Tattoos and Scars [A Langson Fanfiction]

{Nine}

Trevor quickly moved from the emergency room of Mercy General Hospital ignoring his mom and siblings who both tried to grab his attention. He went through the large, automatic glass doors, and stepped into the freezing cold Manhattan air. The Christmas-Eve-Eve skies had opened and started releasing large white snowflakes. Trevor let himself slip onto a bench and quickly bowed his head in prayer, something he hadn't done in so long, but he'd do anything to make Olivia healthy again.

Serena had started pacing in panic which worried Christian more than he liked to admit. He was always the calm one, the one in the relationship to stay optimistic and level headed, it was always his job to keep everyone calm, but his wife seemed to be worse this time around. He put on his calm facade, but it was scary for him too, he'd already lost his sister too soon and he didn't want to lose his baby girl too.

"Trevor?" Gabriel spoke to his son, moving to sit beside him on the bench.

"Dad, " Trevor sniffled, wiping his tears and coughing away his weak voice, "you shouldn't be out here, it's cold."

"I could say the same to you, my boy, come on, " Gabriel took his son's arm and lifted him off the bench, "we can find somewhere to talk inside."

Trevor hesitated to get off the bench, but after his old man delivered a stern look he stood and followed him inside. Becky was waiting by the doors of the ER and quickly took her towering son into her embrace. Percy, Sophia, and Brantley had never seen their brother so stressed out and worked up, so they knew something was really wrong or he was really in love.

"Trevor?" Christian spoke, moving towards the shaggy-haired boy and his family.

"Mr. Benson, " Trevor swallowed, stepping out of his mother's grip, "what--."

"Call me Christian, kid, and I just wanted to offer you some peace of mind and welcome you and your family to sit with us."

"Uh, yeah, we'll be right over." Trevor sighed.

He picked up his youngest brother, Brantley, and held the seven-year-old close before setting him back on his feet. He bent and hugged Sophia and Percy as well before looking at his dad, "I think you three and dad should head home. Mom and I will stay here and keep y'all updated on what's going on."

"Bubba, we're not leaving, " Sophia spoke, taking her brother's hand before he could put up a fight and moved him to sit with Olivia's family.

The Langan family quickly got as comfortable as possible in the awkward hospital chairs and just stayed quiet in the small private waiting room of the full and loud emergency room. Serena was still pacing from one end of the room to the other waiting for any update on her daughter that would give her an insight on how bad her daughter's condition truly was. Christian sat anxiously bouncing his leg watching his wife go back and forth as his youngest daughter showed no interest or care in her big sister's condition.

"The family of Olivia Benson, " a deep voice spoke, breaking the dense, tension-filled silence.

Serena's footsteps halted as Christian stood and looped an arm around her waist. Trevor could only hear his own heart beating twice as loud in his chest.

"You're daughter's lucky to be alive, " the doctor started, causing Trevor to let out a ragged breath, "had whoever found her been a minute later she could be dead. If you're not already aware your daughter stopped taking her immunosuppressants or anti-rejection medication for her heart, this caused an acute cellular rejection. Her T-cells have been attacking the cells in her heart because she was taking immunosuppressants for so long it took longer for her heart to break down."

"So what are the next steps?" Christian spoke as Trevor listened intently from his chair behind his girlfriend's parents.

"You're familiar with what comes next, unfortunately, she goes back on the transplant list. Normally we would try upping medication dosage or try IV medications, but her heart is deteriorating too fast and has been off the medication too long that it'd be more of a risk to try and restart drugs."