Semi-AU. They're actors... but they still have their powers. Don't question me! Akuroku
The magic word: SEDATIVE. This is... interesting. Axel "raped" Roxas, burned down the courthouse, and commited murder. Go ahead. It's no problem.
Axel carried Roxas out of the building, the barely-conscious blonde's arms loosely around his neck as he coughed. The watered down smoke had overtaken the boy's lungs and his legs gave out.
"Ax-el…" he wheezed, erupting into a cough.
"Hang in there. I'll get you safe…"
A man laid Roxas on a stretcher. "He'll be fine."
Roxas clutched Axel's finger like a helpless infant. "Don't leave me… Don't go…"
The man gave a nod. "You can come with us, then."
"Axel…"
Nomura motioned for Axel to get into the ambulance. Axel sat beside the stretcher and saw Roxas reach his small hand out to him, breathing with apparently audible difficulty. Axel took the hand, lovingly kissing each knuckle before intertwining their fingers to reassure him. "You're okay now, Roxas…" he muttered nervously, as if he were trying to convince himself more than Roxas.
"Sir, could you sit back? We need to put an IV* in his arm" (IV… 4… That's Vexen, correct? Great. Put that freaky scientist in Roxas' poor arm…)
Roxas clutched his hand, shaking all over, terrified. "Well, can I still hold his hand? He's afraid of needles," Axel replied.
"Hold his other hand then. We need this arm," the man paid little attention as he filled the syringe completely with the medication.
"Okay."
"Axel—" Roxas whispered, barely feeling Axel's lips on his skin as the needle went in. The syringe was emptied into his bloodstream, and the metal was taken out of his arm immediately.
Axel turned to look at the man. "I thought you said you were putting an IV in. You just gave him a shot."
"My orders changed. The head doctor said he'd be fine if I put him under for now," he pointed to a small headset plugged into his ear.
Roxas reached up and cupped Axel's cheek in his hand, making him look at the boy. The blonde smiled, his eyes closing drearily as the sedative set in. "I love you…" his hand limply fell from Axel's face to his side.
"Roxas…?" he croaked, unsure if Roxas was okay. "Roxas? Is… Is he alright? Roxas…?"
"He'll be out for a few hours. We need to oxidize his lungs. You can go eat, and in about an hour, you should get him some food too. You know what he likes, don't you?"
'Well, hospitals have ice cream, right?' Axel nodded. "Take good care of him…"
"Will do," he smiled, wheeling the stretcher to another room for [EMPLOYEES ONLY: ICU].
"I think that's Intensive Care Unit… well, they'll help him quickly, then."
Okay, I HAVE been in the ICU before. But I'm glad that it wasn't like this one. You'll see what I mean.