Title: Stay With Me
Characters: Don Flack, Lindsay Monroe
Author's Note: N/A
Rating: T

He pressed his hands to the wound, the deep red blood seeping out between his fingers. Christ. This wasn't supposed to happen. It was supposed to be a routine arrest, bring the suspect in – harmless, the girlfriend had said. Harmless.

"Lindsay? Hey. C'mon, Lindsay. Ambulance is coming."

Her hand gripped his forearm fiercely, and he saw a tear fall out of the corner of her eye.

"Don. That's a lot of blood. I don't…"

"Means you're alive, is all. Don't worry bout it, Monroe. I've got it all under control. Just stay with me, okay?"

She had to survive this.