DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN ANY CHARACTERS FROM THE SHOW CASTLE.
A/N: Just a little side note. I won't be updating again until after the new year. So think of this as a early gift ;) . Have a Merry Christmas!
"Kevin!" Javier yelled through the phone but there wasn't a response.
"Kevin are you there!" he yelled again but still no response.
Javier made his way down the stairs as he ran down to his car. He could barely stick the key in the ignition because of how bad his hand was shaking.
He sped down the highway well aware that he was going over the speed limit but he didn't care. He just knew he had to get to his partner. His eyes begin to burn because he was holding back tears and he didn't want to cry. If he cried then that meant that he's thinking of the worst case scenario.
He continued to drive down the road he knew that Kevin was on. Kevin took the same route home everyday so all he had to do was just keep driving until he saw Kevin.
He felt his chest began to tighten as he drove up on Kevin's car which was wrecked. He saw the car was smashed from the driver side. He jumped out of his car running over to a familiar cop.
"Where is he?" Javier asked with panic in his voice.
The fellow officer looked at him with a worried look because he could tell that he was worried.
"The ambulance just left with him. The headed to the hospital." he said in a despondent tone.
Before he knew it he was back in his car burning rubber as the pedal touched the floor. After a 15 minute drive that seemed like forever he finally pulled into the parking lot of the hospital.
The doors flung open as he ran through them running to the E.R.
"Where is he?" he says through panted breaths.
"Where is who sir?" the nurse asked politely.
"Ryan. His name is Kevin Ryan." he said in all of one breath.
"Um okay sir. He was just brought in because he was in a accident. He was immediately rushed into surgery. You may go sit in the waiting area around the corner with the others." she responded.
He looked at her like she was crazy. Who else could've been here. "Others?" he asked.
The kind nurse just shook her head and pointed to the left motioning as to were everyone else was.
He began to run around the corner but stopped in his tracks when he noticed familiar faces all around.
"Beckett, Castle how is he?" Javier asked not even questioning what they were already doing there.
"We don't know anything. All we know is that he was hit by someone who ran a red light." Kate said as she stood up to give him a reassuring hug.
He paced back and forth for about 30 minutes worried out of his mind. They haven't heard anything and he's beginning to get very impatient.
"Kevin Ryan" A surgeon said as he walked through the door.
If Javier would've moved any faster he would've knocked the surgeon over.
"We're here for Ryan." he said.
"Well he is out of surgery but he is resting. I'm sorry to say that we almost lost him for a second but we brought him back." he said receiving gasps from the group.
Javier threw his hand over his mouth in shock. His eyes began to water and tear fell down his face. How could it be that just a few hours ago they were planning to lay up on the couch and watch television and be lazy for the night. When they woke up this morning, this was the last thing that either of them expected. He would give anything right now to trade places with Kevin. He doesn't want his partner to have to go through this.
"He had head trauma, a broken clavicle, and he broke 3 ribs. We had to do immediate surgery because one of the bones punctured his lung and he needed immediate attention." He continued.
"When we will be able to see him." Kate asked.
"Since he's out of surgery and resting you can go and see him. Just be quiet and try not to wake him. He will wake up when his body's done resting." he said.
"Thank you Dr." Castle said shaking his hand.
"No. Thank you officers for doing your job." he added before walking away.
Javier felt his knees began to get a little weak and began to fill a little light headed.
"Hey Esposito. You don't look so good." Castle said placing a hand on his friend's back.
"Yeah I'm fine. I just need to sit for a second and breathe.
Kate and Castle looked at each other before looking back down at the guy sitting in front of them.
"Are you sure you're okay Javier?" Kate asked squatting down to his level.
"Yeah. I wanna go see Kevin." Javier said standing up making his way to his boyfriend's room.
As he walked through the door he stopped in his tracks as he saw his partner looking so helpless. He looked as if he was a fragile piece of china that would shatter if you touched it. He quickly shut his eyes begging and praying that he was dreaming and that he wanted to wake up. He felt a hand on his shoulder that brought him back to reality. It wasn't dream.
"It's going to be okay." Kate said.
"Hey Kev." Javier said as he slowly walked over to the bed and grabbed his hand.
Kate watched as Javier grabbed his hand. She's never seen him like that with anyone before. Not even Laine who he supposed slept with. But with Kevin there was something different there and she saw it as tears came to his eyes.
"Well I guess he can finally get the vacation he's been trying to take for some time now." Castle said trying to lighten the mood only to receive a death glare from Javier.
Javier didn't care at this point who knew about the two of them he only cared about Kevin and that's all the mattered.
They sat there for a few hours in silence and just stared at Kevin. Castle would occasionally look at his phone to reply to a text who he assumed was his daughter. Beckett was just staring out the window into a endless sky.
"We're gonna go and get some coffee from the cafeteria. Would you like anything?" Kate asked as she stood up and walked to the door with Castle.
"No I'm okay." Javier responded.
Javier just placed his forehead on the bed and took a deep breath. The smell of antiseptics and Clorox still lingered around the room which caused him to clear his throat before he began to speak. He knew he was alone and that he could speak freely to his lover.
"I'm so sorry Kev. I'm sorry I wasn't with you. I know you an hear me in there." Javier said wishing for just a movement or a response letting him know that Kevin heard him.
"Please just wake up so we can home please. I'm not gonna have a good night's sleep with you in here because I'm gonna be in here every second even after you wake up. Castle and Beckett are here too they went to get some coffee. They are just as scared as I am, but you know I'm protective over my babe so I'm going out of my mine." he said making him smile. Kevin used to always tease him about being so protective of him like he was a little kid or something.
"I'm never letting you out of my sight again either you hear me? I don't care how mad you get at me. I'm never leaving your side again." Javier said not noticing that Beckett was standing in the doorway with their coffees in her hand.
"I love you so much babe. We are gonna get through this I promise. We will get through this together." Javier said.
Her eyes grew wide when she heard those words. She slowly backed out and stood outside the door not wanting to interrupt something she wasn't even sure about. Yeah they were always partners but never in a million years did she ever think they would be more than that. But then it dawned on her and it makes since as to why they were happy these past few weeks.
"I love you." Javier said before standing up to stretch his legs from sitting in one spot for so long. He begin to walk to the door when out the corner of his eye he sees Beckett standing there right outside the door.
"Beckett."
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