#connor rhodes drabble
Requested: yes
Published:November 11th, 2021
Pairing:Connor Rhodes x Reader
Prompt(s):none[my prompt list]
Warning(s):none
Word count:1.2k
Author’s note: I do not write for the One Chicago fandom anymore (maybe in the future if I find my way back to them but I honestly don’t have time to do so) this is a post long overdue (wrote this in June) and I’m soso sorry for the delay. Hope you enjoy!
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“Thank god you exist, honestly,” you said, stepping out of the fancy car your best friend is in possession. There are rarely people who would agree to be a first-class Uber for someone who smashed their car into a pulp. For months, the deal would go on, and Connor, if his wish for helping suddenly evaporated, would have no option but to continue to drive you around.
There were unspoken truths between you, truths neither side wanted to believe in fear of them not being well…true.
“What? Scared you wouldn’t find a decent chauffeur?” Asked Connor Rhodes, flicking on the locks of his car with his keys.
“I was thinking more Uber like,” you teased. “But chauffeur works too.”
His chuckle left a familiar buzz in your body. The usual: a racy heart, goosebumps and butterflies.
“Only you can demolish your car and act like you gave him a scratch,” Connor commented, holding the door open for you.
You brushed past him with a smirk, waiting until he too was inside the hospital before you began your move. “It’s a sign from the above, Connor.”
“What’s a sign from the above?”
That specific voice couldn’t be drowned out by the ER, even if one wanted it to be. Ava Bekker, a secondary CT fellow that spent most of her work hours with none other than Connor.
What could you say, you were a territorial woman. Though because Connor and you still labeled as friends, there was nothing you could do to prevent her claws from sinking into him.
You gave her your best disinterested look, accompanied by a polite smile. “That I should finally invest in a Mercedes.”
“Whaat? But I liked your Mini Cooper!” Connor feigned disappointment, scrunching his brows up adorably.
You went as far as to squeeze his cheek, all in good vibes. Ava’s eyes dug into your body, but you ignored it the best in your ability. “Anyway, I should get going. It’s Sunday, so there’s bound to be kids around here.”
“Wouldn’t want to be in your shoes,” Connor joked.
“Yeah, me neither.” Ava agreed.
You looked at her from the corner of your eye. Talk about a hidden meaning. “Okay, you two. No need to go off on us pediatric mortals.”
Your best friend laughed, pulling you in for a quick hug like he always did now that you didn’t spend much time brushing shoulders at work since he ditched the ER life for a CT fellowship. Connor gave you your jacket back, one that he was holding since you left his car, the gentleman, oblivious to the fact he was making Ava the real third wheel.
You felt victorious as Connor looked into your eyes, “Don’t leave without me.”
His jokes were the highlight of your day. You spoke up after he and Ava started to walk away, “Yeah, right! Like I have anything to leave with.”
Connor’s wink was the last thing you saw before he became a ghost.
***
When you decided to take a step back from pursuing your feeling for Connor, you felt as though a big part of your life suddenly felt odd. In the weirdest way, the slow-burn that was you showing truly how you felt for him was missed more than you expected it to be.
You watched from afar as the fellowship rivalry Connor and Ava were in possession of grew into a friendship, an alliance.
The car rides grew less frequent, due to you blackmailing your ER colleagues into driving you places, and when they did happen there was rarely any talk on your side.
Today, out of all of them, no one at the ER was free enough to drive you to your dentist appointment.
The fact didn’t go unnoticed by Connor.
He grabbed your sleeve before you could sneak out the back door and fetch a bus.
You were so stunned you couldn’t speak, instead letting the best friend drag you out like a doll. Your pompom covered hat was just hanging in your hands, as you were (as mentioned) too stunned to put it on. Ava Bekker could be heard behind you both, “Hey Connor, I was wondering-”
“Not now, Ava,” he said sternly, not turning around to look at her as he rounded his car with you in tow. Connor opened the door with precision and stuffed you in gently yet firmly enough for you to let out a yelp.
Your door smacked closed, and you couldn’t hear what he muttered to her as he jogged around the SUV to the driver’s seat.
Cold air rushed in as he crammed himself inside next to you, disappearing when he closed the door behind him. Connor flicked the car on, maneuvering out of his usual parking space with ease and aggression to match.
Not knowing what to do, you leaned in and quietly turned on the heating. Your cold feet were immediately enveloped with warmth.
You watched him from the corner of your eye as a smile tugged at his handsome features. It blinked with familiarity, “Why are you avoiding me?”
His question caught you off guard, “Um, what?”
Connor gave you a look, “Don’t play dumb with me. You’ve been avoiding me, and I want to know why?”
“Not letting you drive me around constantly doesn’t mean I’m avoiding you,” you told him, hating how your voice came out in the form of a squeak.
“It means exactly that,” Connor said with a little more decibel in his voice, “You don’t get to just back out of a deal. Not when-”
Then his voice evened out, and your brows came down into a frown, “Not when what?”
“Nothing.” He said quickly. Too quickly.
You waited until he took a turn to question him further, “You obviously wanted to say some-”
“Not when I love you!”
His confession was so out of place you had to blink back twice before regaining yourself, “Wow.”
“Yeah, wow,” he mocked, focused on the road because what better thing to do after confessing in a moving car, “Look we’ve been doing this dance for a long time now, and I know Ava put you off. I don’t want you to think she is even remotely important to me. I’m an idiot and-”
“Connor,” you cut him off, “Stop the car.”
“Stop the car?” He asked you, looking as surprised and confused as ever. “You want me to stop the car?”
“Yes, you idiot! Stop the car, so I can return my feelings!”
Never did you see someone park so fast before.
Connor wielded the steering wheel like it was a sword, maneuvering with impatient speed around the parking spaces. It took him a minute to turn off the car completely.
And then you pounced.
It felt as good as is you thought it would.
Kissing him was like a second nature. You pulled, and he came, you lead, and he followed. His hand found your cheek, and it caressed it until you were a pool of bottled-up emotions at his feet. The need for air came after a while, and you pulled away from him, flushed and with love in your eyes.
“I love you too.”
And then your whisper became an afterthought when lips clashed together again.
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Request: Can you do a Connor Rhodes x reader where the reader is on squad and no one knows they’re dating cause they wanted to keep it on the down low and she comes into the ED hurt and Connor looses it?
A/N: Hi!!! I’m sorry it took me so long but it’s finally here! I gotta say, when this request appeared I was so excited and now I can say that I’m so happy with the final result, almost 12 pages!! Can you imagine? I have never wrote something so long but the ideas kept flowing and at the end I finished with this monster made out of more than 4K words Hope you like it as much as I do!!!
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You woke up to the feeling of light traces on your back and a ray of light peeking through your curtains.
“How long you been awake?” you mumbled still with your eyes closed, savoring every second of this stolen moment.
“Maybe around twenty minutes, we should have closed your curtains a little better last night” he said in a low and husky voice, internally making you melt.
You loved moments like this, you and Connor, alone and tangled up in your bed just savoring each other’s company.
When you started dating, around six months ago, you decided it was best to keep it low key, a secret until you felt ready and stable enough to let the world know about the two of you, but, with the pass of time, you both found yourself very fond of keeping it all in private. You didn’t have to worry about noisy people or gossips everywhere you’d go.
Dating someone as important as Connor always brought along several consequences like living up to the Rhodes last name, being approved by his high – class father and being the object of jealousy of a bunch of other doctors and nurses who were constantly harboring a crush on the hottest cardiothoracic surgeon of the very prestigious Gaffney Chicago Medical Center and even when you were ready to deal with them all, truth to be told, along with avoiding all kind of uncomfortable situations, you wanted to keep as many memories and moments with him just for you.
Maybe it sounded a bit selfish but you already had to share him with the rest of the world when he was saving lives at the hospital so was it really too much to ask to just have a few moments with him now and then that only belonged to you two? You didn’t think so, especially not when you were finally getting ready to tell him you loved him.
You weren’t sure if 6 months were too soon or kinda late but neither of you had said it before because you both wanted to make sure it was truly how you felt when the time was right.
Just as you were about to ask him for 5 more minutes in such a blissful state, both your alarms started beeping, effectively breaking the quietness of the room and making you both groan, you weren’t ready.
“Time to go back to reality” he said stretching a little bit to get up.
“Do we really need to?” you pouted “I love having you here, just the two of us cuddling and watching a movie or cooking dinner or just talking”
“I love it too but we wouldn’t be able to afford half of that if we just stayed here” he said laughing a little bit and leaving a small kiss on your forehead before standing up. “Also, I know how much you love your job, being the only woman on squad 3”
“I hate it when you are right” you said now with a big smile, he was right, you were so proud of your job and how much you had accomplished, you were the only female on Rescue Squad 3 and one of the youngest to make it to the team, Kelly did it when he was 23, you were just a little bit behind with 25, it was really impressive.
30 minutes later you were both at your kitchen having some scrambled eggs, toasts and orange juice for breakfast, something “quick and light before going to save some lifes” as Connor liked to put it.
“So, will I see you tomorrow after your shift?” you asked
“Sorry, I can’t, my father wants to go have dinner, I don’t know what he wants but he says it’s important and I been trying to avoid it for a week now, I’ll just go so he stops calling me when I’m at the hospital”
“It’s okay, I’ll still have you all for myself this weekend” you said flashing him a big smile, you had waited for this weekend for almost a month when you made a reservation for a nice B&B outside Chicago just to celebrate your 7th month together far away from the chaotic life you both had.
“Just you and I” he finished before leaning to kiss you, sweet and slow but full of passion, it was amazing and it made you feel better about your decision, this weekend you were going to tell him you loved him.
You separated after a couple moments to take a breath before leaning your forehead against his, looking right into his eyes, taking in the silence of the morning and the man in front of you, your heart swelling with nothing but pure love and raw happiness, you never had felt like this before.
“Now I think I’m ready to go” you said smiling at him and pulling apart to take the dirty dishes to the sink.
“Well, that’s not fair because I’m the one who’s not ready now” he mentions while he stands up to go to you and hug you from behind, his arms sneaking around your waist.
“That’s a shame sir, because if we don’t go now we both will be late” you said playfully as you turned around in his arms to wrap yours around his neck. “So go grab your coat and let’s head out” you firmly stated leaving a peck on his jawline.
“Yes ma’am” he added before laughing a little and head to your door, you close behind him.
All the way to the parking lot of your building you joked around and enjoyed your last minutes together, his hand never leaving yours until you are in front of your car.
Before you could reach for the door, he grabbed your arm and turned you around to leave one final kiss in you lips, one hand on your waist, the other going directly to you cheek to deepen the kiss.
And just as sudden and fast it all happened, it ended leaving you breathless and a complete mess in front of him. He knew the effect he had on you and he loved to take advantage of that, so without any other word he opened your car door for you, gave you a final cocky smile and left to his car.
Frustrated you got into your car and closed your door, maybe a little bit harder than you should but making sure Connor heard before leaving the parking lot.
15 minutes later you were outside the firehouse getting ready to walk in to start your shift.
“Hey (Y/L/N), ready for another day on the job?” Kelly said from out your window.
“Hell, yeah!” You said as you stepped out your car and you locked it before heading inside with Kelly by your side telling you all about his latest date, him being one of your best friends.
The morning went by slowly, only a call around noon about a multiple car accident that needed the whole team to get the victims out of the wrecked cars but that had been all the action you have had all day, it wasn’t common to have days that quiet and it had everyone nervous about it, it was a bad sign.
You had spent most of the day playing around with the guys, chatting with the girls and beating the squad’s ass playing Monopoly, you had a bad feeling about this day in the pit of your stomach but you pushed it away and tried to enjoyed the free time with your friends.
The day was almost over, the night slowly coming down and you barely had started to relax when you heard the alarm went off letting you all know an apartment building had caught on fire and you were needed.
You all quickly suited up and drove to the fire as fast as you could, ready to face whatever was coming your way.
5 minutes later when you arrived, you knew you had been right all day long, this was bad. There was actually two buildings, 10 stories each and both on fire and for what you could see there was many people still inside.
Immediately Kelly and Matt started shouting orders and organizing everyone to go inside on a primary search, still unaware of how many people was actually inside and under what conditions, the fire growing with every second.
As soon as the squad got into the first building, Capp and Tony stayed on the first floor and you followed Severide to the second floor.
“Fire Department! Call out!” you yelled going into the first apartment, quickly making your way through all the rooms, all empty.
You went outside and met with Kelly on the hallway, him going into the third apartment and you entering the fourth were you were received with some coughing coming from the back.
“Fire Department! Call out!” you yelled again trying to figure out the origin of the sounds while making your way to the back.
“Help! I’m in the bathroom”
Running to the bathroom in the master bedroom you noticed that the ceiling was collapsing and the debris was blocking the door so you started to remove some of the bigger pieces and throwing them to the other side of the room, just enough to make room to open the door.
“Come with me” you yelled to the woman once you managed to open the door “keep your head down and do not take the wet cloth from your face, well done”
Once on the hallway you noticed Kelly guiding a family towards the stairs to exit the place when Capp called him, he needed some help on the third floor since Tony had taken a couple outside.
“Go, I got them” you yelled taking the hand of one of the members to guide them through the smoke.
Once you were all out you took a moment to change your oxygen tank while everyone was being treated by the multiple ambos waiting for the victims, all of a sudden you felt a tug on your arm and you turned around to see a crying woman in front of you, a teenager close behind her.
“Please, you gotta help, my baby is inside, I live in the 9B”
“Ma’am, you need to calm down, we are going to get him but you need to stay here”
“Please, help me!” she yelled.
“Brett!” you called Silvie “please, help me. Take care of her while I go inside for her baby”
Once the woman let you go and you made sure Silvie got her you ran inside straight to the third floor.
“Kelly, there’s a baby on the 9B, I’m going up”
“Wait for me! I’m coming with you” he said taking his hooligan with him “Capp, Tony, I’m going with (Y/L/N) to the ninth floor, we’ll make the search from top to bottom and we’ll meet at the middle”
“Okay, Lieutenant” they both replied before going into another apartment.
7 floors above you and Kelly splitted to each cover two apartments on the tenth floor, all being empty so you both descended to the ninth were you knew at least someone was in.
As Kelly took care of the 9A you knocked down the door to the 9B and went inside directly to the back were you could hear the baby crying. It was a relief knowing the baby was still alive.
You could see the fire was getting worse and you all really needed to hurry to take everyone out so the bomb could take charge of the building, there was just to many to do and just for a moment you let yourself get worry, maybe you weren’t enough.
You almost got lost in your train of thought when you suddenly heard Kelly calling for you.
“Back here, the baby seems okay but we need to take him out immediately”
“Go, I’ll finish the floor”
“No, you are faster, take the baby out and I’ll finish here, I’ll see you on the 8th” you said taking the baby and handing him to Kelly, his arms instantly taking the baby and putting him close to his body. You could see the hesitation on his face but you had no time for that “Go!! Now!! Take him out, I’ll be fine”
He knew he couldn’t argue with you so he handed you his hooligan and ran outside as fast as he could to leave the baby and get back to you, the same bad feeling everyone had the entire day settling on his stomach again.
Once you made sure the whole floor was empty you went down to the 8th, trying to move as fast as you could but making sure no one was left behind.
The flames were growing and you feared Boden was going to call you all out, that was one of the worst possible scenarios you could picture because it left you without any chance to save everyone.
Luckily, the 8th floor was empty, most of the doors already opened from when all the residents left and you could quickly moved to the 7th, only two more to go to be able to leave the building.
You met Kelly on the stairs, letting him know it was all clear from 10th to 8th so he could report back to Boden.
Once again you both separated, both knowing the routine you had to follow.
You were inside the 7B when you heard a loud noise above you, barely having enough time to look up before the ceiling collapsed over you, knocking you down and letting you unconscious.
Kelly had just left 7A when he heard the loud thump of the ceiling falling down, stopping in his tracks trying to figure out where the noise was coming from when he heard something ten times worse, your pass alarm signaling you hadn’t move in the last 20 seconds.
Running to the sound of the alarm beeping, he found you under a big pile of wrecked ceiling.
“Capp, Tony!” He yelled through his radio “I need backup on 7th, (Y/L/N) is down”
From where he was he could see it was bad, your leg trapped and your whole torso covered by a lot of wreckage. Starting to work to get you out as fast as possible he started to took the ceiling that was at the top to eventually get to you, two pairs of hands suddenly helping him.
They all moved around you, taking everything out as fast as they could in the limited time they had, a minute later only your leg left to be freed.
“Alright, lift that final piece over her leg so I can slide her out” Kelly instructed to the guys positioning himself above your head and grabbing your arms to pull you out.
It was heavy and Capp and Tony had to pushed a little harder to lift it enough for your leg to pass but a few seconds later it was over, each of them grabbing one of your legs to help Severide take you down were Silvie and Gabby were waiting for you to arrive.
Everyone was already outside, the truck had finished with the other building and the last two floors you had missed and the bomb was taking charge of the fire, all in silence wanting to know more about you but unable to enter to your rescue in case the weight was to much for the structure on fire.
It was a general relief when the squad came out through the door with you in their arms, setting you on the gurney and giving the girls space to work, they going in professionally to make sure you were properly treated, opening your suit and checking your vital signs.
They put a collar around your neck and immobilized your leg to transport you to the Med, getting help from Kelly to put you in the ambulance and hopping in to go with you, never leaving your hand.
After losing Shay, he swore he would do everything in his power to never lose anyone again, specially you, you had came when he most needed it and offered him a sincere friend, someone who never judged him and was with him through thick and thin.
“She’s going to be okay, Severide, we got her just in time” Gabby tried to assure him, knowing what was going through his mind.
She was about to say something else when your heart rate started to go wild on the monitor, catching her by surprise and making her jump to her feet immediately.
“Start CPR now!” She yelled to Kelly “I need to intube her, Brett hurry!” she said while taking the equipment she needed to make the procedure, completely focused on her task to put the ambu bag as fast as she could.
“I got in! How much longer, Brett?!” she asked worried.
“We’re two minutes away, they are waiting for us”
Once you arrived it was crazy, Gabby letting the doctors know of your situation, starting with possible ribs and right leg fractured as well as a dislocated shoulder, while April and Ethan started to wheel you into Trauma 1 on the ED, leaving Gabby, Silvie and Kelly outside.
Connor was just leaving the OR ready to take on another patient when he saw you, all bloody and unconscious being moved to a trauma room, his worst nightmare becoming a reality just in front of him.
“What happened?” he yelled going behind you ready to take action.
“The ceiling collapsed, Dawson and Brett just got her in” Ethan informed unaware of the real state Connor was in, trying to hide his emotions as best as he could. “We need some x - rays and maybe a CT scan to make sure there is no internal bleeding” he was going over the routinary examination when a single sound send shivers down Connor’s spine, a flat line on the monitor.
“She’s crashing, charge the defibrillator to 150 and send one epi in” he said as the nurses laid her completely down and started with chest compressions again.
“Charged to 150” April handed Ethan the defibrillator and applied some gel to it before he used it.
“Clear” he said before shocking you once and waiting for a second “No change, charge to 200”
Connor was watching the whole scene going unfold right before his eyes, the rage going through his veins faster than the team who was trying to bring you back to life. He turned for a moment to take a breath when he saw Kelly standing at the doors of the ED.
He wasn’t sure what controlled him but he went straight to Kelly and pushed him to the wall grabbing him by his collar, face to face and ready to fight him.
“You were supposed to take care of her! Where the hell were you when this happened?”
“What the hell?! Back off!” Kelly said pushing him back, as angry as him because he had no idea what he was going through “What the hell do you care?!”
By now, everyone’s eyes were on them, their voices the only sound of the room.
“What do I care?! She is my girlfriend, you idiot, and she trusted you with her life!” Connor replied, not caring anymore of your secret. Everyone stayed silent for a minute, the revelation causing a big shock among the presents, that’s when Connor realized something and all the anger faded away, leaving him all weak and desperate. “She is my girlfriend and I love her” he finally whispered “I can’t lose her… I can’t lose her, damn it!” his mood swings were insane, he didn’t really know how he felt, it was all mixed up, he was angry, sad, desperate, hopeless, stressed, it was all too much.
Just when Kelly was about to say something, the gurney from Trauma 1 was being wheeled out, a bunch of nurses, medical equipment and Dr. Choi behind it going straight to the OR yelling instructions to the whole team.
“What happened?” Connor ran behind them “What’s going on?”
“We need to take her to the OR, we got her back but she has some internal bleeding going on. We’ll take charge of the rest after we control it” Ethan said before the elevators doors closed.
He felt lost, he couldn’t do anything and it was killing him, stumbling he entered the break room and broke down on the couch, his hands to his face hiding the tears that wanted to spill from his eyes.
“She is going to be okay, she’s a fighter after all” Will said sitting next to him and patting his back.
“She better be because I don’t know who I am anymore without her” he said in a low voice, afraid it would break if he spoke louder.
“Why you never told us anything?”
“At first was we wanted to make sure it was the real thing, you know? But then she just loved the privacy of it all, having little dates on new places where it was only her and I and no one knew about us, the Med’s surgeon and the newest squad member, you know? She just wanted to keep it all away from our crazy lives and dangerous jobs” he finished letting out a sigh.
“It really sounds like her” Will added laughing a little “I don’t know her that well but we have talk a few times at Molly’s, she is so sweet and funny and so open all the time but it’s annoying because at the end of the night you still don’t know much about her. You’ll only know what she wants you to know” he said remembering the few nights you had spent with the whole ED team, having a beer and getting to know everyone.
Now it all made sense, you were getting to know the people who Connor worked with.
The sound of Connor’s laugh broke the silence for a moment, taking Will by surprise, it was just odd considering the state of the man just a few seconds ago.
“Yes, she is like that. You don’t know how much effort it took me to get her to say yes to a date, it was all worth it though” he laugh again, Will joining him this time “Will, she’s the most amazing woman ever and we’ve been together for the last 6 months and I’ve been the happiest man ever since we made it official. This weekend we were going somewhere special, you know? She had it all planned so we could go away for a couple days and just be away from the chaos of the city, she was so excited and now we won’t be able to go”
“Don’t worry, you’ll go, maybe not this weekend but I bet that in a month she will be good to go”
“You can’t promise me that”
“I can, I’m sure of it because right now she have the best team of doctors taking care of her, and she doesn’t let anything stop her from what she wants, isn’t it right? That’s how she got into squad 3 in the first place and how she managed to keep your relationship a secret for over 6 months. She is unstoppable, Connor, I know she will be fine”
“Thanks, man. It’s really nice to hear it” he finally said after a moment, taking Will’s words in.
“I have to go but I’ll come back later to check on you”
Will left and there was nothing more to do than wait, it was awful. Standing up again and breathing a few more times he exited the room and went to the wait room, there was one more thing to do.
“Hey, man, I’m sorry” he said standing in front of Kelly “I just… I lose it when I saw her lying there. I know it wasn’t your fault”
“I didn’t know you were dating, she never said anything”
“I know” Connor said taking a seat next to him “She wanted to keep it all a secret. Could you… could you tell me what happened?"
"We were on a big fire, two building, 10 stories each. A woman told (Y/N) her baby was in the ninth floor so we went up to get him, I asked her to take him out but she send me instead, said I was faster and I didn’t want to argue with her so I went. We met back at the 7th doing our primary search and we splitted to cover each 2 apartments, the fire was getting worse and when I was about to catch up to her I heard the sound of the ceiling collapsing, it fell on top of her so the rest of the squad and I rushed to take her out. She was just on the wrong place at the wrong time”
“Thanks, for taking care of her and bring her as fast as you could”
Hours passed and you were still in the OR, the tension on the air was palpable and everyone was on edge, the whole firehouse already there waiting to hear news about your state.
Mrs. Goodwin quickly heard about the delicate situation so left Connor without duties for the rest of the day, he wasn’t in the right state to keep attending patients so he was as nervous as the rest, so when Ethan walked through the door of the wait room it was like a blessing. Everyone immediately stood up to approach him, Connor and Kelly right at the front more eager than anyone.
“She is still sedated” he said knowing they were her family “we put her shoulder back in place and she’ll have a cast for the next 6 weeks on her right leg, we were able to fix all damage and stop the internal bleeding but she’s still dealing with a couple broken ribs which will make a it a little harder to breath but she’s fine. We’ll have her under medical observation for the next couple 48 hours but you can go see her now”
“Go” Kelly told Connor “We’ll go after you” he added with everyone behind him nodding their heads.
“Thanks”
Once in your room it was a hard vision to watch, tubes and machine all connected to you but it all went away when he saw your eyes fluttered open.
“Hey, babe, I’m here, you are okay” he said grabbing your hand.
“Connor? What’s going on?”
“You had an accident but you are all fine now, the guys took good care of you. (Y/N), I… I’m just glad you are okay, for a moment I thought I would lose you and I wouldn’t be able to tell you how much I love you” he whispered looking you in the eyes, tears once again forming in his eyes but this time it was all relief.
“Connor, babe, you are not going to lose me, not ever” you reassured him giving his hand a gentle squeeze. “Not when I love you so much too” you added blushing a little and a smile coming to your face “I wanted to tell you this for a while now and I was waiting till our trip to make the perfect moment, guess that’s out of question now”
“We just made our perfect moment, you and I and all the beeping of the hospital machines” he said making you laugh but quickly regretting it, your ribs making it difficult.
“That’s so not fair, it hurts” you said giving him a light punch to his arm.
“I love you though” he winked at you and send that cocky smile from earlier this morning, the memory feeling so far from where you were now.
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