@hispartner // every breath you take sends you further back.
he’s safe now. his mind’s telling him otherwise, still caught so deeply in the bloodbath he’d just walked out of, but the flashing lights of the police cars and the paramedics tending to Emily and Shelby ( he’d insisted they be taken care of first ) help cement the reality that, yes, he’s safe and sound. there won’t be any more blood spilled tonight, his or otherwise.
his abdomen is still throbbing from the incision, the key that has yet to be removed, and post-surgical stitches, but his other injuries have been banished from the forefront of his mind. right now, they don’t seem that important, even the bones beneath his palm that have splintered from the metal rod he’d willingly forced through them, or the hand-sized patch of skin that’s been scalded from his neck. it’s only when the young agent before him repeats his name that he glances up, taking a sharp inhale as he jolts back to reality.
❛ i– i’m sorry. i didn’t —– wasn’t listening. ❜
she’s never been good at this; being on the scene, surrounded by bodies being wheeled out in bags and the smell of blood and sweat permeating the air. she’s been at it for five years, and as much as she’d like to be, she’s still not immune to it all. especially when she has to handle it on her own and without the strong stoicism that she’s used to having by her side.
it’s a lost feeling -- standing in the middle of it all and wondering where to start and what to observe. it’s been some time since she’s been on the job again after the incident that had immortalized itself in the scars on her face and neck. it’s good to be back, but it’s almost as if she’s new to the job again. it’s her first time back on her feet.
focus. brown eyes observe the man in front of her, shaken, burnt, and bleeding. William Easton is gone, and Lindsey can’t blame him for trying to escape reality at a time like this -- after all that he’s gone through.
❛ no, it’s alright, take your time, ❜ it’s a gentle urge, ❛ Special Agent Lindsey Perez... is there anything i can get for you--? ❜