The Doctor (König x reader)

14 - closer to the truth

I woke up to the sun shining on my face. I turn to cuddle König but he wasn't there.
My eyes open to see the room empty, only me in bed. Some humming can be heard in the kitchen, and a delicious smell of pancakes hit my nose.
I carefully stand up and go to the bathroom mirror to look at myself, and what I see horrifies me. My hair is a tangled mess, and my face is devoid of any color, a greyish tone to it. I've lost a lot of blood. I see that I'm still in my turtleneck from that day Valeria shot me, which makes me feel and look icky and gross. I pull down the turtleneck to see if I still have the bruise Adam gave me from that time he choked me, and it's still there, purple as ever. Great.

"What is that?"

I quickly turn around, pulling up the turtleneck and see König standing in the doorway, a tray of food in hand.

"Nothing."

He puts the tray down on his bed and walks over to me.

"What is that on your neck."

He was in his balaclava, his eyes piercing through mine, a hint of anger in them. I think.

"It's nothing you should worry about."
"If someone hurt you—"
"It's okay! I told you, I'm fine."

He furrowed his eyebrows, clearly upset I wasn't telling the truth. But why aren't I? Adam is an asshole, and I shouldn't be hiding the fact that he put his hands on me like that. On the other hand, I don't want to put König in the middle of... whatever the hell is going on between me and Adam. So for now...

"You just have to trust me. I've got it under control."

He reluctantly nods and goes back to our bedroom. He puts the tray on my bed.

"I've prepared breakfast."
"Thank you, you didn't have to. I'll just take a shower first. I reek." I laugh, embarassed that I forced him to sleep near me while I'm in this state.

I prepare all of the things I'll need in the shower.
König comes in the bathroom again, playing with his fingers, seemingly nervous.

"Uhm, do you need any help?"

I turn around, confused.

"Help?"
"With... showering."

Apparently my face looked wrong because he started to explain himself rather quickly.

"I just thought you need help since you're hurt. I didn't mean..."
"König."
"-anything lewd. Ah, was sage ich, ich bin dumm—" *what am I saying, I'm stupid*
"König?"

He finally looks at me after his rant.

"I would really appreciate it. I think I'll need some help with my back, since I can't reach it because of the wound. I'll call for you."

He nods and leaves, closing the door behind him. I leave it unlocked for when he'll come to help.

I'm very nervous about him seeing my naked body, even if it's just my back, but I have no other choice. I need to get all of the dirt off of me.

I take off the bandage and see how bad the wound is. Seems like the bullet has been taken out and the entrance sewn shut.
I didn't completely take off my gear that night; I left on a vest that was on the thinner side so I could hide it underneath my clothes. I've had it since my days as Cobra because it was easy to move in. Thankfully that vest, although not as bulletproof as other vests, took most of the impact.
The skin looks irritated, red and a bit bloody. I will have to try to not get any water on it.
After taking all of my clothes off and putting them in the basket, I start to shower. Cleaning my body was fine, but now I found it difficult to wash my hair since putting up my hands pulled on the stitches, it was painful.