Better days ( graves an child reader)

Storm (chapter 26)

A/n - the poetic rizzler is  back windy whimsicals and chicks with no dicks 🤠 , here's another chapter since I was feeling pretty chill today so I wrote for you guys , ENJOY!

You winced as you went to sit yourself up and as you did so graves gently placed his hands under your arms and picked you up a little where you could sit up straight. He set you down and then sat back in the chair next to your bed and he had a almost guilty look on his face which in his case he felt extremely guilty.

He felt guilty for leaving you for so long with 141 , he felt guilty for getting you into this mess and for not doing something better about it. He felt it was his fault that you got hurt and that it was his responsibility, which it was. He had these feelings because he knew he fucked up but to both your cases it was special , this was different. He couldn't just automatically get discharged to take care of you but be also really wasn't supposed to have you in the feild in the first place.

You looked at your side and back at graves and placed his hand on your shoulder as his eyes scanned over your wounded body.
"I'm sorry for getting you into this....."
He muttered.
"What happened ?.....why is my side bloody?..."
You asked as you looked at your bandaged wound before averting your gaze back on him.
Graves let off a soft sigh before looking at you with a ashamed look.
"There was an explosion...you got the bad end of it as the humvee rolled causing some debris to fly around..eventually causing a rifle tip to go through your side...you got emergency surgerie which indeed saved your life which I'm very grateful for"
Graves explained and you nodded as you touched the bandaged slightly feeling the searing sensation of the raw flesh that hid behind the soft white cotton.

"You'll be fine but it's going to take a few days for you to heal so your gonna be here in med bay."
Graves said as he rummaged around and draped a blanket over you knowing how cold hospitals usually are. You looked up at him and had a tired yet pained look as you remembered what had happened and what was explained on the mission.
"Are you a part of the issues ?..."
You asked , your voice raspy and your throat scraggly.
"No y/n I'm not part of that okay."
His voice was soft as he looked at you as you did the same with half lidded eyes.

"Doc said you should heal within not even a few days, maybe 2 weeks or so?"
Graves announced and you gave a small nod.
"Are you okay?"
He asked again , not wanting to overreact but still wanting to know whether you are okay and not lying by saying 'I'm okay' when you're not.
You squint your eyes at him and had a small
'Bitch are you serious?' Face.
"Does it look like I'm okay?"
You say sarcastically as you adjusted where you sat , not too much to the point an alarm would go off signaling a nurse. When the nurses put wires and stuff to monitor someone or they have someone with an IV in they have an alarm put in place just in case something gets tampered with or something falls out.

Graves let off a chuckle and shook his head slightly.
"I see you still have your snarkiness to you."
He continued.
You looked out the window seeing it was dark outside. The pain in your side is still very prominent regardless of the painkillers that were given to you by nurses and medical staff. You wanted to see ghost and the others , you wondered about the situation and who was "grim" and all these events that were happening.

There are bigger problems that are now entering the picture but you don't know if you'll ever get to see or solve them since you're in medbay. You looked down at yourself again to realize you were in a hospital gown for the second time. You stood quiet for a moment before you had a small disgusted look on your face.
"Did they see my ass ? They stripped me down and put me in this."
You tone perplexed as you muttered.
Graves shook his head and held back a laugh as he saw you realizing.
"Don't worry nobody saw anything they shouldn't have."
He reassured you as he gently pushed a small piece of your hair behind your ear.

"Are you hungry ? I can get you food before visiting hours are over."
Graves offered , his tone soft and gentle yet his almost southern accent still very prominent in his voice. You shook your head No as you leaned your head on the headboard of the medical bed you sat atop.
"Just in pain..."
You replied as you sighed , Graves soft look contorted into one of a sad look , an ashamed look as he heard your answer. You were in this because of him , you were suffering more because of him.

"I gotta-

"I know you do."
You cut him off.
"I know you gotta go and "be a commander" alright it's fine...."
Your tone low and wobbly as you as you knew he was going to leave again. That's what he always did.

He leaves.

You get yourself starting to get upset about it now. You usually didn't let yourself feel this way since you primarily let everything get bottled up but now that cap was slowly getting looser and you felt your emotions seep in. You didn't want him to leave, you wanted him to stay but his job didn't allow that at the moment.
"Listen y/n I promise you that I'll visit you during visiting hours okay?"

He promised.

"Okay....I'm trusting you to come back later."
You muttered as you gave him a small closed lipped smile. Graves gently nodded and patted your shoulder before standing up. The soft rustling noise from the gear on him , his vest softly shuffling around as he fixed himself.
"I'll see you later..love you kiddo."
He spoke as he got ready to walk out of the room. You eyes widened as you heard his words and you finally felt the emotional toll that was bestowed upon your soul.
"Love you too.."
You voice brittle as you saw him give you a small smile and nod as he finally left.

It was silent.

The emotion was left in the air while others were left in a storm of despair.