No. 10. Blood Loss/Internal Bleeding/Trail of Blood
Trigger Warning: graphic description of injuries from torture
They Look So Pretty When They Bleed
"Ah, they look so pretty when they bleed, don't they, Pancho?"
"Yes, Boss, absolutely beautiful."
Natasha groaned, rocking her head back and forth, her battered body screaming in pain. Clint lay beside her, unconscious, a trail of blood leading from his the door of the cell to his boots. He had just been returned after his latest beating. His screams had been heard through the whole facility, before he had passed out from pain. Natasha opened her mouth to say something, but the men had already turned to go.
"Leave them to rest," the boss muttered sarcastically, locking the door behind them. Natasha drug herself to Clint, leaving a trail of blood behind. The pair had been captured and beaten for four days now. Their captors didn't want anything from them, they were just thrilled to have captured the Hawkeye and the Black Widow.
Natasha was dizzy with blood loss, and knew there was internal bleeding somewhere. A few ribs were broken, and one of her legs. There were bruises everywhere, and deep gashes across her torso, from whips and knives and just about everything else. Her nose was broken, and almost constantly bleeding, and her cheek was cut open, infected and inflamed. Clint wasn't much better off. His right shin was dented and bent at an odd angle, and one of his hips was completely broken. Across his torso was the purplish red blush that signaled internal bleeding, although it was barely visible through all the wounds seeping blood on the outside.
Natasha curled herself around his unconscious form, closing her eyes and tangling her fingers in his filthy, bloody hair, laying there in a mixture of his blood and hers.
"Don't worry, Birdbrain. We'll be alright."