A Chicago PD Au fanfiction | Hollow

Fortyeight

I wake up by Dr.Rhodes entering the room. He's holding a tablet and comparing stats from the tablet with the ones that are on the monitor, as he always seem to be doing when I wake up.

"Sorry if I woke you up" He says.

"I was awake anyways" I lie.

He sit down at the end of my bed and place one of his hands on the the blanket, where my shins are. I don't see him as my doctor who's just being overly nice and close. I see him as a really good friend and maybe a little bit as a father figure. When I'm at the hospital he's the one taking care of me, not only by giving me medical treatment but also by spending time with me and doing things that a doctor wouldn't do but what a parent or a friend would do.

"I have some good and some bad news" He say.

Of course there are bad news, there are always bad news.

"Good news are, since you 'only' have a slight concussion, some cracked ribs and are pretty banged up; you are free to leave the hospital but we do suggest against it" He says.

"And the bad?" I ask, followed by a sigh.

"Bad news are that the rules of your parole says that you need to be supervised at all times no matter if it's by a person or by a tracker but since I have no tracker nor any right to put a tracker on you, you must stay at the hospital during the days but you can come home with me during the evenings, nights and mornings or stay here at the hospital 24/7. And the second thing is that we, meaning I, will personally force the pill down your throat if that's what it takes for you to take your medication" He says.

I grab one of my thousand pillows and throw it at him "I hate you" I say. I try to keep my face straight but he don't have to look at me for too long before my lips curl into a smile.

So both find it funny and laughs at it briefly.

"So, are you staying here or coming home with me?" He ask.

"Any place is better than here" I reply.

"My shift ends in twenty minutes, I'll come by then. You have some clothes in the bag over there" he says and leave. 

-

Exactly twenty minutes later he comes by my room and show me the way to his car. It takes roughy fifteen minutes to get to his apartment that is on the third floor. 

The first thing I notice with his apartment is his couch. It's big, looks comfortable and nice. I do have my own bedroom back at Voight's house but I like to sleep in the couch just because it's so cozy in some way.

"Dibs on the couch" I say.

"No, you take the bed" he say.

"No thank you. Your house, your bed. I prefer the couch in my own house too, don't think I'm taking the couch to be polite" I say.

"You my friend have cracked ribs and should not sleep like a cheese doodle in the couch, take the bed" he say.

"If I don't get the couch, nobody does, we share the bed" I suggest.

"Share?" He ask skeptically "you are taking the bed and I the couch, end of discussion" he finishes.

I sigh "fine, but only because you're being nice and letting me stay here" I reply.

In that moment, there was a knock on the door.

"I don't expect any visitors" he says.

"Neither do I" I say.

The moment suddenly became thousand times more tense. We walk slowly to the door and I let Rhodes peek through the hole. I'm waiting for him to tell me to hide or take cover, but he never does.

"It's for you" he say and start to go back to the couch where our discussion took place.

I open the door to see no one else but my favorite Theo. I let him in.

"How did you find me?" I ask.

"I'm FBI, I find whoever I want" he say.

"I'm having a hard time trying to figure out whether that's creepy or not" I say.

Theo takes a few more steps into the apartment.

"Dr.Rhodes?" He say.

"Yeah?" Rhodes says, stands up and go to Theo.

"I was wondering if you would let me take her for tonight, let her stay at my place" Theo say.

"I don't know if that's a good idea, I promised Voight to keep an eye on her" Rhodes say.

"I figured I could take her to a late dinner, then crash at my place and go through the case tomorrow. You know, in a clam environment" Theo say.

"I'm sorry, I promised Hank to not let her go with anyone, that means you too" he say.

"Okay, I respect that" Theo says and start to leave.

"But feel free to come in, I'll give you two some space"