Manstead (Dr. Natalie Manning x Dr. Will Halstead) one-shots; requests are open.
Warning: may contain spoilers for any of the four "Chicago" shows. One-shots' lengths vary.
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"And you throw your head back Laughing like a little kid I think it's strange that you think I'm funny 'Cause he never did I've been spending the last eight months Thinking all love ever does is Break. and burn, and end But on a Wednesday In a café I watched it begin again" .....................
"Do you know what Helen said to me?" Natalie asks Will incredulously.
"No," he answers, distracted by the patient information displayed on the table he holds in his hands.
"She told me I should move on from Jeff." She looks over at him.
"Why would she tell you that?"
"I don't know. It was after," her voice falters, "after I lost my ring."
He looks up from the tablet, wide-eyed. "Nat, I'm so sorry."
Natalie regains her composure. "I don't know how she could say that!"
"It's beyond me." He looks back down.
They enter Trauma One together, walking through the sliding doors side by side.
"Hi, I'm Doctor Manning," she starts, looking at the young brunet male lying in the bed, "and this is my trusted coworker, Doctor Halstead. We'll be taking care of you today. What's the problem?"
"He's broken four bones in the past month!" Screeches the mother sitting by the boy's bed. "All the doctors say, 'it's nothing, give him some calcium!'"
"Okay. Let's have a look at the scans April ordered," Will said, trying to calm the angry woman down.
Will and Natalie both look over the scans' results, then go outside to converse.
"Osteoporosis," they say at the same time.
"What will the mother say when we tell her that some calcium could fix the problem?" Natalie asks cheekily, biting her lower lip.
"She'll be mad. She'll yell and say that we're 'just like the others' and once she gets it in her head that everyone she saw was right, she'll apologize. Happens every time."
She smiles. "You make me so happy. Maybe I am ready to love again."
Slightly taken aback, but still wanting her to know he welcomes her, Will agrees. "I'm sure Jeff would've wanted you happy."
Natalie leans in to kiss his cheek, then heads back inside Trauma One.
"Doctors! No PDA!" Maggie shouts, smiling from the counter acting as a centerpiece to the ER.
"Thank you, Maggie," Will says lightheartedly, shooting her a look.
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