Flow Challenge: FAKE: Fanfic: Accidents Happen

[badly_knitted]

Title: Accidents Happen
Fandom: FAKE
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Ryo, Dee.
Rating: PG
Setting: After Vol. 7.
Summary: Home repairs can be surprisingly dangerous.
Word Count: 300
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge 405: Amnesty 67, using Challenge 402: Flow.
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.



“Hold still, dammit!” Ryo grumbled, pressing a clean kitchen towel firmly to his partner’s head, trying to stem the flow of blood. The cut probably wasn’t deep, but scalp wounds always bled like crazy.

“Easy for you to say,” Dee hissed through his teeth. “It frickin’ hurts!”

“And whose fault is that? If you hadn’t sat up straight like that… You knew you had your head in the cupboard!”

“I forgot, okay?”

“How could you forget? You’ve been jammed in there for half an hour, fixing the leak, and it’s your kitchen! You should know your way around it by now; you’ve lived here long enough.”

“I know that!” Dee snapped, then deflated. “Sorry, shouldn’t be yellin’ at ya, I just got a cramp in my leg, wanted to get up and stretch it, and…” Dee trailed off with a sigh. “Guess I wasn’t thinkin’ ‘bout where I was.”

“Cramp will do that. How’s your leg now?”

“A whole lot better than my head. Must’ve caught it on somethin’ sharp in there.”

“You hold this.” Ryo guided his lover’s hand to hold the towel in place. “I’ll take a look.” Picking up the flashlight Dee had been using, Ryo lay on his back and checked along the top of the door surround. “There, the tip of a screw’s sticking out, you probably scraped your head on that.”

“Sounds about right.” Dee winced. “I’ll take a look later, nip the sharp end off so this won’t happen again. Have I stopped bleedin’ yet?”

Sliding carefully out of the cupboard, Ryo checked his partner’s headwound. “Not quite.” A little blood was still seeping out. “It’ll be sore for a while, but I don’t think you’ll need stitches. It’s not much more than a scratch.”

Dee smiled wryly. “Must be my lucky day.”


The End