Lifeline (A Heartstopper Fanfic)

david

Nicks pov

I gather all of my last items and shove them into my already overflowing bag. I feel the tears form in my eyes and push them back. This is not the time to cry. Not now. I chose this and now I have to be strong for me... and for charlie.

I focus on making sure have everything when I hear a commotion downstairs.
"I LOVE HIM AND HE LOVES ME SO JUST GET OVER IT" I hear Charlie shout.
"IF HE LOVES YOU THEN WHY IS HE LEAVING... HUH"
Dear god no no no no no this cannot be happening. David is here. Why the fuck is David here? Who invited him?

I sprint downstairs as fast as I can, almost slipping over multiple times on the wooden floors. As I'm running down the hall to the kitchen I hear a massive crash
"What the fuck is going on down here?!?!" I manage to get out as I slide into the kitchen only to see Charlie on the floor surrounded by broken glass clutching the side of his face. My eyes turn to David who's in a fit of rage storming around the garden outside screaming and punching the walls.

I take the opportunity to lock the door quickly to keep him outside to make sure charlies safe.
"Char, what happened?!?!" I say with panic clearly rising in my tone. My head is rushing and Charlie says nothing, "baby please talk to me!!" There's no response.

Charlie is kneeling down looking at the floor so I cant see his face, but there's blood on the floor so he's bleeding from somewhere. I gently pick up his face just to realised he's got a gash down the side of his face next to his right eye, its deep. I look into his eyes and he looks so out of it. What's going on?!?!

Charlies pov

I hear nick crash down the stairs as me and David are arguing,I Iook at davids face and see that he's searching around the counter top for something, what the hells he looking for?? The next second he had picked up a glass jar from the drying rack and smashed it on the counter, making shards fly all over the marble counter. He picked them up and all I saw was the largest shards hurdling towards me. One of them caught the side of my face before I had time to react and I fell to the ground as nick came speeding into the room sounding confused and worried.

After a few seconds, he came running over to me and knelt down next to me.
"Char, what happened?!?!... babe please talk to me" he said, clearly in distress. I tried to respond but I couldn't, my vision was going tunnel and everything around me felt wierd. Nick put his hand on my chin and lifted my face up gently. I saw his expression change when he saw the cut on my face. It must've been bad.
"Char, you're so pale... do you feel okay??" He asks as my vision begins to fade and he becomes more and more distant.

Nicks pov

Charlie looks so pale, he's barely even looking at me.
"Char, you're so pale... do you feel okay??" I said as his body went limp and his head fell into my lap.
"Charlie?!?! Babe whats going on?!!!" I shook his body gently and reminded myself that this happens, and not to worry. As i feel for charlies pulse i can tell that its racing, I need to lay him down properly.

I carefully lift up his head and place it flat on the ground so that he is flat on his back. I lift up his legs and place them on a chair to get circulation back. I hold his hand and his fingers are freezing, poor Charlie.

Charlies pov

My head pounds and I realise I passed out... its not the first time it's happened. I stay on the floor, I dont know where I am or who is around me and I'm too anxious to look around and see. The pressure in my chest builds as two voices in my head are screaming at me
"Get up and see where you are, you idiot" was being screamed at me in my head from one side, insulting me non stop.
"If you look up, you'll look gross... you'll look stupid... everyone will laugh at you..." These voices wouldn't stop and the overwhelming sound of yelling rippled through my ears.

Nick's pov

I see Charlie's hands move subtly as I stop counting in my head. Shit. That's the longest one so far, 6 and a half minutes.
"Shut up... Shut up... Just shut the fuck up, you're not real you are only voices in my fucked up head" I hear Charlie whimper, he sounds terrified, his voice shaking and cracking as he musters out "fuck fuck fuck fuck this isn't real, it's not real... I just need to calm down"
"Char, baby I'm here, it's nick" I say as Charlie's eyes gently flutter open, his hazel eyes look so disoriented and scared. I hold him in my arms as he clutches me in fear.

Charlie's pov

I hear Nick's faint voice amongst all the chaos in my mind. He looks so concerned and I immediately feel so guilty
"Sorry" I mutter out of instinct, I then feel his hand glide across my forehead, his soft skin gently consoling me as I begin to panic.
"Shhhh char, you're okay nobody is going to hurt you, I'm here baby"