cadnis oneshots so i can get some f*cking sleep

catch you when you fall

happy wednesday friends!! here's a little hurt/comfort fic to celebrate me getting the second dose of the covid vaccine (like two weeks ago, but still)
quick tw for broken bones (nothing graphic)
and a brief mention of animal death. one sentence and again nothing graphic, but please keep yourselves safe if anything could be triggering.

enjoy!
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Cady hates the sound of her ringtone.

Not the sound itself, but the meaning behind it. Other than her parents, nobody calls her with any sort of regularity. Janis gets anxious making phone calls, Damian doesn't have time, and all her other friends just prefer to text.

Which is why her heart nearly drops out of her chest when her phone starts ringing in the middle of a lecture. Luckily, it's with her favorite professor, who just waves her off and continues as she excuses herself to answer it in the hallway.

She grimaces when she sees it's from Damian, he knows she's supposed to be in class and that she has a huge test next week. She needs to be in this lecture. But, if Damian is calling it must be something serious.

"Dame, I'm in the middle of a lecture, what is it?" She asks frantically.

"I know, Cads, I'm sorry, but...uh..." Damian trails off.

"Damian, please, I can only be out here for a few minutes," Cady begs.

"Janisbrokeherarm."

"She what? What the hell happened?! Wait, where are you? I'm on my way," Cady asks rapidly, running back to her seat in the classroom to grab her bag before barreling out the door. She'll explain to her professor later.

"We're at the hospital, hold on," Damian replies. Cady gets a text with directions to the correct one. "She came to visit me at work today, so I was showing her around, and she fell into the pit. It's not far, but she landed weird and broke both bones in her forearm."

"Poor thing. Can I talk to her?" Cady asks, wanting to hear her wife's voice.

"She's... kind of unconscious. She was freaking out about being in the hospital and in a lot of pain so they sedated her," Damian says nervously.

"I thought she got over her thing about hospitals," Cady mutters. "My poor darling. How are you doing, though?"

"I'm fine. I just... really don't like broken bones. And hers were very broken," Damian says.

"Oh, Damian, I'm sorry. I forgot you had that phobia," Cady says worriedly. "Thank you for taking care of her."

"We've been taking care of each other for twenty years, I'm not about to stop now. But you should hurry, the doctor just said she'll be up soon," Damian replies, already sounding a bit better. "They said she'll be pretty out of it, but she'll want to see you."

"I'm almost there," Cady says. "I'll see you soon."

"Okay. Love you," Damian says before they hang up.

"Love you too, D."

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Once she finally arrives, Cady rushes up to the front desk with her ID already out. She signs in quickly before an intern leads her up to a small room.

Cady knocks on the door gently before pushing it open, finding a newly awake and very high Janis being cradled in Damian's embrace. Cady sits in an uncomfortable chair by the bed, taking Janis' unhurt hand and kissing her knuckles.

"Hi, darling, how are you feeling?" Cady asks gently.

"M' arms tickle. 'N this one doesn' work," Janis mumbles in reply, showing off her right arm with a dashing purple cast that goes almost to her shoulder.