So, I seem to have hit a wall with both my ongoing fics so I've decided to write some oneshots that will probably be Freechamp based.
If you have any prompts you'd like me to write then let me know and I'll see what I can do.
Frozen
Prompt: Person A comes inside shivering because the temperature is below zero outside. Person B wraps them in a blanket and then holds them close to help them warm up.
Connie sighed as she glanced over the department, reception was full to bursting with the usual injuries from this time of year, injured ankles and wrists from people falling on the ice, the problem only made worse by the heavy snowfall that had prevented many members of staff from arriving either on time or at all.
"Who's next?" Connie asked Noel, smiling in thanks as he passed over a patient's notes, she didn't usually do things like this but they were short staffed it was all hands to the deck to try and clear the backlog. She was grateful for the loyalty some of her staff had for their job and the department, Zoe and Dylan had decided after their shift the day before that there was no way they'd get back in if they managed to get home and so had spent an uncomfortable night sharing the on call room and Connie had found Ethan and Cal sleeping in the staff room when she'd arrived that morning after the pair had attempted to go home the previous night before giving up and returning to the relative safety of the hospital.
"Okay Mrs Walsh, if you and Alfie could follow me I'll take a look at his arm…." she frowned slightly as she saw someone stumble into reception, "Dr Knight" she looked up as she saw Cal approach her, "could you take a look at Alfie for me please? He slipped in the school playground and has a suspected fracture in his left wrist."
"Of course" Cal took the file Connie offered him, "come on then" he smiled at the child, the last words Connie heard as Alfie and his mum followed Cal through to cubicles was the doctor asking the child who was better, Batman or Spiderman.
"Can I help you?" Connie asked as she approached the person that was now slowly making their way towards the staff room, their whole body shaking even though they were bundled up warmly…"Rita" she frowned as the person turned their face towards them and Connie saw her nose, red from the cold and her lips tinged blue, "you look freezing, what…"
"I'm s...s...sorry I'm l...l...late" Rita mumbled, her speech hindered by the fact that not only her teeth but her whole body was trembling from the cold, "i...it took me lo...longer than I th...thought to...to...walk."
"You walked here?" Connie frowned, knowing just how far Rita lived from the hospital.
"I...I couldn't get the...the car…to..."
Connie pulled her keys from her pocket, "go and wait in my office, I'll be two minutes." Connie passed her keys over, frowning as she heard the metal jingling in Rita's shaking hands, "I'll let you in" she nodded as she took her keys back and led Rita over to her office, "I'll be back in a minute" she told the nurse, "you might want to take off your wet clothes."
Rita nodded, "th...th...thank you."
Connie simply nodded in response as she left her office, returning a few minutes later with towels, blankets and a clean pair of scrubs, "here" she handed them over as she walked over to the small kettle in the corner of the room, "get dried off and changed into those scrubs, I promise I won't look."
"It do...doesn't matter" Rita stammered, "you...you've seen it all before"
"I've never seen you that blue" Connie said truthfully as she dropped two teabags into mugs before filling them with the boiling water and adding milk and sugar.
"What…" Rita frowned as, after she'd changed, she felt Connie brush her hair back from her ear.
"Stand still" Connie said as she carefully placed a thermometer in Rita's ear, waiting for it to beep before frowning at the result, "here" she wrapped her own NHS hoodie around Rita's shoulders before unwrapping the foil blanket she'd brought with her and wrapping Rita in that too, "you should really be in resus with a temperature as low as yours" Connie said honestly as she wrapped the other blankets around Rita and gestured for her to make herself comfortable on the sofa.
"What...what is it?" Rita mumbled as she curled herself into a ball, pulling the blankets tightly around herself as she did.
"35.8, what were you doing out in this weather Rita, no one would have minded if you'd have said you couldn't get here, you didn't need to put your life in danger" Connie lectured the nurse as she carried the mugs of tea over to the sofa, handing Rita hers before sitting beside her and allowing the nurse to snuggle into her.
"I...I knew you'd be...be short staffed" Rita frowned, her fingers burning painfully, the heat from the mug a drastic change from the icy cold temperature of her hands, she'd put on two pairs of gloves before she left home but it hadn't been enough, she didn't think she'd ever been so cold in her life.
"And you thought getting hypothermia would help us?"
"So...sorry" Rita shivered.
"No, no I'm sorry" Connie gently kissed Rita's forehead, "I'm just worried about you Darling, how are you feeling other than being cold? I'm not sure I'm happy with your resp rate" she frowned as she gently took Rita's wrist, feeling for her pulse.
"I, I'm okay" Rita mumbled as a sudden feeling of fatigue rolled over her body.
"Don't close your eyes" Connie said softly, "keep talking to me."
"What...what about?"
"Anything" Connie said softly, shifting on the sofa so she could hold Rita closer, "talk to me about anything" she whispered as she kissed Rita's temple, feeling her icy cold skin beneath her lips.
"My head feels funny" Rita giggled slightly, "I'm so...it's all cold but there's a warm spot where you kissed me."
Connie smiled, happy that Rita didn't seem to be stumbling over her words as much as she was before, "I guess I'll have to give you more kisses then" Connie said softly as she carefully covered Rita's face in tiny kisses before brushing her lips against the nurse's own.
"I wanted to see you" Rita mumbled as their lips finally parted, "I came in because I wanted to see you."
"You could have skyped me."
"It's not the same."
Connie smiled, "anyone would think you were in love with me or something."
Rita chuckled and snuggled into Connie, her head on the consultant's shoulder, "that' might have something to do with the fact that I am."
"Getting delirious now are we?" Connie teased.
"No" Rita pouted, "I love you and I know you love me too."
"Yeah" Connie smiled as she placed another kiss to Rita's forehead, "I suppose you're right."
"I always am" Rita smiled softly.
"Are you starting to warm up now?"
Rita nodded, "a bit yeah, I can't wait to get in a hot shower tonight though."
"How about a nice long soak in a bubble bath."
"Mmm" Rita nuzzled into Connie, "it depends on whether or not I'd have company."
"Well" Connie pretended to think, "I suppose you should have some sort of observation tonight, what sort of doctor would I be if I let you go off on your own when you've already been put at risk of hypothermia once today?"
"I think you might have to hold me all night, just to make sure my temperature doesn't drop suddenly."
"I think you might be right" Connie nodded, "I'd hate for you to relapse" she whispered.
Rita chuckled slightly, "I'm sure you'd find a way to warm me up."
"Of course, I have plenty of spare blankets, and I could turn the heating up or…"
"That's not what I meant and you know it" Rita pouted.
Connie chuckled and kissed Rita's forehead again as she held her close, "you must be feeling better if you've got that on your mind."
Rita nuzzled against Connie, "well I have got the undivided attention of the best medical professional in the whole hospital." Connie raised one eyebrow, "in the whole world" Rita corrected herself.
"Well recovered Nurse Freeman."
"Thanks"
"And you're pretty hot too, I suppose that's helped."
Connie laughed and shook her head, "sit up" she said softly, "let me get the thermometer so I can check your temperature."
Rita shook her head and tightened her grip on Connie, "nooooo, you're like my personal hot water bottle, I'm sure my temperature will drop if I let you go."
Connie chuckled and rolled her eyes, making no attempt to move, "and when exactly do you expect your temperature to stabalise again?"
Rita shrugged, "I'm not sure, how long is there until the end of your shift?" she asked cheekily.