Chicago Fire: Counting all of Kelly Severide’s many love interests
By Deb Foster
3. Erin Lindsay
When Chicago PD entered the One Chicago universe, Severide’s love life was an early connection between the two shows. In a short but intense relationship that many One Chicago fans hoped might last a lot longer, Severide dated Detective Erin Lindsay (Sophia Bush) during Chicago Fire season 2 and into season 3.
The two met when Lindsay was assigned to investigate the abduction of Kelly’s half-sister Katie Nolan (recurring guest star Brittany Curran), and while their relationship heated up quickly, it also quickly became strained. Pressure first built when Lindsay was forced to investigate Severide’s possible involvement in the disappearance of the man who had abducted and sexually assaulted his sister.
While that eventually went away, the death of Severide’s best friend Leslie Shay also put the brakes on his romantic relationship with Lindsay. Following Shay’s murder, Severide spiraled out of control, isolating himself from everyone at Firehouse 51 and his girlfriend. Lindsay became increasingly frustrated with the distance, and broke up with him after he missed multiple dates, telling him that while she could empathize with him, she could not “be the girl sitting alone in a restaurant waiting.”
Things worked out for the best, though, as Lindsay moved on to another popular relationship with her partner Jay Halstead (Jesse Lee Soffer), and the Severide-Lindsay friendship lasted right up to the end of her tenure on Chicago PD. At least Linseride fans will always have this: