Brett & Casey: I'm Here

WARNING: This story is centered around domestic violence. Nothing too graphic is mentioned, but if that is a trigger for anyone or hard for some to read, please don't.

Hi, everyone! Happy Chicago Wednesday! I'm so ready for tonight's episode. How about you all? As included in my warning above, this story is centered around domestic violence. Nothing too graphic is mentioned, but if that is a trigger for anyone or hard for some to read, please don't. I promise I haven't forgotten about 'Brett & Casey: Recovering', I will try to have an update out soon for that story.

Enjoy and stay safe and healthy, everyone! Thanks for reading!

How did she let herself get here? This wasn't her. She didn't let people walk all over her, control her, or abuse her. She was Sylvie Brett. She's had a gun held on her multiple times and has beat death, but why did she let this happen? Was it her fault? Did she do something or say something that she shouldn't have? Did she see this behavior from the start and just ignore it? Did she encourage it? No, this wasn't her fault...it was his.

It all started about a month ago when she met him and they started to get close. She knew it was soon but she just had to move on from the Matt situation. She couldn't sit around and cry and mope about it any longer. He was still in love with Gabby and that was that. She had to move on so why not with someone who seemed like a Prince Charming ready to swoop in and save her from all the troubles in the world. Right? Was she wrong for moving on and trying to be happy?

"Hey, Sylvie, what are you and Grainger gonna do this weekend?"

Sylvie looked up from her locker and smiled at her friend, "Oh, I don't know. I think we're just gonna stay in and watch movies or TV. What about you and Kelly?"

Stella shrugged and rolled her eyes, "Please don't talk about that man. He has been getting on my last nerve here lately."

Sylvie laughed and closed her locker. Neither of them noticed how Matt froze when he walked into the room and heard Greg's name.

He didn't know why, but he couldn't stand that man. There was just something about him that didn't sit right with Matt. It never had, and especially now that he was seeing Sylvie.

He tried everything in his power to let it go and watch her be happy, but he couldn't. He wanted to be with her more than anything in the world and he just couldn't let her go. He gave her the space she wanted and tried to work through his own problems, but it was just too hard to let someone he loved go.

When he saw Greg and Sylvie together for the time he wanted to puke. Everything in his body went cold. He felt like a metal rod had just been shoved through his heart. He watched her smile and knew that it was over. She was happy and had moved on. There was no more room for him.

But, he couldn't accept that, and probably never would. Yeah, he may not have her and he would have to live with that, but he couldn't let Greg Grainger have her. No way. There was something about him, and Matt knew it. He didn't know how to explain why he felt the way he did about the man, but there was something about his smile and the way he would grab and hold Sylvie when everyone was around.

He tried to look into him and had Kelly ask a couple of his people but nothing turned up. As far as they and everyone else knew Grainger was the perfect Prince Charming Sylvie described him as. Or was he?

"Hey, maybe we should go to Molly's tonight. I think everyone from the firehouse is going to be there, and Stella said that she would save us a couple of the new beers Herrmann and Mouch ordered from the shop across town."