Pull me out - Tim Bradford x reader <3

3. Don't let me go

The building is completely surrounded in silence, nobody is taking the risk if you being taken to another location or your kidnapper getting away. Its a large industrial type of building, abandoned. They'll have to search for you.

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You could only pray that you where found soon, at this point you where ready to give up. Every part of your body burned. You couldn't lean back, cuts from being hit with a chain scored across you skin. You where to weak to even try to stand and your wrists where still tied. You where so ready to just fall asleep until gunshots sound from in building, pulling you straight back to reality. You here muffled voices shout, doors slam and bullets hitting walls. You scream as loud as you can for help, hoping somebody finds you soon before Mateo realises theres no need to keep you alive if he's been caught.

The door swung open, you looked up in hope but again you where quickly dragged back to reality when am all too familiar face appeared. He stormed over and dragged you to your feet, a gun pointed to your head. "Looks like your buddy's turned up just in the nick of time eh? Well i don't quite think so, they really think I'm letting you out of this alive?"

Your heart pounds, you feel the cold steel of the gun against your head and Mateos tight grip pushing you forwards, he walks you the main room, dragging you straight to the middle for everyone to see.
You keep yourself as composed as you can, everyone you are about and who cares about you in stood in this room. Then you see him, Tim.

He has his gun raised straight at Mateo, his worried eyes meet yours. "Alright, you know the drill! Lower your fucking guns or you watch me blow her fucking brains out. You give me what i want and i let her go." He shouts, waving his gun around before pointing it back at you.

"What do you want?" Grey shouts back, reluctantly lowering his firearm and encouraging everyone else to do the same.

"You give me a lift of everyone who's been undercover in my fucking operation, and you let me walkout of here." He pushed the gun harder against you.

Tim seeths with anger, seeing you covering in blood and bruises. He knows Grey won't make the deal, but he does know that theres a sniper with his crosshairs pointed directly at Mateo, ready to shoot when Grey gives the signal. 'You know i can't do that'.

"Mateo, you know i can't do that."

Bang.

You scream as Mataeos body falls and you fall with him, your legs giving way as soon as his grip releases you. The second you fall Tim runs to grab you. He pulls your shivering body into his. Nyla rushes over to cover you with a jacket and she calls for the paramedics to be sent in. You cry into Tim's chest, you can't think outside of this moment.

"I'm so sorry. I've got you. You're safe." He holds you so close, never wanting to let go. his hand rests on the back of your head, holding you into his chest. He doesn't move until the paramedics take you, he lifts you onto the gurney which is wheeled into the ambulance, Tim gets in to sit besides you while grey and Nyla follow, the others stay to secure the scene and make the arrests.

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The medic in the back of the ambulance rushes to stabilise you, your vitals being all over the place. Tim helps to cover wounds that still bleed, holing gauze pads on them and trying to comfort you at the same time, every single part of your body forces you to drift off until you can't help but give in, your eyes close and your consciousness floats away from you before Tim can pull it back. Your heart rate gets dangerously low, the medic works as sirens blast and the ambulance drives at ridiculous speeds, police cars escorting it either side. Tim rests a hand on the side of your face, with every hope of you waking up. "come on, please. you can't go yet alright? we have so much more left to do" tears fill his eyes, your heart rate stays low and you remain unconscious.

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The next few hours are a complete blur that leave Tim and the others sat in the waiting room, nobody sleeps and a shift starts meaning most of the officers have to start work again, Grey authorises Tim and Nyla to stay, he wants to stay himself but the investigation against the gang has started and he'll do anything in his power to make sure they suffer.

Minuets pass that feel like hours, all leading up to the moment when the doctor appears.

"Officer Bradford?" a doctor calls, Tim and Nyla shoot up from their seats.
"Hi, we where able to stabilise her and the surgery to repair the internal injuries went well, she has multiple broken ribs along with external injuries that have been stitched up along with the burn on her arm. she's sleeping at the minuet and will be in a lot of pain so she's on a drip, one to rehydrate her and one to help the pain"

Tim analyses every word the doctor says, not wanting to miss a single detail.  He feels like he's watching her say it on slow motion, absorbing every word. Tim and Nyla thank the doctor over and over while she walks them to your room, where you lay peacefully asleep surrounded by machines. "Nyla you go get some sleep before your shift later alright? I'll stay with here"
"Alright, text me any updates. I'm so relived she's okay"
"I will, honestly when I found her I thought I'd, well we'd lost her. She was trying so hard to stay awake but she was so so weak" he tears up looking at you, so thankful that you're okay.
"Oh come here" Nyla pulls Tim into a hug before she gives you a gentle kiss on the forehead and says her goodbyes.

Tim takes a seat next to where you lay and gently holds your hand in his. He knows he's given everything away between the two of you to everyone else by how he's reacted over the whole situation but he didn't care, you where more important than any secrets he had to keep. He can't wait for the moment you wake up, to be able to look into your dar green eyes again.
A guard is stationed outside of your room even when Tims there, Grey wants every single safety precaution put in place to protect you.
He looks down at your bands, red marks line your risks form being tied up and your knuckles are grazed. He looks back up at your eyes to find your beautiful green eyes looking back at him. "Willow? Hey, hey take it easy. You're in the hospital. You're safe." Tears fill your eyes the second you see Tims face, when you feel his hands holding yours, you really do know you're safe now. He pulls you into his chest ever so gently to wrap you in his arms as you cry, he can't help but tear up.

"Thank you Tim, so much"
He pulls away from the hug and helps you to sit up by placing pillows behind you. "What for darling? If anything i got you into this situation"
"No no, don't you dare think that. Thank you for finding me, thank you for being here when I' woke up."
"It was a team effort, Grey had everyone on the force looking for you. I'm just so grateful you're alright, are you in any pain?"
"I can't lie officer i think I'm a little high on morphine right now" you smile, he admires that you try to be happy even in a hospital bed.  "Well thats good, I'll tell one of the doctors you're awake but I'll be back in a second"

When he's gone you look down at your hands, your arms, you see the burn covered by a bandage, cuts that have been stitched togther, bruises that spread wide across your skin. "Willow! Nice to see you're awake i was expecting you to be out all day. How're we feeling?" The cheerful doctor asks as he stands at the end of your bed and checks your vitals on the machine next to you.
"Well whatever is in that drip is doing gods work doc, no pain at all. I know its early to ask but how long will i be in for? What's the recovery time?"
"Eager to get to work? Your sergeant already warned me you would be. Well we can let you out of here possibly tomorrow evening if we're happy with your progress, but as for work that'll be a while. A few months at least."
"Okay, yeah. Thank you."
The doctor goes on to fully explain your injuries and the surgery's that repaired them so you fully understand the recovery process, he leaves and says he'll check back in a few hours.

You can't quite comprehend what you've been told and everything that happened, you mind rushes and jumps from thing to thing until you look at Tim, instantly your mind focuses on one thing, him.

He's your safe place in all of the chaos.