Fender Bender [Kelly Severide]

Fender Bender [Kelly Severide] 🎄

Description: Kelly doesn’t mind working on Christmas, especially when he gets to meet one of his mens' good friends.

"Squad 3, Truck 81, Ambulance 61. Three vehicle collision, unknown injuries. Roosevelt and Halsted."

Kelt didn't mind working Christmas day. He didn't have anyone to celebrate with, so he'd rather spend it with his firehouse family.

He got his gear on and hopped into his seat in the Squad truck.

"Lieutenant, are you open to dating right now?" Cruz asks as he finishes putting his coat on.

"I'm open to fun, Cruz. Why are you asking?" Kelly replies as he flips the switches for the lights and turns the sirens on.

"Well, I've got a friend who I think you'd really like. She used to be a firefighter, but she got injured in a building collapse, so now she works at Chicago Med in the ED. She is super sweet and funny. I really think you two would go good together."

"I'm not opposed, but I'm not looking to get married right now." Kelly cuts the sirens since they are pulling up to the scene.

"Neither is she." Cruz adds.

Tony pulls the truck up next to the wrecked vehicles and parks it.

Everyone gets out and Kelly goes over to the vehicles to assess the situation.

It's a chain reaction rear end accident. There's one car sandwiched between two others.

The front car is missing the driver, so he moves onto the one in the middle.

"Oh my god!" Cruz exclaims, "Y/N?!"

"Cruz?!" Kelly asks.

"My friend that I was just telling you about. That's her car!" He points to the car in the front without a driver, "Y/N?!" He yells.

"Joey?!" A voice yells from the middle car.

Cruz runs over to the car and Severide follows.

"Y/N what the hell?"

She is in the crushed back seat holding onto the drivers head.

"He's got severe head, neck and back pain, passed out a few minutes ago because of it. He also said he can't feel his fingers. A K.E.D is probably the best way to get him out of here."

Cruz looks at his Lieutenant and Kelly nods, signaling for him to go get the equipment.

"How long have you been off the job?" Kelly asks as he climbs in beside her to asses her injuries and make sure the driver isn't pinned.

"Three years. I was on Truck 78 and got injured in the building collapse over on Logan Boulevard. Ruined my dreams of ever getting on a Squad. I had just gotten my certification, I was just waiting on a opening."

"I'm sure you would've killed it on Squad. Anytime you want you can come on ride alongs with Squad 3." He offers, examining a cut in the side of her face by her eyes.

"I'd like that." Y/N nods.

Gabby comes over to the window and looks inside.

"What do we got Sev?"

"Unconscious male driver, was complaining of severe head, neck and back pain. No feeling in his fingers." He pauses nodding towards Y/N, "C-Spine is stabilized as well. She's got a couple of lacerations, but no other complaints."

Gabby looks over at Y/N and her jaw drops.

"Oh my god, Y/N?!" She exclaims.

Y/N looks over at Gabby and smiles, "No way. Gabriela Dawson. Long time no see! Merry Christmas!"

Cruz comes back and they start to get a C-Collar on the patient to get him hooked up on the K.E.D as well.

Kelly helps Y/N get out of the car and he finally can get a better look to see if she is okay.

"You have any pain, cuts, anything?" He asks.

Y/N spins in a circle and laughs, "Nope! Probably just a few bumps and bruises. I'll sign a refusal."

Kelly nods and smiles at her, getting lost in her own beautiful smile.

"Earth to Lieutenant Severide." She waves her hand in front of him.

Kelly breaks out of his trance to see Cruz standing next to Y/N now.

"Sorry." He clears his throat, "What?"

"We're going to have her stop by the house for Christmas dinner later, if that's alright with you?" Cruz says, with a knowing smirk on his face of course.

"Yeah!- Of course." He exclaims as the police officer comes over to take a statement from Y/N, "I guess we will see you later then?"

Y/N nods, "Yeah, I will see you guys then." She waves and then walks over to the officer.

Kelly and Joe watch her for a few seconds before Cruz turns to his Lieutenant.

"I told you that you'd like her." He jokes.

"Yeah, yeah Cruz. We'll see how dinner goes back at the house." Kelly says as he starts to walk back over to the truck to pack up, trying to hide his pink cheeks.

"Dinner will go swimmingly. Y/N even offered to bring us some dessert since we don't have a baker in the house. She knows the way to a man's heart."

"You're right Cruz. I do like her. She is even bringing us food." Kelly laughs.

"Hey Sev! What's got you blushing over there?!" Casey yells from across the road.

Kelly glances over at Y/N and she just shakes her head with a smile on her face.

"You mean "who"?!"

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.

The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year [Anthony ‘Tito’ Beauvillier] ⚠🎄

Description: Over their years of friendship Tito has tried to convince Y/N that christmas time is the most wonderful time of the year after it being ruined for her years ago, but this year she seems to be coming around.

Warnings: Cursing, mentions of abusive relationship.

It's the most wonderful time of the year With the kids jingle belling And everyone telling you be of good cheer It's the most wonderful time of the year

Y/N huffs and turns off the radio, deciding no radio station was safe from Christmas music. Her commute home from work is the time she takes to unwind from her twenty-four hour shift as a Trauma Nurse Practitioner in the Emergency Department at Nassau University Medical Center.

For those who don't know Y/N well, they would just assume she was a grinch, that she has hated Christmas since day one. Those people are wrong, Y/N Y/L/N absolutely loved Christmas until she turned eighteen, which by "coincidence" was around the time she started dating her ex-boyfriend (Almost ex-husband, if she would've actually married the man.)

Drew and Y/N met during Y/N's first semester as a freshman at college. She was going for her Bachelors in Nursing, while Drew was only there for football, parties, girls, alcohol, and drugs.

Y/N's friends told her Drew was no good. He constantly tried to get her to drink and even eventually do drugs with him. Sure, she might've had a drink every once and a while, but drugs were a hard no from her.

She never knew Drew did drugs until her third year of college, which was also her first year of nursing school. She had just gotten back from a lab and walked in on him doing a line off of her coffee table.

Y/N kicked him out right then and there, but Drew always found a way to weasel back in, even though all he did was bring her down. Drew was never a nice person, not even to the girl he claimed to love so much. He made Y/N doubt herself in school, he made her doubt her own image and made her doubt the things she loved (unless it was him). He even got physical with her often, even going as far as beating her up multiple times. Y/N always promised she wouldn't be that girl who puts up with that because her partner "loves" her, but manipulation can make you break any promise.

That's were this all started. A boy who was no good and ruined her love for everything, including the holiday season.

It's the hap-happiest season of all With those holiday greetings and gay happy meetings When friends come to call It's the hap-happiest season of all

Y/N walked through the doors of the bar she was meeting her friends at. It was freezing cold outside, so the wave of heat made her smile and rub her hands together to try and warm them up.

She scanned the room for any familiar faces when her eyes landed on her blue eyed, Canadian friend, and his landed on hers.

Tito excuses himself from the table to go get her and assist her through the crowd. Once he reaches her, he pulls her in for a hug and she notices he smells different. She can't put her finger on what the scent is, considering in her line of work you never really try to smell things.

"Hey Beau, how are you?" She asks as they pull apart. Tito smiles at the nickname, even though everyone has called him that at some point.

"I'm good, I went with Barzy to get his Christmas tree today." He says with a twinkle in his eye, "How are you?".

"So that's what you smell like, Christmas tree?" She asks, bewildered.

Tito chuckles at the look on her face, "Yes sweetheart, that's what I smell like."

"Well...." She pauses, "It smells nice."

"Christmas tree smells nice? I never thought I'd hear that come out of your mouth." Tito laughs and grabs her hand to pull her through the crowd.

"That's the only thing you're going to get out of me Anthony. Don't push it." Y/N giggles as he drags her through the last of the crowd and over to their friends.

Everyone says hello, then Y/N sits down in the booth and Tito follows her.

"I'll get you to see Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year one day." He whispers into her ear, making her shake her head with a smile on her face.

There'll be parties for hosting Marshmallows for toasting And caroling out in the snow

"Y/N I could really use your expertise." Tito says as soon as Y/N answers the phone.

"What's up Beau?"

"I need help with the party." He says quickly.

This year is Tito's turn to host their friend group's Christmas party. Which means he has to decorate, cook, and come up with some games or activities.

Parties- Definitely Y/N's thing.

Christmas Parties- Not really.

"Beau......" She drags with a groan.

"Y/N/N please?" He begs. "I will do whatever you want me to do." With this comment, he lowers his voice.

Y/N contemplates it for a few seconds, before ultimately giving in.

"You owe me Beauvillier."

"Yes ma'am."

§§§

"So, what style are we going for?" Y/N asks as they walk down the aisles of Target.

"I don't know, something with red and green I guess." Anthony shrugs.

Y/N stops and stares at him for a second before scoffing.

"Typical man." She says, "How about red, white and gold? I think it would look nice, especially with your apartment's floor to ceiling windows. It would make it look cozy."

Tito nods, agreeing. "You know for someone who doesn't enjoy Christmas, you sure do know how to decorate for it." He says.

"Yeah, my parents decorate with those colors." She sighs, "I think they look nice, especially with warm tone lights."

"Well you and your parents have great taste." Tito compliments and earns a smile out of Y/N. "Can I ask you something?" He asks after a few seconds.

"Sure."

"Why don't you like Christmas anymore? Your parents and Natalie always talk about how much you loved it before you went off to college. No one ever says why you don't like it anymore."

"Drew happened." She states. "My first Christmas at college, after we had started dating, we went to the tree farm at night because he had practice. He was in a crappy mood and didn't want to go, but apparently I "bothered him enough" that he went with. He got mad because I was taking too long to pick a tree, and I told him that we could go home and he blew up Beau. He chased me around the field with a handsaw screaming and yelling." Y/N takes in a deep breath and continues, without looking at Anthony. "Eventually he grabbed ahold of me and took me to the ground and he held the freaking rusty saw to my neck. No one was out there so he could've killed me, but for some reason he didn't."

Anthony stares at her in disbelief. How in the hell could someone treat her like that? Is one of the thoughts running through his mind.

That and the thought to track that bastard down and kill him.

"I could never figure out what set him off. Everything had been going great until then and it never was the same afterwards." She finishes, breaking him out of the trance he was in.

"Y/N-." He starts.

"Beau, don't apologize. I've gotten over him and what he put me through. I just can't get back into the Christmas spirit after all of these years. It's like a mental block, I just don't know what to do about it." She sighs, "And I should be the one apologizing. I always bring down everyone's Christmas spirit like the Grinch I am. That's not right of me and I'm sorry."

Finally when she meets his blue eyes, he notices the tears in her eyes.

Anthony abandons the cart, right in the middle of the Target isle and walks closer to her.

He brings his hands up to her face slowly and uses his thumbs to wipe away the fallen tears.

"It's okay." He whispers and brings her in for a tight hug with his hand on the back of her head, keeping her close.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to get so emotional." She hiccups.

"Y/N, I promise it's okay. You have every right to get emotional." Anthony says as he releases his grip on her. "Let me show you that Christmas can be the most wonderful time of the year." He offers.

Y/N takes a second to think and then nods, with a growing smile on her face.

"Okay."

There'll be scary ghost stories And tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago

Anthony had been planning for a few days. Not for his party, but planning on how to get Y/N in the Christmas spirit.

He really wanted to take her to the tree farm but after what he was told, he wasn't sure if that was a good idea, so he settled on taking her to the Christmas Festival.

Y/N had just gotten off of work when her phone started to ring.

She pulled her phone out and smiled at the screen. It was a picture of Anthony and herself at a charity event that the team put on for childhood cancer. He was sitting in a huge chair that they had for photos and for the kids to sit in, and Y/N was sitting in his lap with a huge smile on her face. Her smile mirrored Anthony's as they looked at each other. He was also leaning into her hand that she'd placed on his cheek.

That was a great night.

It was also the night that she finally realized she felt more for Anthony than just friendship.

"Hey Beau!"

"Hi pretty girl! What are you doing walking home in the snow? It's way too cold for that." Anthony scolds.

"How do you know I'm walking home?" She stops walking and looks around.

"I came to get you!" A door shuts behind her and she turns to see Anthony now standing outside of his car that she hadn't noticed before.

She speeds over to him and wraps her arms around his torso.

"You didn't have to do that Beau."

"Well I'm taking you to the Christmas Festival. So I'm going to take you home and hang out while you  take a nap and get cleaned up so we can go." Anthony says. He let's go of her and leads her into his car.

"I don't have to sleep Beau, we can go after I shower and change if you want?" She says as she sits down in the car.

"Y/N/N you just got off of a twenty-four hour shift, you're going to sleep at least a little bit." He argues, " Also, Barzy and Natalie are going with us, I already told them we would go this evening so we can see the lights." Anthony replies before shutting her door.

He rounds the front of the car and Y/N sighs.

"We can go get dinner together, it will be fun." He assures.

"I'm sure it will." Y/N yawns.

Anthony looks over at her with a smirk, "See, you're tired."

"Yeah, yeah. Take me home Beauvillier."

"Yes ma'am."

It's the most wonderful time of the year There'll be much mistletoeing And hearts will be glowing When loved ones are near

"Beau, look at the little snowman guy!" Y/N exclaims as she walks over to the booth selling decorations.

It's a snowman with a scrub cap and a stethoscope painted on it. It's right up her alley.

"That's cute. Do you want to get it?" He asks and picks it up.

"Yeah, how much-..." She trails off as Anthony takes it over to get in line to pay.

"Anthony, I can pay for it myself."

"Pick out whatever you want." He says, ignoring her.

"Anthony-..."

"Seriously babe, it's my treat." And as if he didn't realize what he'd said, just goes back to standing in line.

§§§

The group had spent the rest of the night going around to booths, getting junk food, listening to carolers, watching the lighting of the christmas tree and ended up getting dinner at the end.

The whole time Y/N kept thinking about how easily the pet name slipped out of Anthony's mouth.

Could he really feel the same way about her?

Natalie had picked up on Y/N's behavior. She wasn't being quiet or anything, just acting a little weird. She never acts weird around Tito.

So, at dinner Y/N went to go to the bathroom and Natalie followed, leaving the boys behind.

"Hey, is everything alright?" Natalie asks.

"Yeah." Y/N sighs, "Beau called me "babe" and I don't know if I am overreacting and thinking that he might feel the same way for me or if it was just like a friend type "babe"." She rants.

The whole time Natalie was smiling like an idiot.

"Oh Y/N. You really haven't noticed have you?"

"Noticed what?" Y/N asks.

"Anthony Beauvillier is in love with you sweetheart. It's so obvious." Natalie places her hand on Y/N's arm. "You just haven't noticed because you've been protecting yourself for so long."

"You really think so?"

"I know so. Talk to him later, just the two of you." Natalie suggests.

Y/N nods and they make their way back out to their table.

When the girls round the corner Anthony's eyes instantly land on Y/N and his mood visibly brightens.

"Yeah, look at that. Just seeing you made him happier." Natalie chuckles.

It's the most wonderful time of the year

After dinner, Anthony drove Y/N back to her place and she was so nervous she was twitching in her seat.

She really wanted to talk to him about her feelings but she wasn't sure how to bring it up.

She had a really good time tonight, so his plan is working, and it's making her want to be with him even more.

Y/N looked over at Anthony and watched him for a second. She could tell he was happy, he had a small smile resting on his face as he quietly sung along with the christmas song on the radio.

She finally decides to go for it. Rip the band aid off.

"Beau?"

"Yeah?"

"I wanted fo talk to you about-..."

RING

Of course her phone starts to ring right now, and it's the hospital so she can't ignore it.

"Shit, I'm sorry." She apologizes before answering.

"This is Y/N."

Anthony watches as Y/N speaks to the person on the other end of the phone.

He wants to tell her how he feels, but he's so afraid to do something wrong and scare her off, so he stays quiet.

"Yeah, I'll be there in a hour." Y/N hangs up and sighs.

She looks back over at Anthony and frowns.

"I'm sorry Beau. The on call N.P. didn't show up and nobody can get ahold of him so I have to go in and cover, so we can't do movie night."

"It's okay Y/N. We can do it another night. Do you want me to drop you off?"

"No its okay, I don't want to make you go out of your way again." She replies.

"I like dropping you off and picking you up for work. I feel better knowing you're okay."

"Awe Beau, that's so sweet." Y/N leans over the center console and kisses his cheek. "I need to go and get my stuff from home and change, so if you really want to..."

"Yes, I really want to. And I can come pick you up when you're done, just let me know before you're ready to leave." Anthony replies.

He wants her to know he's serious, so he doesn't have a joking tone or anything.

"Okay." She nods with a smile.

§§§

Y/N got changed quickly and grabbed her work bag before heading back out to her living room where Anthony was sitting.

"Okay I'm ready to go."

Anthony stands up and walks with her over to the door. Before she can grab her coat Anthony is already holding it out for her.

Y/N smiles and puts her arms in her coat. Then Anthony turns her around to zip it up for her.

"Now you'll be all warm." He smiles and looks into her eyes.

Y/N looks into his eyes as well and then glances down to his lips.

Anthony's heart instantly started racing.

She pauses for a few seconds and then looks back up at him.

"Can I try something?" She asks quietly.

Anthony nods, "Yeah."

Y/N slowly leans in and he doesn't move.

He is desperately trying not to fuck up with this girl, so he lets her do things at her pace.

She gets closer and her hand wraps around to the back of his neck pulling him closer since he's taller than her.

Finally, he gives in and leans down to meet her lips with his.

Heat floods Anthony's body and his lips start to tingle.

He reaches down to wrap his arms around her and pick her up.

Y/N giggles as he lifts her up off the floor and guides her legs around his waist.

Anthony turns them around and pushes her up against the wall before pulling back to breathe.

"Y/N, I'm in love with you. I have been for a while and I can't continue this if you don't feel the same way."

Y/N runs her hand through his hair and kisses him again.

"I think I am in love with you too, Beau."

"Thank god." He lets out a breath before meeting her lips again. "I don't think I could be just your friend after this."

There'll be parties for hosting Marshmallows for toasting And caroling out in the snow

Anthony laughed as Y/N struggled to hang up the garland around his mantle in the living room.

"You'd think with a mantle this tall you'd have a freaking ladder in your house to be able to do anything with it." Y/N mumbles as she stretches her arm as far as it will go to reach across.

"I don't have a ladder because I am tall enough to reach everything." He replies as he walks over to her.

"So funny Beau." Y/N fake laughs.

Anthony shrugs and wraps his arms around her waist before lifting her up to the mantle.

"Oh my god! You're going to drop me!" She yells, grabbing onto the mantle and holding on.

"You're not going to fall! Just put the decorations up there."

Y/N gets the garland set the way she wants, and places the little decorative trees and stocking holders on it as well.

Finally he brings her down to the ground. Y/N lets out a breath of relief.

"See you're fine!" Anthony laughs and presses a kiss against her cheek, before walking over to the box of decorations to pull out their new stockings.

Anthony went out and bought matching ones with their first initials as soon as he dropped her off at home after her unexpected on call shift two weeks ago.

He had asked her to be his girlfriend before they even got in the car. He couldn't go on any longer without her being his.

Y/N turns and grabs hers out of his hand and places it on the hook, and he does the same with his. Then, both back up to get a good look at the area.

"I think this looks great." Y/N says with a small smile.

"I think it does too. It's the best my mantle has ever looked."

Y/N just laughs and shakes her head at him.

"Are you excited for the party tomorrow?" Anthony asks.

"Yeah, I think I actually am." She nods.

"Good..." He trails off, "So what do you think about staying here tonight? We can finish decorating and just spend the rest of the night watching movies and eating."

"I think that's a good idea, but I don't have any clothes or anything for tomorrow." Y/N says and leans into his chest.

Anthony wraps his arms around her and kisses the top of her head.

"We can run to your place here in a little bit and you can bring some of your stuff over here for when you stay." He replies.

"You planning on holding me hostage here Beauvillier?" She asks sarcastically and pulls away to finish the decorations.

"Yes ma'am. Can't have you leaving me here by myself anymore."

Y/N just laughs, but continues to finish the decorating.

"You're a man child Beau."

"But I am your man child."

There'll be scary ghost stories And tales of the glories of Christmases long, long ago

"How do you think they'll take us actually being a couple?" Y/N asks.

They finally finished decorating, cooking and preparing everything else for the next evening.  Now they're on the couch watching Hallmark movies.

"They won't be surprised. They've been wanting us to get together for years." Anthony replies.

"How much do you want to bet that they have a bet running on us?"

"I am one hundred percent sure they have a bet running on us, but do you want to bet on how much the bet is? I say probably two hundred." Anthony chuckles.

"I bet it's even more."

Anthony laughs and grabs the remote.

"What do you think about watching National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation? It's one of my favorites." He asks.

"I think that's a great idea." Y/N replies, "Do you think we could watch the grinch after?"

Anthony looks over at Y/N and smiles. He can't believe it.

It's finally working!

"Yes babe, we can watch whatever you want."

"Okay." Y/N nods, trying to hide her growing smile.

She never thought she'd want to celebrate Christmas again, but Anthony has made her see that there is still a good side.

Even if their relationship doesn't end up working out, she will be forever grateful for him helping her get her love for Christmas back.

It's the most wonderful time of the year

"Y/N/N! This place looks great!" Mat yells after he walks in the door.

"Thanks Barzy! I didn't do it all by myself though." Y/N replies as she walks into the entryway to greet Mat and Natalie.

She embraces Natalie in a hug first, then moves onto Mat.

"Looks like Tito got you into the Christmas spirit." Natalie comments.

"Yeah. I'm actually enjoying it a lot." Y/N smiles shyly.

Anthony finally comes out of the bedroom from taking a shower and walks into the living room with only his towel wrapped around him.

"Babe! Did you want me to start another load of laundry or should we wait until afterwards?" He shouts as he turns the T.V. on to play music.

After he doesn't hear a reply he starts walking to the kitchen, then he doesn't see her there either.

"Baby?!" He calls as he rounds the corner.

"Holy shit! No way!" Mat screams and slaps his girlfriend on the shoulder. "Nat, I told you! Where's my money?!"

Anthony and Y/N just stare at each other in disbelief.

"You two seriously couldn't wait another year?" Natalie asks before walking into the kitchen, with her boyfriend following.

"What the hell?" Y/N mumbles.

"So how much did we bet that they bet on us?" Anthony asks.

Y/N walks up to him and face plants into his chest. After a few seconds she bursts out into a fit of giggles, and he joins her.

"That is not the reaction I expected. I figured they'd be surprised." Y/N says.

"I told you they wouldn't be surprised, now just wait for everyone else to show up. I'm sure it will be the same."

There'll be much mistltoeing And hearts will be glowing When loved ones are near

The rest of their friends arrived for their Christmas party and things were in full swing. The couple had set up some games and they also had their annual White Elephant to do too.

Anthony and Y/N were alone in the kitchen picking up a few things while the others were out in the living room.

"So, what do you think?" Anthony asks as he puts some dishes in the sink.

"About the party?" Y/N counters. He nods, "I'm really enjoying myself. The games were really fun. The food was great. Of course I love our friends." She goes on.

"I'm glad you're having a good time. I know the holidays are rough for you, but thank you for letting me show you it's not so bad." Anthony replies.

Y/N closes the gap between the two and wraps her arms around him.

"Thank you for doing this for me. I'll always be grateful for you helping me get back into the Christmas spirit."

"You're welcome baby." He presses a kiss to the crown of her head.

Y/N pulls away slightly, so she can look at him,

"Beau, I feel safe with you. Like nothing bad will ever happen again." She whispers.

Anthony tears up and has to wipe his eye. Then he puts his hand on the back of her head and pulls her in for a deep kiss.

"I love you Y/N Y/L/N, and mark my words, you will be my future."

"I love you too Anthony Beauvillier. I always will."

It's the most wonderful time Yes the most wonderful time Oh the most wonderful time Of the year

When Push Comes To Shove [Ryan Yerbury] ⚠

Description: Y/N and Ryan are secretly dating, when she gets assaulted at work and caught in a bad spot the truth comes out.

Warnings: Physical and Verbal Assault.

Y/N and Ryan had been dating for a while, almost a year. They met on their first day of being trainees at Bondi Beach. Ryan thought she was beautiful right away and wanted to get to know her, but Y/N was a little more difficult. It took her a few months to warm up to him.

After their first date Ryan asked her to be his girlfriend and they've been together ever since.

The only thing is, no one knows.

They weren't sure if they'd get fired for being in a relationship with a coworker or if they'd have to break up, so they just didn't say anything and tried not to lead the others on to think they were together.

Y/N had just finished changing when she walked out of the women's room and was pulled around a corner.

She squealed a bit but when she realized it was her boyfriend she quieted down and slapped his arm.

"You can't do that! You gave me a heart attack." She whisper yells.

Ryan chuckles and hugs her tight. "I just wanted to see you real quick before we got to work. I missed you."

"I missed you too." She replies, before pressing a kiss to his lips.

"I can't wait for tonight. It's nice to hang out with you and the boys and not be at work." He mumbles into the kiss.

"Well I think after giving me a heart attack you owe me a drink." She smiles.

"I'll get you whatever you want sweetheart." He pulls her in for a kiss again, but this time they are interrupted.

"Y/N?! Ryan?!" Maxi yells as he walks around the locker rooms.

The two jump apart and start walking towards the voice. Maxi peeks up when he sees his cousin and his friend.

"Hey, there you guys are! You two are on South End." Maxi says as they walk to the tower.

"Okay, thanks Max!" Y/N says as she stops in the tower to put her stuff away and grab what they would need.

Maxi raises his eyebrow at Ryan and Ryan just walks away, ignoring his big cousin.

§§§

Y/N and Ryan were down by Backpackers Rip around four when a group of drunk, heated up men started acting up.

They kept going into the water, and both lifeguards had told them multiple times not to go out, and they'd been keeping an eye on the group, but when an injury pulled their attention, they took the opportunity.

A few of the men had gotten stuck in the rip and Maxi, Harrison and Jesse who had all come down for the injury all helped Ryan get them back in while Y/N was left on the sand to keep the rest out.

The biggest of the group walks towards the water and Y/N steps in his way.

"Sir. I can't let you in the water. You're intoxicated and you could drown." She says in a calm voice, trying to reason with the man.

"If I want to go swimming. I'm going to."

"You don't understand. I cannot let you in the water. You could drown and die and I will get in trouble." She explains.

"I don't give a shit about what happens to you. Like I said if I want to go in the water, that's on me." He gets in her face and she takes a step back.

"Sir, I'm just trying to keep you safe. There is no reason for you to get in my face." She says.

"Listen here you little bitch! Maybe a man should get in your face! Little bitches like yourself don't listen so you have to learn. You're a little girl. I can do whatever the fuck I want." He continues to get closer, but she doesn't move an inch. She stands her ground.

"If you're going to continue to act this way I will have you thrown off the beach." She retaliates.

"I'll fucking kill you, you fucking bitch!" The man yells and grabs her arm throwing her into the rhino.

Before he can do anything else the man is already being pulled off of her by Maxi and Jesse while Harrison calls for police and Ryan grabs his girlfriend.

"Are you okay?!" Ryan asks as he pulls her into him.

"I think so." Y/N says and wraps her opposite hand around where the man grabbed her. It was throbbing, and it felt like she had a cut on her leg, probably from landing in the rhino.

"Let me see." Ryan demands. He pulls her arm to where he can see it and his heart drops when he sees the hand bruised into her flesh already. "Y/N." He sighs.

"I swear I'm fine. It's just a bruise."

Hoppo shows up the same time the cops do and after a ton of questioning, Y/N insisting she's fine and refusing to press charges, the man is taken to the jail for public intoxication and for being a public nuisance.

Y/N is told to go home for the rest of the day and rest until later that night, she tried to argue, but ultimately gave up, so she got her stuff and said goodbye before going home.

§§§

Later that night after the beach closed the lifeguards made there way to the local bar and grill where they were all meeting to have dinner and drinks together. The lifeguards that weren't already at the beach were coming separately so Ryan had to wait to see Y/N.

He had been worried the rest of the day. He just had a bad feeling about something, but he wasn't sure why yet.

After sitting down he texted Y/N letting her know where they were at. She took a few minutes to text back.

Y/N Y/L/N

okay i'll be there in a minute.

Ryan knew Y/N wouldn't text and drive so she must've decided to walk. He checks her location and sees that it's moving a tiny bit every few seconds. He closes his phone and orders his drink.

Ten minutes had passed and Ryan was confused. Y/am said she'd be there in a minute and her location said that as well, so what was the hold up?

He subtly grabs his phone and opens up her contact. A few of the other guys had shown up and Jake, one of Y/N's best friends was also wondering where she was.

"She said she was a minute away a while ago." Ryan says.

"Maybe a few of us should go looking for her. She's never been here before, she could've gotten turned around." Jake replies getting up from his seat and grabbing his phone. Ryan, Maxi, Jesse and Glick get up as well.

They head out the door and start walking towards where her location last showed. They get a street away before they start hearing a man yelling.

"You got him put in jail! He didn't do anything wrong!" The voice yells.

"For the last time, I didn't press charges! He got arrested for being drunk and causing problems in public! Just like you assholes are right now!" Y/N exclaims.

She'd been cornered by the mans drunk friends. They were pissed and ready to hurt her. Like earlier, she stood her ground and tried explaining but there is no getting through to people like them.

The boys turned the corner and landed their eyes on their friend. She wasn't worried, like normal, but she was definitely outnumbered until now.

"Hey! Get the hell away from her now or we are going to have problems." Jake yells as he runs towards her.

Jake loved that girl like she was his baby sister. That is basically what she is. She grew up with him.

He gets between the men and Y/N and stares them down.

"What are you going to do about it?" Another man asks. "The little bitch needs her karma."

That pissed Ryan off. He didn't even think before his first went flying into the mans nose, causing a loud crunch and blood to start pouring out of the now broken nose. He didn't cool off after that, he looked at the rest of the men and glared. His eyes had gotten darker, he was seriously pissed.

"Leave my girlfriend alone or I'll kick all of your asses." He threatens. "Your friend assaulted her, he's a drunk piece of shit who hurt a woman. Do you guys want to be the same?!" He exclaims.

The men all seemed to take that to heart.

"We didn't know he hurt you." A man says.

Ryan walked up to Y/N and pulled her arm up for them to see.

"That's his hand print!" Ryan yells. He turns her around and shows them the large cut on her leg. "That's because he threw her." He turns her back around and pulls her into his chest. "Now are we going to have anymore problems or are you going to walk away and leave her alone?"

"I'm so sorry." The man Ryan had punched in the nose says and they all dissipate.

Glick and Maxi start clapping and Jesse eventually joins.

"Finally manned up and asked her out?" Maxi asks.

"Yeah. A while ago." Ryan smiles and presses a kiss to Y/N's head as she rests it against his chest with her eyes closed.

"We always knew you had a massive crush on her." Glick says.

"Wait! You're dating?!" Jake exclaims.

Y/N opens her eyes and looks at Jake.

"Yeah, almost a year." She says. Jake puts his hand to his chest, so she cuts him off before he can start. "We didn't tell anyone because we don't know if it's allowed." She clarifies.

"Y/N, Hoppo doesn't care as long as it doesn't get brought into work." Jesse chuckles.

"Well now that you guys know." Ryan trails off.

"Let's go back to the restaurant."

They all start walking and Ryan holds Y/N's hand.

"Are you okay? Are you up to go still? We can cancel." He says, giving her a worried glance.

"Babe, I'm fine. Like I was earlier. It's going to take a lot more than drunk, pissy men to tear me down." She assures him.

"Are you sure?" Ryan repeats.

"Yes." She laughs. "I just need a drink through."

"Whatever you want sweetheart."

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?"

Silent Night [Eddie Diaz] 🎄

Description: Eddie and his family spend Christmas Eve together and no nonsense is welcome.

A/N: This is sort of a additional part to "Prove It To Me"!

"Come on Chris. Let’s go get ready for bed." Eddie says as he notices Chris nodding off on the couch trying to watch National Lampoons Christmas Vacation.

Chris groans and sits up, rubbing his eyes.

"I want to see my baby first." Chris replies and grabs his glasses off of the side table.

Eddie helps his son off the couch and nods, "Momma took Hadley upstairs because she was getting fussy. If she’s awake you can see her, okay?"

Chris nods and Eddie picks him up to go up stairs. They turn into the nursery to see Y/N sitting in the rocking chair reading Hadley, who is smiling and cooing back at her mom, a book.

Eddie knocks on the door and comes in, putting Christopher back on the ground once he was by the chair the girls were in.

"We came to say goodnight." Eddie says, leaning down to kiss Y/N's forehead.

Y/N smiles and shifts the baby so there is room for Chris in her lap.

"Do you want me to read you both a book before bed?"

Christopher nods eagerly and Y/N wraps her arm around him to pull him into her lap.

She turns to the beginning of the book and says the title.

Eddie’s phone rings, causing everyone to turn their attention to it.

There had been a major incident and there was a possibility firefighters would get called in, unfortunately.

Eddie sees that his Mother is the one calling, so he groans.

"Dad, you don’t have to go to work do you?" Christopher asks, disappointed.

"No buddy. It’s your abuela. I’ll be back in a few minutes, okay."

He exits the room and answers his phone.

"Hello."

"Edmundo, it’s your mamá. I was wondering when you were going to bring your family home. The baby has been here for two months and we have yet to meet her."

He knew that this was coming. She’s trying to con him into moving back.

"Mamá, her name is Hadley. Y/N can’t just pack up and travel first of all, she’s a doctor. Second of all we’ve been short staffed at work so there’s a chance that I could get called in at anytime. Third, we are trying to keep Hadley contained to certain places and people. Flu season is running rampant and we aren’t willing to take any chances with flying." He tries to explain.

"Well what are we supposed to do? We can’t see our granddaughter? It’s not fair that you took of with Chris and now we can’t even meet her. Does she not like us or something?!" Eddie sighs and rolls his eyes, trying not to blow a gasket.

"What do you mean?"

"Your babies mother. Does she not like us?"

Eddie’s ears are steaming and he slaps his hand on the railing around the stairs.

"My daughters name is Hadley and my children’s mothers name is Y/N. Why can’t you say their names?!" He exclaims, "Y/N has never met you, why would she have a reason to not like you? Did you do something that makes you not like-able?" He pushes.

Eddie couldn’t figure out why his parents could never say Y/N’s name. It’s almost like they think they are above her and everyone else.

"Edmundo! How dare you speak to me that way!"

"How dare you call me on Christmas Eve, my baby’s first Christmas Eve and try to ruin my time with my family! Call me when you guys can grow up and acknowledge that Christopher isn’t coming back to you and I have moved on and created a life for myself out here." He hangs up his phone and runs his hands over his face.

After a moment Eddie looks at his watch and notices that it’s Christopher’s bedtime, so he makes his way back into Hadley's nursery.

A soft voice comes from the room, causing him to stop in his tracks.

"Silent night, holy night. All is calm, all is bright.

Round yon Virgin, Mother and Child. Holy infant so tender and mild. Sleep in heavenly peace,

Sleep in heavenly peace." Y/N sings, rocking her kids to sleep.

Eddie pokes his head in the room and smiles at the sight.

He knows he did something right now. Y/N is perfect and so are their kids.

"Silent night, holy night. Shepherds quake at the sight. Glories stream from heaven afar. Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia. Christ the Savior is born!

Christ the Savior is born." Y/N continues as she runs her hand through Christopher’s hair and rubs his neck.

Eddie continues to watch, just melting at the sight of the people he loves the most.

"Silent night, holy night. Son of God love's pure light. Radiant beams from Thy holy face. With dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus Lord, at Thy birth

Jesus Lord, at Thy birth." She finishes.

Y/N presses a kiss to both kiss heads and sighs, leaning further back into her chair.

Eddie finally comes into the room and sends her a bright smile.

"You’re amazing." He says.

Y/N giggles softly and shrugs.

"What can I say? I’ve got a natural touch."

"You most certainly do." He walks over and presses a quick, but sweet kiss to her lips.

"Is everything okay with your mom? You sounded pretty upset out there?" She asks quietly.

Eddie nods and lifts Christopher out of her lap.

"Everything’s okay. My mom is just being rude."

Y/N frowns, knowing she is the cause of it.

"I’m sorry that I can’t just go on trips without much notice, but you and Chris could go if you guys want. I don’t want to hold you back from seeing your family." She offers, getting up to put Hadley in her crib and make sure her monitors are hooked up.

Eddie shake his head no. "Absolutely not. This is my family." He circles his finger around the room, "And if my parents can’t accept that and respect our wishes and choices, I guess they’re not my family." Eddie says.

Before Y/N can say anything he walks out of the room and into Christopher’s room to put him to bed.

Y/N sighs, but stays with Hadley a little longer to make sure she’s okay for the night.

Eddie eventually makes his way back in and wraps his arms around Y/N’s waist so she can lean back into him.

"I’m not going to let them walk all over us and disrespect us at all. I’m tired of it happening and it won’t happen to you, Hadley, Christopher or myself anymore. I will cut off all contact and ties with them if I have to. I’m finally happy, I’m not willing to risk this."

Y/N turns around in his arms and wraps her arms around his neck.

"I love you, Eddie. Thank you for sticking up for us."

"Always, mi amor."