Stand Down [Kelly Severide]

Stand Down [Kelly Severide] ⚠️

Description: Lieutenant Kelly Severide arrives on scene of a pileup and is asked to stand down by his Chief, only to discover his fiancée is caught up in the middle of it.

Warnings: Mentions of drug and alcohol abuse, multiple vehicle accident, traumatic injuries, cursing.

Winter has made its way to Chicago, and Firehouse Fifty-One has been running since early that morning when more people started getting on the roads.

Squad 3 had just pulled back into the bay when they got toned out for another accident.

This time though it was on I-90 North just before 290 and multiple trucks were toned out.

Once they marked themselves en route, dispatch came over the radio.

"Truck 81, Engine 51, Squad 3, Battalion 25, Ambulance 61, Ambulance 67, Ambulance 56. You're en route to I-90 Northbound just before 290 for a multiple vehicle pileup. Multiple injuries reported. Call placer is advising full lane blockage. Dispatch is trying to connect with Medevac for a possible LZ. Please advise if you need more personnel."

"Dispatch, Squad 3 is clear on your traffic." Kelly puts the radio down and puts on a high visibility vest. "Be careful getting out guys, it's going to be slippery."

"Will do Lieutenant." Cruz responds. "I'm glad Chloe is staying home today. I would be worried sick if I knew she had to go anywhere."

"Yeah, I'm glad Y/N decided to close the shop early last night when she saw the weather because I really do not want her to be on the road right now." Kelly agrees.

Y/N owns her own bakery. She was supposed to be open today but with the weather they got she didn't want any of her staff to make the trek in, so she closed.

"Dispatch, Battalion 25 is on scene. Approximately fifteen vehicle accident involving two semi's. Three vehicles with entrapment. I have multiple injured occupants and some walking wounded. Battalion 25 will have I-90 North command. Go ahead and start Medevac and a few more ambulances." Chief Boden's voice is unreadable, almost like he is trying to show no emotion at all.

"Clear Battalion 25, starting Medevac and three other Ambulances."

Squad 3 is the last to get on the on ramp, having to go onto the emergency lane because of all of the backed up traffic.

"Battalion 25, Squad 3. Where would you like us chief?" Kelly asks, waiting for his truck's assignments.

"When you guys get on scene, go ahead and bring your manpower to help with extrication. Engine 51 has gotten one out already."

"Clear, our ETA is about a minute and a half."

Once on scene Kelly hops out of the truck and starts walking up, but Boden intercepts him.

"I need you to stay back here with me." He says sternly.

Kelly looks at his Chief with a quick questioning glance.

"What, why?" Kelly asks and looks around.

"Lieutenant, I need you to stand down-."

Then his eyes land on it.

On her vehicle, it was compacted and torn to pieces.

"That's her car!" Kelly's voice and eyes are frantic as he tries to make his way to his fiancée.

"Lieutenant Severide! Stand down and let them help her!" Boden exclaims, trying to get Kelly to think clearly.

"T-That's her car Chief! That's my girl's car!" He tries to pull away from Boden again and this time Boden wraps his arms around Kelly.

"Dispatch from Truck 81. Just an update for Medevac. We've got a thirty-five year old female, extended extrication, collapsed lung, open bilateral broken lower extremities, open broken left arm. Possible internal bleeding and suspected brain bleed. Patient is currently not conscious but reactive to painful stimuli." Matt's radio cuts out and Kelly falls to his knees and starts sobbing.

"Kelly, listen to me. You have to believe she is going to be okay. She's a fighter. It's going to be a long road but she is strong, she won't give up until she's damn well ready to and we all know she's not ready to." Boden goes to the ground with the grief stricken Lieutenant and hugs him.

"This shouldn't have happened! She was supposed to be at home!" Kelly exclaims.

"I know." Boden pauses, "They're probably going to load her into the ambulance until the helicopter gets here. I'll let you go see her but you have to promise to let them do their job and not get too upset if she's awake because it can upset her as well."

Severide nods and Boden helps him stand. They walk together to Ambulance 61 and Boden opens the back door. Sylvie, Violet, Casey and Cruz all inside assisting in their colleagues' fiancées care.

"He wants to see her." Boden states.

"Okay. Hop in." Sylvie says with a little smile, hoping to calm Kelly a little bit. Violet hops out of the rig to go see if anybody needs any help for the time being.

Kelly gets in and Boden shuts the door to keep the heat in. Casey scoots over so Kelly can sit closer up to Y/N's head.

He sits down, takes one look at her and chokes on a sob.

"Oh my god."

Matt puts his hand on his friend's shoulder and squeezes, silently letting him know that he's there for him.

"Kelly, she was asking for you before she went unconscious. That's a good thing." Sylvie says as she re-examines Y/N's neurological status.

Kelly nods and lets out a breath he had been holding in.

"She was supposed to be at home. I don't know why she would go out in this weather. She even closed the bakery today because of how bad it is."

"Lieutenant, she said something about her nephew when we were getting her out. Elliott, I believe is what she said." Cruz states.

Kelly's mind instantly goes wild.

He knows exactly why she's in this position now.

"Do you have her phone?" He asks Sylvie.

"Yeah, it fell out of her pocket. Here." Brett fishes it out of her pocket and hands it to Kelly.

He grabs it and then grabs his fiancées hand and leans down to her level.

"I love you baby, but this has got to stop." He presses a kiss to her forehead and rubs his free hand through her hair. "You're going to be okay my love. You're going to get the best treatment and then we will get you home to rest." He presses another kiss to her temple. "Just hang in there for me okay?"

He squeezes her hand one last time and decides to get out of the rig and rush over to Boden.

"I need you to take me somewhere once you are finished up here before I head to the hospital."

§§§

Kelly stomps up the townhouse stairs, right up to the same door he's had to pound on almost a hundred times.

"Elliott! Answer the damn door!" He screams.

Boden steps out of his vehicle and leans against it, watching his Lieutenant to make sure nothing happens.

After no answer, Kelly starts incessantly pounding on the door.

"Elliott James Y/L/N! Open this damn door right now or I'm going to open it myself!"

The door swings open and Kelly's fist almost connects to the teenager's face.  Not that he'd be upset if it did.

"What do you want? I called Y/N, not her boy toy." Elliott grumbles, rubbing the high and hangover out of his eyes.

Kelly doesn't answer. He just grabs him and drags him down the stairs. Then shoves him into the backseat of his Chief's SUV.

Boden glances over to Kelly and he nods.

"Can we go to the hospital now?"

§§§

"Why am I at the hospital?" Elliott asks for the hundredth time since parking.

"You'll see." Kelly sneers as he leads him into the elevator, pressing the floor where the ICU is.

"Kelly, where is Y/N?"

"Elliott, hold on." Chief Boden says sternly.

The elevator opens and Kelly walks over to where Dr. Rhodes is standing, watching her.

"Kelly." Dr. Rhodes nods.

"Connor."

Dr. Rhodes opens the door for Kelly and turns to Chief Boden.

"If you guys need anything let me or the nurse know."

"Thank you, Rhodes." Boden replies.

Kelly stops for a second, looking into the room at her.

Y/N's in a medically induced coma, due to the brain bleed raising her intracranial pressure. Also, so she can recover from her broken bones that have been fixed during surgery and the internal bleeding from a spleen laceration.

It takes everything in him not to break down right then and there. He's trying to think positive but he knows how bad things can get, and he just can't get over the thought of losing the love of his life.

After a few seconds he motions for Elliott to come in.

Elliott takes a few hesitant steps towards Kelly, and then turns to look into the room.

Elliott's jaw drops and he takes a step back.

"W-What happened?"

"She is in this position because of you." Kelly starts, "She wasn't supposed to be out today because of the weather. But you texted her to come check you out because you thought you were having an "adverse reaction" to the heroin you had just shot up with." Kelly reads from Y/N's messages with her nephew. "She got caught in the middle of a pileup on I-90 trying to get to you because she knew that if she called 911 you would throw a fit like the child you are Elliott."

Elliott turns and glares at Kelly. "Watch who you're talking to! I can make her leave you in an instant." Elliott lunges toward Kelly and Boden steps in between the two.

"Elliott, calm down. This is not the place."

"No! Who the hell does he think he is telling me I put her in here! She didn't have to come, this is her fault!" Elliott exclaims.

"How dare you blame this on her! She's taken care of you since you were a baby because no one else would! Of course she's going to come to your rescue when you ask her to." Kelly seethes, "She's a good woman, a good person. But you're taking advantage of her and you have been for years. She wants you to get help, she wants you to be happy, healthy and safe. Can't you see what lengths she would go to to make sure you're okay?"

As Kelly continues to rant his voice gets louder.

"I'm done letting you do this to her Elliott! You can either go get help, get clean. Or you can continue to do this shit to yourself and deal with consequences yourself because she is done. She's not doing this shit anymore! No more coming to your rescue, no more supporting you financially, no more doing anything for you. You're nineteen years old man, it's time to start growing up."

"Fuck you, Kelly Severide." Elliott spits.

"Yeah, whatever." Kelly scoffs, expecting nothing less from him. "We will help you, Elliott. You just need to want help and be serious about it. Do you really want to live this way for the rest of your life?" Kelly questions, trying to get him to see his point.

After a long pause, he finally speaks up.

"No, I don't. I just don't know what to do. I've got nothing."

"Elliott, we can get you going in the right direction. The first step is to go to rehab and detox. Then we can get you set up somewhere else, away from those people you were just with." Boden speaks.

Elliott glances between the two men, then locks his eyes on Y/N. A few tears shine in his eyes and his lip trembles.  

"Okay, I'll go."

§§§

Four days after the accident Y/N's intracranial pressure finally came down for Dr. Rhodes to be willing to bring her out of the coma.

Kelly had been at work because he wanted to use his furlough for after she got out of the hospital, knowing she'd need him more then, than when she was getting 24/7 care while at Med.

"Kelly, it's Dr. Rhodes." Connor says as the phone picks up.

"Hey, what's going on? Is she okay?" Kelly rushes as he stands up from the "Squad Table".

"Yeah, she's doing great actually. I just took her off of the sedative so she can wake up. Her ICP is down and her spleen laceration has healed enough that I'm comfortable waking her up. So, she's doing great!" Connor is elated that Y/N is coming out of her coma, because he wasn't sure if she'd make it a few days ago.

"Oh thank god." Kelly releases a deep sigh, feeling weight come off of his shoulders.

Everyone on shift comes out to the apparatus floor, after hearing that Kelly received a phone call. They are all gathered around waiting to hear the news, good or bad.

"I want to be there. Let me see if I can get someone to cover me and I'll be there as soon as I can."

He hangs up the phone and smiles, looking at his Firehouse 51 family.

"Her ICP is down and her spleen laceration is healed enough that Dr. Rhodes is comfortable bringing her out of the coma. He stopped the sedatives about twenty minutes ago, so she should be waking up here soon." Kelly says with a bright smile.

"Well what are you still doing here?" Casey asks.

"Go be with your girl Severide. We've got you covered. All we ask for is an update later." Boden goes up to Kelly and cups his shoulder.

"You've got it. Thank you guys."

§§§

Kelly anxiously waits for the elevator door to open to the ICU. His drive to the hospital was quick but now that he's close to being with her the journey to her floor seems like it's taking a lifetime.

Finally the elevator comes to a stop and the door opens. He steps out and makes his way towards her room.

He passes by some of the nurses and waves at them with a quick smile to say "hello" without actually saying it.

Once he finally makes it into her room he stops at the door, seeing her sitting up and Dr. Rhodes handing her a cup of water.

"You're doing a lot better Y/N. You had us all worried sick for these past few days. Especially Kelly. In all of my years working here and encountering that man, I have not seen him like this before." Connor jokes.

"Y-Yeah. He is pretty protective of me, always has been." Y/N giggles softly.

The sound makes Kelly's heart swoon.

"That is because you think you're six foot five and three hundred something pounds, baby. I've got to make sure you don't get in too far over your head." His voice captures her attention and she instantly perks up.

"You're here?" She asks as Kelly walks in.

"Of course I'm here. There's nowhere else I would rather be." He hugs her as best as he can without hurting her and presses multiple kisses on her face.

"Okay guys, I will be back in a little while. Press your button if you need anything." Dr. Rhodes makes a quick exit, giving the engaged couple their space.

"Thank you." Y/N calls.

Then she turns to Kelly.

"I am so sorry." She starts.

"Baby don't-."

"No, please let me talk." She says, "I know I shouldn't have been out but he called me and then started texting me how he thought something was wrong and he was freaking out. I knew he'd get mad if I called 911 to check him out, so I just went myself." She stops and takes a deep breath, "I don't like those people he lives with. I've tried to get him to go somewhere else but he just won't and he won't get help Kelly. I don't think I can do this anymore! I've tried and tried. I pay for everything the kid wants or needs and I try to give him a better life than my sister ever would have given him. I'm just at the point where I have nothing left to give anymore. I mean, we're supposed to be getting married and I want to settle down and have kids and continue growing my bakery but I can't do any of that with him the way he is and it's not fair!" She cries.

Her monitor starts beeping faster and Kelly sees that her being upset has affected her heart rate.

"I know it's not fair, but listen to me." Kelly sits next to her in the bed and wraps an arm around her shoulders gently. "Boden and I talked some sense into Elliott. He's saying he's serious about getting clean and doing better. He's been in the rehab center since the day this happened."

And her heart rate goes down.

"Really?" She asks hopefully.

"Yes babe, really. I think he finally understood that what he was doing wasn't just affecting him." He pauses, "And I was thinking about something too. We have been talking about getting a house, so we can grow into it. Why don't we start looking while you're healing and when Elliott is able to be on his own he can move into our condo. It's already paid for so I think he can rent it from us at a reasonable price until he gets back on his feet. It's in a good neighborhood, there are pretty much no drugs running through there and it would be a good place for him to start out." Kelly suggests.

Y/N stares at him for a few seconds in disbelief. Kelly and Elliott had always butt heads so this is very surprising to her.

"I-I mean are you sure? I don't want you to regret it when the time comes."

"Y/N, I am sure. Elliott isn't my favorite person but he is important to you so he is important to me too. I just want what is best for the kid, even though he hasn't realized that in all of these years."

"Okay." Y/N nods with a big smile.

"Okay." Kelly presses a kiss to the side of her head and finally relaxes.

He knows it's going to be a long road, but he won't complain because his girl is still here with him, in his arms.

Trail Of Lights [Jay Halstead] 🎄

Description: Jay plans a date night for Y/N and himself.

A/N: I am so sorry this is late. A lot of stuff has happened since the week of Christmas and I’ve been struggling to do anything. I hope everyone enjoyed their holidays and that everyone is well!

Jay had planned a date night for himself and his fiancée, Y/N. The light show in Central Park is tonight, so he figured Y/N would enjoy that and dinner afterwards.

Y/N had gotten off of work that morning after her shift, so Jay told her he'd be home to get her around six that evening.

He stopped at the store to get her some flowers, since her Poinsettia's are starting to get dry and falling off the stem. Once he finally got home, he stopped in the kitchen to replace the flowers then made his way upstairs.

"Y/N?" Jay calls.

He hears rustling in the bedroom before Y/N pops her head out the door.

"Hey, I am wrapping your gifts real quick. Give me five?" She asks, keeping her body in the crack of the door so he can't see past her.

"Yeah, I'll be down stairs." Jay laughs, but turns around to go back down.

§§§

Like she said, five minutes later Y/N was downstairs ready to go.

Jay helped her get her coat on before leading her out to his truck.

"So, you never said where we are going or what we are doing." She starts.

Jay glances over at her and smiles, "Well it's a surprise, but I am sure you'll love it."

Y/N grimaces, scrunching her nose, "I don't like surprises."

Jay just laughs and opens the truck door for her to get in, "Stop pouting babe. You'll know soon enough."

Once she is in he rounds to the other side and hops in himself. He makes sure the heat is up and Christmas music is on before pulling away.

§§§

Jay parked the truck close to the entrance to the park and got out to help Y/N get out.

"What are we doing at the park babe?" She asks, tightening her coat around her.

"You want some hot chocolate, sweetheart? They've got a cart on the way."

"Yeah, that would be nice." Y/N replies with a smile.

Jay nods and begins leading her in the direction of the cart. They fall into a comfortable silence as they wait in line, after they receive their cups and make it to the entrance for the lights.

Y/N's eyes light up and she turns to Jay as they step into line.

"The trail of lights? How'd you know I wanted to go?"

"I knew you'd like it. Even if you don't say anything I see what you're looking at sometimes." He explains as he hands the man his tickets.

Y/N keeps quiet as they walk into the trail and looks around.

They've got different lights strung that change to the beat of the Christmas song playing through the speakers.

"Wow." She beams.

"You want to take a picture?" Jay asks. Y/N nods and goes over to the side to stand.

Jay pulls out his phone and goes to his camera. He could stand there all day and look at her beautiful smile. Knowing that he is the reason she is smiling melts his heart and makes him want to keep it on her face.

He snaps a few pictures and even takes a quick video as Y/N sings "White Christmas".

Jay glances down at the picture and decides to make it his phone screen really quick.

"Beautiful." He compliments.

Y/N asks a teenage girl walking past to take a picture of the two of them. She agrees so Y/N hands the girl her phone.

She corrals Jay over to the same spot and he takes her into his arms with a big smile on his face.

"Okay guys, big smile!"

The girl takes the picture as Y/N is looking up at Jay and he is looking down at her, both with big, beaming smiles on their faces.

"You guys are adorable."

Well, Now You’re Caught [Evan ‘Buck’ Buckley]

Description: Y/N is a new Paramedic, and she is placed at LAFD's 118. There she meets Evan Buckley and a secret relationship ensues, until it’s not a secret anymore.

Warnings: Should I even put cuss words anymore or should we just expect it from me?

Y/N walked into the One-Eighteen and glanced around. There were quite a few people in the big station. Some were cleaning apparatuses, some were upstairs lounging and eating and some were working out. She looked to see if Hen was there and as if she felt the younger girls presence she descended down the stairs.

"Y/N! You're here!" She exclaims and quickens her pace. When she reaches the girl, she throws her arms around her and brings her in for a hug.

The sudden commotion catches people's attention, specially the group that was working out. Eddie, Chimney and Buck all stopped what they were doing and looked at Hen and the other girl.

"Who's that?" Buck asks the two. Both Eddie and Chimney shrug and return their attention to the girls. "She's cute." He mumbles.

"How's your sister?" Hen asks.

"She's doing great. Jack just turned two months old so he's finally starting to sleep at night." Y/N replies.

"I need to go see them, I haven't seen her since the day after he was born." Hen says.

"I'll show you some pictures later after I get settled." She chuckles. "Is Captain Nash available? I was told to ask for him when I got here."

"He was on the phone, so I can introduce you to everyone and show you around until he's done." Y/N nods and follows Hen as she introduces her to some other firefighters.

She finally makes it around to their group and Hen immediately gives Buck a warning glance.

"Guys, this is Y/N. She's a paramedic and will be working with us for a while. She's my best friends little sister, so be nice." She again, glances at Buck. "Y/N, this is Chimney, Eddie and Evan, also known as Buck." Y/N smiles and shakes everyone's hand. Everyone behaved until she got to Buck, who held onto her hand longer than needed and winked at her.

"It's nice to meet you guys." Y/N says.

"It's really nice to meet you." Buck blurts. Chimney smacks his back and Buck looks at him. "What?"

"Behave."

Then, Captain Nash comes down and says hello before taking her up into his office to fill out paperwork. Buck watches as she walks up the stairs and everyone starts laughing.

"Oh my god, I think this is a new record." Chimney laughs.

"Buck, you just met her." Eddie sighs.

"Listen I know she's attractive but she's a sweet girl and if you hurt her I'll have to hurt you." Hen threatens.

"She's not just attractive, she's absolutely gorgeous." Buck says as he continues to watch her through the glass.

"Oh he's already gone." Chimney starts dying of laughter and eventually pulls Eddie with him and then Hen, reluctantly.

"I bet two months."

"Oh shut up."

§§§

It took three months. Three months of longing glances, heart eyes and constant affection for Buck to ask Y/N out. Their six month relationship had been kept a secret and so far they'd been doing great at hiding it.

For dates, they'd either stay in, or go out of town. Anytime they'd go out with their friends, they'd act normal, not touch each other too much or act "coupley". They'd also stay at each other's house, but they made damn sure either no one would stop by, there wasn't any evidence of the person being there, or they weren't in a compromising position.

Lately though, Buck had been less careful. Honestly, he didn't care anymore. He knew what he wanted, and that was Y/N, for the rest of his life. Sure, he wouldn't tell her that yet, just so she didn't get overwhelmed, but he knew. He knew he was done the second he met her.

Y/N knew she was done too, but she's never been one to easily admit her feelings, and she felt like she might've been moving too fast, developing those feelings already.

Y/N was in the bathroom, just getting out of the shower after a call where a patients carotid artery was cut, so as expected it was a mess. Buck wanted to see his girlfriend, so he walked into the bathroom and stood outside of the shower.

Y/N stepped out in a towel and squealed when she saw Buck standing there.

"Evan, what the hell? You can’t just stand outside of the shower while I’m in here. I could of been naked." She whisper yells.

"It’s nothing I haven’t seen before. Multiple times." He smirks and pushes himself off the wall. He stops right in front of her and wraps a arm around her while his other hand goes to cradle her face. "You’re really beautiful." He kisses her forehead.

"I know, you tell me all of the time, just like I tell you you’re handsome all of the time." Y/N smiles.

"You deserve to be told you’re beautiful twenty-four seven, but if I did that you’d deck me."

"I would not deck you Evan." She laughs.

"You don’t like attention all of the time. You’d tell me to stop." Buck looks down at her.

"Yeah I’d probably do that." He kisses her cheek. "We’re going to get caught."

"I don’t care." He kisses her nose.

"Well I don’t either but I’d rather not get caught at work while I’m only in a towel and my underwear."

"We won’t get caught." Then her kisses her lips.

The door opens and Hen stands there with Eddie and Chimney.

"I knew it! You owe me twenty bucks Chim." Eddie exclaims.

"Damnit guys, you couldn’t have waited two more months." Chimney grumbles.

"Well, now you’re caught." Hen says. "What do you have to say for yourself Mr. Buckley?"

Buck turns to look at Y/N and she shrugs.

"I love her. This isn’t one of my short flings. We’ve been dating for six months and I really do love her." Buck explains. Y/N blushes and grabs his hand.

"I love him too. He won’t hurt me, I know he won’t."

Hen sighs and looks at Eddie and Chimney who both have "awe" faces.

"Fine, but you have to tell Bobby. Y/N's like his baby now, so you need to tell him." She tells Buck.

"I will, I promise." Buck replies.

"And I will be telling your sister. That woman needs some entertainment." Hen turns and runs out of the room grabbing for her phone to call her friend.

"Oh god. She’s going to tell my parents." Y/N groans and buries her face into Buck's chest.

"Your parents are sweethearts." Buck giggles. "I’m not scared."

"My mom is but when you met my dad we were just friends, now that he knows you’re my boyfriend he’s going to try and intimidate you."

"Your dad is going to love him." Eddie says.

"Yeah! Your dad is going to love me."

Dollhouse [JJ Maybank]⚠️

Description: Y/N is stuck in a plastic family and a abusive relationship to keep up with the "perfect" kook family image.

Warnings: Cussing, domestic violence, assault.

A/N: This is inspired by Melanie Martinez’s "Dollhouse". Also, I am not super familiar with the justice system and if the charges and everything are correct. I tried my best.

Hey girl, open the walls, play with your dolls

We'll be a perfect family

When you walk away, it's when we really play

You don't hear me when I say,

Y/N Y/L/N is a kook. Her father is a very well off man, a Neurosurgeon with many published, successful studies. Her mother is a popular cosmetologist in the Outer Banks with her own studio and her client base consists of other kooks and even a few celebrities. Y/N is a junior in high school with perfect grades and the "perfect life" as her friends would say. No one ever sees what goes down behind closed doors though.

Mom, please wake up

Dad's with a slut, and your son is smoking cannabis

No one never listens, this wallpaper glistens

Don't let them see what goes down in the kitchen

Kristin has a drinking problem. She will start first thing in the morning and won't stop until she gets in bed. Her drink of choice is Tequila, until she starts to build up a resistance, then she switches to Whiskey.

Sometimes she passes out from how drunk she is. Her kids will find her on the floor and they make sure to turn her on her side, just in case she gets sick while unconscious.

Michael never would've thought about cheating on Kristin, until she started sleeping around with other men. They never acted like they were even married anymore unless they were out in public, to keep up with the image.

He has a new girl at least three times a week, so every day when he isn't at the hospital. He never brings them to the house, but he does rack up charges on his private credit card.

Reese is constantly high. It started out with weed, but then it escalated to hard drugs, prescription narcotics, opioids, benzo's anything he could get his hands on really. He even went as far as taking Y/N's anxiety medication, so she had to suffer for a month until she could fill her next prescription.

Everybody says the Y/L/N's are perfect but they never see what goes down behind closed doors.

Places, places, get in your places

Throw on your dress and put on your doll faces

Everyone thinks that we're perfect

Please don't let them look through the curtains

"Y/N, would you please just get the damn dress on!" Her mother yells. "And put some fucking makeup on while you're at it! I can't have people seeing their cosmetologist's daughter looking like that." She spits as she watches Y/N brush her hair out.

"I do have makeup on." Y/N replies quietly.

"Well apparently not enough."

Picture, picture, smile for the picture

Pose with your brother, won't you be a good sister?

Everyone thinks that we're perfect

Please don't let them look through the curtains

D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E

I see things that nobody else sees

Every Midsummers is the same routine.

Get berated for not being "as beautiful" as her mother.

Get a flower crown.

Be forced to take family pictures.

Then be forced to spend her night with none other than Rafe Cameron because the kook prince and princess just had to be together.

D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E

I see things that nobody else sees

Y/N had caught Rafe and his buddies beating the shit out of JJ Maybank. A pogue from the Cut. He had been walking around in a servers uniform so Y/N had just assumed that he picked up the job for some money.

JJ is a nice boy. He always was kind to Y/N when she showed up to parties where people from both the Cut, and Figure 8 attended. He always got her something to drink, even if it was just a bottle of water. He would hang out with her too when Rafe inevitability left her to go do god knows what with whoever he decided to that night.

They had cornered him in the locker room and Y/N was actually looking for her brother when she found them.

She gets nervous when Reese disappears after taking something. She's absolutely terrified he's going to overdose and she won't be there to save him.

"Come on pogue! How do you like that?!" Rafe yelled as he kicked JJ in the abdomen.

"Rafe stop! You're hurting him!" She yells. Everyone's eyes shoot to her and she swallows harshly.

She could tell that they were a mix of drunk, high and cross faded, she didn't know what would happen.

Rafe walks up to her and grabs her by the bicep while pushing her up against the wall, trapping her.

"Get the fuck out of here Y/N. Mind your goddamn business!" He starts twisting her arm and she can feel the muscle ripping from the tendon.

"Ow! Rafe stop!- You're hurting me!"

"Rafe! Act like a fucking man and beat on me you pussy!" JJ yells. "One of you fucking stop him! What, do you guys hurt women too?!"

Finally Topper comes over and removes Rafe from Y/N. Then the security guard walks in after hearing all of the ruckus.

Hey girl, look at my mom, she's got it going on

Ha, you're blinded by her jewelry

When you turn your back she pulls out a flask

And forgets his infidelity

Uh-oh, she's coming to the attic, plastic

Go back to being plastic

There was something seriously wrong with Y/N's arm. It hurt to even have someone run their finger along it, and move it even a centimeter.

Her brother found out what happened when he squeezed her arm to get her attention. He hadn't seen the handprint that she was covering up until she flinched away.

"Y/N, what the hell happened to your arm?! Whose handprint is that?!" He exclaimed as he pulled her hand away from her arm.

"It's nothing Reese. I'm okay." She whispers.

"No, who the fuck did that?!" He continues to yell.

Everyone's eyes were on them. Including Rafe's, and JJ's as he was hauled out of the locker room.

"Tell me!"

No one never listens, this wallpaper glistens

One day they'll see what goes down in the kitchen

Places, places, get in your places

Y/N looks at Rafe with frightened eyes. He just gives her a glare, silently telling her to keep her mouth shut.

Then she looks at JJ, who is nodding his head.

"Tell him Y/N! You didn't deserve that. You don't deserve anything bad." JJ says.

She hesitates for a second and takes a breath. Then she turns back to her brother.

"Rafe Cameron did it. I tried to stop him from beating JJ to death and he got mad. This isn't the first time he's laid a hand on me either." She says quietly.

Reese's eyes go wide and he starts shaking. Then all of the sudden he turns and runs at Rafe, who is standing by his father now.

"Reese don't!" Kristin yells as she hurries over to stop him, but she was too slow because Rafe was already on the ground.

"How do you like that Rafe?! Huh?! You pussy ass bitch! Beating on my baby sister? You fucking coward!"

Rafe is covered in his own blood and borderline unconscious when Reese is finally pulled off of him.

Kristin storms over to Y/N, who is getting checked on by her father. She grabs Y/N's injured arm and squeezes. Y/N immediately cries out and tries to get away.

"Look at what you caused! Over a lie! You're ruining this family's reputation!"

"I'm not lying! You've seen all the bruises and cuts I've had because of him! You always make me cover them in twenty pounds of makeup and wear long sleeves and pants so dad doesn't find out." Y/N yells back. "You make me feel like a plastic doll because of how controlling you are, all for this fake family reputation bullshit! I am so sick of it! You lie to the only people who actually care about me, because if somebody saw me at the hospital as a patient they would have to report this and then you'd look bad. I don't even like Rafe at all, but just because you slept with Ward and you two need to keep up with the look reputation you decided to put me through the hell of being his "girlfriend"!"

Throw on your dress and put on your doll faces

Everyone thinks that we're perfect

Please don't let them look through the curtains

Kristin looks around the room. Everyone is watching, and Ward gives her a look. He's silently telling her to shut her daughter up.

"Y/N! Rafe had never done anything to you! Why are you doing this?!" She yells.

Y/N scoffs and looks at her dad,"If Rafe has never done anything to me, then why was I covered in bruises last Friday night? I said something that he didn't like and he tried to choke me!" Y/N exclaims.

"My son would never-!" Ward tries to but in.

"Shut up Ward! You know he would. There's always been something wrong with him, even when he was younger." Rose exclaims, furious at her husband for cheating on her and for trying to protect Rafe when he's obviously traumatized the girl. She takes a few steps closer to Y/N and Kristin, gently pulling the girls mothers hand off of her obviously injured arm that is now purple and blue. "You're hurting your daughter Kristin. Take your hands off of her."

Picture, picture, smile for the picture

Pose with your brother, won't you be a good sister?

Everyone thinks that we're perfect

Please don't let them look through the curtains

D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E

I see things that nobody else sees

The tears run down Y/N's face as she looks at her dad.

"Daddy, please help me. I need help."

Michael tears up as he steps closer towards his daughter. Rose removes her hand from Y/N's elbow so her father can look at it. His shaky hands enclose hers and he examines her arm.

He can immediately tell the muscle is completely separated and she will need surgery.

He removes his hand and looks closer at his daughter. There's marks everywhere.

Burn marks, handprints, scars, and a freaking bite mark.

As he realizes what all Rafe has done to his little girl, and what Ward has allowed his son to do and get away with, Michael goes off.

"You bit my daughter?!" First, he goes after Rafe, who is now standing up again. "You piece of shit! How could you?! She's never done anything to you! Nothing!"

Rafe doesn't have the energy to fight back, so he takes the punches.

"Things happen." But his mouth has energy.

Michael's eyes go wide and he doesn't see anything but red.

Ward's trying to pull him off, but he's her fathers next target.

"You told me I could trust him! You knew he did this to my little girl! You let him get away with it! You sick bastard!" He knees Ward in the groin. "What if that was Sarah or Wheezie? How can you live with yourself?" He cries. "You, your son and that woman are sick in the head. You're all psychotic and I hope you rot in hell."

D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E

I see things that nobody else sees

Michael wipes the tears off of his face and turns to his son, daughter and JJ, who's joined his children.

"We're going to the hospital. Let's go."

JJ looks back at Sarah, Kiara, and Pope and they all nod. They know he cares about Y/N, so he needs to go with them.

JJ wraps his arm around Y/N's back and walks with her out the door. Reese follows behind and watches as JJ protects his sister from the door as it swings back towards her arm.

This is what she deserves, someone to protect her and love her with everything they've got.

Hey girl, hey girl, hey girl, hey girl, hey girl

Hey girl, open your walls, play with your dolls

We'll be a perfect family

All four of them end up getting checked out at the hospital. Michael and Reese are just awaiting discharge papers to sign, so they are in Y/N's room with her, waiting on the orthopedic surgeon to get there.

Sheriff Peterkin had already been by with an evidence team, to get statements, pictures and DNA samples.

Michael decided to press charges on Rafe, Ward and Kristin. Along with pressing charges on Rafe for JJ, in addition to restraining orders for everybody.

"Dad?" Reese says as they watch Y/N sleep in the bed.

"Yeah son?"

"I need to go to rehab. I need to get clean." He turns to his dad with tears in his eyes. "I can't do this to her anymore. What if I end up like Rafe and she ends up terrified of me?" He cries. "She's already scared because of me. I don't want to do this anymore."

Michael puts his hand on Reese's shoulder and leans against him.

"Okay, once we get home I will get you in somewhere. We'll get you clean."

Places, places, get in your places

Throw on your dress and put on your doll faces

Everyone thinks that we're perfect

Please don't let them look through the curtains

Once the orthopedic surgeon got one look at Y/N he got her into surgery right away. It was a long procedure. He had to repair the tendon and muscle. Then get everything back together.

Once in recovery, JJ was finally released with a few minor injuries, so he decided to sit with Michael and Reese while she woke up.

"JJ, I need you to do me a favor." Reese says, pulling him out of his trance.

"Yeah, of course." JJ sits up in the chair.

"I'm going to be gone for a few weeks. I need you to watch out for her. Dad won't be around all of the time, so she's going to need help and she's going to need someone. Will you please be there for her? I know she cares about you because she always talked about you after she'd run into you, and I know you care for her too."

"Yeah. I'll be here." JJ chuckles with a smile.

Picture, picture, smile for the picture

Pose with your brother, won't you be a good sister?

Everyone thinks that we're perfect

Please don't let them look through the curtains

D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E

I see things that nobody else sees

Today was court day.

Y/N Y/L/N .vs. Rafe Cameron, Ward Cameron, and Kristin Y/L/N

Michael Y/L/N .vs. Rafe Cameron, Ward Cameron and Kristin Y/L/N

JJ Maybank .vs. Rafe Cameron

Rafe was sued and found guilty on two counts of Aggravated Assault. Ward was sued and charged with Aiding and Abetting because he knew what was going on and covered it up for Rafe. Kristin was also sued and charged with Abuse, and Aiding and Abetting.

It was a long and stressful day, but at least they never had to go through this again. Things were going great.

Reese had started rehab, Y/N was finally able to start physical therapy, and JJ moved in with the Y/L/N's for the time being. Which wasn't a big deal because his father wasn't around.

JJ and Y/N have been inseparable, they are together twenty-four seven.

Michael and Rose have even started hanging out. If anything happens besides them being friends, who knows.

Everyone got up to leave the courtroom since court was dismissed and Rafe yells across the room.

"You've ruined everything for me!"

"Shut your mouth right now before I come do it for you!" JJ retaliates and tries to get as close to Rafe as he can.

Y/N grabs JJ's arm and then laces their fingers together.

"J it's okay. Don't let him have the satisfaction." She says quietly.

JJ looks at her and calms down, she's right. Rafe is just trying to get a rise out of him to cause trouble.

"C'mon you two. Let's go." Michael interrupts.

JJ grabs his coat and Y/N's, along with her purse and walks with her out the door.

D-O-L-L-H-O-U-S-E

I see things that nobody else sees

Once outside, they see Ward, Kristin and Rafe being put in the back of squad cars.

Y/N can't continue to watch the scene in front of them. She lets out a little sob and covers her mouth.

JJ and Michael stop and stand in front of her, since there are cameras everywhere.

"Sweetheart, it's okay now. They won't be able to hurt you anymore." Michael says and pulls his daughter into his side, rubbing her shoulder.

"I know, I know." She wipes her tears as they continue to fall. "I just haven't been able to actually process what has happened and I just feel so—so relieved." She finishes.

"It's over. you've got everyone on your side to support you and move on." JJ adds.

"I know. I can't thank you enough JJ."

"You don't have to thank me. I'm always here for you baby." JJ pulls her in for a hug and kisses the top of her head.

"Forever?"

"Forever."

Forty-Eight Hours [Evan ‘Buck’ Buckley]🎄

Description: Buck tries to tell Y/N about his feelings before her date in 48 hours.

Warnings: Mentions of a house fire.

"Buck, where is the extra wrapping paper?" Y/N asks as she walks over to him from their storage closet.

"Uh-. Check in Bobby's office." He suggests. Y/N nods and heads upstairs.

Chimney and Eddie, who are standing on the other side of the table share a glance.

"So, when are you going to ask Y/N out?" Chimney asks.

Buck rolls his eyes at his friends.

"Really guys?"

"Evan, come on. You need to get over Abby. Y/N is a good girl, and she's already good for you. Just open yourself up."

"I just don't want to mess up. I like being friends with Y/N and I don't want her to leave." Buck says as he rips some tape off of the roll.

"Y/N isn't leaving Buck. She just bought a house, she's staying." Eddie points out.

Buck yet again rolls his eyes. They're right and he knows it.

Hen walks into the bays with more gifts under her arms.

"Wow, who donated those?" Buck asks, changing the subject.

Now it's Eddie and Chimney's turn to roll their eyes.

"Oh, they're actually from Y/N. She adopted a family this year and wanted to wrap the gifts while she was at work since they need to be dropped off right after shift." Hen explains, "There's more in her car if you guys want to help bring them in!"

Buck smiles and shakes his head.

"Yeah, it's unlocked right?"

Hen nods and continues towards the empty table.

The guys all walk out to Y/N's car.

"I love this kid, she's an angel in human form." Chimney says.

"Yeah she's definitely got a heart of gold." Eddie adds.

"I know what you guys are doing." Buck huffs.

"Yeah? Is it working?" Eddie asks as he opens the passenger door. He pauses for a second before a smile breaks out on his face. "Guys, look at that." He points to her dash, right under the speedometer.

It's a picture of Bobby, Eddie, Hen, Chimney, Buck, Christopher and Y/N last summer sitting on the front of the truck.

And another one of Buck and Y/N at fire prevention day.

"She has a picture of us in her car?" Buck asks.

"Seems so." Chimney claps his shoulder and rounds the back of her car.

"Evan, seriously. You need to ask her out. And I wasn't going to say anything but she's got a date the night after shift ends, so you've got forty-eight hours to find your balls and do what you want to do." Eddie says bluntly before going to help Chimney, leaving Buck to his thoughts.

"Oh shit."

§§§

Buck had been trying to talk to Y/N, but of course they've had back to back calls and there wasn't any time.

Y/N and Hen had just got back from a medical assist for a trauma patient, and Buck was waiting for them.

"Hey guys, how'd that call go?" He asks as the girls get out of the ambulance.

"It went okay, the guys probably won't make it due to his injuries though." Y/N says as she goes to the Medical Storage cabinet.

"That's too bad." Buck replies walking over to her, "Y/N, I wanted to talk to you about something-."

"All Units, Structure Fire." The PA system from dispatch cut Buck off.

"Shit!" Y/N grabs everything she needs and throws it in the back of the ambulance. "We'll talk later Buck."

Buck sighs and jogs over to the Engine.

Eddie comes up beside him and pats him on the back.

"You just need a Christmas miracle Buck. You'll talk to her." He encourages.

"Not at this rate, I won't."

"You've just got to believe." Eddie jokes.

"I can't believe I'm going to miss my chance because I was too stupid to say anything before." Buck complains as he takes his seat in the truck.

"Miss your chance at what?" Bobby asks.

Buck groans and puts his head in his hands.

"Y/N has a date after shift, in now forty hours and Buck is realizing he should've said something to her about his feelings before. He's trying to tell her before her date but they've had back to back calls." Chimney explains as he puts on his gloves.

"Buck, you should've told her way before now!" Bobby scolds.

"I know, thanks!" Buck replies sarcastically.

"Talk to her as soon as this is over with. You two are good for each other and I don't want you guys to miss the opportunity." Bobby says.

All Buck can do is shake his head and hope that he's not too late.

§§§

It was a horrible fire. The family lost everything and Y/N was so upset.

"I hate this universe. That is so unfair." She seethes.

Buck had walked over to the ambulance to talk to her but he immediately knew now wasn't a good time.

"Hey guys," He says to catch Hen and Y/N's attention, "You two okay?"

Y/N and Hen both have a frown on their faces, but nod their heads.

"This is just so unfair that this happens. I feel horrible for them." Y/N whispers, "I just wish there was something I could do to help, even just a little bit."

Buck can visibly see how upset Y/N is. Her voice is a tad scratchy and she's got tears in her eyes.

He's not surprised though, as she is one of the most kindest, caring and strongest people he knows. Though, all he wants to do is wrap her in a hug.

"It's Christmas, this shouldn't be happening." Y/N finishes before slamming the back door to the ambulance and going to get in the front seat.

Buck and Hen share a look.

"Maybe there is something we can do."

§§§

Y/N had been sitting in her bunk with her tablet since they got back from the call. She hasn't said anything or gotten up.

Her adopted family had been watching her through the glass for a while before she perked up and finally moved from her bed to the door.

At first she hadn't noticed them, causing her to jump when she walked through the door, but she got distracted she saw Hen standing there.

"Oh good, you're already here. I want to take a ride to Walmart in a few hours, okay?" Y/N doesn't give her time to finish before going back into her bunk.

The group just stands there, shocked by that interaction.

"What the hell is she getting up to in there?" Chimney asks, before walking to the common area.

"Should we tell her or just surprise her?" Hen asks Buck.

"I think we should surprise her."

§§§

Y/N had dragged Hen with her to pickup a Walmart order and bring it back to the house. Her mood had brightened and she wasn't as upset anymore.

Bobby walks into the common area and stops when he sees bags full of stuff like clothes, hygiene and household essentials and even some fun things like toys and entertainment items.

"I thought we were done wrapping presents for the toy drive?" He asks, breaking his silence.

Y/N looks up and shrugs.

"This isn't for the toy drive."

"So, what is it for?"

"It's for the family from our structure fire today." She mumbles.

Bobby nods and comes closer to the table and picks up a toy.

"Would you like some help?"

Y/N smiles and nods, "Yeah Captain, I'd like that."

So, they wrapped all of the presents and placed everything else in bags for the family to use while everyone else in the house slept.

By four in the morning Buck was just itching to tell Y/N what he did, but first he needed some coffee, so he headed to the kitchen.

But Buck wasn't expecting to find his Captain and Y/N passed out on the couches in the living area and tons of wrapped boxes and bags full of items scattered around.

He stops for a second before going over to Bobby and tapping his shoulder.

"Hey Cap?"

"Yeah?" Bobby asks, still asleep.

"What happened in here?"

That makes Bobby shoot up and look around.

Seeing that everything was fine and it was just Buck be laid back down.

"Y/N got all of this stuff for that family. So, I helped her get it ready last night." He pauses to yawn, and looks at Y/N. "Wake her up and make her go lay down in her bed. Her neck is going to be hurting." He says before getting up to go start a pot of coffee.

Buck goes over to Y/N and places his hand on her arm gently.

"Y/N, you need to go sleep in a bed. Not on the couch with your neck all twisted." Buck whispers.

Y/N opens one eye before shaking her head no.

"I'm too tired to move." She complains.

"Okay, so I will carry you. You don't need to be sleeping out on the couch." He argues.

Y/N rolls her eyes before sitting up.

"Okay." She whispers.

Buck places one arm around her and the other under her knees before lifting her up, into his arms. Once he's sure he's got a good grip on her he starts walking down the hall.

The journey is silent until she's being placed on her bed.

"I wish that didn't happen to them Buck. They are such good people."

Buck nods in agreement before stopping and staring at Y/N for a few seconds.

"Y/N?"

"Yeah Evan?"

"I am in love with you."

"I'm in love with you too."

Evan's heart stops for a second. He can't believe she said that.

He shakes his head, she's probably not even awake, so he shouldn't take it seriously.

He squeezes her hand tightly before standing up and walking out of the room.

§§§

Buck couldn't stop thinking about his encounter with Y/N earlier. His coffee had gotten cold because he hasn't touched it.

Buck is brought out of his head by Y/N walking into the living area.

"Good morning Buck!" She says.

"Good morning Y/N."

She walks past him and into the kitchen to grab one of her yogurts. She stops abruptly once she can see out the window.

"What is this?" She asks.

Buck stands up and walks over to her.

Outside there is a bunch of people, coming to donate food, household supplies, old clothes, anything you can think of really.

"This is for the Vasquez family. We set this up after we were done." He starts, "I got them set up at a house until they can get a new one or rebuild their house. They will be here in a few minutes actually."

"Are you serious?" She whispers.

"Yeah. You inspired this." Buck says, "You have a heart of gold and your Christmas spirit is unmatched. It's nice, especially in this line of work."

Y/N smiles and drops her eyes to the ground, scared to meet his eyes when she says what she's going to.

"I really am in love with you, Evan Buckley. I know I was half asleep when I said it this morning, but I really do love you."

Buck lifts Y/N's chin up and leans in.

"That's a good thing, because I'm in love with you too."

He leans in and presses a soft kiss to her lips.

They pull away and Buck sighs, "What about your date after shift?"

"What date after shift?"

Baby Boy [Andrei Svechnikov]

Description: Svech being with his little family.

Warnings: You might get baby fever.

A/N: Everything in Russian is translated by Google Translate, so it’s probably not right.

Andrei and Y/N never planned on getting pregnant and having a baby at the age of twenty, let alone at least until they were a few years older, but things happen.

Y/N had moved from Barnaul to Raleigh, North Carolina to be with her boyfriend of three years while he navigated being a NHL rookie. She worked from home teaching Russian for a few hours a day, so she wasn't bored all of the time with Andrei busy and with being in a new place with knowing maybe one or two people.

She didn't know what to do when she felt sick fifteen months ago. She didn't understand the article when she looked up "symptoms pregnant" on her laptop after throwing up for the fourth day in a row, so she called the one person who was great at helping her understand everything American. Jaccob's wife, Kylie had been great with helping Y/N since moving and she was happy Y/N came to her about something so important.

She went with Y/N and showed her pregnancy tests and helped her with the instructions, and when the test came out positive, she helped Y/N find a OB/Gyn to confirm the pregnancy.

Andrei was ecstatic when he found out. He tackled her onto the bed and just wrapped his arms around her and kissed her face all over, muttering "Я люблю тебя." ("I love you.") Over and over again.

He finally pulled away and gazed into her eyes. "это все, что я когда-либо хотел." ("This is all I've ever wanted.")

"Really?" Y/N whispered.

"да." ("Yes."), "You, baby, dog or cat, a family." Andrei replied.

And after that it was smooth sailing for the couple, for the most part.

Y/N gave birth to a big baby boy, weighing nine pounds seven ounces, named Sergei Andrei Svechnikov.

He looked exactly like his father, so the boys on the team stopped teasing Andrei about the baby not being his because "there's no way a woman as beautiful as Y/N could have a baby with you.", so Andrei and Y/N fell in love with their baby boy, and even more in love with each other.

Andrei walked into the dark house after arriving home from the airport. He locked the door and took his dirty clothes to the laundry room and unloaded the clothes and switched the laundry over. Then he checked all of the locks before walking up the stairs into their shared bedroom.

He knew exactly where Y/N and Sergei were. Y/N always had him sleep in their room while he was gone. He pushed the door open and smiled when he saw his baby curled up in his bassinet and Y/N holding onto the bassinet with a death grip while sleeping.

He plugged his phone in before slipping into the bathroom to shower and get ready for bed.

Y/N had gotten up when she heard the shower start, and so did Sergei so she changed his diaper and cuddled him for a little bit until Andrei stepped out in a pair of sweatpants.

"Привет, детка. How was your day?" ("Hi baby.") Andrei asks as he slips into bed.

"It was good. Worked for a little bit and took Sergei to see Kylie." She says as she adjusts her shirt so Sergei can eat. "How was your day?" She knew they won their game but she didn’t stay up to watch the post game interviews.

"We won, and I got to come home to my family so it was great." Andrei places a kiss on her lips before laying down, wrapping his arms around her waist and placing his head on her leg.

They continued to talk while Sergei ate and when he was done Andrei took him so he could be burped and Y/N went to go get a drink.

Andrei walked around their room after burping the baby to lull him back to sleep. He pressed kisses to Sergei’s head and cheek and spoke to him in Russian so he could hear his voice.

"папочка любит тебя, малыш. ты и мамочка." ("Daddy loves you baby boy. You and mommy.") Andrei whispers. while he places Sergei into the bassinet.

Y/N walks into the room and watches her boyfriend and their son.

"You are an amazing dad. We are lucky to have you." She says as she gets in bed.

Andrei gets in next to her and pulls her into him.

"I'm lucky to have you. You guys are by far the best thing to ever happen to me."

"я люблю тебя Андрей." (I love you Andrei.")

"я тоже тебя люблю." ("I love you too.")

Y/N places her head in the crook of Andrei's neck, tangles her legs with his and presses a kiss to his chest before letting herself fall asleep.

Andrei stays up for a little while longer, thanking his lucky stars for his life, and family while admiring his girlfriend and glancing over to the bassinet just a few feet away from him.

This was all he’s ever wanted.