false god | k. severide [REWRITE]

two

ii. season one, episode two mon amour

"smoke eater in the house!"

emeraude and angela walked out to see herrmann walking towards them using a cane. the brunette grinned at the sight of the man and she let out a little laugh as the rest of the firehouse came out to see him. everyone clapped and cheered for him and angela was the first one to reach him.

"welcome back, herrmann." she smiled as she wrapped her arms around him for a hug.

"geez, man." otis said once they saw the cane.

herrmann looked down. "they ticked a nerve in my leg. i may not walk straight again."

emeraude frowned at the information and vargas looked to mills. "candidate, get him a chair!"

mills ran over and brought a chair over, he and vargas helping herrmann sit down. "thanks, kid." herrmann grunted. "ah, whoa, whoa, wait a second fellas, um, are any of my kids around here? my wife or her parents?"

everyone looked at him confused. "no, why?" otis asked.

"what the hell?" herrmann exclaimed as he moved his leg and stood to his feet as he jumped around. "i'm healed! oh, i'm healed! it must have been living with my damn in laws that was breaking me down!" laughter erupted around them and otis ran towards herrmann and slightly tackled him. "ah! all right, i'm not that healed."

"you ready to get back?" casey questioned him as chief boden and a brunette female joined them.

"yeah." herrmann laughed.

boden had a grin on his lips. "glad you're back, herrmann." he said. "we're a better house with you here."

"thanks, chief." herrmann nodded with a smile as he placed his arm around emeraude's shoulders and pulled her into his side, ruffling her hair.

emeraude rolled her eyes and tried to push him away from her. "get off me, herrmann." she said, although a large smile was on her face.

boden looked around at the firehouse. "uh, later on we're going to have a white board session about what happened in the darden incident last month." emeraude straightened up and her eyes flickered to casey and then to severide. "i expect you all to be there. but on another note, this is nicki rutkowski." he introduced the brunette. "she's going to be working with us next month, helping out with the payroll. her father is one of my oldest friends. we were in the navy together, so y'all just treat her like she's your very own sister." he trailed off slightly as he saw the way the men were looking at nicki, well specifically the way cruz was looking at her.

"thanks for having me." nicki smiled at the group.

herrmann nodded. "welcome. don't screw up the checks. the first and the fifteenth."