For- 335 Pairing Bonanza (CormacAlice) and As Strong as We are United (team two, 197 words). I don't even know what this is. I saw the pairing and just went with it.
She meets him in the ward. New faces are so rare, and she finds herself drawn to him.
"Alice, this is Cormac," the Healer explains patiently, patting the young man on the shoulder. "Nasty Quidditch injury. Bludger to the head." She looks at Alice as though these words might mean something to her, but the other woman just stares at her with a dazed smile.
He looks so afraid. Alice wants to tell him that she understands, but the words that escape her mouth are jumbled, nonsensical strings of nothing.
"Come, dear," the Healer says to the young man. "I'll show you to your bed."
Alice's heart pounds painfully. The Healer wants to take the new one away, just as they'd taken the other one, the nice man Frank, away from her.
She reaches out, grabbing his hand and holding on for dear life. Maybe she doesn't know him, but it doesn't matter. He needs someone, and she wants to be that someone.
"Alice, dear-"
Cormac smiles and squeezes her hand gently before letting go and allowing himself to be lead away.
With a smile, Alice turns, ambling down the corridor.
He wants to need her, too.
