oh I absolutely need to send a prompt. What about Connor getting hurt on a mission and Markus just l o s i n g i t and like everybody's surprised that the pacifist is reacting so strongly but that is his BOYFRIEND (already loving your fanfic omg)
Hey pal, u already know I would die for you.Why do I keep making these so long wtf ?
Connorknew he’d fucked up the moment he entered the house to find thewalls drenched in thirium. That alone should have been a strongenough signal to turn the fuck back and ask for reinforcements butHank was just behind him and they should have been fine.
Which,to be fair, they were. For like, a good portion of time, almost thewhole thing, really. Hank had kicked the door down and Connor tookout two of the guys standing near it while Hank took care of thethird one.
Nothingtheir intel told them about this android slave ring said anythingabout a fourth guy. He leapt from his hiding place behind the couchand fired three rapid fire shots at Connor.
Thelieutenant was quick but he had a decision to make, stay with Connoror follow the culprit. The android had been in his place not so longago and he stayed to help Hank, letting a deviant escape even beforeConnor even deviated. There was no way Hank would leave him alone.
Connorfelt himself falling in slow motion, error panels appearingeverywhere in his vision but he couldn’t focus on any of them. Hefelt scared and cold. So cold… Why was he feeling cold? He waswearing a hoodie, he couldn’t be cold.
Heshouldn’t be cold. … Should he ?
Whywas everything so cold ?
Heremembered that he stole his boyfriend’s hoodie today, right now hewanted nothing more than to curl in himself and breath in hisboyfriend’s scent, let it soothe him and make him forget about theholes in his stomach, rapidly leaking thirium.
Buthis body wasn’t responding
Whydid it him take so long to fall?
Wasit a symptom of low blue blood?
Shithe was leaking thirium on Markus’ hoodie, what a terrible boyfriendhe made.
Markus.Connor would really miss hi-SLAM
Beforehe could finish his thought, the android hit the floor and errorsspammed his vision once more.
“Connor,shit. Son, do you hear me? Stay with me, god fucking damn it”
Hankwas fiddling with his phone, his hands were soaked with blue bloodand tears were already gathering in his eyes. None of that matteredright now, he had to get help and save his son. He wouldn’t loseanother one. Not today and not ever, not if he could help it.
“It’sokay, you’re gonna be okay boy, trust me, just don-don’t leaveme”
Connorwanted to reassure him, tell him it wasn’t his fault and he lovedhim but he couldn’t move, why couldn’t he move?
“Justtell me what to do, do I need to put pressure there, will it damagethe components? Fuck why do we not have first aid for androids yet!”
Connorgathered his strength, blinking away the errors once more and liftedhis hand. This one movement felt so difficult. That wasn’t a goodsign at all, no need to be the latest android model to understandthat.
“Jus-”Thirium flooded his mouth, making it difficult to talk “St..Stay?With m-me?”
Hankfelt a sob broke his way down his throat and gripped the hand offeredto him. The other ran through the android’s hair while he keptmurmuring reassurances to the android, squeezing his hand in betweenhis. He didn’t let go, not even when the policemen arrived andreminded him that he had a report to file in. He ignored all of themand climbed in the ambulance, still cradling Connor’s hand,bringing it to his face and just keeping it there. Sending dirtylooks to the men pouring stuff into his son, trying to get him towake up or at least to stabilize him and shit, this brought back somany bad memories. Memories he wished had stayed hidden, buried underyears of unresolved trauma.
“Ifyou die, Markus is gonna kill you and everyone around him”
Thatseemed to rouse a reaction from the detective android who mumbledsomething for the first time
“Markuswould never be violent, don’t be silly lieutenant”
Hankwas out of his seat in seconds, his hands on Connor’s face, tryingto keep him awake but the android was already in rest mode again.
“Markuswait you have to calm down”
Inany other situation, Markus would have laughed at the irony of thesituation, North telling him to calm down.
Butthis was no laughing matter.
“North,they still want us as slaves, they kidnap us and sell us and peoplebuy us, and nobody does a shit thing about it except the lieutenantand Connor and now they shot him.” Markus took the lamp sitting onhis desk and threw it at the wall
“They.Shot. My. Boyfriend.” He threw a bowl then “For being an androidwanting to help other androids and I can’t calm down, I’m tiredof being calm. I tried being calm and they shot my fucking boyfriend!And now the press expect me to stay a pacifist when we’re beinghunted and sold and we should all stay quiet as we’re gettin-”
Northducked when Markus threw a glass and the shattered pieces came flyingclose to her face. The other androids who had gathered around to seethe cause of this ruckus left pretty quickly at that but she didn’tpay them any mind, her best friend was hurting in front of her andshe felt her heart break at the sight of her friend’s distress.
“Youthink I don’t know that? You think I’m not mad and worried aboutConnor too? You think I don’t want to grab a car and go there tocheck on him in person?”
Northhad stalked towards Markus and she was now standing a mere few inchesaway from his face so she could hear the broken sob that escapedMarkus and she threw her arms around him, pretending not to noticethat her shirt was now damp or that Markus was holding her a tootightly, probably doing some minor damage to her biocomponents.
“We’llgo see Connor but you have to stay quiet in front of the press andeveryone, no matter how annoying they are. He wouldn’t want you toruin everything you’ve worked for. I know this sucks but you owehim that. So just turn off your audio processor and just follow meMarkus”
WhenMarkus arrived in the hospital, he rushed to Connor’s room andopened the door so quickly that it flew off its hinges.
Seeingthe other android asleep but alive seemed to drain all of the tensionin his frame and he practically threw himself at Connor, hugging himand hiding his face in his hair.
“He’sgonna be okay, kid’s not gonna wake up for a while tho”
Markusnodded to acknowledge the lieutenant and then straightened up “Thanksa lot lieutenant, if it wasn’t for you he might, he could… He”
Hecouldn’t finish the sentence. It was okay though, Hank got the gistand threw him a wobbly smile.
“Sumowould’a missed him too much”
That’swhen North walked in and huffed in relief at the sight of Connor, hereyes were suspiciously wet and she dragged a chair close to the bed.
Theystayed like that, watching over the sleeping android for a whileuntil some policemen came in.
Immediatelythey all were on their feet,
“Whoshot him” that was North.
“Thisis confidential information”
Whichwould have been a reasonable answer that Markus could (eventually)have accepted except he heard someone in the back of the group makinga derogatory comment about androids and the deviant leader had hishands around his throat before he even realized he moved.
“ThisPlastic fuck as you said isreally upset because his boyfriend got shot since you all wouldrather look the other way when you see violence towards androidsrather than do your goddamn job so I’d suggest you shut the hell upbefore I make sure you stay quiet for a very long time”
Itwas as if a switch had been flipped, Markus let go of the man andturned around to see his boyfriend blinking slowly, obviouslydisoriented but so alive. New tears were already gathering up and hecouldn’t help the small smile that broke his face.
Hankwas the first one to hug him and Markus kept to himself, still rootedin place while they murmured between each other. North was next, sheput Connor into a headlock and threatened bodily harm if he ever didsomething like this again but Markus saw the white on their skin andthe small content smile on Connor’s face meant she was being waynicer in their interfacing.
SoonNorth and Hank left, ushering the policemen outside with them.
Connorwas fiddling with his fingers. Would Markus be mad at him ? He keptasking him to be more careful but he never listened and now Markuslost his temper and rationally Connor knew his fears were unfoundedbut that didn’t mean they would stop coming.
Therewas so much he wanted to say but his thoughts felt jammed together,the way they always did whenever he was alone with Markus but thistime it didn’t bring the warm happy feeling to his core, instead hecould feel the cold creeping back from his thirium pump, extendingtowards his arms, legs, fingers, devouring him whole.
“FuckI’m so glad you’re okay”
Connorlooked up and found himself quickly blinded by the sight of Markussmiling.
“Oh.Yeah me too. I’m…” He took in a slow calming breath, trying tomake some sense of everything he was feeling “I really didn’twant to go, I don’t want to leave you behind, any of you, Josh,Simon, Luther, North, Hank but mostly I don’t want to leave you”
Markuscould already imagine Josh’s comment of “fuck that’s smooth”but he chose to focus on his boyfriend in front of him. He sat on theside of the bed, Connor moving so the tiny hospital bed couldaccommodate them both. Normally Connor would be the one curling intohim but with his injuries Markus took it upon himself to drape hisarm over Connor’s torso and prop his face on the detective’sshoulder.
“Idon’t want you to leave me either” he murmured against hislover’s neck before lifting his head and staring into warm hazeleyes “Are you all right ? Does it still hurt ?”
Connortook a second to look at his boyfriend’s face and felt the sense ofpeace and warmth that always came with Markus.
Thedeviant leader rolled his eyes at the other one “That was so sappygod Con what happened to you”
Connorlaughed and placed his hands on the other’s jaw, lifting it untiltheir lips were a hair’s breadth apart. “You did and you love it”
Guys honestly I’m begging u send me prompts, I’ll go perform a striptease at an event of ur choice if u do so
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