#Cold Storage Racks

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Heavy duty racks are useful when the business management needs tough equipment that can accommodate large amounts of goods and burdensome weight. To cater for maximum load utilization of the racks these are designed to be very strong and durable and are made from materials such as steel meant for bearing maximum load in warehouses factories and other retail outlets.

Consequently, these racks can be arranged in several different ways due to flexibility, ideal for warehousing palletized products, industrial tools, or miscellaneous products in bulk. This enabled them to make the best use of vertical space thus businesses saw a significant improvement in efficiency through improvement in the storage area.

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[vampfucker666]

room rearranging journey. Unfortunately i started getting fucking sick today. so. last pic is what i will be forced to leave it at for a while. not particularly happy about that !!

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10 Essential Tips To Buy Supermarket Equipment That Help To Start Your Supermarket

Are you a franchisee or manager of a supermarket and do you want to equip your store? If you are setting up your supermarket, important decisions will need to be made. Without a doubt, Supermarkets equipment is the most important element when carrying out an assembly or store opening project.

In the market, you will find several essential items for the enterprise to grow and function properly. But, the main equipment cannot be missing when setting up supermarkets.

In this post, we will talk about the importance of choosing the right supermarket equipment and how it can help make processes more agile, in addition to optimizing results. Furthermore, we will point out the items that cannot be missing for the business to be successful and explain why they are so important for you to achieve the desired success.

Do you want to discover how to acquire quality equipment for your supermarket? Continue reading!

The Importance of Choosing the Right Equipment

It is very important to know how to choose the right equipment to be part of the supermarket, as it can speed up processes and improve results. These establishments are characterized by self-service, that is, people enter and make purchases without needing the help of a salesperson to fulfill their desires. Therefore, it is necessary to have a minimum structure that allows receiving customers and processing payments.

The Main Benefits of Supermarket Equipment

Among the main factors that lead to the success of a business is supermarket equipment. A well-equipped store conveys the security of a structured establishment, as well as favoring other points, such as:

Optimizes time to carry out tasks

Automates internal processes

Allows growth in employee productivity

Optimizes inventory

Accelerates sales and increases sales, therefore and

Builds customer loyalty

Certainly, when a customer enters a well-equipped store, with machinery in perfect condition and clean, there is an immediate feeling of trust. This way, it becomes easier to structure marketing campaigns, strategies, and sales actions to attract even more audiences.

Top 10 Essential Equipment For Your Supermarket

1. Gondolas

Among the supermarket equipment are gondolas, which will have a strong influence when it comes to selling. They must be throughout the store. The main function of the gondola display rack is to display the product in the sales area. In addition to displaying merchandise, gondolas also decorate store spaces and should be strategically located within the store. When thinking about supermarket equipment, the shelves need to be highlighted. Knowing how to organize products on gondola shelves will certainly directly influence your results.

2. Scales

Without a doubt, one of the first pieces of equipment that comes to mind when talking about supermarkets is scales. Scales are necessary for several sectors of the supermarket, such as butchers, produce, and bakeries. And if there is something irregular, in addition to losses, it can lead to problems with inspection. Therefore, this is one of the supermarket equipment that must be chosen carefully.

3. Frozen food refrigerator

These are important items that should be considered in the list of supermarket equipment, as they act directly in the conservation of various foods and drinks. When purchasing this equipment there are two points to pay attention to: energy consumption and how defrosting is carried out.

Always choose equipment with an energy-saving label. As it is a device that will always be on, without the label your costs will be higher. Look for the A seal on the equipment, this shows that it is more economical.

4. Fruit and vegetable display

Fresh fruits and vegetables are key to attracting customers. But how you display them matters just as much! Choose vegetable and fruits display rack that showcase your produce effectively, while also keeping it fresh and inviting.

 

5. Supermarket shelves

Optimizing shelf placement is very important in your store. If you want to tempt your customers with products they wouldn’t have thought of, put essential items toward the back of your supermarket and make some products hard to find. Consumers will then be forced to browse all the supermarket shelves and will be able to buy more than what they came for.

6. Barcode reader

The barcode reader has become essential among supermarket equipment. After all, it makes service more dynamic, helping to provide faster service. It would be difficult to think of a supermarket without a barcode reader, right?

Furthermore, the barcode reader reduces errors in price and merchandise records. Before the barcode reader, the cashier had to make the records manually. Therefore, errors were more frequent.

7. Sealers

Sealers must be used to package cold cuts, proteins, and other products. Many supermarkets adopt vacuum packaging procedures to obtain added value in their offerings. This is a differential that can be adopted to separate vegetables and other foods into predetermined portions to increase sales opportunities.

With this equipment, supermarkets become more organized and the presentation of products will attract the attention of consumers. Generally, portions of 1 kg are separated to facilitate the acquisition of goods, and calculation standards are used to produce packages measuring 20 x 30 cm.

8. Cash register

The cash register is used to control the inflow of financial resources into the supermarket. With it, transactions are carried out quickly and without losing the credibility of the operations. It is also important for protecting and organizing physical banknotes, as it is a machine that has numerous functions and can be connected to computers using software.

9. Shopping trolleys and baskets

There are various types of trolleys for supermarket and can therefore be adapted to the types of products in your business. Based on size, capacity, and type, you can buy a wide range of shopping carts for your establishment. During the shopping, people will use the carts to carry their items. In addition, you will find self-service shopping trolleys for your food stores, garden centers, DIY stores, etc.

10. POS Display, point-of-sale Advertising

It is used to promote all kinds of products and can take various forms: Poster, display, flag, or even stand, or column. Its objective is however always the same: to encourage or even trigger the act of purchasing.

POS systems also boost efficiency. Imagine faster checkouts, reduced errors, and improved employee productivity. Plus, many systems integrate with your existing accounting software, saving you time and ensuring data accuracy.

Search for Partners for Supermarket Optimization

As you can see, these are the 10 pieces of supermarket equipment that cannot be missing to boost your business. Purchase only quality equipment and search until you find the best on the market. Some companies, such as Global Automation Ltd, offer differentiated technical assistance and excellent cost-benefit solutions to their partners. We have many years and have the structure for complete assembly of supermarket equipment. We send designers and architects capable of optimizing your space and achieving the best possible design to attract customers and boost sales.

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Our slotted angle racks and plastic pallets ensure versatile and resilient storage options. Partner with us for top-quality storage products, including industrial pallets and vegetable display racks that cater to diverse warehousing needs. As a supermarket rack manufacturer and display rack for shop provider, we help businesses optimize space and improve customer experience. For cable management, our cable tray manufacturer services offer reliable solutions. Additionally, our warehouse storage solutions and plastic pallets provide robust support for various storage applications.

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Juli's Heavy-duty Cold Storage Stacking Rack

The cold storage stacking rack is composed of a chassis structure and four upright poles. The upright poles of the Cold storage stacking rack are made of round tubes and can be disassembled. The chassis is welded by square tubes and angle steel, and has a solid structure. The Cold storage stacking racks for sale are made of high-quality steels as a whole, and their surfaces are electrostatically sprayed, which are environmentally friendly and beautiful. The size, style and color can be customized.

The Advantages of Cold Storage Stacking Rack

The cold storage stacking rack adopts a three-dimensional layout, which can make full use of the cold storage space and increase the storage density of goods in the warehouse. The Metal cold storage stacking rack design takes into account the carrying capacity and stability of the goods, ensuring the safety of the goods during storage and handling; and the design of the Cold storage stacking racks for sale is scalable and can be adjusted and expanded according to the actual needs of the cold storage. Cold storage stacking racks adopt a classified storage method, which can classify and manage different types of goods, facilitate access and inventory, achieve rapid access and transportation, and reduce inventory costs and operating costs.

Specification of Cold Storage Stacking Racks for Sale

Outer Dimensions（mm）

Inside Dimension（mm）

Color

Surface Treatment

Load Bearing（kg）

Material Quality

1200*1200*1200

1080*1080*950

Blue/Orange/Customized

Electrostatic Spray Molding

1000

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1000*1000*1200

880*880*950

Blue/Orange/Customized

Electrostatic Spray Molding

1000

High-Quality Carbon Steel

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High-Quality Carbon Steel

FAQ of Cold Storage Stacking Rack

1 Are cold storage stacking racks suitable for all types of cold storage?

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Yes, cold storage stacking racks are highly versatile and can be used in low-temperature storage, freezer storage, etc.

2 What is the maximum load-bearing capacity of cold storage stacking racks for sale?

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The load capacity of cold storage stacking racks ranges for sale from 1 to 2 tons, and they can be used in multiple layers.

3 Can the metal cold storage stacking rack withstand freezing temperatures?

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The Cold storage stacking rack can withstand freezing temperatures, and low-temperature environments do not affect their overall properties.

4 What materials are cold storage stacking racks for sale made of?

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Cold storage stacking racks are made of high-quality square tubes, round tubes, and angle steel materials.

5 Can the cold storage stacking rack be adjusted to accommodate different items?

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The metal cold storage stacking rack support customization and can be adapted to different products.

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Our Cold Storage Rack System, painstakingly crafted for orderly and effective storage solutions in low-temperature settings, will increase the effectiveness of your cold storage. As a trusted provider, our cutting-edge cold storage rack systems offer superior performance for various applications. These racks are perfect for a variety of industries, including food storage, pharmaceuticals, and more. . Our Industrial Racks and Storage System are highly demanded in the market due to their optimum efficiency, utility, and durability. The Racks manufactured is assembled from the top quality. With our cutting-edge Rack Storage System technology, you can maximize the use of available space in your cold storage facilities while maintaining high standards of quality in all storage solutions and efficient operations for your products and materials.

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[mcondance]

an “i love you” that isn’t words

Spencer’s love for you is evident all around you.

warnings & notes the rumors are true i love tøp and spencer reid! anyways fluff but still MDNI 18+, title from shy away by twenty øne piløts, do not listen as you read. inspired by the lyric it’s titled after. real freaks only (people who love love), reader may or may not be autistic i don’t know if you feel it you feel it! reader is a bit shorter than spencer, writing fluff is becoming less and less out of character for mcondance

1.1k words (what…….)

Spencer’s apartment is still, save for the solitary body making its way from room to room. Music floats from his turntable— you remember having to tell him to store his records vertically. Even that super mind of his didn’t contain the knowledge of what happens to records if they’re stacked on top of each other. So he stood them up, and he made room for your records as your collection slowly began to find a new home. 

The desk by the door is littered with both yours and his papers, and trinkets that belong to both you and him, Spencer’s lamp, and a really weird looking lamp you got off EBay more than a few years back.

One of your blankets is thrown over the back of the couch, infusing some color into the deep browns and reds of his living room. The small table in front of the couch holds your tattered copy of the book you’ve been reading since you were 12 years old. It looks like something you can’t describe, something that’s been with you for a decade now lying on your boyfriend’s table. Poetic, maybe.

Your stacks of books have long since married with his. To anyone else, it’d look like a library, but to you both it’s not enough, not enough. 

“We’re gonna have to rent a storage building,” you deadpan, staring up at the ceiling in bed.

“Yeah,” he agrees, letting his head fall toward where you lay beside him. “But what if there’s a book we want to read but it’s in the storage building? Then we’d have to drive over just to get it—”

“And we’d get distracted like we always do so we’d be there for hours.”

“It’s unproductive.”

“Horribly so.”

You’re not sure who breaks the faux-formality first. Either way, you both end up laughing with sparkling eyes fixed on each other, and a giggled agreement to just let the books continue to pile up. 

“I wouldn’t mind living in a library,” is what Spencer tells you after he’s caught his breath.

In the bathroom there’s room for yours and his body wash. Your toothbrush sits next to his in a brown mug with a funky design on it, one you brought in your move. Along the side of the sink lay your hair products, arranged neatly. Two towels hang from a spiraling rack you bought at an antique shop a few months after you moved in. 

“Spencer, look!” You exclaim, clearing the small space in less steps than it’d usually take you. He follows quickly, pressing his chest to your back as he looks over your shoulder and gives his attention to the metal rack. 

“We can put it in the bathroom, maybe. If that’s fine with you,” you suggest, turning to face him. It seems like his eyes are ever melting when you’re in his line of sight, but somehow they melt further when you turn. His arms wrap around you and pull you close, encasing you in the kind of warmth you get when you step out of the cold into a heated building, shivering but grateful to be out of the frigid temperature. It’s reminiscent of how it felt to actually step into the shop. 

“If you want to, then we’re going to.” 

“Yay,” you smile, before you kiss him shortly. He smiles back, glowing eyes soft and smooth, and kisses you authentically, and not so deeply as to be inappropriate in public, but still enough that you distantly think your legs might buckle. 

The bedroom is a portmanteau of you and Spencer. Your plushes sleep soundly on your side of the bed, and at night they watch quietly from their perch on the table on the other side of your night stand. Your stand matches Spencer’s, so heart-flutteringly you’re sure teenage-you would jump up and down and screech. Scattered upon your nightstand are a couple of half-drunk bottles of water, your vitamins, various necklaces and rings, a couple of books stacked on top of each other, and a drawing Spencer made for you. 

Spencer’s side is a bit less packed, but still unorganized nonetheless. Books (of course), a journal and a pen (you’ve gotten him into journaling as a way to regulate himself when he’s feeling overwhelmed), and when he comes home later tonight his watch will join the rest of his things.

One side of the closet is yours, and the other is Spencer’s. While his style seems wacky to other people, there’s a couple of pieces on either side of the closet that have a sibling on the other side. The clothes that can’t fit in the closet are folded in the dresser drawers. 

The dresser is decorated with a couple of your CDs, the ones you like to see when you’re in the room. Necklaces and rings plucked from various antique and thrift stores are spread over the cherry-tinted wood, mixed in with some of Spencer’s cologne, a tie or two he hasn’t hung up yet, and a bag of candy you’ve both been eating out of. 

Your trinkets mix with his, a display of two people who spend way too much time sifting through shelves in places full of dust and the smell that is unique to antique shops.

“Jesus, why do these shops always smell like that,” you whisper as you enter the store.

“Everything in here is most likely, at the least, over 50 years old. Most older things are made of natural fabrics like linen, cotton, wood— you know, stuff like that— that are extremely good at absorbing smells. I’m sure our clothes now will have a unique smell that people down the line will have the exact same reaction to.”

You smile, and you think your eyes are about as wide as a saucer, that little look of pining you always take on when he talks like that. It’s not your fault, really, he’s just so nerdy and you love his rants so much. 

“I can tell you more about it while we shop,” he offers. 

“Uh, duh,” you answer, looking between him and a cute tie you think he’d like.

In the kitchen cabinet, your bowl is freshly cleaned, as Spencer washed it before he left this morning. Ever the pattern-recognizer, he picked up on your attachment quite quickly and has made that accommodation for you ever since. You’ll use other bowls if you have to, but you haven’t had to for months. 

The record finishes. You pick another one out of your section of the collection, and play that one. Coincidentally, it’s one of your favorites that became one of Spencer’s favorites after you played it for him. One happily and gratefully became two.

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[oneforthemunny]

the apple blurb from the crypt (funsonmunson february 2023 lol) <33 finally recovered and being added to the masterlist for all the janitor!eddie x teacher!reader lovers.

janitor!eddie is always leaving an apple on teacher!reader’s desk every morning.

he gets there early before her to do some extra maintenance- the school had given him a raise to do both so they wouldn’t have to hire someone else. it started as a joke between you two. eddie grinned when you’d brought an apple to lunch one day, playful glint in his eye. “an apple a day, huh?” he asked.

steve snorted. “that’s a doctor, munson.” he rolled his eyes.

you shrugged, biting into your apple. “I like apples, ok?” you giggled. “guess I was made to be a teacher, huh? the stereotype doin’ it for you?”

eddie couldn’t stop smiling. so every day, when he’d stop at the gas station by the trailer park, he’d get his usual pack of camels and an apple. he’d place it on your desk, scribbling on a spare piece of paper a little note that left you blushing when you’d find it.

he’d pass by your classroom, catching your eyes when you’d see him, smiling and nodding towards your apple. later, when he’d take you out, you’d kiss him sweetly on the cheek. “thanks for the apple.” you’d mutter. “it was delicious.” you’d let your bottom lip graze over his cheek, sending a hot blush down his neck and cheeks.

eddie wanted that reaction always, so he’d bring you apple after apple, proudly propping them on your desk each day with a little note.

‘you’re the apple of my eye, sweetheart. have a good day. -ed’

you’d giggle, tucking them into your purse. you’d saved everyone, reading them later when you missed him, heart fluttering in your chest.

one day, eddie walks into his ‘office’- a storage closet with a chair and an old desk, a rack to hang his jacket. there where he put his lunch pail was a small tin of hand balm, ‘for working hands’ it read.

eddie’s heart swelled. he’d complained about the blisters and callouses from working at the school mixed with his guitar making his hands rough, the cold cracking them and making them bleed. when he held his hand in yours, you’d ran a finger over the cracked, raw skin with a sympathetic pout.

eddie picked up the tin, the best folded card on top reading:

‘a little of this cream keeps the callouses away (or that’s what the store clerk told me). hope this helps you my hard working man. xoxo’

eddie slipped it into his front pocket, a dopey grin on his face. he dug his fingers into the balmy substance, rubbing it over his hands before reaching into his lunch pail, grabbing the shiny, red apple out and starting towards your class room.

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picturing dream waking up in a cold sweat to write cat beanie storage rack on his big white board

FUCKDHHSHSH I'm imagining when he censors the whiteboard with emojis that's what's on it

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[anonymouspuzzler]

blacked out and finally made my first decent environment design in like. probably literally years. please enjoy Buck and Davey's shitass room

misc design notes slash thoughts if they're of any interest:

All the furniture's a combination of stuff Buck already had when Davey moved in, and stuff Davey brought over from his place when they decided to partner up. All of that in turn is either gotten cheap from thrift shops, rescued from the dump, or for a few of the smaller/nicer items Stolen Outright. As is probably obvious, they also repair and re-repair this stuff as much as possible rather than fuss over replacements.

The vast majority of the cosmetics are Davey's. Buck just kinda combs his hair and hopes for the best.

The rug is crooked because it's been there since before Davey moved in - Buck sleeps on the right side of the bed, so it made sense to have more rug (and more space in the room in general) on that side. Davey didn't care enough to insist on rearranging much when he moved in.

Prior to Buck and Davey taking it over as their hideout, the building used to be an illegal chop shop hidden under a manufacturing plant; their "apartment" is in turn a former break/storage area downstairs from the chop shop. The "bedroom" used to be a storage room, hence the exposed pipes, shitty concrete walls & floor, and marks from where big industrial shelves used to be fastened to the walls.

Because it's an old storage room, it tends to get the worst of extreme temperature changes (hot in the summer, cold in the winter). Also, undecided if they have an actual door or if they've just put a curtain up in the doorway. (Either way, it's also not particularly private or soundproofed - not a huge deal when it was just the two of them, but a bit of an annoyance once Minnie starts living with them.)

The drying rack used to be more out of the way in the living room, but they moved it when Minnie started sleeping there so they wouldn't have to bug as much when they do laundry.

Davey "no no I quit years ago seriously (actually sneaks a smoke or two whenever he gets super stressed)" Lastname definitely has a pack or two of cigarettes hidden in his stuff and thinks he's slick about it. (Buck 100% knows and figures so long as he doesn't smoke in the house and he's mostly trying to quit, it's not worth raising a big fuss about.)

Technically the tools and stuff aren't supposed to be in there, but Buck's always forgetting stuff places when he does repairs or tinkers with shit.

[onechicagolife]

prayers

summary: prompt 33 - in which chicago med goes on lockdown

requested? yes by anonymous (x2)

word count: 1426

warnings: active/mass shooting (i know this is canon with the triggers of the show but this is a particularly tough topic; there is nothing explicit or descriptive other than gunshots being heard)

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You make your way back towards the emergency department with a fresh cup of coffee in hand, the cafeteria coffee being surprisingly better than whoever stocks the doctor’s lounge with some weird, flavored crap you can’t keep down. This feels like the longest shift of your life, rarely getting a break from the craziness of a Chicago hospital. You take a long sip, savoring the taste when your pager beeps on your waist. You groan to yourself, not wanting to have to toss your coffee and run to the ED, even though it is a relatively short distance now. When you finally tug the pager free from where it is clipped to your scrubs, your breath hitches in your throat as you read the letters staring back at you.

CODE SILVER.

Racking your brain for an email about a drill that you may have skimmed over, you can feel your heart hammering in your chest like an anvil on metal sending a ringing through your ears. This has to be a drill. You learn about what to do in active shooter situations, but you never thought one would actually happen at a hospital. The small hope that this was somehow not real squashes when three quick shots ring out and your head shoots up, the sound scaring you so bad that you drop the cup in your hand. Coffee splashes on your feet and the brief shocked silence is suddenly filled with screams.

You’ve been trained for this. You’ve been trained for this. You’ve been trained for this.

Everything you learned flew out the window the second you heard those shots sounding too close for comfort and you stand there, frozen. You only snap back to yourself when a frantic woman bumps into you as she runs by with her young child in her arms. It works like a bucket of cold water on a sleeping form, and you start taking in your surroundings. Your eyes dart in every direction, watching as people run and attempt to hide as more shots ring out.

When your eyes land on a door that has a locked card scanner, you kick it into gear. You run over and swipe your access card, watching the red light turn green and waiting for the click to open the door. Glancing back over your shoulder, you spot a group of people trying to shield themselves poorly behind furniture, and you call out to get their attention. When one elderly man meets your eyes, you check both ways to make sure the coast is clear before gesturing them over.

Once everyone in sight is ushered inside, cramming as tightly as possible in the uncomfortably small storage space, you close the door and sit with your back against it. Closing your eyes for a second, you let out a long breath through your nose to try and slow your breathing. One woman’s sobs reach your ears, and your eyes fly open. You bring a finger to your lips and shush her, feeling bad for the harshness but knowing now is not the time for niceties. Someone has to be in charge, and it’s going to be you.

Now that you’ve had a moment to catch your breath with the solid barrier between the rest of the hospital, the severity of the situation hits you. Immediately, you pull out your phone from the inner pocket of your lab coat. The brightness is stark in the almost pitch-blackness of the room and you hurry to turn the brightness all the way down before it can be seen through the space under the door. Eyes adjusting to the screen, you notice the dozens of text messages and missed calls.

Will Halstead: where the hell are you

Will Halstead: there’s a shooter in the ED

Will Halstead: WHERE ARE YOU

Maggie Lockwood: There’s multiple people down in the ED.

Connor Rhodes: Locked in the hybrid OR with Will. Shooter somewhere in the hospital. Where are you?

Maggie Lockwood: Are you safe?

Jay Halstead (14 missed calls)

You respond to the texts first, assuring that you are safe and exactly where you are. It takes a few moments longer than usual due to the shaking of your hands that you can’t gain control of. You’re a doctor, your job relies on steady hands. Yet here you are, struggling to construct a sentence that makes sense. Once you manage, though, you tap the call button on your boyfriend’s contact. Bringing the phone to your ear, you listen as it goes straight to voicemail without even ringing. Meaning his phone is off. Hopefully meaning that he’s responding to this very scene. Hopefully meaning you won’t die without being able to tell him that you’re in love with him. You close your eyes shut to hold back the tears, knowing that if you break down, there’s no way the other dozen people in here will be able to keep it together.

It feels like hours go by in harrowing stillness, but in reality, it was probably shorter than that. Truthfully, you have no idea. It could have been days or seconds, and you wouldn’t know the difference. The sobs around you have quieted, with some of the people falling into silent prayers and hugging the complete strangers beside them. You even pray yourself, to any god or being that will listen, to get you out of this and back to the people – the person – you love. But the silence is interrupted when footsteps echo through the halls outside where you’ve found shelter, and the sobs of a few come back in full force, others trying their best to smother the sounds.

You bring a still-shaking hand up to your mouth, stifling the short breaths as your strength fractures and a few tears trail down your cheeks as the footsteps get closer. When they seem to come to halt just behind where you sit, there's only two inches separating you from whoever is outside. 

You hold your breath.

“Y/N?”

Your eyes fly open at the sound of the love of your life’s voice. You quickly move to stand up when a young girl, maybe ten, tugs harshly on your pant leg. Glancing down, you meet her frightened eyes and do your best at a reassuring smile. “It’s okay,” you glance around the room with a soft nod, “that’s the police.” Heavy gasps and relieved cries fill the room as you manage to spin around in the cramped space, gripping the handle and yanking the door open.

Immediately, your eyes land on Jay, and a sense of peace washes over you. The feeling is mirrored in his eyes as he takes you in, checking you for nonexistent injuries before you all but launch yourself at him. His arms circle your waist as yours wind around his neck with a grip so tight you’re nearly choking him, but he doesn’t even mind. Jay lifts you off the ground slightly to move out of the way, allowing the other dozen people to come out and be helped by the various other officers. 

“Thank god,” you choke out, tears now flowing freely.

“It’s okay,” Jay mumbles into your hair, one hand migrating to cradle the back of your head, “You’re okay.”

After a few moments of being calmed in his embrace, you pull away just enough to meet his eyes. “Is everyone okay? Did you find Will and th—” you start to ask, words tumbling out of your mouth faster than you can think them.

“Everyone’s okay,” Jay assures, both hands moving to cup your cheeks, “A few bystanders and a nurse were shot, but everyone is going to live. I found Will in the ED; he told me where you were.” 

You close your eyes and nod at his words, signaling that you understand them.

Swiping a tear off of your skin, Jay says your name like a prayer and you open your eyes once again. “When you didn’t answer your phone, I—I thought,” he struggles to get the words out, “I can’t imagine my life without you in it. You are so important to me, you are such a big part of my life, that I just… I can’t imagine you not here. I love you, Y/N.”

The words hit your ears and it’s a melody you want to listen to for the rest of your life. Jay has never said that to you before and now you never want him to stop.

You manage a watery smile, leaning in until your forehead touches his, “I love you.”

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