You make my heart stop- Heartstopper Nick & Charlie

Bad at love pt.2

TW: stay the same for this chapter

Nick's POV

We arrived at A&E a few minutes after 7 am. It was oddly quiet, so they took Charlie in almost right away.

'Mr. Spring' said the doctor as he came out

Charlie immediately grabbed my hand and held on for dear life.

'I'm not going anywhere' I whispered reassuringly and he smiled anxiously

We walked into the examination room and Charlie sat down uncomfortably on the table.

'What brings you in?' asked the doctor as the nurse checked his pulse and got his vitals

Charlie looked at me, silently asking me to answer for him.

'Uhm. If I may' I said unsurely as the doctor stared at me

'Charlie has been assaulted by his boyfriend. I'm not exactly sure of the extent since he was too shaken up to talk too much about it, but from what you can see he was strangled and hit. I was worried about some broken bones or internal bleeding. I just really want to be sure he's as okay as he can be' I continued anxiously

'Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. Will you feel more comfortable if a woman did your check up?' asked the doctor as he looked at Charlie sadly

'Y-yes, please' he stuttered out

The doctor left and moments later a different one came.

'Hello, my name is Dr.Diaz. I was filled in on your case. Let's get started, sweetie' she said softly

I hated how she pitied him. The sweetie sounded so condescending. She then eyed me and said

'And you are?'

'I'm a friend of his' I said unsurely

'Charlie, do you want him to stay?' she asked harshly

'Yes, he is the one that saved me' he said emotionally as he looked at me

'You saved yourself. I just helped' I said as I kissed his hand tenderly

'Okay. Let's get started' she said as she disinfected her hands 

She handed Charlie a gown and left us for a moment to change.

'Are you okay with me being here as you change?' I asked quietly

'Yes. I do need your help, I'm a bit sore' he said a bit awkwardly

'Okay. I've got you' I said as I gently took off my sweatshirt off of him

This felt so weird, yet so familiar.

He exhaled shakily as I did that.

'You okay?' I asked again before going any further

'Nick, at this pace, we'll be here until tomorrow' he said with a small chuckle

'I just... I don't want to trigger you or stress you out' I said uneasily

'Nick, you make me feel safe. Always have and always will. Just help me change' he reassured me

'Okay' I said as I exhaled heavily

I took off his shirt and I gasped. I folded the shirt, trying to calm myself down and not let Charlie see the tears in my eyes.

'Nick... it's okay' he said reassuringly

'It's fucking not' I said between gritted teeth

'You're purple and blue... literally all of you' I said shakily as I hastily wiped away the tears that were streaming down my face furiously