Looking after you:

After the shock of this weeks episode. I was inspired to write some more fan fiction. I havent done so in ages. But i love the Luc Eddi relationship in Holby so much i wanted to carry the story on a little bit. This is from the episode Chasing Demons (Series 15) and changes the plot slightly. If people like this/if i get time i may continue this. Its a Luc/Eddi fic, with my usual angsty writing. I realise i have no beta, so please no flames for grammatical errors. Enjoy.

Chapter 1: The tables turned

"Look Luc, i don't need you, alright, just leave me alone" Eddie stumbled and then sunk to the floor. Her body went ridged and she began to seizure.

"Eddi" Luc launched himself next to her, feeling carefully for her pulse. It was weak and thready. He gently rolled her over as convulsed more violently. His heart jolted at the sight of her. He'd left her, it was all his fault. He'd sent her back to work to early. He'd failed. His mind skipped over and over these thoughts. After all this, he was still so close to losing her yet again. He pulled the nearby trolly over and carefully laid her on it and wheeled her into his lab close by. She was still convulsing, although she seemed to have calmed a little. Her forehead was teaming in beads of sweat, her pale complexion almost matched the white sterile walls of the lab. Luc's worried face said it all.

"Oh Eddi what have you done?" Luc searched though his drawers finding what he needed he carefully and gently placed an IV into her hand. She made no effort to react, regaining no consciousness. He hooked her up and turned the intravenous fluids on full. He knew she would be dehydrated, he knew exactly what drug withdrawal did to her.

He then waited,he sat for several minutes, wondering what the best course of action was. Placing his chin on fisted hands silent tears rolled down his cheeks. He cupped her clammy hand in his.

"Please wake up Eddi, don't do this to me" He felt her pulse yet again, stronger this time. And her twitches had almost subsided. She groaned weakly and he was at her side in a flash, feeling her warm forehead and cheeks. She was burning up, running a fever, probably part the reason for the seizure. He quickly retrieved an ice pack from the freezer nearby and rolling it in his coat he placed it on her forehead.

"For goodness sake Eddie, wake up" His voice sounded partly angry but mostly worried. His brows furrowed into a deep frown. He collapsed back into the chair next to the gurney. He was exhausted and beyond stressed. The last weeks nights had been endlessly sleepless. Every hour or so getting up for her, tending to her shakes, her sickness and pains and then tucking her back in, only to be woken yet again. He wished he hadn't left, he wished she understood why, but it was far too late now, there was no time to explain. Minutes rolled by, he watched her closely, still deciding on a course of action. His eyes felt heavy and they fluttered shut, he drifted into an uneasy slumber filled with nightmares and her.

An unknown amount of time passed and Eddi's eyes began to open. She moaned as every part of her body began to ache. She could feel the cool ice pack on her forehead but had not the energy to remove it.

"Luc?" she croaked out, not knowing where he was. He did not rouse. He had slipped down into his chair, too beat to hold his own weight up properly anymore. " Luc?" she whispered, for a moment she thought he had left her alone. She turned her head left, tracking the fluids down from the bag, down the familiar tubing to the catheter in her hand. She prodded the unnatural plastic under the skin but couldn't feel it. He was always ace at placing those things, they used to have fights over who was the best at doing it. Eddi took a deep sigh, turning her aching head to the right she noted his recognisable figure slumped in the chair.

She glared at his figure, but made no effort to stir him. Luc never let his guard down with her. In the last few weeks he'd been her rock, seeing her through everyday, carefully tapering her drug intake so's the withdrawal was as easy as it could be. She was angry at him for that. She wished he'd just left her alone, not got caught up in her stupid mistakes. She didn't want to hurt him. Little did he know, or didn't, she still loved him deeply. Eddi studied his features carefully, every line and fold of his skin. His brows where knitted tightly together, his eyes squeezed shut as if in pain. He was slumped awkwardly in the chair, neck cricked into an odd angle, he didn't look comfortable at all. She then started to realize it all. He was exhausted. He took a loud sigh and his eyes squeezed tighter shut in some unknown pain, physical or mental she could not tell. She pulled her hand out and grasped his.

"Im here" Eddi's voice was louder this time, and his eyes suddenly cracked open and he flew to his feet realising she was awake. He assessed her vital signs in seconds.

"Your awake!" she exclaimed feeling her cheeks gently and moving her heavy frozen block from her head. "Damn, how long have I been asleep? Are you ok? Im sorry." He started to panic he hadn't been watching.

"Shhh" he hushed his panicked babbles. "Im ok" She pulled her hands up to meet his face and brushed across his still tightly bound brows. He met her eyes, and they paused for a moment. Eddi caught something in his eyes, but didn't know what, but it worried her. He broke their gaze. Looking the the bag of fluids which was almost out. He retrieved another and replaced it.

"Im ok" she repeated watching him closely. He carried on, replacing the bag and checking the fluid rate. For a moment he stopped, taking a sharp intake of breath and grimacing he turned away for a moment.

"Luc?" Eddi pulled herself almost upright on the trolly suddenly concerned.

"Your still dehydrated" Luc turned around ignoring her concern he managed a barely detectable smile. "You should have a couple of bags at least, then i'll get you back to the van and you can take the rest of the day off." He fussed her for a moment "Im sorry, made you come back too soon" he added.

"No, I'm sorry" Eddi's face softened. "I've been so horrid and un grateful to you recently" She stopped short, suddenly becoming aware of his tense posture. He was almost doubled over.

"Luc what is it?" She started to worry, this was completely unlike him.

"Just a second, I'm fine" he caught his breath, and Eddi noticed his short shallow breaths. His face had paled considerably. He placed a hand against a table holding himself up for a moment. He struggled for breath against the agonizing pain.

"Luc?"

"Leave it Eddi, I'm fine" he snapped at her. Eddi lowered her feet to the ground and stood slowly swaying a little. She was still dizzy and weak from the seizure. She tentatively made the few steps to him.

"I'm fine" His voice failed a little. "Please get back on the bed"

"Not until you tell me whats going on?" she scowled at him, putting his face in her hands. His face was contorted in pain, his breaths shallower still. She struggled to focus on his features, he was as white as a sheet. "What is it?" She demanded.

"Nothing" he whispered. And then his body gave out, much like hers had not long earlier. She tried her best to soften his fall, protecting his head from the hard cold stone floor.

"Luc!" she almost screamed at him. His breaths shallowed further and she began to panic that they were going to stop altogether.

"HELP!" she shrieked, "SOMEONE HELP ME!" But there was no one around, they were in the hospital basement.

"Please! Help!"