Future Titles;
"You gotta trust me."
"It’s over, Hailey. You got him."
"No offence, but this is the first time in the back of your van."
"If there's anything you need, please let me know."
"Hailey, I appreciate you looking out for me. I do, really."
"This... is too dangerous." "It's part of the job!"
"Just tell me everything. I wanna help, okay? I promise."
"You are incredibly aloof about your personal life." "I'm not aloof, I just don't have one."
"I thought he was dead!"
"We're good, and we're always gonna be good."
"You were right to trust your instincts."
"You looked at me. You looked at me, and I got it."
"I trusted you. I've trusted you from the day I met you."
"If I was gonna follow someone blind, I'd follow you."
"I'm going where you go."
"It's hard to find a good partner."
"I know you want to be alone, but this is just part of the thing, so."
"One of us doesn't want the other one around. The other one stays anyway."
"We talk. We feel better, and we're able to go to work the next day."
"I wanna make sure you're okay."
"Are you sure you're okay?" "Yeah, I'm okay."
"Let me know if you need anything."
"You know she's with me, right?"
"I know you don't wanna talk about it." "That's a terrible way to start a sentence."
"You did it right." "Maybe." "No, definitely."
"Hailey, I'd follow you anywhere."
"It's always hard when something like this happens." "It's hard because you love him." "Of course I love him, he's my partner."
"I'm gonna stay."
"Hailey, you know I hate hospitals." "I do."
"When you were in surgery, no one knew what was gonna happen, and it made me a realise that I wanted to tell you something."
"We're good together."
"What a guy!"
"Told you we were good together."
"I don't know how you went through this growing up."
"You did a good thing, Jay."
"Hailey doesn't like nice suits."
"You miss her, don't you?" "Yeah, she's my partner."
"When you're back we'll hit Bartoli's."
"You are coming back, right?" "Yeah, I miss the wind... and you."
"So you miss me, do ya?" "Shut up."
"You could tell me you don't want me to take it."
"I want you do to whatever you wanna do. I'm just practicing self-preservation here."
"I don't wanna take it because of you."
"I'm better with you as my partner."
"I love you"... "I do. I love you, so much."


"The two characters care about each other so much, work well with each other."
"I think if you ask both of them, they’d go, 'Yeah, I love the other one.'"
"She and Halstead are in love."
"We still wrote Halstead and Upton like they were in love."
"It's been lingering and burning now for awhile."
"They do have really strong feelings for each other."
"I think the partnership, they only get closer and closer as the time goes on."
"We've gotten to see them grow so much and not only are they partners but they're best friends."
"I think she sees him as an anchor for most everything."
"I think he's her partner, he's her best friend, he's her everyday."
"They’re best friends and partners first and foremost."
"The bond these two have is really special."
"Their feelings for each other have been growing for the past two seasons."
"For Hailey, the idea of leaving Jay is what propelled her to not take the job and made her face her feelings for him straight on."
"There is [real love there], and I think that’ll be a big difference for her."
“This is the first time where the guy hasn’t left after seeing this fractured side of her.”
"This is the first real love story for her."
"I think she feels safe for the first time in her life."
"I have an incredible scene partner in Jesse."
"I think we found a really special moment between Hailey and Jay that brought them closer together in a really beautiful way."
"I think Jay is Hailey’s world in a big way."
"Jay stayed and I don’t think Hailey’s ever had someone stay after they've seen that fragile side of her."
"This is the first time Hailey has ever had someone stay after seeing this guarded and fractured side of her."
"This feels like her first time really being in love."
"Jay staying and loving her so completely makes her feel safe, but also for the first time, she has something to lose."



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