#mattcaseyminiseries

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You settled into the routine of being a family of five fairly quick. It was complete chaos but you loved it. Matt, however got himself stressed when he was left in charge of all three girls. To his dismay, little miss Ellis did not follow her older sisters in being completely besotted by their dad in the beginning. Nope. She was a complete mommy’s girl. So when Matt was left with all three girls he had a hard time pasifying Ellis if she was in one of her moods.

However, as Ellis turned six months old her character completely changed. She still needed her mom, but she soon turned on the charm towards her dad. Which he of course, loved.

Being on maternity leave meant that when Matt was off of work he got to spend it with you. Whilst on maternity you had gotten yourself into a routine. Instead of driving the girls to school you now walked them to school. One to try and get the girls out of being driven everywhere and also for you to help get rid of your postpartum belly. Ellis loves her morning walks, especially if they meant dropping by to see her daddy.

“Girls, come on. We’ll need to walk at double the pace if we’re gonna make it” you shouted up to them, hoping it would hurry them along.

As you got Ellis ready in her pram you heard their footsteps running down the stairs.

The back door lock was turned by Matt before picking up the girls school bags, “Right family, lets go drop these monsters off at school!” He exclaimed causing an eruption of giggles. You honestly adored how Matt was with your babies. Never in a million years did you think you’d end up being this lucky.

The walk was fairly uneventful, the sun was out but not too hot, which you were thankful for because the girls loved to moan about the heat. Soon enough the school gates were in sight and before they could run off to see their friends Matt grabbed them for a big hug.

“Daddddy!! No slobbery kisses” Ainsley screamed with laughter.

“Nope, you get all the slobbery kisses. Soon enough you’ll be a teenager and won’t even speak to me. So I’m getting all my kisses in now” he laughed out, tickling them both.

“Mommy help!” Ellen shouted making you laugh. You pressed the break on the pram before joining in on the family hug.

“Nope. I want my kisses too” you joined in, cradling Ainsley in your arms like you did as a baby then proceeded to plant kisses all over her face.

You could see other parents staring at you, but you honestly couldn’t care. Matt was right, soon enough they’d be teenagers sneaking out and barely even acknowledging your existence. So you took these moments whenever you could.

“Okay okay, you guys better run before you’re late.” You kissed their heads before sending them off. Matt stood behind you, arms around your waist resting his chin on your shoulder, both of you watching as your girls joined their friends with big smiles on their faces.

The peace was broken by Matt, “I think we should go for ice cream.”

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The room filled with cheers and congratulations from everybody. You felt a huge sense of relief now that it was out in the open to your closest friends. Watching Matts face was priceless as everyone congratulated him on being a dad again. Every single pregnancy he had been your rock and once again he was being your everything. Finally you got round to speaking to your big brother who still looked shocked.

“Baby number three huh?” He laughed as he hugged you.

“I know right, I don’t know what’s crazier. The fact I got pregnant or the fact that I’m going through with it?”

He took ahold of your shoulders with both his hands and stared you right in the eyes, “There’s no one I could think more capable of handling this better than you y/n, you’re the best mom ever. Those girls are my favourite little humans ever and I can’t wait to meet my littlest niece.”

“Im just worried about how the girls are going to adjust to the new arrival.”

He hugged you into his side, “Don’t worry, they’ll be fine. Plus they have their favourite uncle and auntie Stella to give them all the extra love!”

You laughed, “You’re their only uncle doofus.”

“So! I’m still their favourite. Anyways, I’m going to see how Casey is going to handle being well and truly outnumbered by four girls!” He kissed your head and then disappeared to grab Matt for their famous cigar chats.

-

At twenty two weeks you were well and truly showing. You were convinced that this baby was in fact a baby elephant. You’d never been this big before. Work was still enjoyable at the moment anyways. However, when you were out on tough calls you couldn’t help but notice everyone being a little overprotective.

As PIC you had to make all the tough calls and usually ended up in the sticky situations due to your own actions. But now you were being watched closely by everyone because you were pregnant. Which of course, infuriated you. At least Sylvie had the common sense to not even question your judgment as she had made that fatal mistake when you were expecting Ellen.

The alarm bells knocked you out of your day dream and as you were getting into the ambulance you heard a “Be careful!” Being shouted at you from over the apparatus floor. Which you of course ignored.

When you guys arrived you noticed a man who looked to be unconscious on the ground. You of course parked up and ran over. Immediately assessing the situation you realised that the man had been shot.

“Pass over some packing Sylvie; there’s only an entry wound.” You explained, knowing that you’d have to pack the wound until you got him to hospital.

“61 to main, requesting assistance as our victim looks to be shot. No signs of a shooter.”

You knew that Matt would be listening to the radio as he usually did when you were out on a call. You hoped that dispatch would send patrol quickly.

As you guys rolled him on to the back board ready to lift him onto the gourney you suddenly felt a cold object press against your head.

“Make a noise and I swear to god I’ll put a bullet in you,” the man spoke with a low serious tone.

“We need to get him to hospital” you barked back feeling your protective instincts kicking in.

“Y/n, just do as he says, please.” Sylvie pleaded. You two had been in a similar situation before and your temper had gotten the best of you.

“Listen, I don’t care if you shot him or not. But we’re taking him to the hospital whether you like it or not. Now I suggest you put the gun away and move aside or-“

You heard the gun being cocked and you felt your insides drop. Fuck. This is really not the time to a hormonal asshole.

“Bitch I swear to god, once more word-“ with that sirens could be heard coming in your direction and he suddenly grabbed a hold of you. He had you pressed against his chest with his arm around your neck, gun still pressed to your head.

“Come any closer and I will shoot this bitch!” He shouted at a now full scene of truck, squad and the police.

You instinctively looked for Matts face which looked like a mixture of pissed off and worried.

You mouthed, “I love you” to him which he shook his head, refusing to believe that anything bad was going to happen.

“Dude, just let her go! She’s done nothing wrong,” Kelly shouted, you could hear the desperation in his voice.

The guy started to panic now because he was quickly being surrounded.

“You’re running out of options. This is either going to go two ways; you get shot or you let go of me and walk over there and be arrested. What are you gonna choose?” You spoke with a shakey breath. The fear was really starting to kick in now.

The police were trying to bargain with him but he wasn’t having any of it. He eventually decided to make a run for it but pushed you to the ground as he tried to make his escape. There was a lot of noises and chaos surrounding you. Before you knew it, Matt was by your side asking you a dozen questions at a time.

“I’m fine, Matt, I’m fine, just help me up,” you grumbled at the pain in your lower back.

He helped stand you up and begun to check you over for any injuries.

“Babe, are you sore anywhere?” The questions were flying at you which completely overwhelmed you.

“Matt! I’m fine, now just let me do my job” you shouted, dusting yourself off.

“Y/n, you can’t be serious?” Kelly questioned.

“Chief, I’m fine. Please just let me get back to my job and I promise to get checked out at med.” you pleaded, wanting everyone to stop worrying.

“Stella goes with you just in case.” He ordered.

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Being a mom to two wild girls and being a paramedic at firehouse 51 was hard work. But, when you had Matt Casey by your side, it was worth it. You didn’t think life could get much better. Apart from the odd tough shift at work everything seemed pretty perfect. This was until you had started to throw up for the fifth day in a row. Could it be? No, you’re on the pill. Maybe something you ate? But c’mon, five days worth of food poisoning? Luckily, you had managed to hide it pretty well. Matt bless him, was a little bit of a stress head so this was the last thing he needed.

“Bye girls! Behave for your grandparents and remember to do your homework tonight!” You shouted your farewell to your daughters Ellen and Ainsley who were coming up for five and seven year’s old. When you had found out you were pregnant with Ellen your parents had decided to move closer to you and Matt to help out with the new arrival. Which was a godsend. Although all of 51 offered to help, they still had their own lives to lead including your big brother Kelly. You and Kelly shared the same mom but had different dads. Even so, you were Kelly’s double.

“I wonder what chaos they’ll cause today,” Matt joked as you jumped in the passenger side of his truck.

“Lord only knows Matt” you laughed back as you two headed off to shift.

Like clockwork 11am came around and you were desperately running to the bathroom to throw your guts up.

Fuck it, let’s take a test.

You knew there was one lying around somewhere as the medic from second shift had panicked last month.

Ten minutes had passed and you were terrified to look. Could you guys handle a third mouth to feed? What about work? The girls? Matt? Would he even want another child? Did you? All these questions were rolling around your head.

With a deep breath you grabbed the test and looked.

positive

Fuck.

You didn’t have time to process the news as there was an alarm call for Ambulance 61.

It was the middle of the night and it had been a pretty quiet shift. Everyone was asleep yet you were sat in the common room wide awake. Unsure of what to do next. You heard footsteps and turned around to see a sleepy Matt standing at the doorway.

“Everything okay?” He asked before a yawn interrupted him as he walked over to join you on the sofa.

Just tell him you thought to yourself.

You turned to face him and he instinctively took a hold of your hands which instantly comforted you.

“Baby, I don’t know all the facts but there’s something I’ve got to tell you.” You could see his brows knotting together in worry.

“I’m pregnant” the words just blurred out before you could figure out a delicate way to put it.

He just smiled. He looked terrified but he just smiled at you.

“You sure?” He asked after a minute of silence.

You just laughed as you nodded. “I took a test this morning and I’ve been throwing up for days so yeah I think I’m sure.”

“Another baby” he said slowly as his grin got bigger.

“Are you happy about this Matt? Because I can’t get my head around it. We’ve gotten into a nice rhythm with the girls and with work I just don’t know if we’ll fit it all in?” You started to babble as the panic in your belly began to increase.

“Hey, baby, we’ll get through this. I’m pretty excited if it’s what you want? I’ll maybe get a boy this time!” He exclaimed, you could already tell that he was ecstatic with the news.

Smiling at your happy husband you scooted over and leant into him finally feeling sleepy. You two had sat this like many a time at work whether it be pondering over a shift or talking about your current children. Matt instinctively placed his hand on your tummy like he did the last two times making you smile. The world felt peaceful again now that you got it off your chest and before you both fell asleep you broke the silence with,

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Your twelve week scan had gone well, your little peanut was coming along great. You hadn’t told anyone yet because you wanted to be out the danger zone before celebrating. There was also the girls to think about. Sylvie had started to suspect something was up with you as your weird eating habits had come back. She remembered vividly with Ainsley just how many weird combinations you out together which disgusted the guys at the firehouse.

You two were just coming back from being out on a call and had stopped for burritos on your request.

“Two burritos y/n? Everything okay?” She was being half serious but half joking.

“Well, I’ve been keeping a secret. But you have to promise not to tell anyone and especially do not let Matt know that you know” you held out your pinky for a pinky promise. Even at 32 years old, a pinky promise was the was to bind a promise.

She completed the promise ritual and looked at you expectantly.

“I’m pregnant.” You spoke softly before taking a bite of your burrito.

“I KNEW IT!” She shouted jumping in her seat making you laugh.

“You have to swear you won’t tell anyone Sylvie.”

“I promise! This is so exciting y/n, maybe you’ll get a boy this time,” she joked.

“That’s exactly what Matt said.”

-

The girls were still at school and you had spent the morning with Matt cleaning out the office he used for his construction business to make room for the new arrival.

“You know Matt we could always put the girls in Ellen’s room and the baby could have Ainsley’s so that you can still have the office?” You offered, you hated him feeling pushed out

“You honestly think little miss Ellen would cope with having Ainsley in bed room 24/7? She’d have a melt down. Plus, I was thinking of moving my desk into the garage.”

“Only if you’re sure!” You forgot how difficult things became when you were growing a human. It was unusual to you being breathless just doing the simplest of tasks hence you took a break.

“I think people are starting to notice.” You spoke, waiting to hear what Matt thought.

He paused and turned to look at you, “Yeah, Kelly asked me yesterday if everything was okay with you. Said it was your period.” He joked.

“At least Boden knows and hasn’t blown the secret like he did with Ainsley. Although, we’ve only got two weeks to find out the sex so we can tell the girls.”

You guys had decided to pay for a private 16 week scan to find out the sex a little earlier so you could do a cute reveal to the girls and well, everyone.

It was killing you not being able to tell people and you were super surprised at Bretts ability to keep quiet. You thoroughly enjoyed being able to talk about it with her in the ambulance because being truthful you weren’t as excited to begin with about it, but now you can’t wait for everyone to know.

“Well, Matt, I think we’ve done enough today. I think we should celebrate with a nap.” You suggested as you held up your arms for him to help you up.

“I think I have other ideas,” he smirked as he scooped you off the floor and carried you to your room and started to undress you.

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Matt sat anxiously in his office waiting on you. He knew you better than he knew himself which infruriated you. He knew that you’d need to cool off and calm down. But he also wanted to see you and the bump to make sure you guys were okay. He took it as a good sign that no one had been in contact with him, until his phoned vibrated on the bed.

Sylvie - hey matt, we’re heading back to the firehouse. she’s been checked over and everything is fine. stopping for donuts! p.s. she’s very emotional so don’t give her too much of a hard time

His heart broke at the thought of you being upset without him there to comfort you. You were his greatest love and the best thing to walk into his life. You came in and turned his world upside down. Even from when you were just Kelly’s little sister, you al2ays had a way of brightening up his day. You popped the question two years into the relationship on the 29th of February, completely taking him off guard. Which he loved. You gave him what he had always wanted; a family. He loved his daughters with his whole being. They were his world and he couldn’t wait to meet his little peanut.

He heard the ambulance pull up on the apparatus floor and charged his way through everyone to meet you. But you had jumped out before Sylvie parked up to come apologise. You guys ended up bumping into each other in the corridor. Instantly you threw your self into his arms and broke down.

“I’m so sorry Matt,” you cried out hugging on to him tightly.

He shushed you as he squashed you in his tight embrace. Kissing you on the head, he took a step back and wiped his thumb over your face to remove your tears.

“As long as you’re both okay, then everything is okay.” He said smiling, but you could see a tear threatening to fall. You once again thrust yourself into his chest, your safe zone. You both stood there embracing each other in perfect silence.

Boden had secretly phoned your parents to see if they’d bring in your daughters for tea to brighten your spirits, which of course it did. The silence of the common room as everyone watched the TV was broken when all that could be heard was the sounds of heavy footsteps and giggles.

“Mommy!! Daddy!!” Both girls ran through the apparatus floor and into the common room searching for you both. Once they’d clocked you sitting on the sofa beside Mouch they launched themselves onto you. Which you enjoyed and laughed with them but it was ruined by Matt shouting,

“Girls for heavens sake be careful!” They immediately sat still, taken aback as their dad rarely raised his voice.

“Matt, calm down, I’m fine. Everything is fine.” You quickly reassured the girls with the beginning of a tickle match causing the common room to fill with laughter. In the midst of all the laughter you hadn’t realised that Matt had stormed off.

“Girls, why don’t you show everyone your dance that you made up? I’m sure they’d love to see it!” You needed them to be distracted so you could go find your sulking husband.

Everyone looked so eager to watch them perform in front of the Blackhawks playing. But they also understood what was going on so allowed it.

As you entered the bunk room you saw Matt strong at his desk with his head in his hands. You quietly walked in and gently rubbed your hand in his back to comfort him.

“Honey, are you okay?” You asked with a voice full of worry.

He sighed and sat up to look at you, “I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have shouted at them. But after today I just, ugh, I just don’t want anything to happen to you or our baby.” You could see that he was finally processing what had happened today and it was crushing him.

“I know. But the girls don’t understand. They were just happy to see us. I promise you that me and little peanut are completely fine, okay? So stop stressing. We’re all good.”

He just nodded, his head sinking lower into his frame.

You reached under his chin with your hand to bring his face up to meet yours, “you know I love you, right?” You asked before kissing him softly.

“I do.” He smiled up at you, before he could say anything there was shriek of “MOM!” Coming from the common room which caused you both to bolt through. The panic was dissolved quickly when you saw Kelly lying on the floor with his legs stretched out in the air and Ellen balancing on his feet like an aeroplane.

“Mommy look, I can fly!!!” She screamed with a huge smile across her face.

“You guys are crazy!” You laughed out.

“My shot daddy!!” Ainsley shouted grabbing Matt’s hand and dragging him beside Kelly.

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Your due date was one week away and you refused to go off on maternity leave because why would you, right? The baby isn’t here so therefore you still should be at work. Luckily enough everyone knew this would happen as you refused to go off the times before. But Chief was prepared this time and had a relief medic in doing some induction days with you and Sylvie before you went off to bring your third daughter into the world. This infuriated you even more because you were just instructing and helping Sylvie gain confidence in becoming a temporary PIC. You missed being in the thick of all the action.

It was the middle of the night and the bells went off calling for truck, squad and ambo. Everyone was still waking up as they rushed to their vehicles, but you however had been up for two hours due to your baby doing dances in your belly, meaning you were wide awake so you insisted that you would drive. When you arrived on scene you could see a multi vehicle collision. All three paramedics rushed to the three cars and begun their assessments, you included.

In your car you had a trapped child, who was around seven years old screaming because her leg was caught. Instinctively you crawled into the cramped backseat and begun to work on the little girl.

“Hey sweetie, my name is y/n, can you tell me yours?” You asked smiling at the terrified child.

“My name is Ellis.” She whispered out.

“That’s a beautiful name Ellis, can you tell me where the pain is?” You went through your usual checks and put a neck brace on the girl before backing out of the car for the guys to work on getting her out. All this action had caused you to get breathless but you worked through it. Ellis needed you.

“Y/n you okay?” Kelly shouted over to you noticing you were taking a moment.

You nodded before giving him a thumbs up and springing into action.

Not before long you had dropped off your patients at Chicago med and returned to the firehouse. Exhausted wasn’t even the word to describe how you felt. Everything ached, from your neck to your feet to your back. You went to pee before joining everyone for breakfast but as you stood to wash your hands a sudden pain emerged in your belly and before you could process it, your water broke.

“Fuck” you laughed out. How typical.

In between breathing and hobbling through to the common room you shouted for Matt but he was too ingrossed in the bickering between Stella and Cruz to hear you. Until you stood at the door and screamed out in agony at the contraction. Everyone stood still and turned to look at you.

“Matt I swear to god I am not having this baby in the firehouse,” you screamed out holding onto the door, with your knuckles turning white.

Matt rushed to your side and supported you as you made your way to the ambulance. “She could have waited until I’d eaten those scrambled eggs,” you laughed out squeezing Matts hand.

The whole way there Matt was by your side, making you laugh through the contractions even through all you wanted to do was make him feel what you were feeling. Every pregnancy you had managed to block out this part. The excruciating pain, but oh man it was so worth it. By this point you were in the maternity ward in med waiting on Matt to come back with ice chips.

“Okay y/n, you’re only 7 cm dilated so we can’t move you until you’re 10.” Your nurse spoke softly, knowing you knew the routine as she had helped you with all your labours now. In too much pain to reply you just nodded.

*Seven Hours later *

“She’s perfect Matt.” You whispered, holding your brand new baby girl in your arms with Matt looking in awe at you.

He just smiled, trying not to cry, “She’s perfect in every way.”

“What shall we call her?” He asked, kissing her softly on the head.

He began to rattle off the list of names you guys had thought of when you whispered out, “Ellis”.

“Ellis? Isn’t that the name of the girl you rescued from the crash today?” He quizzed.

“Yeah, she was a really sweet girl.” You said, not taking your eyes off of your new baby girl.

“Ellis it is.” Matt stated smiling at you.