A/N: Hello! I'm somehow new and old to this show. I've seen all of season one and some of two. I started back into the series when I discovered the season three music videos. I also fell in love with Big Red and Ashlyn. I'm watching the show while I write this.
Prompt: Left for dead
How could the perfect night end in disaster?
Big Red and Ashlyn were on the way home from the after-party of the school's latest production. The show of the evening was Once Upon a Mattress. Big Red played the role of Jester for his final high school performance, and Ashlyn played Lady Larken. The after-party was at Waffle House in traditional theater kid fashion. The couple's fingers interlocked as they rode into the dark spring night.
The couple was driving safely. The other driver was intoxicated. That's why they ran that red light, slamming into the couple. They couldn't even take responsibility for the crash, so they fled the scene on foot. They fled the scene before the police even arrived. They wouldn't be found and arrested until in the morning.
Big Red's eyes flickered open. His head slammed into the car during the collision. His left arm was trapped and crushed between his torso and the dashboard. Those were the two injuries that caused him the most pain. Big Red assumed those weren't his only. "Ash, you okay?" he croaked.
The windscreen was completely gone. A few shards of glass had penetrated Big Red's skin. That wasn't what alarmed him. He noticed how there was a form in the near distance. "No," Big Red muttered. With a rush of adrenaline, he climbed out of the car.
Big Red limped forward. Every inch of his body was sore. It was only sheer adrenaline keeping him from collapsing from the pain. Due to injuries, the body was undefinable. However, he knew who it was because of the clothing. Big Red heard the sound of sirens.
"Sir, are you alright?" an officer asked. The rest of the night went by in flashes. Big Red vaguely recalled ambulances, doctors, yelling, crying, and pain. The pain was physical and mental. When the gas mask finally came for surgery, he asked himself a question.
How could the perfect night end in disaster?