Halstead Brothers

Don't You Dare Die

*Requested by anon on tumblr; loosely tied to CPD season 5 with Jay's spiral. AU*

It had been a normal day at the hospital. The ED was booming and Will and Natalie had barely had a moment to breathe.

"Feeling ok?" Will asked when they finally got a minute to eat.

"Yea," she smiled giving his hand a squeeze.

Will couldn't help but return her smile. She made him happier than he ever thought possible. Life with her and Owen was much more than he ever imagined. Maggie came up and whispered in Natalie's ear.

"What's up?" Will asked once she was gone.

"I gotta go. I'll catch you later," Nat said nervously tossing her lunch.

"Natalie," Will said grabbing her arm to stop her. "What is it?"

"A patient. I've got to go Will."

"Who? Why didn't Maggie say something outloud?"

Natalie let out a sigh knowing she couldn't keep this from him. "PD called ahead and is bringing in a detective but didn't say which one. If it's Jay you know you can't work on him," she started.

"Like hell," he said getting up and running for the ED with Nat right behind him.

Natalie gave Maggie an apologetic look as Will ran out to wait on the ambulance.

"Look alive people. PD in the house," Maggie called out as she saw the ambulance pull in.

Will jerked the doors open, Nat right beside him as Brett started rattling off vitals.

"What happened" Will shouted as he applied pressure to a shoulder wound.

"Car accident. Hit a pole head on. He was driving," Brett said sympathetically.

"He's crashing," Will yelled as they hooked him up to monitors. Will immediately started chest compressions as Nat shouted orders for the nurses. Maggie paged Conner to the ED stat knowing it was going to be hard to get Will out of that room.

"Dammit Jay! Don't you dare die!" Will cried as he continued chest compressions.  Conner rushed in assessing the situation as Natalie used the defibrillator on Jay's chest. Will continued chest compressions trying to keep it together before Nat shocked him again. 

This time his heart started and Will let out a sigh. "Let me," Conner said taking over moving Will out of the way. 

"Come on," Maggie said gently trying to lead him out of the room. 

Will barely nodded as he kept his eye on Conner working on his little brother. "He can't die Maggie, he can't," Will whispered. 

"Hey! Hey! Look at me," she said grabbing his chin. "Jay is not going to die, you hear me?! We are not letting that happen." 

Will gave her a nod and sank into a chair behind the counter so he could continue watching Conner work. "We haven't told him yet," he said shaking his head at all the times they'd planned to meet up but hadn't yet. Jay either caught a case or Will and Nat were always working. "He's been pushing himself so hard lately and I've just let him," Will sighed running his hands through his hair. 

"Jay's strong Will. It will be ok," Maggie said reassuringly before getting back to work. 

Will had known his brother had been struggling since Mouse had re-enlisted and Erin had disappeared to worlds unknown. He knew he'd been butting heads with Voight more often than not, and he also knew Jay wasn't always working a case when they tried to meet up. He'd been trying with his brother, he thought, but now he was questioning everything.