Warning: mentions of car accident and death

Description: Chibs' old lady is an ER nurse who has a long day that ultimately leads to her telling him they're expecting a child.

I laid on the couch watching reruns of some cooking show. I wasn't really paying attention to it. I just wanted the background noise as I waited for Filip to get home. He'd called about an hour ago to say he'd be home shortly. I just wanted him to hold me for a bit.

I stared at the TV, zoning in and out as I tried to relax. The door opened and I couldn't even be bothered to move for that. When my dog who was laying at feet hadn't moved an inch I was sure it was Filip getting home finally.

"Sorry to keep ya waitin love," he said. I sat up a little and he sat down so I could lay my head in his lap.

"It's okay. Just been a long day," I said.

"You can tell me if you want," he said. I shook my head a little and my eyes started to water again

"Can you just play with my hair for now?" I asked as I wiped my eyes. His fingers worked into my hair, carefully running through the length of it as he hummed softly. I relaxed into his touch and he whispered soothingly to me in attempt to help me relax more.

We stayed there until the show ended and he turned the television off.

"Come here pretty girl," he said. He pulled me up into his lap and wiped my cheeks gently with his thumbs. He mumbled the words "good girl" as if he thought I wouldn't hear him.

"Tell me what happened love," he said. I leaned into his chest and took a couple of deep breaths.

"We lost a young mom today," I said. "Died in a car accident. Her baby was okay but we couldn't save her. I cared for the kid for three hours as they worked on Mom and tried to get ahold of Dad. I was the one who placed his baby in his arms and let him have a few final nice moments with her before we had to tell him his wife had died."

"Thank you for telling me love," he said, kissing my head as I cried into his chest. "I'm sure you all did everything you could. You especially. It's a lot to take care of a traumatized wee one."

I sobbed into his shoulder as he rubbed my back and cooed to me softly.

"Filip, I'm pregnant," I said softly.

"What?" He asked, pulling me off his chest to look him in the eyes. I nodded and he smiled. We'd started trying for a baby a little over a year ago and I found out a couple days ago that I'm pregnant for sure.

"We're gonna be parents," he said softly. "Love that's amazing."

I smiled and nodded through my tears.

"That's why you're having such a hard time with this case huh," he said. I nodded again. "Use you're words love."

"This case, it scared me. What if something happens to me and our baby has to grow up without a mother?" I asked softly.

"Thank you for using your words love, but that ain't gonna happen. I'll be there every step of the way to protect you and our wee one."

I nodded and pulled him into a kiss. "I love you Filip."

"I love you too," he said. "Let's go take a nice relaxing bath, yeah?"

I nodded and stood up, taking his hand to follow him down the hall to our bathroom.