SERENDIPITY // JJ MAYBANK

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JJ watched y/n from the tree above her, his breath getting heavy as he looked up at John B, who was wide-eyed, looking back down at y/n. The guilt washed over him when he had seen Barry drag y/n out of the house with her neck bleeding. He had forgotten her for a few seconds in his drunken and high state, thinking she was still with them. 

The guilt in his throat rose as he saw Rafe raise his gun, shooting the tree before he pointed the gun at y/n, Barry pushing Rafe's arm away from y/n's way as soon as he pulled the trigger, a blood curdling scream filling the quiet night as the bullet shot through the side of her thigh as she fell to the ground. 

JJ's wide eyes filled with tears, the only thing he could focus on was her screaming and the now blurry vision of the blood covering y/n's hands and leg as she gripped onto her wound, watching as Barry and Rafe ran off.

Y/n's leg felt like it was on fire as she tried to stop her bleeding with her hands, she was alone and she didn't have anyone to call, she didn't even know where her friends were until they jumped out of the tree, running towards her.

"Get off me!" Y/n cried out as JJ cradled her, pushing him off with her bloody hands. She didn't want to be held right now, the only thing she focused on was trying to distract herself from the pain. "Y/n, we have to call the ambulance! You're gonna bleed out!" Sarah exclaimed, also putting pressure on the wound to try and minimize the blood loss. 

 "No!" Y/n called out, looking up at her sister. "You can't. You'll get caught, Rafe will talk. He knows you guys are here." Y/n breathed out as JJ paced back and fourth, his hands linked together and resting at the back of his head as he panicked. "I'll be fine, just get the first aid kit."

"Y/n-" JJ tried, but was cut off by y/n snapping at him. "Shut the fuck up, JJ! It just grazed my thigh, I'm fine." John B returned with the first aid kit, handing it to Sarah with shaking hands. JJ helped y/n pull down her shorts so that Sarah could bandage her up, y/n clenching her jaw and holding back a scream when her sister poured the rubbing alcohol onto the wound. 

"Y/n, you have to go to the hospital." JJ whispered, brushing her hair from her face as she shook her head. "You and I will go, we'll make something up. Please." JJ begged her, wincing as he looked down at her leg. "Yeah, you need stitches." John B added, kneeling down next to her.

"I'm not going anywhere." Y/n shook her head as Sarah began to wrap up her leg tightly, the white material slowing down the blood flow. JJ brushed the hair from her shoulder as he examined the cut on her neck, the bleeding from the knife now stopped. "Help me up, please. I need to wash my hands and get a new pair of shorts." Y/n breathed out to JJ, his arms going around her as he pulled her up, y/n wincing with each limp she took inside the house, JJ helping her clean up and get dressed before he sat her down on the bed.

"I'm sorry, y/n. I'm so fucking sorry I left you." JJ mumbled, running his fingers through his hair as his nostrils flared, y/n letting out a sigh. She wasn't mad about them hiding, she preferred her getting shot instead of her friends, yeah, she wanted to talk about it, but she was tired and in pain. "JJ, please. Can we talk about this when I'm not bleeding out?" Y/n sighed, JJ feeling a pang in his heart before he slowly nodded.

JJ wanted to apologize for everything he had said and did the past few days, but she kept brushing him off. He just needed the clarification that they were okay. He was pulled out of his thoughts when she hissed out in pain, standing up. JJ helped her walk out the house and onto the dock as they waited for Pope and Kie to come back with the boat, extra gauze and bandages stuffed into JJ's bag that was now on his back.

"Don't tie up!" JJ called out to Pope when they came back, their mouths widening when they saw a pale y/n limping and using JJ to help her walk. "What happened?" Pope and Kie both shouted as they watched y/n's face scrunch with each step she took. "We're dipping. Y/n's been shot and Rafe knows they're here." JJ muttered, helping y/n onto the boat before she sat down.