He heard someone knocking at his door. He sighed, all he wanted was to spend the evening watching tv and drinking beer. Also, it was already 11 pm and he was surely not up fo any visit.

But he couldn't ignore it, since the person who was knocking insistently at the door didn't seem to be ready to give up and leave. He muted the tv and walked to the door, taking a look through the peephole just to make sure it wasn't someone ready to kill him.
But when he realized it was Ava he took him only a second to open the door.

"Connor" Ava manage to say with shaking voice.

What he saw in front of him wasn't the usual Ava, the sassy CT surgeon with her classic smirk on her face. It was a scared and hurt girl who was shaking and looked like she was about to have a meltdown.
He could see some tears on her cheeks and a bit of blood coming out from her nose.

"My God Ava, what the hell happened?" Connor said, reaching for her arm to guide her inside.
"Come in" he added.

But as soon as he touched her she jumped a little, groaning in pain.

"Sorry" he said.

Ava wanted to tell him not to worry, it wasn't his fault if she was in pain. But words didn't come out, so she just stood in front of him shaking her head.
Her eyes were so watery, her vision was blurred. She didn't even realized he managed to guide her to the couch.

He turn off the tv before sit down next to her. He studied her for a couple of seconds before talking or doing anything.

"Can I take off your jacket? I need to check on you arm" Connor said, hoping she was listening.

She nodded, still too shocked to answer.

"Ouch" she complained.

"I'm sorry, Avey. I'm almost done" Connor told her, trying to be gentle.

He took a look at her arm and then he looked at her in the eyes. But she was avoiding that contact, she didn't want him to see she was about to cry.

"That's a pretty bad cut and a really huge bruise. You're bleeding" he stated.
"What happened? Hey, Ava?" he added.

Seeing she wasn't ready to talk he decided to take care of her arm and her nose first.

"Ok, I'm gonna get some ice and something to fix this cut. Don't move" Connor told her.

"I'm definitely not gonna move" Ava whispered. She felt safe in his house.

Connor noticed her shaky voice and her eyes were filled with tears, so before going to the bathroom and search for his first aid kit he pressed a little kiss on her forehead, stroking her hair a bit.

"I'm gonna be right back" he told her.

When he came back she was sitting in the exact same position as before, still shaking a little bit. Though Connor noticed some tears running down her cheeks.

"Hey" he said softly, trying to look in her eyes.

Ava sniffed, avoiding eye contact once again.

"Ava, look at me please" Connor told her. But she didn't, she sniffed again.

He sighed, very worried about her. He was scared that she was injured somewhere else but he also knew that push her would've been completely useless if she wasn't ready to talk.

"Ok, you want some water before I start with your arm?" Connor asked.

"Yeah… please" she said finally looking a him.

He smiled, trying to reassure her she was safe with him. He came back in a second and he watched her drinking.
She handed the glass back to him, attempting to smile a bit.

Seeing her like that made his heart ache, it was the first time he saw her so scared and vulnerable.

"Can I…?" Connor asked pointing at her arm. She was still bleeding a bit, nothing too bad but he wanted to check it out.

She nodded letting him take his arm in his hand. He noticed how tiny she was, not that he didn't know that but in that moment she looked even more tiny and fragile in his eyes.

"Let me see if you need stitches" Connor said.

"I don't" she stated.

"Dr. Bekker always knows everything, uh?" he joked.

"I'm not bleeding and the cut is not that deep" Ava answered.

"I concur. But I'm gonna clean it and put band aids. You can even have a pink one if you want" he said, trying to make her smile.

"And why Dr. Rhodes, an Alpha male, has pink ban aids in his house?" Ava asked trying to joke too.

"I don't. But I can call the pharmacy and buy some" Connor said, making her smile again.

"No worries, regular band aids are fine" she told him.

"Ok, stop me if I hurt you" he said starting to fix the cut.

She didn't complain but Connor noticed she was in pain and he was sure it wasn't because of the cut but because of the big bruise.
He put ice on it, trying to be gentle. She closed her eyes, breathing deeply. Her arm was really sore and she wasn't able to hide her pain.

"I'm sorry Avey, I'm gonna give you some pain killers in a moment. Let me take care of your nose first, okay?" Connor told her, only to see her nodding.

While taking care of her nose he realized that fortunately there were no bruises. But he really wanted and needed to know what happened.

"Did someone hit you in the face?" he asked.

"No, not in the face. My nose just bleed when I'm too stressed" she simply answered.

He was relieved for the nose but scared to know where she was hit.

"Do you want to tell me what happened?" Connor asked again.

"Not now" Ava said shaking her head.

"Avey, I need to know if you're hurt somewhere else" he explained.

"Connor…" it was all she managed to say. Her voice was shaking again, she wasn't ready to talk.

He gave up for a moment. He stroked her cheek and her hair. He was able to feel her shaking, probably even more than before. She looked really distressed.

"C'mon, I'm gonna give you pain killers and something clean to wear" Connor said, helping her stand up.

Her clothes were dirty with blood and he really wanted to make her feel comfortable. She needed to relax in order to calm down.

After giving her a couple of pills he took out a hoodie and sweatpants from his closet and came out of the room to let her change into his comfy clothes.
But thirty second later he heard her calling for his name.

"Can… Can you…" she started.

"You need help?" he asked.

She nodded.

"Your arm hurts a lot, right?" Connor stated.

"You need an x-ray, it can be broken" he added.

"No, it's not" Ava said.

"You can barely move it" he pointed out.

"It's not, okay!?" she screamed.

She looked at him in the eyes for a second before starting to cry, she was desperate.
Connor wasn't surprised by her reaction, he was kinda expecting it. Since when she entered his apartment he was waiting for her to have a meltdown.
He immediately hugged her, careful not to hurt her arm even more.

"Shhh, Avey. I'm here, you're safe" he tried to reassure her.
"Just breath, everything is gonna be fine" he insisted.

He could feel her sobbing, she was barely breathing. He realized how scared she was when she started to squeeze him like she was terrified he was about to leave her alone.

"Ok, let it out. I'm here, I'm not gonna leave you. Let it out, Avey" Connor said, rocking her and rubbing soothing circles on her back.

Note:

This is my very first Fanfiction and english is not my first language, so please excuse any grammar mistake...

Anyway, this is the first part of three. I hope you like it and let me know if you have any suggestions.

Enjoy!