The dressing on his shoulder is old, and clotted with blood. Malia's nose wrinkles as the bandage peels away slowly. Stiles hisses through his teeth as it catches and yanks against his torn flesh. Malia disposes of the old bandage.
The wound beneath is still raw and bloody, and the surrounding flesh looks angry and sore. Malia is frozen there for a second just mapping out the rows of jagged teeth marks left in a bloody spiral on his shoulder.
Donovan could've killed him. Her coyote bristles beneath her skin. Malia clears her throat, ignoring her coyote's sudden urge to curl herself protectively around him, and snap at anyone dares to get too close.
"I'm gonna have to clean it," she warns, as she reaches around him to wet a clean cloth in the sink. Stiles nods, leaning forward and gripping the edges of the sink. She dabs around the edges of the wound lightly with the warm wash cloth, cleaning off the dry, caked on blood. "Get ready, this part is really gonna suck," she warns as she uncaps a bottle of saline and flushes out the wound.
His shoulders tense, his arms flexing as he tightens his grip on the sink. He hisses threw his teeth, but makes no further complaint, and it unsettles, Malia. He's a nervous talker, that's just how he's built. He doesn't keep still, and he's rarely quiet. And considering his tendency of getting into trouble with supernatural creatures, this is far from the first time she's had to patch up his wounds. Usually, he fidgets and rambles and flirts a little while she patches him. But right now he's so stoic, the only thing betraying his pain is his stiff muscles, and chemo signals.
She can't stand it. So she slides her hand up his back, and curls her hand around the nape of his neck. Dark veins rise up her arm, as she slowly steals his pain. Stiles sucks in a breath, his eyes darting up to meet hers in the mirror.
"Malia don't." he manages to grit out.
"Shhh, it'll help." She whispers, as she runs her thumb soothingly along the taunt muscles at the back of his neck.
Author's note: Don't worry guys I'm still working on this one I've just been distracted. Sorry for the short update. More to come I promise.