Mrs Rogers

✨⭐️Twenty Six⭐️✨

I felt like I'd been hit with a fucking truck, my chest felt super heavy and there was a stinging sensation in my left side. My right eye cracked open and and I saw that I was in a hospital room, I was surprised I was alive, I had honestly thought I'd checked out for good. I moved my head to the right a little and saw I was hooked up to an IV and I was also hooked up to some blood, I obviously lost a lot of blood and I wondered how long I'd been getting it for, or how long I'd been asleep. My chest was sore, it hurt when I tried to take a deep breath and it made me cough. The pain in my chest almost made me go cock eyed and I knew I'd probably broken a rib, or they broke my rib to save my life. For all I know I could have been dead and brought back to life, it was a fucking mystery.

"On your left." I swallowed hard when I heard his voice, I slowly turned my head until I saw Steve and he looked emotional with a hint of exhaustion. He didn't wait for me to say hello, he immediately scooted his chair closer to the bed and grabbed my hand. "You're in Lee memorial hospital, in Fort Meyers. Why the heck didn't you tell me that you got shot?"

"I didn't know I'd been hit until I was heading to the car to give you back up." My voice was so croaky, making me clear my throat. "I'd not have hid that from you if I knew." It didn't help, I was still sounding like a toad.

"You lost a lot of blood, they told me the bullet punctured your lung and you bled into it." He squeezed my hand and I gave it a small squeeze in return, I felt pretty weak. "You've been out for two days, they patched up your lung and put a drain in. You're damn lucky to be alive, they said if Carla hadn't of found you when she did, you'd have--" He sook his head, looking away from me for a moment before those gorgeous eyes of his looked at me. "I'm just glad you're awake."

"Did you catch up with Grayson?"

He laughed. "Of all the things to ask me." Steve lifted my hand to his mouth and kissed it. "Yeah, I got him. We fought for a while, he got me good with a knife." He lifted his arm up to show me a gash that had been stitched together. "He's in S.H.I.E.L.D custody and his computers have been seized. We got him."

"Successful mission, then."

"My mission failed," he looked really upset about it. "My mission was to protect you and I failed. You got hurt and you almost died, either way the mission is done. Nick is on his way and I just really wanted to apologise that I couldn't protect you."

"You did protect me, Steve." I squeezed his hand a little. "You got me on the floor, if you hadn't have, I might have been hit elsewhere and it could have been worse. Don't worry about me, I'm fine. You got Grayson and I'm here."

"I got back to the house as soon as I could because I had a bad feeling, and when I got there, Gregg was stood outside waiting for me."

"Please tell me you didn't--"

"I grabbed him by the shirt and pinned him to the hood of the car but I didn't do anything else, I thought I'd give him a chance to talk and I asked him where you were, he told me you were on your way here and that Carla had gone with you but she'd told him to wait for me." He let out a shaky breath. "I got in the car and drove straight here, I've not left your side."

"Where is Carla?"

"She's at home." He nodded and made a face at me. "Two agents came to the hospital and debriefed her with me, she knows we were undercover but I spoke to her myself because I needed to thank her for getting you here."

"How'd she take it?"

"She was pretty much blindsided, I told her whatever you and her had seemed pretty real to me, but I don't know how she really feels. Gregg took her home and I've stayed here ever since." He suddenly stood up and leaned over me, edging his face closer and closer. "Though she did give me a message from you, something you might have said whilst you waited for an ambulance." He gave me a little kiss on the lips and he started smiling at me. "Now, I'm not sure if you said what you said because you thought you were dying or not, but I love you too."