Common sense is out the window
Pairing: younger!Harry Hart x GN!reader
Word count: ~2500
Warnings: Graphic descriptions of injuries, mentions of medical equipment like needles, sutures, and mentions of blood. Detailed descriptions of pain.
A/N: Reader has sustained an injury while out on a mission with agent Galahad and the two seek shelter in an abandoned cabin in the middle of the woods while common sense apparently decides to take a hike for the evening. (It is once again self-indulgent fluff, I apologizešš.)
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āTake it off, agent.ā His voice came soft yet sharp like the needle of a syringe piercing through flesh. You blinked several times at him, blood-stained fingers pausing their motion.
āGoodness, agent Galahad, donāt make me have to report you to human resources.ā Your voice is a little bit shaky as you continue to apply pressure to the site of your wound. You donāt look at him but you can tell that remark is earning you daggers. Besides, you were certainly not about to stand there and remove articles of clothing. If the bleeding didnāt kill you (it most definitely wouldnāt, it wasnāt that serious) stripping in front of Galahad just might.
āI can manage myself, agent. Thank you.ā You say very quickly but mean every word of it as you pick up the medic bag and move in the direction of the bathroom. Or what you presumed must be a bathroom. The chances of an abandoned cabin in the middle of the woods having a functioning plumbing system would have been a pleasant surprise, to say the least.
You donāt make it far, however, before you feel Galahadās hand enclose your wrist rather firmly. āIām afraid I must insist.ā There again with that voice. You wondered if he even needed any weapons on missions. He could just say things in that voice and people would probably just lay down arms right away. āAgent.ā He completes with particular emphasis on the word and you canāt help but turn and meet him.
Heās standing there quite dishevelled compared to his usual state of utter decorum ā hair a mess, glasses slightly crooked, specks of blood on his face, suit discarded, red streaks on his white shirt and yet his eyes havenāt lost their composure. Theyāre still calm and piercing at the same time. But you do see something else you donāt recognize that you canāt quite place either.
All you do is swallow dryly and nod. His grip relaxes as he guides you to an old table thatās collecting more than dust now. You wince as you hoist yourself on it with his help. Your shirt blooms red again. Galahad inhales as his hand instinctively comes to the spot on your middle where the blood comes from. āIāve had worse.ā You laugh with a few breaths, trying to reduce the tension but then, pain, sudden and sharp, forced you to shut up. āI think.ā You say weaker now.
Galahad ignores this as his hands move to the buttons. āMay I?ā He asks, very softly as if mere sound would cause you to bleed some more and you nod, giving up entirely. You realize that you now found you didnāt have the strength to move your arms. It required more effort than you could spare. And Galahad was being so nice, the part of you that you normally kept under reigns was now slowly winning.
His fingers move deftly through the buttons and in a few seconds, you have shed your shirt. Your undershirt is clinging to you and much more red than you had imagined. You sense Galahad tense next to you and you desperately want to ease his worry. Whether that was for your own sake or his, you couldnāt tell. He doesnāt even ask before he lifts your undershirt out of your trousers and vey carefully brings the hem up to your chest, exposing the wound. You look at it for the first time: itās a rather deep laceration on the side of your waist. But you know it hasnāt penetrated anything internal. The bleeding was purely superficial.
āCan you hold this for me?ā You take the hem of your shirt from him and roll it so that it stays around your chest, giving him room to work. He finds clean gauze and dips them in running water before cleaning the area around the wound. You donāt want to look at the rest of process. You hear him open up the bottle of spirit and bite the inside of your cheek when he dabs the liquid. Tears form at the back of your eyes. When heās done you look back and it is now significantly less scarier than it was before. You take a few breaths and he bends down closer to inspect it.
āI think Iām going to have to stitch it up, Y/N.ā Both the suggestion and the fact that he just used your proper name make you whip your head around to face the man. He looked almost as pained as you. You gulped. āDo you really?ā
He brought his fingers to the edge of the wound and felt it. Yiu didnāt know if you tensed because you were bracing for pain or because of the contact. This was all very distressing. Absolutely not. āI donāt mind waiting for help, Galahad.ā In the midst of all this, saying his name still felt weird to you.
āI donāt think we can afford that.ā He doesnāt wait for your response as he finds a chair and grabs the suture kit. Leave it to Kingsman to perfectly equip a medic bag.
And all of a sudden, you are now horizontal, on the table, heās now very much in your space, one elbow resting on your thigh for stability, as he starts applying the stitches. You have been given a belt to bite on and you use it gladly. Every movement feels like a thousand hot needles piercing your flesh and the tears roll down your cheek endlessly. Galahad whispers soothing words as he works. At one point, he even stops to let you breath as he brings his hand and smooths the hair on your head, which feels so comforting you relax into it. You stupidly pray that he somehow, remembers none of this when itās all over.
When heās finally done, and heās applied bandages to the wound, your head falls back with a thud on the table and you close your eyes, exhausted. Your skin is drenched in sweat bjt itās cool and you find yourself drifting off. You donāt know if youāre hallucinating or if Galahad gave you some pills for the pain but before you fall asleep, you feel someone press a soft kiss to your temple, very lightly as if theyāll wake you if theyāre ot careful. You donāt know it but you fall asleep with a smile gracing your features and Galahad is very slightly red in the cheeks looking at that.
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When you come to, itās dark. The only light comes from a little bulb hanging above you and the fireplace. You turn to see your clothes stacked neatly on a chair. On your left, Galahad is fast asleep on another one. He looked very worn out. Glasses askew, hair even messier than before, sleeves rolled up and stained red on the edges, tie completely absent. He clearly hadnāt meant to fall asleep but couldnāt help himself.
You suddenly feel very thirsty and look around for something to drink apart from the bottle of spirit menacingly staring at you from the medic bag. You spot a bottle of water next to the supplies bag and you think you can handle that journey. You slowly get up, noiseless, and let your feet dangle a bit before placing them carefully on the floor and moving your weight. Big mistake. Sharp pain shoots through your side and you hiss as you brace yourself against the table.
Instantly, Galahad is at your side and helps you up again. āWhat do you think youāre doing?ā You know heās trying for composed, but the way he says it sounded more concerned and had more panic in it than anything else.
āI was thirsty.ā As you say it, your voice is raspy, and Galahad immediately retrieves the bottle for you and hands it to you opening it. You take several gulps and hand it back, thankihg him. He just stands there next to you, not moving.
āAre you hungry? I think itās quite alright for you to eat.ā You shake your head and try to smile. āTrust me, foodās the least of my worries right now.ā He nods and goes to inspect your bandages.
Maybe now that the pain had subsided or that you had got water in your system, you felt very exposed. You were wearing next to nothing and seated in front of agent Galahad while he tended to your injuries. The intimacy of this setting was nothing your training had prepared you for. He may be used to this but you certainly werenāt.
He had removed the bandages to inspect the stitches and once satisfied, he carefully applied them again. You were once again suddenly very aware of his fingers on your skin. Good, Y/N. You almost die of blood loss and the thing youāre worried about now is the awkward physical contact with a fellow agent. Priorities clearly well sorted.
āIāve phoned base and Merlinās promised a vehicle soon. They canāt seem to get through the storm, Iām afraid.ā You nod and he steps back, not meeting your eyes.
āY/Nā, there it was. Your proper name.
āWhy did you do it?ā You blink at first, before you realize what he is referring to. He means āWhy did you jump in front of me like a maniac when that gun was fired? Where was your common sense?ā Truth is, you donāt know. You donāt know why. It was a reflex.
āBecause somebody was firing a gun at you?ā
He stares at you. Daggers again. Okay. Clearly not in the mood for jokes.
You sigh. āI donāt know. Alright?ā You find you canāt meet his gaze anymore. Youād rather address the rest to his knees than to him. āI just saw a gun; saw you and then I jumped. I donāt usually have common sense in general, if that makesyou feel better.ā
He laughs. Not loudly. And it doesnāt last long. Itās more of a huff. āIt doesnāt.ā He moves to the table and leans next to youm āIt makes me rather concerned for you.ā
You look at him and heās looking back at you, almost fondly. You shrink under him and smile looking away. You really wish you werenāt so exposed right now. Itās making you very self-conscious and you were already tired from the everything else. On top of all of this, Galahad is being very nice to you and you just canāt handle it. Maybe you shouldāve let the bullet him. At least you wouldnāt be the one shirtless right now. Please donāt start thinking about agent Galahad without a shirt now, Y/N. Not when heās right next to you and looking at you like you saved his life. Oh wait..
āWhat?ā He snaps you out of your spiral.
āNothing.ā You say too quickly. You hear him sigh next to you.
āI just ā,ā you begin but you find youāre unable to formulate thoughts. āI-,ā you canāt articulate anything. You want to thank him for looking after you and tending to you. You want to tell him to stop looking at you like that. You want to grab a sheet and cover yourself even though you know heās not looking anywhere but your eyes right now. You want to forget about your injuries and run away into the cold of the night, barefoot like a woodland creature and never return to Kingsman. How is somebody supposed to put all those thoughts into words?
He blinks once and you realize youāve been staring at him for several minutes and not speaking. āY/N, are you alright?ā
And that does it. This man is still making sure youāre alright because he feels guilty and because he cares about you or whatever and you no longer have the energy to worry about anything else. So, you do the thing youāve been thinking about all this time and bring your hand to his shirt and pull him doen to you, lips meeting his, deliberately. He starts at that and almost loses his balance but he steadies himself on the tabl, placing one hand on the flat surface next to you as his other one comes around you, holding you. Youāre grateful because youāre not sure if youād have stayed upright if he didnāt.
He kisses you very carefully, but with intent. You have no idea what youāre doing or where this is supposed to go so you donāt pull away until you need air again. You immediately rest your head on his shoulder and his arm around you holds you tighter, gently going up and down your back. You then feel his cheek resting on the side of your head.
You slowly move away and look at him properly. Heās not hesitant or apologetic. In fact, he looks relieved almost. āWas that alright?ā His hand on your back slows.
He leans down and kisses you again in response. Itās a bit longer before you pull away this time and his hand comes to rest gently on your waist. āI just ran a needle through you several times and youāre asking me if this is alright for me?ā You laugh softly at that and ignore the pain that comes from it.
He then lowers his head to your shoulder, placing a kiss on the skin over your collar bone. You bring your hand to his hair and smooth it a little. āBesides, I think I owe you much more than a few kisses for saving my life.ā He says it so softly that you feel your cheeks heat up as you lightly swat his head for that.
āAre you saying I did it for the money, agent Galahad?ā
He pulls away just enough to look at you properly. āNo, I think you did it for much nobler reasons.ā At which you shyly look away. āEven so,ā he brings a finger under your chin and you look up at him. āIām afraid I have rather very few methods at my disposal, to show you my gratitude.ā Your eyes widen at his bold demeanour and you canāt help but bite back a smile and look away.
āYouāre being insufferable, agent, do you know that?ā He smiles back at you, wide. āShame on you for causing distress to the wounded.ā You try to sound offended but you fail hhorribly. Galahad was being unusually cheeky and your brain refused to cooperate. Him placing another quick kiss to the corner of your mouth doesnāt help either. āI think weāre way past using our code names now, donāt you?ā He whispers against your cheek and your entire face turns red as you bury yourself in his shoulder once again, earning another laugh. You canāt help the smile that forms on your lips either as he gently holds you closer and you relax completely in his arms. Who knew all it took was a bullet to your side? āJust, please donāt dive in front of any more bullets, please.ā You shake your head against him. āNo promises.ā He gently squeezes the good side of your waist at that and you only lean in closer. No, he was going to have a tough time getting through to you.









