Disclaimer: Everything belongs to JK Rowling and Marvel
So this chapter took a while to write as I needed info from my grandma and she didn't know so then I asked my mom once she got home. Its a good chapter to write. I really don't know what else to say so enjoy!
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Chapter Ten
"Luke, Erica, watch! I'm a monkey!" Morgan said from the highest pull up bar on the playground. They looked over and laughed as the five year old started swinging from the bar. Suddenly her hands slipped and she fell. They heard a crack as she landed on her side.
"Morgan! Luke get help!" Erica said as she rushed over to the black haired girl who was lying on her side. "Morgan are you okay?"
"No I think I broke my arm!" Morgan said, tears rolling down her cheeks. She made a noise as Erica helped her sit just as Luke ran back with their teacher, Mr. Peters.
"What happened?" The teacher asked.
"I was swinging on the bar when my hands slipped and I fell on my side. I think I broke my arm." Morgan said, her voice shaky and silent tears continuously falling.
"We heard a crack when she landed." Erica said with a trembling lip. Luke nodded.
"Okay, Luke go to the nurse and tell her to call Mrs. Rogers. Tell her Morgan broke her arm." Luke raced away as Mr. Peters helped Morgan stand. The man was surprised that Morgan wasn't making a lot of noise. Most children would be wailing but she was just holding her arm and crying silently.
Erica walked next to her best friend, trying not to cry on her behalf. The crack was very loud and it scared her. They slowly made it to the nurse's office.
Steve watched as Lea flipped through channels in irritation. Hermione, Draco, and Brian were on vacation and she missed them. He chuckled as she flipped off the television before turning it off. She turned to glare at him but before she could say anything, her phone rang. Sighing, she grabbed it from the coffee table, still sitting on the couch.
"Lea Rogers." A pause. Her eyes widened. "I'm sorry did you just say she broke her arm? How?" Steve looked at Lea, hoping she was not talking about Morgan. "Why wasn't anyone making sure she wouldn't do that?" Another pause. Lea pinched the bridge of her nose. "Okay, we'll be there soon." She flipped the phone shut.
"Morgan broke her arm swinging on a pull up bar on the playground." Lea said and hurried to get her bag ready while Steve got grabbed the car keys.
They got to the school in five minutes and hurried to the nurse's office. Morgan was sitting on the cot and holding her arm while silently crying. Erica and Luke were there, looking worriedly at their best friend. Morgan looked over at her parents and more tears fell. She looked down which surprised Lea and Steve. She almost looked ashamed. Steve walked over and ran his fingers through her hair as Lea asked for the full story. Before anyone could say anything, Morgan spoke.
"It's my fault. I shouldn't have been swinging on the bar!" She looked away, now making noise as she cried. "I'm sorry."
Lea kneeled in front of her as Steve kept running his fingers through her hair.
"It is not your fault. Yes you shouldn't have been swinging, but you didn't know you would fall. We're not mad at you." Lea turned back to the nurse. "We'll take her to the hospital." The elderly woman nodded. Morgan said goodbye to Luke and Erica who promised to call later.
Morgan followed her parents to the car and sat in the back seat, Steve helping her buckle in before getting in the driver's side. As they drove, Lea watched Morgan through the rear view mirror
He grinned and looked quickly at Lea. "You know when your mom and I first got together, she tried to race me. She tripped half way and hurt her ankle really bad. Had to stay off it for a week." Morgan giggled at that.
They arrived to the hospital and after waiting for 20 minutes, Morgan got an x-ray before seeing a doctor.
"It's a pretty clean break." The doctor said as she looked at the x-rays. "I don't need to set it, just put a cast on it. By the looks of it, you'll only have the cast on for about a month and a half. I'm sure you are glad it hit your left and not your right, huh?" Morgan nodded. It meant she could still write. "Now what color cast do you want?"
"Purple." She said instantly and the doctor smiled.
"Well let me get the equipment for it. I'll be back."
"What did she mean by clean break and set?" Morgan asked.
"Well a clean break means that the bone isn't too far from where it should be and set means she doesn't have to push the bone back." Morgan's eyes widened at her mother's words. She was really glad now.
Morgan watched in fascination as the doctor poured the plaster and put it gently on her arm before using paste and wrapping the purple all around it. After she was done she gave the instructions for taking care of the cast.
"When you take showers, make sure you put a plastic bag over it so it doesn't get wet and when sleeping, try staying off it as best you can." Morgan nodded and the doctor grinned. "Of course, getting signatures is perfectly fine." The girl brightened at that.
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"Your room is really pink." Luke said as soon as he and Erica entered Morgan's room. She shook her head while Erica laughed.
"I'm a girl Luke. Let me guess, your room is full of race cars?"
Luke looked startled. "How'd you know?" They all broke out laughing. Luke and Erica were visiting since Morgan had stayed home for a few days to get used to her cast.
"How is it living with a cast?" Erica asked.
"It's kind of difficult but I'm getting used to it." She shrugged. "It's the hardest to sleep because the doctor said to try and stay off my arm but I sometimes roll over onto my left side."
"That sucks." Luke said. "Hey can we sign your cast?" His question was sudden and they all laughed. She nodded and he pulled out a Sharpie.
Lea looked up and smiled at the sound of laughter coming from her daughter's room. Steve was currently at SHIELD headquarters for a kidnapping of SHIELD agents but he was coming back that night. She really missed him. She always worried but didn't break down like she did back when he did the Avengers Initiative. She heard another laugh and shook her head before turning back to her book.
A few hours later Luke and Erica left. As soon as they did, Steve returned. She looked up when he entered. "Bloody hell, what did you do to your face?!" Lea exclaimed. Steve had a large cut on his cheek that was stitched up.
He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "Explosion on the ship. A piece of metal hit me." He sighed. "Though it was partially Natasha's fault. She had a different mission within this one that I didn't know about and I got distracted so one of the fighters was able to set up a mini mine."
"Well at least you didn't get seriously hurt." He nodded but she could tell he was mad about something. "Love what's wrong?"
"I was the leader of the mission yet I wasn't told. It practically jeopardized the whole thing. When I talked to Fury, I got nothing." He gritted his teeth and Lea was shocked. She had never seen Steve so angry. She barely saw him angry. She was nervous to even touch him and he seemed to realize that. "Sorry."
"It's fine. I've just never seen you that mad." Lea whispered while cupping his un-injured cheek. "I love you and I'll be there whenever you get upset, angry, even when you want to cry."
Steve nodded and bent down, kissing her softly. She snaked her arms around his neck and he placed his hands on her waist. Thy held each other like that for a while, until Morgan said 'shoot' from her room. They pulled back and sighed.
"Um, we're gonna need a knob for my dresser." She called out. Lea and Steve laughed before he went to help. "Daddy, you're back! Look, it came off when I pulled open the dresser to get my pajamas."
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uh oh, Morgan broke her arm! Do you recognize the mission? Its the one from Winter Solider! I'm not adding Winter Solider, I just needed a mission and I had just watched the movie again. Read and Review!
