Copnapped

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The first time they met, she had him pinned against the wall in minutes. That smart mouth of his always gets him in trouble. No man could get away with touching her ass, or looking at it for that matter. If Erin were to think about that moment now, she would laugh. That was the defining moment, the moment when everything changed. She hadn't ever had her own partner, not since being a rookie. It was her and Voight, no questions asked. Nobody dared question the relationship between the pair of them. They might have had assumptions, but they were never voiced.
Until Jay Halstead entered her life, she had noticed him from the beginning, any woman in her position would have. The difference being, she knew how to practise admiring from afar, when she walked up those stairs, she left her personal life behind, professional was what she strived for. It was the only way to survive in a place like this.

She knew in her heart that she would never be able to do it, date someone on the job. There was only a certain amount a girl could take, the job was demanding enough. She didn't need that stress outside of the badge. She'd told him that, the night they nearly kissed. She saw it in his eyes, he was hurt but he understood. She hated being that girl, the one who put everything into her work, but stepped into a completely different life as soon as her firearm left her pouch. She never wanted to be the kind of woman that shut herself off every night, not wanting to think about the bad, bad things she'd seen that day. But she had to, she wouldn't cope if she didn't.
The look on his face haunted her at night, when she closed her eyes and tried to forget the world. There he was, disappointed because of her. She hated it. They'd been through so much together, so many memories she wanted to forget, but she couldn't because he was in them and her mind didn't want to forget about him, it wasn't fair on her, it wasn't fair on Kelly or Jay but that's how it was.
She had a system, one that seemed to work. She knew what nights Jay would head to Molly's. Those were the days they stayed in, ordered take-away and made out to the sounds of the television. Despite whatever she felt for Jay, she was Kelly's girlfriend, and that wasn't a position she took lightly. She was serious about the handsome fireman, and he was serious about her. This was good, this was exactly what she needed, what she wanted.

The last time she saw Severide he had been rushing off on a call. She'd kissed him gently and off he ran. She remembered watching him race off with the other truck guys, just another day on the job, working like he did every other day, now all she could think about was whether or not she'd see him rush off to work again, if ever see him again at all.
It was a blur after that, the case was the last thing she could think of right now, not when her life was hanging in the balance. Sore and sorry she sat there searching for hope.
The room was dark, with only a small lamp in the far corner keeping their vision alive. The rope was fight against her wrists, her arms ached from being strapped to the arms of the chair. The only thing they could hear were the sounds of each other breathing. Erin tried kicking her legs in an attempt to loosen the binds around her legs. The idea was better in theory than in motion. She groaned, loudly.

Halstead turned his neck, he couldn't move too much, he couldn't turn around to face her. Their backs were against each other's, funnily enough this was the first time they'd been this alone in a while.

"Erin." He whispered, unsure of anyone listening in. She stopped her quest for escape, closed her eyes and sat there limply.

"What?" She growled, thrashing her arms around again.

"You're going to tire yourself out." He warned her, tapping his fingers against the end of his chair arm. He stared at the grey stone walls that surrounded them, he was trying to figure out exactly where they were.

Erin ran her tongue over the split in her lip. It stung, she gasped. She wanted to get these guys, she wanted to get them really badly but she knew Jay was right. She needed to calm down.