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Chapter 104 - Redfinch (Albert x Finch)

- Chapter 104 - Police Partners and Life Partners -
Warnings: Mentions of guns, violence, getting shot, blood, crying, criminals, hospitals, and surgery
Modern AU
Third Person POV

Running.

Pounding feet against the pavement.

Finch's labored breathing above him.

Blood soaking through his clothes.

Finch's shouts.

Finch's panicked whispers to him in between his (also Finch's) shouts.

"Quickly!"

"It's okay, Albie, I'm here for you."

"Get the stuff!! I can't lose him!"

"I got you, just stay awake."

"Come on! Hurry up!"

"Stay awake, Al."

"I don't care that he's getting away! Albert matters more to me than he does!"

"Please, Al."

Beeping.

That was all Albert heard now, apart from the occasional talking, but that was incredibly muffled.

He felt someone holding his hand.

Their hands were coarse, but Albert loved them and their feel nonetheless.

He knew exactly who's they were.

His partner.

His boyfriend.

"Finch." Albert's voice came out hoarse and quiet, barely in a whisper.

Albert heard someone shoot up and a crash.

Cringing slightly, before cringing more out of pain, Albert tries to turn his head.

"Baby." Finch whispers, cupping Albert's face with his hands.

His beautiful, brown eyes that reminded Albert of gingerbread, which Finch always made fun of him for liking and he would say Albert liked it because it was ginger, stared down into Albert's eyes, bloodshot and tired.

Albert would tell Finch that he loved his eyes because they reminded him of two things he loved more than anything in the world; Finch and gingerbread.

Albert's eyebrows furrow. He opens his mouth to point out the cuts on Finch's face, but Finch presses a kiss to his lips to stop him.

Albert blushes, feeling a little more shy than usual.

Finch pulls away. "Don't speak, baby." He whispers, gently caressing Albert's cheek. "You just had surgery, you shouldn't speak for a bit." He tells him.

If Albert's chest hadn't hurt so much, he would've sighed.

Finch grabs his phone. "But you can use this to communicate." He opens the phone and holds it in front of Albert with a notes page open.