To Serve and Protect
written for ygodrabble on LJ
drabble prompt: role reversal
word count: 107 words
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"Why do you always get mixed up in things like this," Serenity asked rhetorically, her eyes focusing on the dirty tear in her brother's skin.
Joey sighed. His chances of winning any argument with his sister were very slim when she was in a mood like this. He couldn't help but let out an 'ouch' when the rubbing alcohol seeped in his wound. She laid the soiled cotton swab aside and grabbed a square piece of sterile gauze.
She was very methodical about this, as in anything else in life. No wonder she'd gotten in pre-med.
"I do it so you don't have to," he quietly admitted.