{"id":236215,"date":"2026-04-23T02:01:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/chicago-fires-violet-and-novaks-romantic-futures-addressed-amid-unsettled-thoughts-vasquez-save\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T02:01:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:01:55","slug":"chicago-fires-violet-and-novaks-romantic-futures-addressed-amid-unsettled-thoughts-vasquez-save","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/23\/chicago-fires-violet-and-novaks-romantic-futures-addressed-amid-unsettled-thoughts-vasquez-save\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Fire\u2019s Violet and Novak\u2019s Romantic Futures Addressed Amid \u2018Unsettled Thoughts,\u2019 Vasquez Save"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Are Chicago Fire<\/em><\/a>\u2019s Violet and Novak ready for romance after their shared love interest Vasquez saved their lives?<\/p>\n

Warning: Spoilers below from season 14, episode 18 of Chicago Fire.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

During the Wednesday, April 22, episode of the NBC series, paramedics Violet Mikami (Hanako Greensmith<\/strong>) and Lyla Novak (Jocelyn Hudon<\/strong>) found themselves trapped in a basement bunker<\/a> after a man claimed his pregnant wife was in labor.<\/p>\n

As their captor \u2014 who was holding his pregnant tenant hostage \u2014 began to unravel, firefighter Sal Vasquez (Brandon Larracuente<\/strong>), joined forces with the police in an effort to track down Violet and Novak.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tViolet has experienced several romantic heartbreaks on Chicago Fire, and while season 14 will start with a breakup it won\u2019t be all doom and gloom for the paramedic. \u201cViolet has had some tortured relationships in the past and is coming off some serious heartbreak,\u201d showrunner Andrea Newman exclusively told Us Weekly on Thursday, September 25, [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

While Vasquez\u2019s knowledge of the women helped him find them before anyone died in the bunker, Greensmith, 29, and Hudon, 31, exclusively told Us Weekly<\/em> that doesn\u2019t mean either paramedic is ready to make him their new man.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think [the episode] was further cementing friendships, especially between Violet and Novak,\u201d Hudon revealed, noting that the paramedics are choosing to focus on their working relationship \u2014 and not worrying about Vasquez.<\/p>\n

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The actress noted that coming out alive after leaning on each other signified Novak and Violet \u201crealigning our priorities and being able to say things and accept things and just flush out the unsettled thoughts and have them accepted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Prior to the kidnapping, Novak told Violet that she was hurt that she kept her Vasquez hookup a secret for so long. (Violet and Vasquez had a one night stand earlier this season, but Violet stopped it from happening again after she realized that Novak might like him more than she was letting on.)<\/p>\n

Once they were safe, Novak and Violet had a heart-to-heart in the back of an ambulance and agreed to be honest with each other, always.<\/p>\n

\u201c[They were like], \u2018All right, we trust each other, both professionally and personally. Let\u2019s move forward,\u2019\u201d Hudson said of the scene.<\/p>\n

Greensmith agreed with Hudon\u2019s assessment, telling Us<\/em> that Violet and Novak\u2019s partnership is \u201cwhat\u2019s most important\u201d for each of them.<\/p>\n

She teased that \u201cas far as Vasquez goes,\u201d fans will \u201cspend a lot of the rest of the season\u201d learning more about his character and \u201ctrying to understand what goes through his head.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe\u2019s a really private kind of character, and there\u2019s so little that we have really gotten to see into as far as what his thought process looks like,\u201d Greensmith shared. \u201cSo you may or may not see<\/a> more.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Hudon told Us<\/em> that there is also a lot more to learn about Novak\u2019s past \u2014 and possible romantic future<\/a> \u2014 this season, she played coy about whether or not a potential romance would involve Vasquez. (Novak shut down Vasquez\u2019s advances this season, telling him that sleeping with Violet was a non-starter.)<\/p>\n

Greensmith, however, revealed that Violet is more of an open book \u2014 but she\u2019s struggling to figure out what she wants after her fling with Vasquez and brief romance with Sam Carver (Jake Lockett<\/strong><\/a>), who is now working in Denver.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tChicago Fire\u2019s Violet has been through the wringer in the romance department \u2014 and her relationship with Carver doesn\u2019t appear to be any different. \u201cViolet has taken on so much heartbreak and disappointment and frustration,\u201d Hanako Greensmith, who plays paramedic Violet, told Entertainment Weekly on Wednesday, August 27, hinting that her and firefighter Carver\u2019s (Jake [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s kind of dancing with what she feels ready for<\/a>. She\u2019s very been in and out of actually committing to anything,\u201d the actress told Us<\/em>. \u201cI think the only thing that she\u2019s really felt committed to and comfortable with committing to is like a friendship with Novak, and I think that\u2019s really what she has needed this whole time.\u201d<\/p>\n

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