Chapter 2: bruises bloom like hidden violets beneath his skin
authers note: i dont have really knowladge on how wounds are treated so please judt accept that this works.
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Bucks heart sinks as he gently helps isaac to remove the hoodie, revealing more bruises and marks on isaacs skin. Bucks hand are delicate as he checks to see of isaacs ribs are visible or swollen. " oh god..this is bad, isaac. They really went to town on you" buck sais shocked
Isaac chuckles, "no shit sherlock"
Buck gives isaac a glare while tears are in the corner of his eyes. "Its not funny isaac. You could have serious internal damage. We need to get you checked out by a doctor"
"I feel fine" isaac protest and noticable, now without the hoodie breaths only evenly.
Buck narrows his eyes at isaac, not buying it even for a second that he feels fine. He gently place a hand on isaacs chest, feeling isaacs breath and how he avoids the pain.
"No your not, i can tell by the way your breathing and the way your wincing that you are in fact not fine isaac"
The hand on isaacs chest feels really warm and strangly conforting. "Fine..." isaac groans " just let one of your medic friends check me out, im not going to the hospital."
Buck hand moves to isaacs shouder and makes gently moves there trying tomease out the tension out there. " okay,okay..we wont go to the hospital. But we need to get you checked out. So there is hen or chimney both are really great paramedics, with who woul you be more comfortable?" Buck ask giving isaac the chance to decide for himself.
"Hen.." isaac says quietly " she was nice"
" yeah she is great, you be in good hands" buck reassure, isaac and gives his shoulder a squeeze " good.. i'll go and get her, alright? Just sit thight there. Buck stands up from his kneeling position and moves out of the kitchen to get hen. Isaacs sits still on the ground his arms are resting on his knees, he feels exposed, sitting like this at his brothers workplace. He knows that buck will definitely tell it maddie and then there will be a huge fight between all of them just because he couldn't keep his mouth shut.
Buck walks over to his team who all look at him expacting an answer for what was happening between the two siblings.
"Buck everything ok?" Eddie ask as he sees the red eyes of hid bestfriend.
Buck clears his throat "yeah..hen could you grab your backpack and come with me?" He says with a gravely voice
All of them look with concern at buck
"Buck what is going on?" Hen ask softly . " i explain it later i promise, just please come with me hen" buck pleads . Hen nods and grabs one of her emergeny kits. " okay buck" she sais giving eddie and chimney a confused glance before walking behind buck into the kitchen.
"Buck whats going on" she ask again when they are out of the earshot of the other.
"Its about my brother...he has some bruises and he doesn't want to go to a doctor, but he is okay with it when you do it, so please check hi, over."
Hen looks with shock at buck " what kind of bruises arevwe talking about?" Whispers questionly. "The one humans made " comfesses with griev, not yet able to say it was there parents. " ok, i will check on him" hen says and gives buck a reassuring squeeze on his shoulder, who leads her behind the coocking island where isaac still sits on the ground with his legs bend against his chest and his arms on top of them.
Hens eyes widen when she sees Isaacs condition, she slowly approaches Isaac and kneels down infront of him. "Hey, kid" she beginns.
Isaac looks up and answers quietly "hey"
Hen gently studies Isaacs bruised body, her trained eyes take in each mark and bruise. Her expression is gentle, filled with empathy and worry as she speaks "can i look at your ribs? I just want to check for any bad damage or fractured ribs" Isaacs jaw clenches at the thought of somebody else touching his Torso but he nods, searching with his eyes for his brother who is standing a few feet away, watching Isaac closely, he can see the unease in Isaacs face and the way he thightens his jaw. Buck wants nothing more but to wrap is brother up and shield him from everything.
Isaac watches as Hen puts on some gloves and slowly uncurls from his position, he still feels pretty uncomfortable but also wanting to get this over as fast as possible,
"Okay Isaac, I'm gonna be gentle. I promise. I just need to touch your sides a bit, is that alright?" Hen ask the boy, who nods and say's "okay"with a hors voice.
Hen nods and gently places her hands on Isaac side, feeling his ribs with light,carful movements. She is as gentle as possible mindful of the bruises and marks on his skin.
She gently checks each rib individually.
"And?" Ask Buck nervously. Hen hums quietly as she continues to check Isaac over. There is a hint of worry in her expression, but she keeps her tone calm "we'll the good news is, from what i can tell is that you only have a few badly bruised ribs and no sign of obvious broken bones or internal bleeding. But your pretty thin and probably malnourished, i would recommend to bring him to hospital.." Hen explaines and turns sadly to Buck.
"No! I won't go to a hospital " Isaac sais louder and stands abruptly up. Both Buck and Hen look surprised at Isaacs sudden movement. "Hey,woah,woah. Easy. We're not trying to force you to anything. We just want to make sure you're ok" Hen explains trying to calm Isaac down. Buck agrees with Hen and follows her Statement" yeah, a hospital might give us a better look at everything, but we wont force you there unless your dying."
"Okay...okay" Isaac stutters breathing heavily.
Both Hen and Buck exchange a look, their concern and worry written on their faces. Buck moves closer and gently places a hand on Isaacs shoulder to ease the tension. "Hey,hey,hey. Breath. You're okay. We're not forcing you into anything. Just try to calm down, buddy"
"Okay" Isaac mutters and moves his head into his his brothers chest, who pulls his arms around him stroking his back soothingly. Isaacs hand clenches into bucks uniform but he only continues to hold the distraught boy "hey.. i got you. You're okay. Just breath." Buck whispers to Isaac over and over again, slowly he melts into the hug and the tensions starts to leave his body.
Isaac graons into his brothers chest and complains " i just should have eaten the damn cafeteria food." Hen looks to the two hugging Buckley siblings with concern, she tildes her head, trying to understand the connection. "What is that supposed to mean?" Buck finally ask. Isaac who moves hi head so he can speak explains "the only reason all of this here happens, only happens because i wanted to eat something different then the garbage from cafeteria from my school or annoy you to cock me something."
Bucks expression softens as he realizes what Isaac is saying but the understanding dawns on him , and lets out a smal chuckle "so your saying that if you just eaten the cafeteria food, you wouldn't be here and wouldn't have this conversation? "
"Yeah.." Isaac agrees
"Well, i guess we should be really glad that they have terrible cooking skills" Buck answers with a slight sad smile. Hen watches the whole interaction with a sad smile. As isaac moves to end the hug he winces from the way his torso moves. Buck instantly notice the wince of pain " hey, easy, no sudden movements, okay? You're still banged up pretty damn bad"
"Yeah yeah mr overprotective " Isaac answers buck with a slightly annoyed tone.
Buck scoffs and raises an eyebrow at Isaacs comment feeling offended.
"Me, overprotective? I'm just trying to make sure you don't hurt yourself more than you already are, mr stubborn." Buck retorts with a smile enjoying the banter.
Hen just shakes her head at the two. "Hey buck ..can i have a hoodie from you? " isaac changes the topic. A little emberesssed that he ask for a hoodie eventhough he has one already but Buck doesn't hesitate and nods without hesitation and turns to grab something from the lockerem. He comes back and handing a black LAFD hoodie to Isaac. He whispers a quite thx and puts the large hoodie over his bruised body, its way to big on him but really comfy and Isaac already plans on stealing it from his brother. Buck watches Isaac while he puts on the hoodie, making sure that he doesn't hurts himself doing so, but he cant help but smile a little at how he's basically drowning in the extra fabric.
"You look like a little kid trying to play dress-up" buck teases, Isaac sends him a glare " you're just Hugh, you ass". Buck chuckles and holds up his hands in mock surrender.
"Hey, hey! No name calling. Im just staring facts here. You look like a kid playing dress-up in my cloth"
"Its comfy" Isaac protests hugging himself . "Common buck, leave the boy alone " hen interviews between the two. "Okay..and yeah i guess oversized hoodies tend to be pretty comfy, but its not exactly how i envisioned lending you one of my hoodies." Buck says with cheerful voice. "Mmh...yeah, i thought it would be more like, i break into your apartment and just steal all of them " Isaac answers with a grin and slowly relaxes against the kitchen counter. While the two Buckleys talk makes hen her way out squeezing bucks arm when she walks past him, letting him known that she will handle the others.
Buck shakes his head at Isaacs comment, but cant help himself but grin at his brothers sassines. He is beyond grateful to Hen, so that he can concentrate on his brother.
"So you resort to breaking in and stealing my hoodies? Huh i guess i need another lock now" buck jokes and Isaac answers with a dry "i just ask Eddie."
Buck lets out a bark of laughter at Isaacs reply.
The idea of his best friend conspiring with his little brother to break into his apartment to steal hoodies is both hilarious and a little concerning.
"Of course and why do you think Eddie has all my keys" buck ask
Isaac gives Buck a look, "you wont shut up about him and somebody has to have your spare key" . Isaac lets out a yawn when buck try's to answer .
Buck watches Isaac try keep himself awake but he takes pity on the boy,
"Hey lets move to the couches, it's definitely more comfortable then on the kitchen floor"
Buck suggest and helps Isaac to stand up. And buck internly thanks Hen a thousand times, when they walk over and no one is there.