TV Jumper | Jasper Jordan x reader

03 | Earth Kills

Even as I'm falling asleep, I can hear Can't Pretend playing in the back of my mind, this episode vastly different in feel without the fade of the music as it shows Lincoln in the trees, surveying camp.

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     It's been a very long two days of tending to Jasper; cleaning up his wounds to prevent infection as best I can, bringing him water, and trying to help keep his fever at bay. Of course, I'm not all that helpful compared to Clarke's skill.

     Unfortunately, with being so preoccupied, I've been unable to be any sort of help to Monty with the radio.

     Jasper's groans of pain are horrible to hear, no matter how many times I'd watched season one. And with them came the agitation of others at camp, Murphy and Bellamy in particular. It's night now and Clarke has her watch out, timing his heart rate.

     He lets out another heart breaking moan, and I press the cold rag to his forehead, helpless to do anything more for him. Shouts come from the lower levels, screaming for Jasper to shut up.

     "Don't listen to them," I soothe gently, curling his hair in my fingers. "You'll make it through this, okay?"

     I swallow, terrified of tomorrow's events. It'll be the day where we'd all have to hold him down as Clarke cut away his infected skin. His suffering will be devastating to hear. "I promise."

     "I'm going to get clean water," Clarke sighs, her voice thin with exhaustion. Even with me helping as much as I could, we were both spent beyond belief. "Keep an eye on him."

     Monty crawls over, taking the rag from me to press it to his best friend's forehead. I allow him to do so without argument, looking over at him sadly. Clarke leaves to go grab water, which will lead her to finding Charlotte.

      "Hey, (Y/N)?"

     I tilt my head in questioning, and Monty continues. "I wanted to thank you. For... for sticking by Jasper's side, even through this. He really likes you, so I'm glad you've not, like, you know, just left him behind."

      Nodding, I reply with, "Well, it probably helps that I like him quite a bit as well," I laugh, and Monty joins in, then sighs, staring down at the fatally injured boy between us.

     "Gotta say, this isn't really what I imagined Earth to be like when I let it win Which Planet Would You Rather."

     Laughing along, I then say, "Well, you have to admit, for all it's faults, Earth is really beautiful." I chew at my lip, tearing up at this line. Turning away from Monty, I desperately try to hide my welling tears.

     "You okay?" I sniffle, blinking rapidly. I then look back at him, and nod, wiping at my eyes. I have no way of explaining the sorrow, so I plaster on a smile.

     "Just worried. About Jasper, you know?" He nods with understanding, looking down at his best friend as the wounded boy releases another sound of pain, one that, yet again, squeezes at my heart.

      Through the show's timeskip, I hadn't been able to experience much of Jasper's recovery, and now, not only am I seeing it, I'm bringing the healing along. I'm working through every single up and down, and my god are there so, so many downs.