Hello! This plot nugget wouldn't leave me alone so I decided to write it. I plan to make it a three shot. Hope you enjoy and review!
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When Hank saw Erin's name on the screen he couldn't help but be a little disappointed, it was 2 am and they must have a case. He picked up the phone anyway. "Voight."
"Hank?" He had never heard her more scared. It was then he realized that she had not been on call tonight.
"What's wrong? Where are you?" His mind went into cop mode as all he wanted was to make his girl safe.
"I need to go to the hospital." Erin came to a sudden realization.
"Ok. We'll get you there." Hank was trying his best not to show the nervousness he was feeling. "But I need to find you first, alright? I'm going to go ahead and track your phone. Do you want to tell me what happened?" He didn't want to ask but knew he had to.
"Not like this." Hank could tell just from her tone of voice that this was worse than he could imagine.
"Ok. I know where you are. I need you to stay right there for me and stay on the phone with me. Can you do that?" Hank was halfway to his car by the time he finished his question.
Erin nodded but then realized her body language wouldn't transmit over the phone. "Yeah. Hank I'm really scared."
Hank was actively trying not to cry at his daughter's voice. "I know you are. But I'm only 5 minutes away from you. I'm going to get you safe alright?"
"Alright." Erin sounded and felt so small.
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When Hank turned the corner into the alley his eyes found Erin immediately. Even in the shadows it didn't look good. She was sitting up leaning against a wall but she looked exhausted and slouched over. He made sure to make some noise walking over to her; she looked up at him. "Hey kiddo."
"Hi." She sounded smaller than she had on the phone.
"What's going on?" He knew he had to get her to the hospital but it didn't seem too urgent.
"I promise I didn't want it." She started to cry as Hank's heart dropped in pain as he realized what had happened. "I fought as hard as I could."
"I know you did. I have one hundred percent faith that you fought as hard as you possibly could. It's not your fault." He knew the time for heavy conversations was later. "Can I help you up so we can get you into the car and to the hospital?"
She nodded as she spoke. "I'm really scared for the hospital." She admitted painfully.
"I'll be right here as long as you want me." He went to reach for her and she flinched when they made contact. Erin immediately looked down in shame at her reaction.
"Sorry."
Hank decided to ignore her apology. "Do you think you can get up on your own?" He didn't want to have to freak her out again.
She tried as hard as she possibly could but she just felt too weak. "No." She finally resigned. "It's ok to touch me. I trust you."
Hank helped her up and to his waiting car.
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He could feel Erin shaking as he helped her into the ER. He didn't know how to comfort her, how to make her feel safe again.
Before either had long enough to get too far down in their thoughts April came up to them obviously concerned. "What's going on?" She looked Erin up and down.
Hank leaned in and whispered, knowing Erin wouldn't want anyone knowing who didn't absolutely have to. "She was raped."
April's heart dropped but she was able to maintain her outward professionalism. "Erin is there anyone you would prefer to do the exam?" She knew Erin knew almost all of the doctors at Med.
"Dr. Manning please." Erin spoke so softly both Hank and April had to strain to hear.
"I'll go grab her right after I get you to a room. If you guys want to follow me I'll get you all set up."
Hank helped Erin forward as her shaking got much worse. "We're going to get through this I promise." That's all he really could promise.
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To say Natalie was shocked and saddened at the news Erin was waiting for her was an understatement. But knowing Erin she knew she couldn't show anything, so she walked in as professionally as possible. "Hi Erin, Hank." She greeted with a somber smile. "So April filled me in and I'll be performing the exam. I'll do my best to make it as quick as possible." Hank nodded but Erin just felt numb.
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Hank was concerned at how little emotion Erin was showing all of the sudden. During the exam it was silent besides Dr. Manning explaining what she was doing. Erin just laid there, not making eye contact with either person in the room. Dr. Manning finally spoke for the final time. "Well, I'm finally done. I'll give you two a minute." She excused herself from the room.
Erin felt numb through the exam, she figured it was like a coping mechanism or something. But something about Dr. Manning's words set something off in her. She couldn't stop her tears. She heard Hank talking to her. "Oh Erin. You're safe now. It's over." She grasped for him wanting nothing more than to feel safe in his arms.