Jack Dawkins One Shots

Lapis Heart

I finished up my usual work and rubbed my eyes a little taking a moment to sit on the stairs and take a breath. But before I'd even fully exhaled-

"Maternity patient. Room two." Hetty barked on her way up the stairs,

"...Can't you just-" I began but immediately got a slap round the back of the head from an already annoyed Hetty, "Okay!" I yelped, Muttering some very rude things under my breath I headed into room two to check on the patient. I walked in and stood at the doorway looking over to the young patient in the room, she had Y/S/C skin, Y/E/C eyes, long Y/H/C hair, a black cord around her neck holding the pendant of a lapis heart and was sniffling and crying softly, I had to admit it was heartbreaking to see such a young lady in this position. I took a deep but silent breath before striding over to her bedside and putting a gentle hand on her shoulder "Hey sweetie, I'm Jack. I'm here to make sure everything's okay. Can I ask you a few quick questions and check a couple of things?"

she nodded unable to stop her tears,

I continued to maintain a gentle, calm composure so as not to agitate the young girl further, I began to softly ask her a few standard questions "Can you tell me your name sweetie?"

"Y/n..." she sniffled

"That's great, perfect...Y/n, that's a beautiful name." I smiled, I didn't want to ask but... I had a feeling, "Are you alone here sweetheart?"

she nodded unable to hold back her tears from flooding her face

"Hey there's no need to cry sweetheart." my heart ached for her I continued to rub her back and try to console Y/n, "It's okay sweetheart, can you tell me a little about what's going on sweetie?"

"I- I- I-" She sniffled unable to stop crying to even get a word out, "I'm gonna have a baby...."

My heart shattered at her words and I gently placed a hand on her shoulder to offer her as much reassurance as I could "Hey...hey it's okay sweetie. A lot to take in I imagine. I take it this wasn't in your plans sweetie, can I ask who's the father?"

"He... he left."

My heart broke further at her words and my anger began to build at the thought of the child's father abandoning her in such a distressing moment. I took a few deep breaths to keep my emotions in check before gently asking my next question "Did he know about the baby sweetie?"

She nodded "I told him, he said he never wanted to see me again... he promised he loved me, he'd marry me, and I told him about the baby and he hit me... told me he never wanted anything to do with me and skipped town."

Each word that came from her mouth seemed to make mine drop lower, my heart began to ache and I found it difficult to keep my anger in check. I took a deep breath and clenched my fist against my leg so as not to show any signs of anger "N-he hit you sweetheart?"

she nodded

I closed my eyes and my fist clenched tighter hearing her response to my question. But I maintained composure and forced my hand to relax once again "How far along are you sweetie?"

"Six months."

"You've done so well to hide your belly sweetie, would you mind if I checked how the babies going?"

She nodded, "I put my corset extra tight... so no one would know. My landlord will kick me out when he finds out."

I nodded knowing that this was unfortunately the case with a lot of landlords. I gently began to feel around her stomach, seeing if I could feel any details of the baby "How have you felt in the pregnancy sweetie? Any sickness, pain or anything of that sort?"