Written on 7/9/2014 for an anonymous asker on tumblr for the AU ficlet meme:
15. meeting in the E.R/A&E au
Taiga had come across the guy mostly because he'd tripped over his passed out body on the sidewalk.
At first he'd gotten mad because he'd been sent sprawling, and he now had some nasty grazes on his arms, and maybe some burns because the sidewalk was hot, because it was the middle of summer and it was disgustingly hot today, but then he'd realised that he'd tripped over a person who was… definitely unconscious.
He wasn't entirely sure how long this guy had been lying here, but it was definitely some kind of heatstroke-y thing he was suffering from; he recognised it from work. Either way, the guy was out cold - well, except not because his skin felt really hot.
Since he wasn't sure if he'd maybe broken his ribs or something tripping over him, he kind of felt morally obligated to taking this poor bastard to the emergency room. He could probably treat the heatstroke himself, but if he'd actually hurt the guy tripping over him, well…
Fireman's carry probably wasn't the best way to haul the guy to the emergency room, but it was the easiest.
The guy stirred in the coolness of the ER while Taiga waited for the guy's turn to be seen. This guy wasn't the only one in here for heatstroke today - Taiga'd been left with a cool damp cloth to put around the guy's neck as the ER doctors and nurses bustled about.
"Oi, are you alright?" he asked. The guy cracked open his eyes - holy shit they were really blue.
He blinked, and looked around. "…am I in the emergency room?"
"I tripped on you," Taiga grumbled.
"I apologise," the man said. "Thank you for taking care of me anyway."
"Stupid!" Taiga muttered, feeling his face flush. "As if I was going to leave someone collapsed on the ground!"
The guy's lips quirked in a little smile, and Taiga jumped up.
"I'm going to get you some water," he announced, and tried to ignore the way his heart had started hammering away in his chest.