One-Shot book - Coronation Street

Help me - Kylie and David

This One-Shot does have self harm and talks of suicide in it so of that is triggering for you please don't read.

In this one-shot, Kylie walks in to the salon to see David about to self harm and quickly stops him. She comforts him and he opens up to her about his feelings.

David's POV:
Things are getting too much. The anxiety. The depression. I haven't told anyone that I am suffering with these because they will probably hate me. I just can't handle that. I'm scared that if my wife, Kylie, finds out she will leave me.

So now here I am. My back resting on a wall in the salon while I bring a pair of scissors to my wrist. I've never self harmed before and I told myself I wouldn't but I just need release.

Just as I bring the scissors to my wrist a hear a shout and the salon door slamming open. I quickly put my hand behind my back to hide the scissors and look up to see Kylie.

"David, what are you doing?" She asks as she closes and locks the door before rushing towards me. I avoid eye contact while speaking to her.

"N-nothing. I was just about- just about to lock up." I say. I feel a hand on my face making me look at her.

"Show me what's behind your back." She says in a soft tone that makes me want to break down. Knowing there is no point in arguing I slowly bring my hands to my front showing her the scissors. She takes a deep breathe before taking them out of my hand.

"I haven't done anything. I was- I was going to but you walked in." I say as sobs start to take over my body. I fall to my knees and scream out in pain. Not physical but emotional.

"You're okay. We will get through this together. Just take some deep breathes." She pulls me towards her leaving my head resting on her shoulder as she rubs my back.

After many minutes of crying fr me and soothing words from her I finally calm down. We both stand up and walk towards the small couch.

"What's going on? What's caused this?" She said with concern. Her voice was comforting.

"I'm sorry that I didn't tell you but I am- I'm suffering from depression and anxiety. I don't know what caused it. I guess it was just all the stress. I wanted to tell you but I thought you would leave me. You're the first person I've told. I promise I've never tried to hurt myself before. This was my first time but you stopped me." I take a deep breathe before looking at her.

"I'm not going to leave you. We are going to get you help and we will get through this together. You're going to need to be more open with me. Even though it may be hard. Okay?" She holds my hands when talking. I nod my head at her words.

"I love you." I say while giving her a short kiss on the lips.

"I love you too." She replies.

This is my first one shot for this book. If you have any ideas for this One-shot book, please let me know. Thank you for reading it, and I hope you enjoyed it. Have a good day, or if it's the end of your day, I hope you enjoyed it. <33