If you can’t handle the heat, stay out of the kitchen — and Firehouse 51. The Truck and Squad team of “Chicago Fire” might fight fires on the streets, but they start plenty of their own in the sheets, to say nothing of the back room at Molly’s bar.
Mrs. O’Leary’s cow may have started the Great Chicago Fire by kicking over a lantern, but even she would be jealous of how certain moments on “Chicago Fire” pack such heat. Whether catching a case of burning love or just kissing with a fiery passion, Chicago’s favorite firefighters haven’t been able to keep their hands off each other for 11 seasons and counting.
Since the show’s debut in 2012, couples can’t stop making up, breaking up, and hooking up — both on and off the job. With a massive core cast, and constantly rotating guest stars, “Chicago Fire” has more potential for romantic tension than you can shake a stick at. Such moments inspired Mouch to write a firehouse romance novel, and us to order them from sweetest to most scorching. Grab a fan and read on for “Chicago Fire’s” steamiest moments ranked.
12. Chloe and Cruz’s cake pop-drop kiss
Sometimes the steamy moments on “Chicago Fire” come with a touch of sweetness. You can’t get much sweeter than when Chloe (Kristen Gutoskie) and Cruz (Joe Minoso) share a cake pop engagement kiss in Season 8’s “Buckle Up” — even if it did take a bit of a bitter meal to get to this just dessert.
After helping Lily deal with the crushing loss of Otis (may he rest in peace), Chloe is having “second thoughts” about getting engaged to Cruz. It isn’t because she doesn’t love him, she explains to Brett. It’s because she loves him too much, and is too scared she won’t be able to handle constantly wondering if firefighter Cruz will end up home in bed after work, or in a body bag.
After Brett gets Chloe’s head back on straight by reminding her that Cruz is “one in a million,” Chloe bakes about a million cake pops to surprise Cruz after his shift. He’s relieved to see she’s spelled out “ask me” in frosting on the cake pops, and pops the question to her right on the street. When she says yes, the artistry of the apology cake pops is forgotten. Joe lays a gorgeous kiss on her, and the sweet treats (like Chloe’s cold feet) hit the bricks.
11. Erin Lindsay and Severide’s paperweight passion
Detective Erin Lindsay (Sophia Bush) and Lieutenant Kelly Severide (Taylor Kinney) — ah, what might have been. This sweetly steamy moment between the two happens in a very special television event. Lindsay and Severide first turn each other’s heads In “Chicago PD’s” Season 1, Episode 10 crossover with “Chicago Fire,” titled “At Least It’s Justice.”
It’s a classic meet cute — Severide helps Lindsay identify a murder victim, then he steals her grenade paperweight so he has an excuse to return it at her apartment later that night. For a cop, Lindsay seems pleased as punch to have been robbed by this rascally firefighter. She and Severide exchange flirty banter and bedroom eyes, but alas, Lindsay has to work early the next day.
The pair share a sweet kiss, then an intense little hallway make-out sesh. While it will be another episode until they get super steamy on-screen and their relationship never quite blossoms, this steamy moment is a perfect demonstration of Lindsay and Severide’s explosive chemistry.
10. Brettsey finally makes it happen
There’s will-they, won’t-they, and then there’s Matt Casey (Jesse Spencer) and Sylvie Brett (Kara Killmer). This firefighter and paramedic are a “Chicago Fire” match made in heaven — but one that took a couple of match strikes (and seasons) to finally catch fire.
After spending seasons exchanging longing looks and fumbling almost-connections, Casey and Brett finally get it together in Season 9’s “No Survivors.” The title of the episode is misleading because, at the very least, love survives — and the steam factor outright thrives. Casey admits to Brett that he isn’t in love with Dawson anymore and that he’s finally realized who he’s in love with — Brett herself.
While that doesn’t exactly sound romantic on paper, the moment is a long-awaited triumph. And the next moment, which involves tender caresses and passionate hair-pulling, is even more of a win for anyone aboard the great ship “Brettsey.” Don’t let the down-tempo background music fool you — this moment might be sweet, but it’s way more steamy than sappy.
9. Dawson and Casey’s one-night stand
There’s a reason it took Brett and Casey forever and a day to get together, and her name is Gabriela Dawson (Monica Raymund). Back before “Brettsey” was even a glimmer in Dawson’s eye, “Dawsey” was a smoking-hot couple. Then they were a couple beset by tragedy and despair. And then, for just one brief evening, Dawson and Brett got to be a smoking-hot couple again.
Dawson comes back to Chicago for a few days in “Best Friend Magic.” And if you can suspend the emotional havoc a surprise visit from an ex can have on a person, let alone on viewers finally recovering from the heartbreak that plagued the end of Casey and Dawson’s marriage, well — this reunion is super steamy.
After a ballroom dance scene that is loaded with “Bridgerton” levels of tension, Dawson and Casey get reacquainted in Dawson’s hotel room with reckless abandon. In the midst of passion, the two pull away, considering how they’re about to have a one-night stand with a long-time love. Dawson wonders if it’s a mistake, since she’s leaving in the morning — and while Casey admits he’s staying, he also stands firm that it “doesn’t make this a mistake.” Swoon.
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