Elegant (Wolffe)

15

Tw: Injury, illness, periods, blood.

Stunner considered himself a reasonable person.

He was calm, for the most part, and never judged his patients. Stunner tried to be welcoming and warm to any hesitant patients.

But occasionally he found it very difficult to be like that when he had the exact same patient visit him time and time again.

Karina.

Karina was the patient who kept visiting.

"What is it this time?" Stunner sighed as he bustled over to Karina.

Karina sat herself on the edge of a bed. "There was an accident in the hanger. Somehow my box of tools ended up in the engine and it shocked me. A lot."

"And you walked all the way here?" Stunner asked in alarm.

Karina's whole body twitched. "Maybe."

Stunner pinched the bridge of his nose. "Lay down."

Karina did as he said before hesitating. "Can... Can I call Wolffe?"

Stunner smiled softly. "Sure."

Karina pulled out her comm device and whispered something into it. She put it away and looked up at Stunner. "Is it bad?"

"You'll be fine," Stunner soothed, setting her crutches aside to get closer to her bedside.

"Okay," Karina said, twitching again.

Stunner brought out the medical scanner nearly drilling it when Wolffe burst into the room, eyes wide with fear.

"Karina!" Wolffe relaxed slightly before tending again. "How'd you end up here?"

"Why're you only wearing half of your gear?" Stunner asked with amusement. "Where's your shirt?"

Wolffe glanced down. "Oh. Weird."

"Seriously, where's your shirt?" Stunner asked.

Karina was looking everywhere except at Wolffe.

Wolffe sheepishly smiled. "Sorry. I was changing when you called. I just... ran here."

Stunner tossed him a spare shirt. "Put that on."

Wolffe tugged it on. "Sorry, Karina."

Karina shrugged. "Thanks for getting here quickly."

Wolffe patted her head.

"She'll be fine. Karina will just have to stay the night, but it's just to make sure she's completely fine. She didn't immediately die, so she'll be fine," Stunner said. "We'll just have to watch out for any lingering symptoms."

Wolffe let out a sigh of relief. "Good."

"Not another night in the med bay!" Karina complained, throwing her head back against the pillows.

"That's what you get for being careless." Wolffe chuckled.

"But I left my tool box next to me! I don't know how it ended up there!" Karina groaned. "And now I have to spend the night here alone."

"I'll sleep in the next bed," Wolffe blurted out.

"Oh, you don't have to do that," Karina said in surprise. "I'll be perfectly fine by myself."

"I'll be here," Stunner quietly said. "Anytime there's someone here, there always has to be a medic on duty."

"I'll stay here tonight," Wolffe insisted.