Home Sweet Home…. sort of

( AU, Cyborg anthros, disturbing themes, dark themes, minor gore, No Beta at the moment so there will be errors )

Jeremy paced the length of the living room, pale hands clutching the cell phone like a worry stone. The dried blood splattered his clothing making the cloth stick to him like a second skin.

Helplessness set his teeth on edge, winding his anxiety and worry tighter by the second until it felt as if he would shatter. Tension filled the spacious living room like a thick cloud. He glanced the closed door of the master bedroom where his step-sister worked to save his friend's life.

The last thing he had been expecting to show up at his door at three in the morning was a mangled purple rabbit teetering on the edge of unconsciousness. There had been no time to panic or even ask questions. All he could do was lead the rabbit to the main bed room, throw off the comforter- it had been a gift and he didn't want it to be ruined- then help the rabbit onto the bed. A short call to his step-sister had her scrambling out of bed and arriving at his house at record speeds.

Jeremy tightened his grip on the cell phone as he fought the urge to open the door and help his sister but he knew he'd be a hindrance. She was a trained nurse, he wasn't. He barely knew basic first aid.

There had been no worrisome cursing or sounds coming from the room so he suspected Ellie had everything well at hand.

The sound of the door opening pulled him from his grim thoughts. Upon seeing his step-sister's once pristine white lab coat splattered with small mosaics of dark red he thought the worst. "How is he?"

"Broken ribs, fractured ulna, may have some internal injuries….he's unconscious right now but he'll live. Of that I'm sure." Ellie sighed and shed her ruined lab coat. "I have some vacation time saved up and I've been meaning to take them so I can keep a close eye on him. I can order any supplies I need online and have it delivered here. The only thing I won't be able to get are things like pain killers but I don't know enough about his physiology to give him anything like that anyway. I won't lie, he's going to be hurting but there's not a whole lot I can do about it except make him as comfortable as possible."

"Ellie I'll pay you back-

"You don't need to Jeremy. " she got up, slinging her bag over her shoulder. "I'm going to go back to my house and get somethings, like some clothes and more supplies and the like. Shouldn't take me more than twenty minutes. I want you to call me if he wakes up or anything happens."

Jeremy nodded and walked his step-sister to the door, watching her get into her car and drive off. He closes the door and locks it, not in the mood for more unwanted guests then makes his way back to the bedroom.

Bonnie is still deeply unconscious, bloody tongue hanging out of his muzzle, chest slowly rising and falling with each steady breath. Jeremy can't help the pang of sympathy upon seeing the battered rabbit. Leaning over he tugs the thick quilt over the slumbering rabbits form, tucking it around his shoulders.

Jeremy looked down at his shirt, horrified to see the dark stains covering most the front of it. He looked back up at the rabbit then hesitantly made his way to the master bathroom, leaving the door ajar just in case before stripping the ruined clothing off. Leaving it in a heap near the trash can to be thrown out in the morning he turned the shower on and didn't bother to wait for the water to heat up before getting in, scrubbing the dried blood and sweat off his skin.

Once done he roughly toweled off and put on a pair of faded grey sweats and short sleeve shirt then made his way to the overstuffed threadbare chair next to the bed and plopped down in it. Jeremy looked over to the beds only occupant and felt a pain of sympathy. He had a distinct feeling he wasn't getting any sleep tonight