Hey, this is me again with a new story that I hope you'll like. Once again it sets out Alec being hurt, I'm sorry I appear to be a sucker for the melodrama and the tragic hero type. And Alec Hardy is definitely suiting very well in that matter. I'm trying hard not to push too hard but I just can't help myself but show a broken and wounded Hardy, I feel like his illness is in the middle of all his mess and thought I could point out this aspect a bit more than it is the serie. So, yes, once again, I put a warning, my fanfics are mostly centered on Hardy's health, feelings and the mess that is his life. The melodrama is stuck in my brain and I can't do anything about it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Enjoy!
"I hope you bloody well crash and have a heart attack while you're crashing!"
She threw the car keys to him, he bent down to get them and slammed the door on his way out.
He started the engine and pulled the brake, he was having a hard time dealing with the driving at the beginning 'God when was the last time he had drove a car?'
He was stressed and wondered what the hell could've happened with Lee and Claire, why would she run away that didn't make any sense. She always said she was scared of Lee, she wanted him to protect her from Lee and he failed once again. Guilt was washing over him while his brain was fuming thinking where could they have gone.
Ellie finally caught up with Beth, she thought maybe she could do something helpful for once.
Even if she knew that wasn't really her fault, she couldn't help but blaming herself for what just happened, Hardy's words ringing in her head "What didn't you see them?". She ran towards Beth to help her "Beth what you' doing?"
"Ellie do not come near me"
Ellie insisted though, she was hurt but didn't let on and helped her to get her to the Latimer's home.
In a corner of her brain she still thought about Lee and Claire running away. She was feeling guilty but also mad at Hardy. This couldn't be her fault, it was his plan, Beth wasn't supposed to come out of nowhere like that, no, this was definitely not her fault! She was sick of taking the blame for things she didn't do and sick of being concerned for Hardy's own mess.
Hardy was racing now to find Claire thinking he couldn't forgive himself if anything happened to her. 'fuck fuck fuck' he thought. He promised her protection, that was his only promise and he miserably failed. Alec enjoyed driving again, it's been a hard thing to let go when his heart condition prevented him to do so, he missed driving. He was feeling a bit light-headed for the briefest of moments and he started to regret having chosen to drive as he wasn't supposed to. He thought that's only for one time, he could afford this. When the light-headedness didn't subside he hesitated pulling over to take his medication and calm down otherwise he wouldn't last long. But he was nearly arrived at Claire's home, the only place he was hoping to find her.
He was alone on a long straight road what was he risking anyway? He shoved the thought of dying alone on a ditch off his mind and continued driving towards the house.
He tried to focus on the road despite the increasing pain in his chest which added to the vision blurring around the edge. Come on, just a few miles he persuaded himself. His fingers were numb and he thought the black closed in for a second. He was panicking now as he didn't control any of the situation, he couldn't move and the pain in his chest was excruciating. He could feel time slowing down around him and the trees around the road were blurring more and more. There were a loud humming ringing in his ears and he felt himself slipping into darkness when his head lolled back and he passed out.
"All right, they're every fourty seconds apart now, you're doing ever so well" Ellie was holding Beth's hand.
While Beth was giving birth, Chloe had a discussion with Ellie on the stairs "Did you really not know about Joe and Danny?" She asked
Ellie was stunned she asked her the question, of course she didn't but she was also relieved she seemed to believe her and forgive her. At least she had Chloe's side.
She was waiting in silence with Chloe now and her thoughts were racing, she still has not received any news from Hardy about Claire's wherabouts. She hoped nothing happened to her and then something else popped in her mind, it's been hours and she didn't have any messages from him which was weird. She expected him to text her the outcome of the situation. Was she worried about him now? No, she was more curious about why he didn't text, was she ? She knew she shouldn't have let him drive, it was clear he couldn't otherwise he wouldn't have told her as he never tells her anything about his condition. She was still so mad at him but now worry was washing over the thought. She tried calling him but he didn't answer his phone. She tried again two hours later and there were still nothing so she left a vocal message asking him to let her know if everything was alright. She still had no response.
A woman was about to double the slowing car in front of her when the said car drifted to the left and crashed violently on a tree. The car was rather damaged and fuming. She pulled the brake and ran to see if the driver was injured.
Alec was uncounscious, head lowing down, the seatbelt was the only thing which prevented him to fall over. There were a spot of blood running down his forehead, it must have been his head hitting the wheel. The woman tried to talk to him but didn't get any response from him so she assessed if he was breathing first. She was relieved to see he did but it was shallow. She followed with checking his pulse, when she couldn't find any but only a fluttering under her fingers on his neck, she was horrified.
She picked up her phone quickly to call for an ambulance who came quite rapidly. They told her through the phone not to touch him to prevent her from doing more damages.
When the paramedics arrived they shoved her to the side and they manoeuvered Hardy out of the car to get him on a stretcher. As they wheeled him into the ambulance, they were slapping the stickers on Hardy's chest to bring his frailed heart back into a normal rythm. The paddles sent a shock and Hardy's body convulsed.
"We've got a pulse", the young woman was relieved to hear the man was going to be okay. She didn't even know him but she could feel tears running down her cheek and her stomach was clenched with the tension of the situation.
They closed the door and headed to the hospital, the lady found Hardy's phone was ringing and the name of 'Miller' appeared. She was sad thinking it might be his wife, she almost took it to answer her and explain but the call stopped and she didn't have the courage to call back. She went back to her car and Hardy would never learn about her.
It was thursday morning and Miller still didn't have any news from Hardy, she was sure something happened now. He should have answered already. When she left the Latimer's house she headed to his shack to find it empty. Hardy was nowhere to be found and a million scenarii were running inside her brain now. She was about to call Claire, maybe she had more informations when her phone rang. It was Bob from the police station. She unlocked the screen and picked up the phone:
"Bob?"
"Ellie, it's Bob"
"I know, why are you calling?"
"Ellie, there's been an accident"
She froze, she knew it was Hardy, it could only be him
"The car is registered at your name that's why I'm calling you, it was DI Hardy who were driving though"
"Yes lent it to him, god is he alright?" she sounded really concerned to Bob's surprise
"Sorry I don't know that, but the car was pretty damaged, he's been taken to the hospital that's all I know"
"Of course he would crash MY car" she said sarcastically and then regretted with a ping of guilt. He may have died or been badly injured from the accident and the first thing she'd been concerned was her car. Of course it wasn't true, she was frightened and concerned over Hardy's well being but that was her way of hiding it. She added:
"Do you know what happened?"
"A woman said she saw the accident, she thinks he might have fallen asleep behind the wheel"
"Quite right, well thank you Bob, I'll see later for the car" she hung up
'fallen asleep" of course she knew he might have passed out and not fallen asleep. She was feeling guilty once again because of Hardy's mess. She knew he shouldn't have driven and yet let him go with her car keys. And the worst was when she remembered her last words to him
"I hope you bloody well crash and have a heart attack while you're crashing".
Now that was the last thing she'd ever wanted.
TO BE CONTINUED
I'm so sorry for the english faults once again, I'm doing my best but I know it's bad. I just write as the words are slipping through my fingers but I can't really pay attention to my english. I'm not sure I could even correct myself. If somehow someone is interested in correcting my fanfics I'd be glad haha. Let me know if you think I really should improve my english because you can't even understand what I'm trying to say.
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