Chapter 7
Dom was getting his first look at Alex O'Connor. The middle O'Connor had a mix of both his brothers' features. His hair was a dark blonde like Brian's but he had the same sharp blue eyes as Cody. Under the paramedic uniform, Alex was lean looking but you couldn't really tell because of his jacket.
After giving him a once over, Dom pulled his eyes back up to Alex's face. The blue eyes, now a cold icy grey, were glaring at him. Alex gripped his radio until his knuckles were white.
"Alex!" Cody yelled, launching himself at the other. Alex grunted at the impact but managed not to show it.
"Hey buddy. Shouldn't you be in bed by now?" he asked the boy.
"We just got home." Cody snitched.
All Brian wanted to do was diffuse a potential situation.
"Alex, this is..." he started.
"I know who he is. Cody, why don't you go to bed." Alex said.
Cody looked crestfallen.
"But I wanted to stay up with you." he begged.
"I just stopped to grab a car manual for Uncle Kelly. I'll see you tomorrow after shift." Alex told him.
Cody made an exaggerated frown but said a quick goodnight and hugged him once more.
The three adults waited as he disappeared up the main staircase, the thumps of Pumba following him.
Alex looked back at Brian and let out a tense sigh through his nose. He gritted his teeth and left the room for the study. He had come home to grab a manual for Severide who planned to rebuild a car he was bidding on.
The house was usually living room absent of Cody around nine through the night. Brian would be watching TV, in the garage working on his car, or in the study doing paperwork. Rome would either be in bed snoring or watching TV and playing video games.
Alex's ambulance had just gotten done taking a patient with a broken clavicle to the hospital and Mills had drove him by the house. Alex's plan had been to run in, grab the manual and get back to House 51.
Obviously that didn't turn out happening.
Brian watched him go and then glanced at Dom. He stood up and sighed.
"Here we go." he said.
Alex was sifting through a pile of papers.
"Do you know where my Shelby GT500 manual is?" he asked Brian.
He ignored him and abandoned the stack.
"Alex..."
Alex whipped around to glare at Brian.
"I remember all the horror stories you told me about when you were a cop. And then you bring the biggest threat into the picture." he hissed.
"He found me." Brian defended.
"Is that the best excuse you can come up with?!"
Alex located the manual and picked it up roughly. He started to leave the room before spinning to look at Brian again.
"You just can't leave well enough alone can you?" he asked, a bite to his words.
"What the heck kind of comment is that?!" Brian almost yelled.
"The kind where I'm fed up with you picking the wrong plays in practically everything, especially when it comes to to the well being of our brother." Alex gritted his teeth after his comment.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath and then stared coldly at Brian.
"Get rid of him."
With that he turned to leave. Dom stood in his way.
"You have a choice Mr. Toretto. Get out of my way or end up on the stretcher in my ambulance." Alex warned.
Dom raised an eyebrow but nevertheless moved to the side. Brian followed him to the living room. He came out to see Tej and Leon standing in the open front door, confused.
"Alex!" Brian tried.
Alex ignored him and continued to the door. Tej reached out and grabbed Alex by the upper arm. Alex didn't stop walking and just yanked his arm from the racer's grip.
Tej watched him go and frowned at Brian.
"What'd we miss?"
TF&TF
Alex slammed the ambulance door and tossed his radio on the floor at his feet. Mills just stared at him.
"Took longer than you said. I take it things didn't go as planned?" he asked.
Alex narrowed his eyes at his partner.
"Don't you start with me Peter Mills." he warned.
"Just asking. You seem tense." Mills supplied as he started the vehicle and pulled out of the area.
"What do you think happened?!" Alex snapped.
Mills was quiet.
Alex sighed and pressed the heels of his palms into his eyes. He leaned his head back on the headrest. He glanced at Mills.
"I'm sorry man. There's just a whole new storm of crap getting started at home." he apologized.
Mills waved him off.
The ambulance was quiet. Alex rolled his window down and rested his elbows on the sill. The cool night air flashed through his hair lightly. He squinted out the window as they cruised the Chicago streets.
"You wanna talk about it?" Mills guessed.
"Just be glad you have a sibling you can trust." was all Alex said.
The rest of the ambulance ride was quiet and no words were spoken until the sound of conversation in House 51 was heard as they pulled in.
Alex immediately hopped out and stormed into the building. Kelly Severide was sitting at the card table listening to Clarke and Capp argue about who won the card game.
His attention was drawn to the slam of the ambulance door and was surprised by the angry look on Alex's face as he went passed.
Severide frowned and glanced at Mills. Mills sighed and shrugged his shoulders before opening the ambulance doors.
Severide tossed his cards down and got up, intent on finding his missing friend. He searched the kitchen and laundry room before going to the locker room.
Alex sat in front of his locker, the door open. The paramedic was rubbing his forehead as if he had a headache. He paused for a moment before slamming the metal door closed with a resounding bang.
"Wanna explain what that locker did to you?" Severide asked, leaning on the door frame of the room.
"I'm not in the mood Kelly." Alex mumbled.
He tossed the car manual to the firefighter.
"Oh no you don't. You don't get to interest me in what's going on and then shut me out." Kelly argued.
He stepped in the way of Alex's escape. Alex growled and made a move to shove Severide aside but the tall man just grabbed his upper arm and steered him through the building to his personal office and shut the door behind him.
"Talk."
TBC
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