Bleeding out.
Pairing: Ed Mercer x fem!Reader
Plot: Ed says something stupid, that's it.
Warning: mentions of someone getting shot, a bit of angst but mainly fluff, comedy, Gordon being Gordon
A/N: I don't see anyone write for them, so I am going to do that!
“She’s okay.”, Kelly, who is standing a couple of meters away from her ex-husband watches his hectic movements closely:”Isn’t that what matters?” Her eyes follow him, as he walks from one side of the room to the other in what appears to be a circle. “God. Ed! Calm down!”
At that, he rapidly spins around:”Calm do-.”, he lets out:”I was supposed to be the one in there right now, not her! Kelly, that weapon was pointed straight at me.” Gordon wants to add something but is quickly cut off when the doors to one of the treatment rooms opens up. He only nods his head towards its direction and Ed instantly storms past the nurses into the room.
“Were you completely out of your mind?!”, Ed doesn’t ask her. It sounds more like an accusation. His nostrils are flaring while he clenches his fist. Y/N who is putting on her shoes only rolls her eyes at her captain’s behavior. But once they land on Kelly and Gordon a smile emerges on her lips.
"Are you even listening to me?!"
“Yeah, believe it or not… I am.” He tilts his head. “But I am not going to apologize for what I did.”, Y/N shakes her head and attempts to stand up from the table. But when the pain in her leg strikes through her body like a bolt of lightning she lets out a thick groan. Before her body collapses Ed moves forward and grabs her by the arms:”Take it easy.”, he mumbles. He really wants to sound tough and intimidating, but the concern is lying thickly on top of his words:”Let’s just get you out of here, okay?”
“Wait, wait, wait. My jacket.”
“Malloy!”, Ed declares loudly before walking his friend towards the exit. Gordon blinks and glances at Kelly:”Seri- Seriously? What am I? A servant?” “Just take it!”, Kelly simply answers, before handing him the blue fabric:”Do it for her.” The blonde woman watches how he whines before ultimately snatching it out of her hands. “Yeah, yeah.”
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“So…do you think that he will tell her?” Kelly asks, while she sits down on the opposite side of the Helmsman.
“What are you talking about?”, Alara, who is taking a sip of her drink furrows her forehead. Gordon leans back in his chair:”That Ed is madly in love with Y/N?”, he scoffs:”I highly doubt it. His pride won’t allow it.” At the sound of two familiar voices approaching he turns his head to the left:”Would you look at that.”
Y/N who is walking towards the table smiles widely once her eyes fall on the jacket:" Oh my! Thank you so much, Gordon." She instantly puts it back on before turning to Ed, who has sat down next to Alara. He is aimlessly poking around his food with a fork. "How do you feel?", Kelly asks, giving her friend a compassionate smile. Y/N's gaze remains on the captain for a few seconds longer before she looks to the blonde woman:" No, yeah. I'm good."
"Yeah, right.", Ed scoffs, and brings his fork up to his mouth. Y/N rolls her eyes. "The captain is right, Y/N. You should get some rest, and try not to get shot again. You're lucky that the bullet only hit your leg. Next time, it-." As if Ed got punches into the face he looks at Gordon in pure revulson:" Next time? No, no, no. There isn't going to be a next time." He turns to stare at Y/N:" Promise me, that you are never ever going to jump in front of me or anyone ever again."
The young woman chuckles and brings her cup of coffee up to her lips:" Yeah, right." Her voice is dry. However when she makes eye contact with Ed again she blinks in surprise:" Oh, you were serious about that."
"Of course I am serious, promise me."
"No, I am not going to promise you that!"
Kelly and Gordon exchange a quick look.
"I am not going to have this conversation again!", Y/N shakes her head before getting up from her spot at the table. "Are you serious?!", Ed's voice gets more high-pitched with each passing second, and he clears his throat when he realizes how almost everyone around them is watching.
"You could have died! Don't you get that?!", he asks her as he follows Y/N down the corridor. For the last weeks, he has done nothing but that: follow Y/N around the ship and (unsuccessfully) ask her over and over again to promise him to not put herself in harm's way again.
Isaac and John both turn around at the sound of them. "No, I won't!", Y/N responds, annoyance clear in her voice:" Now, please stop asking me that!" "Promise me, and I am off your back!"
"I can feel a certain tension.", Isaac states, observing the bickering couple. "Y/N got shot because she jumped in front of the captain and now he attempts to make her pledge to him, that she won't do that again.", he clarifies, and Isaac nods. "I mean, you couldn't do that either."
"What was that?", Ed crosses his arms: "Huh?"
Y/N sits down on her chair and begins typing something down:" So you're telling me, that if I was being shot you could just watch that without wanting to interfere?" A chuckle leaves her lips, almost as if she knows his response. Ed rolls his eyes:" There are a million ways to prevent that from happening without jumping in front of a weapon!"
The young woman swirls around in her chair:" Okay, imagine this: it's you, me, and a krill with a blaster. There is no way you can save me without sacrificing yourself. You tell me, that you could stop yourself from-."
"Of course, I could!"
Y/N stares at him, while her confident smile fades away: "W-What?" She closes her mouth and swallows thickly, before quickly standing back up again. "No, wait. I-.", but before any actual apology can leave his lips, Y/N has already walked out of the room.
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"You did what?", Kelly almost chokes on her drink. "I didn't mean it.", he says, while rubbing the bridge of his nose:" Obviously." Gordon, who puts down his knife shakes his head:" Tell that to her, not us. She's the one who will be left behind to bleed out, should you two get attacked by a member of the Krill."
"I never said anything about letting anyone bleed out, Gordon.", Ed stares at him in irritation:" Gordon, I-." "But he's right.", Kelly cuts him off, managing to draw Ed's attention towards herself. He sighs:" I want to, but she won't talk to me."
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"Y/N, please."
Gordon and John both turn around. Kelly who is standing near Claire and Isaac quickly makes her way over to join her two friends at the bar. Y/N's leg seems to be entirely healed and the captain struggles to keep up with her:" I am so sorry, but you know I didn't mean what I said." "Oh really?", she unexpectedly stops walking and turns around, which makes Ed nearly bump into her:" Because you answered super fast."
Ed opens his mouth to respond, but when no words leave his lips he closes it again. He looks defeated. Y/N clenches her jaw. However, when she notices how the others are watching them from the others side of the room she walks over to them. A shiver runs down Gordon's spine at the sight of her forced smile. "Well that's creepy.", John simply whispers. "How are you, guys.", Y/N states and sits down next to him:" My friends. Who actually care about me."
Ed runs a hand down his face:" I am just trying to protect you!" "Yeah, right.", the y/h/ced woman lets out a fake laugh:" I do not need protection, I am not a weak child!" She turns the chair around to fully face him again:" And by the way, saying that you would let me bleed out is not-." "For the record, I am just worried about you, we- wait did you just say 'bleed out' ?", He looks past her towards the other men:" Gordon, did you tell her that? I swear to-."
"You two, will you please stop?!", Clair declares, her voice loud and stern:" This has been going on for two weeks now and it is exhausting for everyone on this ship! Y/N can't you see that Captain Mercer is doing all of this because he is clearly in love with you? And Ed, Y/N jumped in front of you because she is in love with you as well?"
Ed who has his finger still near Y/N's face gradually lowers his hand, while Y/N's jaw drops. She eyes how all her friends leave the bar, and for a few moments, neither of them says anything before Y/N finally looks back at Ed, who clears his throat.
"Are you-."
"Are you-."
"I mean, yes-."
"Yeah, I-."
Y/N raises her hand:" Wait, you go first."
Ed sits down next to her:" Listen, I- I care about you, okay? That's why I got scared. If you would die while protecting me, I- I don't know how to survive that." Y/N sighs as her facial features soften. She looks down and takes his hand in hers:" Well, for what it's worth I care about you too." Without waiting for a second longer, Ed pulls her into a kiss. "After everything that has happened, it would be embarrassing now if you didn't."
"I still won't promise you that."
"I figured that you would say that.", he says, brushing a strand of hair behind her ear:" Guess, I will have to look out for you a bit more."
"Yeah… I guess so."
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