#outersurf

God, he hates hospitals. “I gotta get out of here.” But every bit of him is in pain and he can hardly move without feeling like everything’s sluggish and moving in slow motion.

“i know.” spoken with a small smile and a shrug, as if it was nothing. to you it was. “people do things for their friends even when they don’t need to.” though, considering you barely know her it could be a bit of a stretch to call her a friend. “it’s no sweat.”

it’s a question he gets asked a lot. he understands why some people may feel the need to ask such a thing, but the answer is obvious to him. “do i need a reason to care?” he’s always been like that, always worried so much for everyone other than himself. “can’t i just care?”

A step closer, and then another step, until he’s in front of her. Hands are placed upon her hips and then he’s jerking her closer to him. “Right here? Really? Not that I’m complaining but - pretty sure we’re breaking all kinds of laws here if we go through with this. You sure you want to do this here?”

“Oh, that’s right!” A mock gasp of realization, a teasing smile curling the corners of her lips upwards. “Your type is a certain tall handsome firefighter, I almost forgot.” Oh, she’s not fooling anyone! Everyone sees how she looks at Severide. Well, mostly everyone. She’s definetly falling for the guy.

“What’s getting a bit out of hand? Are the boys up to their stupid pranks again?” Or is this something else? Something more personal? Something more serious? “Or is it something else? You can talk to me, Savanah.”

“Are you kidding me? Of course you are.” Savannah has been nothing but good enough - so where is this coming from? The woman is kind and she cares a lot - he’s never seen someone care about the ocean like she does. Not to mention - the girl can cook. What’s NOT good enough about her? “Where’s this coming from?”

“i mean, you’re older than me, so i feel like you can’t take offence to me calling you kid.” words come out with the slightest of teasing smirks, though he’ll try to look innocent anyway. “but alright, i’ll call you something else... adult? mom? old lady?” smirk grows, and suddenly he’s not even trying to look innocent anymore.