Kelly Severide

Kelly Benjamin Severide (born prob. January 1981) is one of the main characters in NBC's Chicago Fire and a guest star on Chicago P.D. and Med. He is portrayed by , who also played Mason Lockwood in .
== Biography ==
Kelly Benjamin Severide was probably born in January 1981 to Benny and Jennifer Severide in Chicago, Illinois. When he was in elementary school, his parents divorced and his father left the family, and he was raised by his mother, this event left him with abandonment issues.
== Season 1 ==
Severide and Casey are still dealing with the death of fellow firefighter and mutual friend, Andy Darden, and there's tension between Truck 81 and Squad 3 regarding the situation. During this time, Severide is suffering from an injury sustained in the fatal fire. He makes an appointment, where the doctor tells him that they will need to operate and he won't be able to work for a year. He ignores the instructions, the doctor warning him the pain and injury will worsen, but he refuses to have surgery. Leslie Shay, his best friend and roommate helps him when he asks for stronger painkillers by taking them from the ambulance. Eventually, the pain worsens and he asks for more, but she tells him to stop being stubborn and get the surgery. He turns to an old girlfriend instead, who gets him much stronger and illegal medication. He keeps taking them until a drug test is ordered on all the firefighters after a case they work on. He tries to delay the test but is unable to do so. Shay eventually helps him out by providing a false sample for testing. She gets very frustrated at him and moves out of their apartment. After she's in an accident, he asks her to come back, but she refuses as he's still taking the medication. He eventually turns to Dawson for help and books an appointment with the doctor and Shay moves back in. Even though the injury is exaggerated at the beginning, he's released quickly and is back on Squad in no time.
Severide reconnects with his father, Benny Severide, who comes to visit Firehouse 51 as he served there with Henry Mills and Cheif Wallace Boden. Tensions arise between Benny Severide and Boden regarding the death of Henry Mills. Boden tells Severide to tell his father not to come back, but he does so anyway. A fight breaks out between Benny and Peter Mills when Benny tells Peter that his father's death was his own fault. He also tells Severide to not trust Mills. This reversely encourages Severide to trust Mills even more and even go as far as to visit Mills at home after his and Benny's fight and move him over to Squad 3. He tells him which courses to go to.
== Season 2 ==
Severide is targeted by an arsonist twice before realizing that the arsonist is targeting firefighters. He makes the connection that the arsonist is also a firefighter, most likely Kevin Hadley. When he goes to see Hadley, he hints that he's the arsonist, but they have no proof. They eventually catch him in the act and he's arrested.
While meeting with his father, Severide spots Benny hugging a young lady believing the latter is cheating on his wife with her. Kelly then meets with Benny who tells him that he will succeed Boden as the new chief of fire house 51. This news leaves and shocked and angry with his father for trying to do that despite his close friendship with his chief. (A Power Move)
He was going for a run when his stepmother Beth for peers and discusses his father who has not been home in months, despite previously telling Kelly that he still was. He promises to speak with Benny for her on behalf of his half-brothers. While going on his jog, Severide comes across a secluded and empty construction site and encounters a young boy Nathan who has been trapped in a backhoe loader and is in dire need of assistance. After he notices the boy is wounded, he does his best to ensure that no more blood is lost while struggling to find a way to save him. The pair are trapped for the rest of the night, passing the time to talk. Kelly still learns that Nathan did this because his father who abandoned him was previously a construction worker and he wanted to learn how to do this on his own with him being able to relate because of his own father issues. Kelly is able to get free is able to cause the loader to flip back. Meanwhile, Shay who was looking for Kelly spots this and quickly arrives to his location. Severide stumbles out with Nathan in his arms, and the three race to the hospital. Shay and Severide sit wearily in the waiting room, rewarded by a chipper Nathan and his grateful mother. The long run and grueling night were worth every moment to Severide. (Joyriding)
Severide confronts the young woman he saw Benny laughing and chatting with over lunch. The woman stares strangely at Severide and drops an emotional bomb: she is Katie Nolan, Benny's 21-year-old daughter. Severide begins to put the pieces together: Benny left Severide and his mother to fend for themselves about 21 years ago. Very soon, Severide confronts his father and lashes out at him for everything. At the end, Benny acknowledges that Severide is right about him and apologizes for not being there for him. He also decides not to take the position of chief from Boden because of their friendship. Benny decides to go back to his wife and other sons but not before telling Kelly to get to know his sister. Soon Kelly goes to find Katie and formally meets his sister for the first time. (No Regrets)
While at the firehouse, Kelly is approached by Katie on something. Katie has been offered a job opportunity in New York and it was a permanent situation. However she was unsure if she really wanted that because of their growing bond and her current relationship with Otis. During a blackout, he gets into altercation with a man named Vince Keeler. However, Katie is kidnapped by two men working with Keeler. (Tonight's the Night) 
His missing sister causes him to become determined to find her. He encounters one of the thugs and threatened him with a bat until he gives up Keeler. He found his sister in an abandoned building. He finds that she was attacked badly and he brings her to the hospital. Kelly wants to be there for his sister but is told to leave but not before telling her that he loves her. Kelly also gets into an argument with Mrs. Nolan who tells them it was his fault that Katie was hurt and he argues with her. He later apologized for this and she does the same to him. He is allowed to go to Katie and she tells Severide that even though she loves him, she's accepting a job offer in another state and moves away. Before they part, brother and sister share one last hug.
Much later, Benny comes to Chicago to discuss the situation with Katie but is told his daughter already moved to get away from the drama. Benny tried to persist in talking to his son about the issue but Kelly told him if he cared so much then he would’ve stuck around. Kelly is angry when Lindsay reports to him that Vince Keeler, has been released. He gathered his comrades from squad three to help in going after Keeler something oldest wanted to take part in but Lindsay later tells him the Keeler went missing. (Keep Your Mouth Shut)
Kelly is called for the disappearance of Keeler. Voight takes to interrogating Kelly but he has nothing to give them. Kelly also has comrades keep quiet about his intended plans of revenge. That night, he dinner with his father and Shay, with Benny cooking up a fish that he caught in the lake. They discuss the case with the missing mobster Vince Keeler and he is told that the police are looking into firefighters. During this talk, Kelly is suspicious when Benny subtly implies that he had a role in the case something Kelly quietly picks up on. It is later confirmed Benny had been responsible for the murder of Vince Keller, when he arrived at 21st police district to speak to Hank Voight. Trudy Platt tells him that Voight was not around so he leaves his number. At a bar, he seems to confess to his involvement while preparing to turn himself in for his crimes. However, Voight understood his grief and let him flee to Kenosha. (A Rocket Blasting Off)
Shay also has a hard time after one of her patients commits suicide right in front of her. In an argument, Dawson blames her so she leaves 51 and Severide watches her spiral into a time of darkness and bad decisions. She starts going out with a girl who later robs their apartment, including Otis who has moved in with them. This angers Severide as he warned her about the girl. This, combined with the stress from the case, drives her into depression and she contemplates suicide, but Dawson finds her in time after Severide asks Dawson to look for her. They apologize to each other and Shay comes back to 51 and is happy again. However, the girl comes back to 51 and apologizes to Shay and Severide. She doesn't have a lot of their stuff anymore and Severide gets angry at Shay again for not calling the police. The girl lures Shay back in with a story about trying to help her troubled dad who needed the money. This is until Severide snaps when he finds her in their apartment and kicks her out. (One More Shot)
Their happiness is short lived. While attending a call at a building fire, Shay and Dawson rush in to help a victim. The building suddenly explodes and Shay suffers a severe head injury. Severide desperately tries to revive her. (Real Never Waits)
== Season 3 ==
It's revealed that attempts to revive Shay have failed and she has died. Severide goes AWOL for over a month until Chief Boden tells Casey it's time to go look for him and bring him back. Casey visits him, but Severide tells him he's going to start a business by the coast and won't go back to being a firefighter or back to firehouse 51. Casey understands his decision, but shows him a book that Boden keeps, listing all the lives they saved. This encourages Severide to return. However, when he sees Sylvie Brett for the first time, he mistakes her for Shay until he sees her face. However, the resemblance between the 2 prompts him to get close to her, using her as an excuse to get past Shay. (Always)
Severide isn't himself and goes out drinking every night, leaving everyone worried about him. This is until he goes to Vegas for a weekend and meets Brittany Baker, a graphic artist from Florida. Severide returns from Vegas, smiling and happy, and informs that house that he got married in Vegas. They think he is kidding at first, but soon realize he is serious. Severide and Brittany were both recovering from tragic losses, and their impetuous marriage and connection proves a soft place for them each to recover. However, Severide eventually realizes that Brittany is still hiding from her pain. He hid from his pain by drinking, and came out of it when he met Brittany, but she is hiding from her pain by being with him and avoiding her parents. They have a tearful and tender goodbye as Brittany returns home to Florida to deal with her grief and her family.
Severide's close and old friend Scott Rice is transferred to Squad 3. This raises tensions between him and Mills, who also wants his old spot back as he's waiting for his medical clearance, but Rice gets there first. Scott tells Kelly that their old high school friend, April Sexton is in town working at Chicago Med. (Forgive You Anything)
Kelly explains why he passed some time at April's house during his junior year: his father, Benny Severide, cheated on his mom with a school teacher, from Kelly, Scott and April's school in their own house. (Forgiving, Relentless, Unconditional)
Mills is eventually transferred to Squad 3 again, but only stays a shift before deciding to leave to be with his family in North Carolina. (You Know Where to Find Me) 
Rice remains on Squad 3 until Otis starts to accuse him of being a 'ducker' and avoiding tough calls. He initially claims there was a malfunction with his oxygen mask, which Otis and Cruz disprove. This causes great tension between Truck 81 and Squad 3, going as far as Severide nearly hitting Otis at Molly's while defending Rice. However, the accusations prompt Severide to check the mask and he finds out Otis was telling the truth. Scott is dismissed from firehouse 51. 
== Season 4 ==
Severide finds himself in a tough position after he is demoted from his Lieutenant rank due to accusations of him being a poor leader because of the number of firefighters that have either resigned or been dismissed, despite their valid reasons for leaving. Chief Boden does everything he can to get his position back and tells him to go to a meeting where his leadership skills can be improved.
Severide has a tough time during his demotion, constantly being undermined by Dallas Patterson, his replacement. Patterson ordering him around does not sit well with him as he has a hard time accepting that he's no longer Lieutenant. He even gets suspended for a shift for threatening to hit Patterson when he tries to talk to him after shift, believing that Patterson is trying to replace/get them all fired. Patterson doesn't understand this accusation when he is asked as he is only trying to do his job, but the fact that he is slightly unfriendly makes them all wary of him. Benny gives Severide a file on him to ultimately blackmail Patterson and Severide decides to hand the file to him. Patterson doesn't understand why he would give it to him, but he helps to calm Riddles down after Boden charges at him with accusations, which Severide is surprised to see.
Severide is re-promoted to Lieutenant after Patterson's promotion to Battalion Chief. (Short and Fat)
== Season 5 ==
Most significantly, all of firehouse 51 collectively disagree and are against Jimmy's angry attitude about a decision Chief Boden made at a fire that Jimmy believes killed his brother. After filing a report against Chief Boden and consequently being transferred back to Truck, Severide and Casey are especially irritated by his actions. This causes them to practically ignore him during their next call and he takes the rash decision to go in despite orders and is severely burned in an explosion.
Severide next has a disagreement about whether a man started a fire in their apartment to kill his wife or not. Severide says he didn't start the fire because of the way the husband kicked him off to go in the burning building to save his wife. Casey disagrees, as he is the one who held the wife's hand seconds before she died and also found evidence of arson. Severide tries to prove the husband's innocence but is proven wrong in the end, after the husband admits to starting the fire but didn't know that his wife was inside at the time.
Severide later has trouble with his relationships and starts thinking about his life. He is then injured in an accident and doesn't get it checked out until Chief Boden forces him. He meets Chicago Med's Dr. Jeff Clarke. Clarke comes to see him the next day and says that the reason for his asking was a cancer patient of his, Anna Turner, who is dying. He thinks Severide could be a match because of something he told him earlier. Severide again brushes him off and finds it strange. However, he goes to see Clarke after Gabby and Casey get married. Clarke shows him the woman and Severide instantly agrees. Clarke tells him he'll feel the pain for months, to which he replies, "good". (One Hundred)
Anna starts chemotherapy, to get ready for the bone marrow transplantation. However, Severide jumps from window on a call which disables him from getting epidural during the donation and therefore cancels the whole procedure. Severide feels very guilty, as he was Anna's only chance in survival and now, she has no donor or immunity. When he discovers the only thing stopping the procedure is the lack of anesthetic, he decides to undergo the terrible pain and save Anna, with whom he developed a close bond. Anna is recovering well, so she decides to return to her home in Springfield. The only thing she leaves behind is a not saying "Someday". (The People We Meet)
Severide is approaches by a fire chief from Springfield urging him to replace him on his position. Kelly seriously considers this, as he would love to start a relationship with Anna in Springfield. (An Agent of the Machine, Trading in Scuttlebutt , Purgatory) His hesitation is ended by Anna, who turns up in Chicago. Kelly finds her an open spot in Chicago Med. They're happily dating and Severide even succeeds in making Anna feel like home. (Deathtrap , Telling Her Goodbye, Babies and Fools) Unfortunately, their happiness is short-lived, because Anna's cancer returns. Kelly supports her in every way, but she dies anyways. Severide has a really hard time coping with her death, but eventually somehow manages to move on. (Take a Knee, Carry Their Legacy, Carry Me)
== Season 6==
After Stella gets evicted from her apartment, she moves in with Kelly. She tries to be cool with the idea of him dating, but she's still very jealous when he sleeps with Brett's friend, Hope Jacquinot. (It Wasn't Enough)
When Kelly's ex-girlfriend, Renée Royce returns to Chicago, Stella is very suspicious of her motives with Kelly. (The Unrivaled Standard) Kelly refers to Stella as his girlfriend for the first time to Renée. ( One for the Ages) Stella's distrust toward Renée is proven right when she kisses Kelly. However, Kelly does not let it progress and returns to Stella's apartment, telling her that she is all he thinks about. (The Grand Gesture)
== Season 7==
Severide answers his cell phone, and distressed, reveals to Casey that his father has suffered a massive stroke. Upon Kelly's arrival, he is told by Chicago Med's Ava Bekker that Benny has died. (All The Proof) This revelation causes him to become upset at Stella since she was his girlfriend, and he felt he could vent to her due to this relationship. Stella tries to help Kelly through his loss, however he becomes increasingly agitated to the point where Stella breaks up with him. (Inside These Walls)
After not seeing Severide for a few days, she grows concerned and suspects he is in Benny's old cabin in the woods. When she goes to the cabin, Kelly answers the door and he tells her that she was right to break up with him because she deserves a better man, then he vows to be that better man and they make up. (I'm Not Leaving You)
== Season 8 ==
Severide and Casey found out that the Jan Doe from the Tailgate at the Soldier Field was Stuart Anderson that Jay Halstead figure out. He saw that Stella Kidd, his girlfriend was so worried about the infection spread across everyone, and he reassured her that they were going to find out cause it and that everything was going to be okay. (Infection, Part I)
Kelly is trapped in a burning building with an arsonist after a fight. He saves the man when he is trapped underneath debris and escapes the fire after backup arrives. When the man asks him why he saved his life, Kelly responds that it is his job as a firefighter before he watches as the man is arrested. (Hold Our Ground)
Severide and Casey notice Harold Capp polishing the original firehouse bell before they are called to a fire. During the call at an impound lot filled with toxic gas, Kelly watches as Capp is hit with a large wave of gas. Severide and Casey later learn that he has skipped treatment and gone missing, Will Halstead setting a deadline for them to find him. The two find Capp at his home, still suffering from the effects of the gas but after talking with him, they convince him to go back. Capp emerges from the room with glasses, telling them that he can no longer be a firefighter with his poor eyesight. However, Severide sees through this and states he is okay, with Capp revealing his ruse. Capp reveals that he will be fine in time and teases an amused Severide for being worried about him. The pair take Capp to Molly's, where he is welcomed back. Hermann even offers free beers to celebrate Capp's return, to the latter's joy. ( 51's Original Bell)
== Season 9 ==
The squad answer a call. Severide is nearly caught in the fire but it saved when Stella comes to his aid. At the house, Stella informs Kelly that Boden recommended that she take the lieutenant exam he supports her decision if she goes through with it. Stella also points out to Kelly that maybe something is going on with Casey and Brett, after the latter stays late at her home because of a stalker something that he takes note of. (Rattle Second City)
After Brett and Mackey are saved from a crash caused by a stalker, Severide tasks Ritter and Gallo with finding the crashed ambulance. After Gallo locates it, Severide tries to reclaim pieces of it but is ignored by the scrapyard workers. With no alternative, he sneaks into the yard and grabs one of the old doors bringing it back to the house. He makes commentates the door by honoring the name of Leslie Shay. (That Kind Of Heat)
Kelly is approached by Casey to talk while smoking cigars. It was here that Kelly learned about Casey and Brett nearly hooking up being amused by this. (Smash Therapy)
Severide reveals to Casey that he wants to propose to Stella. (What Comes Next)
During a fire Stella follows Kelly further into the burning building where their way out is eventually blocked and they try to break down a window but fail. In another attempt to get out they both find another window and start breaking the glass. While they are breaking the glass, Kelly tells Stella that she shouldn't have come back to look for him, that she should have gone with Casey, to which Stella tells him that she is never going to leave him alone, that he has to know that by now, all of a sudden Kelly stops and proposes to Stella. Stella's answer is yes. (A White-Knuckle Panic)
Kelly and Stella reveal to the house that they are engaged. (No Survivors)
== Season 10 ==
In "The Right Thing", Stella goes out of town to set up Girls on Fire programs nationwide. However, when she begins failing to communicate throughout this trip, Kelly worries about the future of their relationship. She returns at the end of "Winterfest". In "Back with a Bang", Kelly confronts her asking why she stopped calling or writing him, he thought something had happened to her or that she had cheated on him with another man, clearly showing discomfort and tension in the relationship and Kelly's distrust of Stella.
Stella takes Kelly to the place where she wants them to get married, which is in front of the lake where Kelly almost lost his life, Stella tells him that she can't imagine a life without him. (Finish What You Started)
Kelly and Stella get married in a tour boat because their wedding venue wasn't available, with the boat passing through the lake where Kelly almost lost his life. (The Magnificent City of Chicago)
== Season 11 ==
In the midst of their honeymoon, Kelly and Stella realize that they had been followed to the cabin. They narrowly avoid being shot by their attackers before Detective Pryma and other officers show up. (Hold On Tight)
In "Damage Control", it is revealed that Severide was offered a spot in a world-class arson investigation course in Alabama, which he had accepted and left Chicago to attend. However, Stella finds out through Cruz that Kelly left Alabama to work an ATF case without her knowledge. This leads Stelka to be unsure about the future of her marriage. (Change of Plans) Stella decides to leave Chicago to bring her husband back. (Red Waterfall)
== Season 12 ==
After a six month time jump, it is revealed that Kidd brought Severide back to Chicago. (Barely Gone)
In "Trapped", Severide is asked to investigate an arson in Arizona. Stella is hesitant to let him do it at first but, after a conversation with Cruz, she realizes it's the best and only way to work through their issues, and tells Kelly to go. After being in Arizona, Kelly returns in "Port in the Storm". 
Truck 81 gets stolen with Severide inside, this leads Firehouse 51 to be worried about Stella. During Severide's kidnapping one of his captors is killed in front of him, leaving Kelly traumatized. Kidd leads the charge to find her husband, clearly worried for his safety and willing to do whatever it takes to get him back. (Inside Man)
Kelly tells Stella that he wants them to start having children. Stella is clearly shocked by this, but the conversation gets cut off by the notification of Wallace Boden's promotion to Deputy Commissioner. Later he learned that rookie firefighter Jack Damon, who was brought on 51, and his wife hates and doesn't like seeing Kelly interact with him, is actually his paternal younger half-brother, this revelation left Kelly speechless. (Never Say Goodbye)
== Personality ==
His charismatic personality makes him a popular figure with both his colleagues and the ladies. He tends to be casual with his men and can be seen at the squad table or in the lounge chatting or playing cards with the rest of the firehouse. Despite this, he tends to keep his private problems to himself and lets it simmer, which often worries his chief. In contrast to Casey, he is highly adept at reading people, especially his own colleagues, and his observation skills have come to the fore in several arson investigations.
== Trivia ==
* As shown in Season 2, Severide's Badge Number is stated to be 1751, although in Season 1 his badge number was shown to be 1068.
* Behind his back, Squad calls him FILO "First in, Last Out ".
* It is mentioned that he was the youngest person ever to join Squad at the age of 23.
* After Casey's departure in season 10, Severide is the second in command of Firehouse 51.
* Kelly's mother revealed that he got his name from her father.
* He's always shown wearing a gold chain and pendant for unknown reasons.
* His childhood home address is: 6325 South Campbell Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
* In season 5, it is revealed that he is 35 years old.
* In Season 8, Episode 12 "Then Nick Porter Happened" which aired on January 22, 2020, Stella celebrates Kelly's birthday early to which he replies "What's this about? My birthday isn't for another couple of days." Which means that Kelly Severide was probably born in January 1981.
* He is the only character to have dated or had a fling with someone from all of One Chicago: 
**Stella (wife, Fire)
**April (fling, Med)
**Erin (dated, PD)
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