#just wants to get this shit overwith so she can go back to sleep she has a therapy appointment tommorrow

[freakingpeepseverywhere]

Okay fine. Be like that. It’s not like I was coming into this conversation with a little bit of respect for you.

Mhm..

[anotheronechicagobog]

Tylenol and Tequila - Part 5 - Brettsey

written by: @anotheronechicagobog

Warnings: swearing, Gabby bashing, slight Dawson bashing, slight Hallie bashing

Matt was smiling, truly smiling, and Kelly couldn’t have been happier. It had been a while since Matt was like this. When he first started dating Gabby, when he and Hallie first got engaged, and when he and Hallie had started dating. The problem was, although the relationships always started out great, things tended to start falling apart halfway through and lead to a messy, painful end. For Matt. In Hallie’s case she was tragically murdered after years off and on and off relationship, and Gabby left and divorced him when he wouldn’t do what she wanted. In both relationships there was crappy communication and only Matt was ever willing to compromise, it seemed. Kelly would not consider himself an expert in significant, long-term relationships, he would willfully admit that. But being in a relationship with Stella had taught him a lot, and he’d been around the Hermann’s for most of his adult life. And Kelly knew that the same thing could happen again, given the whole “What would you do if Gabby came back - I think you should leave” incident. And while Sylvie Brett was probably an actual angel, she did have two failed engagements and another dawson notched in her belt. So when the common room was sparse and Sylvie was leaning against the kitchen counter beside the coffee machine with a cup of said liquid staring off into space, he approached. Grabbed a cup himself. Leaned against the counter. “Sooooo... About you and Matt-”

 “Severide, I love you, but after all the relationship shit I’ve seen you do over the years, you’re the last person who can give me any kind of ‘talking to’.”

 “Hey, that’s- actually, yeah, fair enough.”

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 Sylvie was a little surprised to see Hermann on the otherside of her peephole. “Hey, Hermann, what brings you by?”

 “Serious stuff, I’m afraid. Sit down, we need to talk.” She opened the door a little wider, letting him through. “Would you like some coffee and cookies? I just finished a batch of ginger cookies.”

 “Sure thing, but don’t think you’re gonna be softening me up with sweets.”

 “I don’t even know why you’re here, Hermann, so it’d be pretty hard to do that.”

 “Let’s just get settled, and start talking.”

 “Wow, you really mean business, don’t you? What’s this all about?”

 “You and Casey.”

 “Oh.”

 “Yeah.” Brett really didn’t want to stall, she just wanted to bite the bullet and get this conversation overwith, even though she was already having to force back tears. Hermann and Dawson had been really close, and he probably didn’t approve of her best friend starting a relationship with her ex-husband. It took all the courage she could muster to place the tray of coffee and cookies on the coffee table and sit beside him while she felt like she was going to fall apart. Hermann smiled at her softly. “Don’t worry, kid, this is just a talk.”

 “Yeah, so, uh, let’s get started, then.”

 “Well, you know that Gabby is like a daughter to me. I’ll always love her, and I was there when their relationship began, through every trial and tribulation, I watched them rise together. But I also watched them fall. I watched as Casey made sacrifice after sacrifice, and compromise after compromise, all for Gabby. And I watched as she pushed him away. How she demanded more and more, and how she abandoned him. I also knew, once Gabby got on that plane to Puerto Rico, that she wasn’t coming back. They both had their shortcomings, everyone does, but I watched as Gabby put Casey through the wringer. As much as I love her, even I have to admit that she was incredibly selfish throughout almost the entirety of their relationship. So many of the things Casey has acknowledged he regrets he did with his life are things that he did because of her. Because she pressured him and manipulated situations, and sometimes all it took was a bat of her eyelashes. And Hallie was no better. She was confident of her own goals in life, which is wonderful, but they were completely different than Casey’s and they both refused to accept that. But Hallie, she left him, but she came back too, knowing that nothing had changed. That they still had the same wants for their futures that just didn’t align. What I’m trying to get at here, is that Casey deserves someone good. Someone who will be a partner, one half of a relationship, someone who won’t push him into things he doesn’t want or lead him on. I think that you two are great together, and I think that the two of you could spend the rest of your lives together happily. But you need to talk to each other. You can’t ignore things and pretend that they go away. You’ve been through some painful things too, Brett, but you’re gonna have more people in your corner. So I’m always gonna have his back, okay? You can’t hurt him. He’s been through too much and doesn’t deserve to have any more pain caused by a selfish woman.”

 “I’ll be honest, that’s not what I was expecting to hear tonight, and not from you. But I think I needed to hear it.”

 “I know you did, but I think I need to make myself clear; either clear things up with him and get together or cut him loose. You’re a sweetheart Brett, but I’m done being silent in Matt Casey’s torment. Figure out exactly what you want with Matt and handle it accordingly.”

 “O-okay.” Brett had never, ever been on the receiving end of his anger or disapproval and truthfully it was jarring. He made it to the door when Sylvie remembered. “Wait! Ginger cookies are Cindy’s favourite, right? Do you want to take a container home?” Hermann stopped for a moment, then turned to face her, narrowing his eyes. “This doesn’t let you off the hook for anything...”

 “Of course not, I just know she likes them...”

 “Sure, then, that would be great.”

 “I’ll just grab a container.”

 “You won’t be betraying Gabby, just so you know. She did some pretty horrible things to him and then she was the one who chose to leave and start divorce proceedings. So if Gabby’s the reason behind all the drama, you need to re-evaluate your priorities.”

 “Here- the cookies. Uh, yeah. You’ve definitely given me a lot to think about. And you’re right, Matt doesn’t deserve to be hurt anymore. So, I’ll figure out what I want before shift and talk to him.”

 “Good. Have a nice night.”

“You too...” After she locked the door behind him she grabbed herself a glass of the rose Mouch had given her for her birthday- there was no way she was sleeping tonight. She hadn’t expected a dressing down from Hermann, but she supposed someone needed to defend Casey’s honour.