Kelly sighs, glancing at his watch for the fifth time. "Where are you?" He mutters, under his breath. He could see that everything was parked, yet Evan still hadn't appeared despite his shift having ended nearly thirty minutes ago. In the two weeks he'd been in LA and had to pick up Evan from work, he always appeared within five minutes of his shift ending. With another sigh, he starts to open the door, only for the passenger door to open.
"I know, I know. I made you wait." Evan says, the words nearly slurring together with how fast he's talking, door slamming shut after the fourth word.
"It's fine, I was just worried something happened." It's then that he looks at Evan and his heart stops. He has a black eye and a busted lip, that hadn't been there the last time he had seen him. "What the fuck happened?" He can't even try to control his anger, not when it looked like Evan got hit a few times and he had no way of knowing if he had any other bruises or marks on him.
"A guy on our last call, he was pissed and I was trying to clear room for Hen and Chim to work and he didn't take me interfering well."
Kelly grabs his jaw gently, turning his head. "And no one stopped him?"
"They did after a few punches, no one had realized what was going on. It was nuts."
"Where were the cops?"
Evan shifts, with a wince. The older man was used to more hands being on deck in Chicago from cops always being on scene and bigger crews. "They hadn't arrived yet. A neighbor called in, we arrived first and then the cops did. When they got there, they immediately arrested the guy."
"Good." He moves his hand to Evan's neck, squeezing gently. "Do I need to take you to the hospital?"
He shakes his head, "I'm okay. I'm off until the bruising heals up though."
"Thank god for small mercies." Kelly mutters, under his breath, taking his hand away so he can start the car.
"You really hate the LAFD, don't you?"
Kelly glances over, "I don't hate them, but I don't like them. Do you?"
Evan shrugs, "I think they have a few problems, but I also think I got spoiled with the CFD."
He nods, switching lanes. "Are you up for a talk later?"
"Yeah, I'm up for it." The car fills with silence as they continue the drive back to Evan's apartment.
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