we savvy? ...yes, ray.

[wildmachinery.livejournal.com]

since I'm slipping this one in just under the wire and I have to leave for work 5 minutes ago, I didn't have much time to edit this. unfortunately, it had to be done. don't kill me.

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“There were three men, each approximately five foot eight, one blonde, two with brown hair.” His voice was so steady. “The blonde was wearing a dark blue shirt, a black coat, blue jeans, and leather motorcycle boots - steel-toed, I believe, which rather indicates-“

Ray broke. “Fraser, I don’t care about his goddamned boots!” He wanted to put his fist through the wall. He wanted to go find some steel-toed boots of his own to go kick the shit out of this guy. He wanted to steal Fraser out of this fluorescent-lit, antiseptic, horrible room and take care of him in peace and quiet until he stopped looking so fucking broken. He scrubbed furiously at his temples.

Fraser swallowed, dropped his eyes. “I’m afraid I can’t give you a more detailed description right now, Ray.” He gestured at his broken wrist, wrapped in a temporary splint. “I’m sorry.”

“Fraser-“ He couldn’t look at him, couldn’t look at his bruises and his cuts and the dried blood on his face that the nurse had missed, or he was going to have to kill something. “You’re taking me with you next time,” he said, and his voice was low and kind of dangerous. “You’re not going out there alone again because I do not want to have to find you like that again, clear?”

“Ray …”

“Are we clear, Fraser?”

Fraser reached over with his good hand, laced his fingers with Ray’s. Ray squeezed back. “We’re clear.”

“Good.” He relaxed a bit in his chair. “You gonna get some sleep?”

“I believe so, Ray.”

“Good. I’ll stay with you.”

Fraser smiled. It didn’t reach his eyes. “Thank you.”

Ray swore horribly to himself. “Don’t worry about it.”

Fraser closed his eyes. Ray trailed light fingers over the bruises on his arm, and swallowed his anger down.

-end-

Comments

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

Ooh. Ouch. This is raw and very vivid. Like Ray, I hate seeing Fraser like this. This makes me want to see the scene when the lid finally blows off Ray's anger.

[wildmachinery.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if I could capture the extent of Ray's anger when it does come out, but it makes me want to try. :-) Thank you kindly for the nice words.

-mercy

[invader-jim.livejournal.com]

Poor Fraser... Thanks for having Ray there to take care of him. ^_^

[wildmachinery.livejournal.com]

Pfft ... like I'm going to leave Fraser bleeding and alone in an alley somewhere ...

::blinks::

::thinks::

Hmm. You've given me an idea. An evil one. Sankyuu kindly. ::grin::

[dirty-diana.livejournal.com]

Oh, now I'm going to cry. Nice job.

[wildmachinery.livejournal.com]

Yay! ... I mean, no, don't cry. :-)

Glad you liked it.

-mercy

[chesamus.livejournal.com]

Poor Benton, possessive Ray, lovely combination.

If you like we could email your work and tell them you were unvoidably delayed because you were assisting with a police investigation. Think they'd believe us?

[wildmachinery.livejournal.com]

Well, since I work in a security office ... probably not. But it's a nice thought. :-)

Thank you kindly and I'm glad you enjoyed it.

-mercy

[imkalena.livejournal.com]

*whimper* I'll just fill my head with thoughts of his recuperation, since Ray can't explode 'til F's all well again.*g*

[wildmachinery.livejournal.com]

When I re-read this, I had visions of Ray taking Fraser home, tucking him into bed, and feeding him chicken noodle soup 'til he was all better. It was a good vision.

Thanks for reading.

-mercy

[akite.livejournal.com]

I would not want to be those three guys when Ray catches them. I have vivid visions of serious head kicking. Great job.

[wildmachinery.livejournal.com]

Yup, Ray's in the mood to kick ass and chew gum. And ya know what? He's all out of gum.

::apologies to Mac Hall::

Thank you kindly.

-mercy

[wildmachinery.livejournal.com]

The poor guy's been beaten up so many times in Chicago, it's a wonder it hadn't soured him on the city a long time ago. And, yes, writing this gave me flashbacks to "The Deal". Fraser with bruises always breaks my heart.

Glad you enjoyed it.

-mercy

[lamardeuse.livejournal.com]

A very intense bit of business. Glad you posted!

[wildmachinery.livejournal.com]

Thank you kindly! Glad you liked it.

-mercy

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

Hurt Fraser just absolutely guts me. I've been debating doing an entire "hurt Fraser" challenge, except I don't know if I'd survive all those stories in a row. deep breath Also, good use of boots in terms of the challenge criteria!

[wildmachinery.livejournal.com]

::whimper:: I think a Hurt!Fraser challenge would kill me.

That line about steel-toed boots came to me while I was in the shower, and the rest of it pretty much wrote itself before I'd even rinsed out my hair.

Glad you liked it!

-mercy