‘Chicago Fire’ season 4 spoilers: Steven R. McQueen’s character part of new love triangle

Steven R. McQueen is coming over from “The Vampire Diaries” to “Chicago Fire” this fall, and we already have heard that he is going to have a difficult first day at the Firehouse after showing up late … in part due to some factors beyond his control.

Not too long after this takes place, though, it looks like he will start to fit in more with some of his fellow firefighters. Not only that, but he could be involved in one of the first romantic subplots of the season! Speaking in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, showrunner Matt Olmstead makes it clear that in one way or another, both Brett and Chili are going to be vying for his affection:

“Brett had a relationship with Cruz [Joe Minoso] last year, and now she’s single, and Chili’s single, and we’re bringing in the McQueen character who’s also single … Everybody else has dated each other or are in relationships or out of relationships — those are the three most available characters. We’re playing a little bit of a bake-off in terms of who likes the McQueen character. There’s a rivalry between Chili and Brett for his affection, and being friends, one of them defers to the other and fairly quickly we get a nice romance going with Brett or Chili.”

So what about Brett and Roman? You may have seen the two characters hook up at the end of season 3, but Olmstead seems to suggest to the publication that this is all that it is. We imagine that, for now, what happened with Lindsay and Severide is not going to be happening for any other characters for a while. It’s just difficult to create that many crossovers to have the relationship work.

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