supposed to be getting her homework done on time so that we could enjoy a nice relaxing movie to end the work/school week. 
I knew Y/N was an anxious kid and had a wild imagination. I also knew my job was inherently dangerous so to make sure I could keep an eye on not only Y/N but also the house we lived at, I installed a ring camera and had the feed hooked up to my phone. So anytime someone came to the house I would be alerted. Y/N did not know this cause she didn’t need her imagination running more wild with the possibilities of what could happen. 
While typing away on my computer, my phone lights up with a notification that someone is at the door. I decide it’s best to finish my thoughts in the report before looking. 
When I do eventually look I catch the tail end of someone dragging my sister away and she looks passed out. 
“Voight!” I call out while rewinding the ring camera to see a frantic Y/N continuously check behind her back and then see the man grab her. 
The team gathers around and watches. 
“Adam, Kim, see if we can get facial rec off this partial facial grab” states Voight while putting a hand on my shoulder and squeezing it. 
I can’t believe my sister got kidnapped and I didn’t catch it cause I was doing stupid paperwork!
Your POV
The man had just left the room and all you could do was sob! He roughed you up a bit and told you that you had to be a good little girl, let him call you Saddie and if you did what he told you then you wouldn’t be chained up anymore. You just wanted to go home. 
Jay’s POV
Voight is letting me help with the case, but I have to stay on desk duty. 
“We got a name! His name is Richard Klutz. His rap sheet includes aggravated assault, mandated anger management therapy, possession with intent to sell, and get this he was a good citizen up until 3 years ago.” spoke Kim while Adam put up photos and wrote on the whiteboard. 
“What changed” I asked while swallowing the nausea I was feeling just thinking about my sister being in the hands of this monster. 
“His 13 year old daughter died from Leukemia.” stated Kim. 
The team got to work trying to locate a location that Richard might be at. But we came up empty, until Hailey realized that maybe a family home if his daughter was what made him go off the deep end. 
“1455 S Archer, he is still paying property taxes on the place. It didn’t come up in the initial search cause the house is under his ex's name.” I said from my desk. 
“Let’s roll out!” called Voight. I watched as everyone grabbed coats and began to shuffle out. I prayed my sister wasn’t hurt too badly! I couldn’t wait to get the call to head to the hospital to see her!
Your POV
The man, who had begun referring to himself as daddy, had beat me up some more and was now in the process of cutting my hair. My hair isn’t that long to begin with, it’s just past my shoulders, but he is trying to make it like a pixie cut, but he is using kitchen sheers and it hurts and I just know it my heart it’s going to be a botched job I’m going to have to pay to get fixed.
“There, all pretty” he sing songed while petting my now pixie short hair. 
I scowled and spit out, “go to hell”
Before he could punch me again for cursing I heard the door upstairs and footsteps. The team found me!
“Down here!” I screamed while smirking at the man. 
A rush of footsteps came barreling down the wooden staircase and I smiled in relief when I saw Adam, Kim, Kevin, and Hailey! 
Adam and Kevin tackled the man and both Hailey and Kim came to untie me. Once untied I fell into Hailey’s arms and sobbed! 
“It’s okay babygirl, we got you, you’re safe now” she reassured me. 
Third Person POV
At the hospital Jay met everyone. Ethan confirmed that Y/N didn’t need to stay overnight, but she did need to stay for a few hours to get rehydrated from an IV and get her wounds cleaned. Dr. Charles also came for a visit and they discussed that even though she had thought of all these various scenarios happening to her, this was definitely not her fault and she was not asking for it. He also recommended she had some one on one therapy to manage her anxiety going forward and to also have family therapy with Will and Jay to help her voice her thoughts about them having dangerous and time consuming jobs. And also so that Will and Jay can learn how to communicate with her about important things without feeling like by doing so they are going to trigger her anxiety. 
Hailey and Kim decided that they would take Y/N for a girls day. They got a haircut to fix her botched pixie. Then they went for mani & pedis. 
Kevin and Adam decided they were going to do their own day with her, which included teaching her self defense moves and ended with teaching her how to play video games after she kicked Adam a little too hard in the nuts. 
Voight’s way to help Y/N through her trauma was to take care of Richard Klutz and make sure he left town and never came back. 
Through it all, Y/N and the Halsteads realized that it truly does take a village to raise someone and damn do they have a village around them!
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felicitysmoaksx · 1 year
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❛ alright, who am i beating up? ❜
❛ don’t worry, i’ve got your back! ❜
Jay x sister!reader
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Day 21 of the Advent Writing Challenge!
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A sense of deja vu hit Jay. Some times it didn’t seem real that his baby sister, was thirteen now. Some days, it still seemed like she was a baby and their parents had just brought her home.  But he knew she had to be because their mother was gone. Had been for our 3 months now and his relationship with his father was going increasingly more strained with each passing day. The only thing they really talked about was the teenager in front of him. 
“Kid, we’ve talked about this. Some days I’m going to come over hurt and you can’t go around beating anyone up. ‘Cause it’s my job to put the bad guys in jail,” he explained ruffling his baby sister’s hair. “Now have you dinner yet?”
“Dad said he wasn’t hungry. Said I could order pizza or have a sandwich or something. But I don’t really like pizza and there isn’t even anything to make sandwiches though. He didn’t go to the store again.” He sighed when she shook her head and explained. More and more, Jay fought the urge to go down to the court house and petition for custody. Because Pat Halstead was falling in on himself since his late wife’s death (and if it was just him then that was his choice. Jay wouldn’t be happy about it. But that would’ve been his choice But it wasn’t just him. He also had a physically disabled daughter to think about.)
Adding go to the store, to his mental to do list, Jay ruffled her hair again. Because first he had to get his sister dinner.  “Okay, Kid. How about we go to dinner huh? Just me and you? When was the last time me and you spent any sibling bonding time together?”
“Okay, can we bring something back for Dad though? Just in case he changes his mind?” He wouldn’t, but Jay still nodded. She beamed at him, before hurrying to her room to put on her shoes.
After letting their father know and helping her into her coat, they were walking down the front steps to Jay’s truck when she asked if he had heard Will. 
And when he shook his head, she deflated. Jay grit his teeth and added, Kick Will’s ass to his to do list.
“I tried calling him when I got home from school. But he didn’t answer.” She told him, sounding sad. Jay held in a sigh. (Jay knew he wasn’t his sister’s favorite brother. No, that title went to Will and he was okay with that. What wasn’t okay was Will ignoring everyone. But especially their little sister who had not only was grieving herself, but also had to deal with their father’s grief as well.) 
“It’s okay, I’m sure he’s busy with med school and all.”
@i-like-sparkly-things tagging you in this because I wrote an accidental prologue for my disabled halstead!sister series
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adri-2022 · 2 years
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Empty Apologise
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Fandom: Chicago PD
Characters: Jay Halstead x DawsonSister!Reader/ Gabriela Dawson/ Antonio Dwason/ Silvie Brett/ Matt Casey
Warnings: Slight swearing/ angst/ mention of divorce/ toxic parent/ mention of adoption/ fighting
Word count: 2194
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A/N: Hi guys this is an original imagine based on Chicago Fire, Season 5 Episode 7. I hope everyone is safe, and this is of everyones liking.
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Today was a very special day for your parents. The thing is you were adopted when you were 7 years old by the Dawson’s, your siblings Antonio and Gabriela didn’t really see a difference in not being blood related to you -you were their little sister plain and simple-. What makes today so special? Well today was Ramon and Camila’s 40th anniversary.
Your mom -Camila- has always been your rock since the very beginning, while your dad always saw you differently. Always treated you like a stranger, never gave a crap about you, always made sure you knew you weren’t family -not totally at least-. He took every opportunity to make sure everyone knew it wasn’t his decision to make you part of his family. So, while today was a special day for them it would mean that you would have to listen to the comments.
Even more so now that you had gotten married and didn’t tell anyone but Camila and your siblings. You had met Jay through Antonio -one night at Molly’s- over 2 years ago. Got engaged at your one-year anniversary and 3 months ago you both eloped and got married.  
You were finishing your make up in your bedroom on the apartment you shared, you were wearing a thin strap royal blue dress. You were so engrossed on making sure you looked okay that you failed to hear the front door and the steps towards your bedroom. Just then you heard a whistle making you jump and turn around to be met with your husband leaning against the door while he admired you -heart eyes and all-.
“Damn…how did I get so lucky?” he whispered stepping towards you with slow steps. He looked so much handsome when he wore suits, you always thought they made his eyes pop. You giggled in response looking up at him when he took the last step.
“You look…wow…so…godamn beautiful!” he exclaimed the last part picking you up slightly, hand around your waist while you wrapped your arms around his neck biting your lip.
“Stop it, Jay” you said between laughter as he twirl you around, “What. I can’t compliment my gorgeous wife, huh, Mrs. Halstead” he said putting you down, arms still around your waist. He leaned in so he could kiss the hell out of you. Pulling away,
“Tonight- is going to be…” “Weird?” he completed making you nod putting your head down. You knew it would turn into a big deal; Ramon always behind it. You loved Camila to death, she was your mom, period. But there wasn’t much she could do when Ramon gets involved, like a good wife she would obey and stay silent.
Most of the time your siblings were the ones to stand up for you. You were too respectful to say something, you knew would come out very, very bad. Just when your thoughts were running wild, you felt Jay’s hand on the back of your neck raising your head, looking at you like you were the sun.
“Hey- everything will be fine. We’re going to be fine” hand still on your face, you nodded line tight smile on your lips.
Arriving at the anniversary venue, Jay claimed out of his truck going around to help you out. Taking a good look up and down your figure, while he smirked shaking his head. He was head over heels for you, and he loved to make sure you knew. Hand in hand you entered, immediately noticing your siblings with their respective partners. You felt nervous, which made you get closer to Jay hugging on to his bicep which made him turn slightly to kiss your head.
“Hey, hey, hey. There she is!” Gabby said smirking at you, making the others laugh.
“Hey sis. Se ven muy lindas, eh!” ‘You both look pretty’. You said while you hugged her tightly, she returning it -knowing how you felt-, saying hello to Matt and Silvie. The latter looking at you expectant,  
“She said we both look very pretty” Gabby interjected translating to Silvie, who smiled and thanked you,
“Hola cariño. Te vez preciosa” ‘Hi darling, you look beautiful’. Antonio was next, making you blush and smile before you hugged him, kissing the side of your head.
“I’m still learning people! But I can understand what she says when she’s pissed. It turns clear as day” Jay joked making the others laugh, with you bumped him slightly. Him smirking and throwing you a wink.
“Looking good Halstead” Matt said, “Well thank you. Have to make a good impression” which made Antonio roll his eyes.
“You don’t need to. You already got our blessing, you don’t need anything else” Antonio continued, pointing at him and Gabby. This made the girls -awe- mockingly, while the men -well they played tough men-. After a moment of silence,
“Hey, Y/N so I was asking Gabby if mom called her. She called me but when I called her back, she didn’t answer. Did mom call you?” you furrowed your eyebrows before shaking your head. He sighed, so you continued,
“Maybe she’s nervous. You know big night, lots of people. Prodigal daughter making an appearance, since the 30th anniversary” you said jokingly to what both your siblings snickered.  Just then you heard the voice of you adoptive father, announcing it was staring.
“I’m right here…I love you” “I love you too. Thank you.” you sighed, him pulling you by the waist while you walked to your sits -drinks in hand-. Man, how you wanted to drown this drink in one sip and get it over with.
“All right, settle in everyone…” Ramon continued, while you looked over to your mom who was sending a kiss to Gabby. Before she looked over at you smiling even bigger -she was happy to see you, it had been a couple of weeks since she has seen you, for everyone else, more than enough-. Then she raised her eyebrows teasingly at Jay, you chuckled before mouthing ‘I love you mama’.
What you failed to noticed was the look Ramon send your way, something Jay saw making him put a hand on your thigh, throwing a glare to Ramon. You looked over at him before leaning to give him a kiss. You don’t know how much time had passed when you heard your mom’s voice calling Ramon in a warning way, which made you look. Instantly taking notice of your siblings confused faces and Camila’s fake smile. You furrowed your eyebrows confused as everyone around you.
“Camila and I…are getting divorced” gasps could be heard along the crowd, your head snapped to Antonio who looked like he was ready to kill his father.  
“…it was a mutual decision” “It was not!” Camila encountered back, “More or less” Ramon continued.
“What’s going on?” you asked looking at Jay, who turned to look at you wide eyes, shaking his head letting you know he had no idea.
“What the hell is going on?” Antonio asked, rage in his eyes, “Just take it easy Antonio” “Easy…You’re embarrassing yourself…” “You’re embarrassing mom!” you exclaimed adding to Antonio’s words.
“She’s not your mother so spare me the lecture, kid” Ramon said sending an angry look your way,
“Hey!” Jay exclaimed standing up, your hand in his, Antonio following,
“Party is over. Everyone get out, so I can talk some sense into my father, who seems to had lost his mind” your brother screamed walking towards Ramon,
“Look at ma. Apologize to her. Apologize to Y/N!” Antonio continued, getting closer and closer to his father, which made both Jay and Matt hurry towards him. You were frozen, you felt like you were dreaming, and someone would come up to you to wake you up. But it wasn’t. You didn’t have a connection with Ramon but as a good sister you didn’t want Antonio nor Gabby to go through this.
“I apologize for nothing!” Ramon exclaimed -Camila had left, no one could really blame her-. This night couldn’t get any worse -oh but it could-.
Everyone was pretty much gone by now, it was just Ramon, Antonio, Silvie, Gabby, Matt, Jay and you, Antonio was going to knock some sense into him one way or another. You saw as Antonio reach forward to fight his father while some of your uncles held Ramon; Jay and Matt held Antonio.
“Get out, this is a family matter!” he pointed at where you were standing,
“I AM FAMILY” you screamed at him, pointing back at him, “NO, YOU’RE NOT” he screamed back.
“Just because you choose to ignore it, doesn’t mean others need to. You are the only blind person in here! Blood doesn’t make you family, Ramon. Because I would be damned if I was related to someone like YOU! I don’t need your empty apologies. Time will run out and you will be left with nothing but misery and loneliness. JUST BECAUSE I’M NOT YOUR BLOOD IT DOESN’T GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO TREAT ME LIKE SHIT” you screamed back. Everyone looking between you two -frozen-, tears in your eyes that you refuse to let out. Surprising everyone by snapping. It wasn’t like you to get into a screaming match, but you were so damn tired.
“You’re nobody to me, never have been, never will be!” pointing to you. You put your head down so no one could see you crying, Gabby reaching for your hand, you immediately pulled away, rushing out of the room Gabby and Silvie following behind.
“You don’t need to repeat it, you know! You’ve said it enough times already!” Jay snaped back, making Ramon’s gaze fall on him.
“Who do you think you are kid” “I’M HER HUSBAND. THAT’S WHO I AM!” your husband screamed; face stone cold. Ramon’s face falling slightly -not even noticeable-. Pretty much everyone was screaming at this point -furious was an understatement-.
“You have no idea who she is. You know… you deserve everything you just got. Don’t. Ever! Talk to my wife again, you hear me!” Jay continued pointing at Ramon -anger all over his face-. Antonio putting a hand on Jay’s shoulder -letting him know he was right-.
“Jay. Got get my sister. We’re leaving!” Antonio said, giving his father one last look, before shaking his head laughing humorlessly, the last of your group pilling out looking for their girls.
Jay had found you outside by the side door of the venue, crying silently -and freezing like crazy-. You felt something being draped on your shoulders making you jump,
“Hey- it’s just me” this made you turn around hands going around his torso while you cried in his chest. Jay could do nothing but hold you tightly while whispering sweet things in your ear and giving you little kisses, -what a fucked-up way to treat such an amazing and sweet woman- he thought.
Your sniffs and sobs making him more angry, closing his eyes and running his hand through your hair,
“I spend my whole life trying to please him. Trying to make him love me, and he can’t even see it…” “I got you let it out…” he whispered in your ear again.
“I- I remember how different he treated me compared to my siblings. He used to go to Gabby’s ballet lessons, and he would go watch Antonio box…and I was just there, but I wasn’t…He’s the reason I question myself if I deserve love…you have no idea how much that fucked me up!” you sobbed, getting out of Jay’s hold.
“I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHO I AM!” screaming then shaking your head, and looking at Jay, who could only look at you pained expression on his face. He hated seeing you like this, he promised himself that he would never let you feel this way, now here you both were.
“I hate myself so much…and it’s all his fault…” you whispered covering your face with your hands. While his cradled you back into his arms rocking you side to side.
“I love you beautiful. I know you…” he whispered, which made you shake your head against his chest.
“Yeah, I do. You are the hottest woman I have ever met…” he joked making you huffed a tiny laugh,
“I know who you are…you are Y/N Halstead, my wife, and the love of my life. Don’t let him get you. I. Love. You. You really think I would marry you if you didn’t deserve love. Baby you deserve the fucking moon, I would turn into an astronaut if I could…” he exaggerated, talking with his hands -you knew it was his way of keeping your mind of things-
“A little late for that…” you whispered, “Fuck yeah!” he exclaimed making you snicker, your face still on his chest.
“You made this badass former ranger fall at your knees. All because of that karaoke night at Molly’s…” he joked, both of you laughing at the memory.
He looked down at you, smiling with so much love, reassuring you of your right to love and BE loved.
“Hey-What he says is…” “Bullshit…” you completed making him chuckle brushing your tears away, leaning down to kiss you deeply. Just bullshit…
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fangirlfrom-hell · 5 months
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One of Those Days || Jay Halstead x Halstead Sister
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We deserved more interactions between Kim and Jay, that's all I'm saying.
I was thinking about this day where I was feeling super shitty at school, my self harm habits were horrible back then and I always wanted to cry. Since my mom was working, I texted my aunt and she took me to her house. She knew I was pretending to have a headache, but anyway followed my game. My little cousin lend me her bed to lay down and she decided it was a good idea to read The Little Prince for me to fall asleep 💕
“Do you want me to call your dad?” The receptionist at school asked the girl infront of her. Her head was slightly lowered and her hair covered a good part of her face.
“Can you call my brother instead?” Becca asked in a low crackly voice.
The receptionist sighed, “Sure. But you know I can’t let you go without your dad’s permission”
The girl nodded and sat in the hard plastic chairs of the office to wait while the woman spoke on the phone.
“…Yes, she has a headache…She’s alright, but seems like it’s getting worse. The nurse checked her, but can’t really do much. Sure, she’s at the office. Thank you, Mr. Halstead”
“Becca, your brother will be here as soon as he can. Go get your stuff, I’ll call your dad to let him know”
She didn't really have a headache, but it seemed like "fake it 'til you make it" was a real thing because she was now starting to feel discomfort in her head. Although it might have been because she was struggling not to cry in front of everyone. Her nose was now red, and her eyes were watery. Everybody thought it was due to allergies or the flu, but in reality, she was swallowing hard, trying to retain tears rolling down.
“Let’s go, Beccs”, Jay said while picking up his sister’s backpack from the floor.
The walk to the parking lot was silent; she knew that if she talked, she would burst into tears. A hole in her chest appeared the minute she saw her brother, and now it was growing fast inside of her.
Jay was eagerly typing on his phone, dealing with work issues he couldn't leave for later. He was worried; since he received the call from the school, his gut told him Becca's emergency wasn't about being sick, and now, even looking at her sideways, he could confirm it.
The detective opened the car a few steps before they reached it. Both siblings went to the same side of the truck, the girl ready to jump inside, while her brother was putting her belongings on the back seat. When Jay closed the door, Becca was still outside waiting for him. She was scratching her eye, and as soon as their gazes crossed, she started to silently cry. Instinctively, brother and sister took a step forward to hug each other; there was no time for Jay to bend to her height, so she squeezed his waist tightly.
"Did something happen, or is it only the feeling?" He tilted his ear to be able to hear the answer.
Becca moved her head, saying no, her face still sunken in his stomach, "Only the feeling."
"Alright," he softly said. They stayed like that for a moment before actually going inside the truck.
With a mixture of affection and concern, Jay stared at his sister before starting the car. "Do you want to talk?" He spoke gently. Her delicate attempt to wipe away the evidence of her tears with the sleeve of her sweater tugged at his heartstrings.
Becca despised being seen in such a fragile state; the vulnerability on display only heightened her emotions. It struck her as ironic that the very person who made her feel secure and shielded, her brother, was the one in front of whom she felt the most exposed. In the tumult of her emotions, Jay remained her safe person, the only one she could trust.
"It's the pain in the chest, the black hole. It's growing."
He frowned with a slight nod. Jay knew perfectly what she was talking about, and he hated to be so powerless about it.
"I don't want to go home," she begged. Becca's face made Jay's heart drop; you could see the pain in her puffy eyes and her cheeks a bit swollen along with her pink nose.
He swallowed hard, "I honestly wouldn't take you there even if you asked me to. You are coming with me, but I still have things to do at the bullpen."
“I can wait”
On the road back to the 21st District, Jay’s phone never stopped ringing, but anyway he passed by a drive-thru to get an ice-cream for Becca, a nice attempt to cheer her up a bit.
“Feeling a bit better?” He asked before getting inside of the building. At least, the crying was controlled for a moment. “Alright, let’s go”.
It was obvious she had been crying, but nobody said a thing about it. All the cops, detectives and seargets greeted the girl with a warm smile and acted normal around her.
Becca stayed in the coffee room and never got out of there. After all the weeping, exhaustion took its toll, and she found herself drifting into sleep on the arm of the sofa. Jay periodically entered to check on her, his stress evident as he felt the weight of time pressing against him. The clock relentlessly ticked away, yet the workload showed no sign of diminishing.
Kim noticed, and after preparing to leave by taking her coat and bag, she approached her friend. "Hey! I'm already done here and heading home. If you want, and if she wants to, I can take Becca with me. I just need to pick up Mak from school, and then we'll be home."
The detective hesitated, “Uhm—“
"Look, I don't know what's going on with her, but at least she can properly rest there..." Kim's voice carried a note of genuine concern, her eyes reflecting a mix of empathy and worry for both of them.
They turned their heads to see how the girl was all tangled in her spot.
“Are you sure?”
“Positive. That way you won’t have the pressure—I mean, you’ll still have the pressure, but it will be different knowing she’s comfortable in a safe place…I know the feeling, Jay”
After a few seconds of deliberating in his mind, he thankfully agreed only for his sister’s comfort.
“Don’t worry, don’t rush. You can pick her up whenever you can, doesn’t matter if it’s late”, Burgess said before departing and Jay knew she was honest, “I’ll take care of her”
Makayla was delighted with Becca's presence but was too shy to interact with her. Since they didn't have visitors often, this was kind of a new experience for her.
"Mak," her mom called, "Becca is not feeling very well, would you lend her your bed for a little while so she can rest?"
"Sure!" Despite her short life, Makayla's tender heart had already weathered enough storms, shaping her into a compassionate soul capable of understanding when someone else was beaten down or in pain. She sensed all that in Becca and was willing to make her feel good. "I can even lend her my stuffies," she added as an innocent gesture. Now addressing their guest directly, she continued, "They'll keep you company and won't be scary if you wake up in the dark."
Kim guided Becca to the room and arranged everything for her, picking up some clothes and toys that her daughter had left on the floor. Meanwhile, Makayla was opening drawers and climbing them to reach the highest shelf where the books were placed.
"There you go, make yourself comfortable," Burgess said while still fixing the unmade bed.
“And I’ll read you something to help you sleep”, Makayla approached holding a big book with her small hands.
“Mak, sweetie, no. We’re going out while she sleeps, okay? But you can read to me”, she took her hand to lead her out.
“No, mom. She doesn’t need to be alone right now”, Makayla’s big dark eyes were over Becca. “She needs a story, that’s what you do when I am sad”
Suddenly, the pain in Becca's chest intensified, and the gaping hole seemed to expand. It was as if her new little friend could read her mind. Becca yearned to be alone to release the pent-up tears, yet a lingering understanding told her that solitude might not be the best course of action.
“It’s alright, Kim. This her room, after all”
“Yas!” Mak jumped out of excitement. “Now, you lay down here and close your eyes. I’m going to read you a story that always make me feel better when I am not happy…”
With a smile and slowly going out of the room, Burgess leaved the two girls alone.
“The Little Prince is one of my favorite books too, Makayla”
“I knew it” her smile was bright.
As Becca listened to the reading, she feigned sleep. A few tears escaped her eyes, but she skillfully concealed them. Eventually, the reading ceased, and Becca sensed Mak's tiny face drawing near, checking if she was truly asleep. The youngest Halstead heard Makayla's footsteps departing from the room, but then she returned, placing a stuffed animal between Becca's arms. "Don't leave her alone, Buttons," she whispered before descending the stairs with her mommy.
Slowly, Becca opened her eyes and as soon as she made sure she was alone, she started an intense crying, trying not to make a lot of noise. She turned to give her back to the door, hidding in case someone came in. Clutching the stuffed animal tightly, she cried until exhaustion enveloped her, eventually lulling her into a fitful sleep.
She awoke in Jay's bed, disoriented about how she got there, a Mak's plush toy still nestled between her arms. Rising from the bed, a sudden wave of dizziness hit her, her head throbbing, and the discomfort in her chest persisting. When she emerged into the living room, her brother was seated on the sofa. Becca raised Buttons with one hand, a question mark etched on her face, silently seeking an explanation.
“Makayla insisted you should take it for tonight”, he answered simply.
“Oh. That's sweet”
"How are you feeling?" Jay asked, standing up to approach her, but she just shrugged. "Stupid question?"
"It's just—"
"One of those days," he completed. "I know."
"A terrible one, and it's not over yet" There was a long silence and Jay knew she was trying to say something, so he gave her time. "I was scared, Jay."
Those last words sent shivers down his spine, he understood what she was referring to and was also frightened but couldn't admit it in front of her. He masked his concern, assuring her, "You should never be scared, I'm here with you."
"I know", she gave him a hug.
"Do you want to talk now?" Becca hurriedly said no only with her head, and her brother understood.
"Okay", Jay sighed, "You haven't eaten a thing all day. Food should make you feel better. What about pizza, a movie, and the company of your favorite brother, hm?"
"What? Is Will coming?" Becca teased him, finally smiling.
"Ha! A joke, that's a sign that you are already feeling better."
The evening unfolded and laughter echoed through the room as they enjoyed the movie. Yet, even in her weariness, Becca managed to stay awake for a fleeting moment. As she drifted into sleep, the pain in her chest, a constant companion throughout the day, was miraculously eased by the gentle touch and care of her brother.
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