charlie cox ; imagines

clean me up?

you had just got back from working a late shift at josie's & you were tired, dropping your purse on the floor & taking off your shoes messily, not caring where they fell at the moment. you were walking slowly to the bathroom, rubbing your eyes to get the tiredness out of them. once you got there, you dimmed the light & started to undress.

you took your hair out of the bun it's been in for the last six hours, then un buttoned your white dress shirt & zipped down the zipper on your black mini skirt. but before you could take off your undergarments, you heard a pounding at your door. with a groan of annoyance, you put your clothes back on & quickly made your way to the peep hole to see who was there.

it was a scruffy looking matthew.

"what the hell happened to you?" you questioned as soon as you opened the door, pulling him inside before anyone could see the state he was in.

"what? i just thought i'd come by to see you" he played it off, wincing when you touched the cut on his cheek.

"sit" you said pointing to the couch, tapping his chest with your other hand so he'd listen to you.

"not even a kiss? cmon..." matthew bantered, making you sigh in annoyance at his cocky attitude.

"i'm not in the mood for games matthew" you told him firmly before kissing his lips quickly, making him want more.

"now, sit" you repeated, leaving him to go get the first aid kit you had in the bathroom.

luckily when you came back, he listened.

making your way to him. you saw he opened the buttons on his shirt so you could tend to the large cuts on his chest, as well as the smaller cuts littering his face & neck.

"matt..." you said quietly, in awe at the damage he was in this time.

pulling your hand so you'd come closer, he squeezed it & gave you a smile saying, "i'm okay sweetheart" he said truthfully, not wanting you to pity over a few cuts & scratches.

"clean me up?"

"stay still" was all you said before getting to work.

you cleaned the blood on his skin, as well as cleaning his cuts with antiseptic liquid from your cabinet. some of the cuts were deeper, so you had to grab a few of your extra sutures to close them up so they wouldn't bleed out. his other cuts only required bandaids or the longer ones that help close some cuts together. after using gluture to close the deepest cut you had to sew up, you wiped the remaining blood & dirt from his body before giving his cleaned cheek a light kiss.

"can you please shower to get the remaining shit off you?" you asked him as you put away your medical materials.

"only if you join me, honey" he replied, his voice sounding like silk despite the pain he was in.

smiling at the nickname, you stood up & helped matthew make his way to the bathroom. tiredly undressing yourself & him, you both stepped into the luke warm water running from the shower head above. you helped matthew shampoo & condition his hair before doing your own, tiredly smiling at the soft touches shared between you two.

"i'm sorry for putting you out tonight" matthew said when he pulled you closer to his chest, skin-to-skin contact making you feel warmer than the water.

"no need to be sorry daredevil" you told him, smirking when he gave you an embarrassed look.

"seriously, i'm always here to clean you up, even though i'm exhausted" you told him, making him smile a bit at your little joke.

resting his forehead to yours & closing his eyes, matthew took all of his surroundings in. the smell of the shampoo mixing with the conditioner & body wash, the sound the water made when it hit his back or the drain, the fan whirring in the background, how nice your touch felt despite the pain that was present throughout his body— he took everything in & sighed happily.

"i love you"

"i know, because i love you too"