Rosegarden Prompt: Ruby and Oscar stuck in a cave in vacuo as they take shelter from a sandstorm with Ruby tending to some minor injury Oscar got on his arm
Ruby and Oscar found a cave, thankfully. The sandstorm had hit sooner than they thought. Ruby was barely able to get out a call before the sandstorm ended all transmissions.
Oscar winced as he sat down. He had taken a big hit from a Grimm. It was lucky, getting a surprise attack. Even that wouldn’t have been so bad if he wasn’t flung into a rock.
She helped him slide into the cave, and found in her bag and found the cover. She locked the cave entrance and moved back to Oscar.
“Glad Theo made sure we had those covers now,” Ruby said.
“Yeah, it’s helpful,” Oscar said. He moved, then winced.
“Oscar,” Ruby said. She moved towards him and moved his jacket out of the way. There wasn’t too much blood, but there was some.
Oscar handed Ruby his first aid kit. Ruby helped Oscar out of his jacket, his back was bleeding more. He would need some bandages.
“Oscar, we need to take your shirt off,” Ruby said.
“Yeah, yeah… go for it,” Oscar said. Ruby helped him out of his shirt. Ruby saw his chest. She should have focused on the wound, but well… he was well built. She blushed.
“How long have you had these?” Ruby asked. Oscar looked down. It took his a second to realize what she was talking about.
“Oh, yeah,.. remember that I’m a farm boy,” Oscar said.
“Well… you hide it well,” Ruby said. Her face was burning. But she needed to focus on his wounds.
“Do these hurt?” Ruby asked. She took out an alcohol spray, and bandages.
“Yeah… but I just need some rest. My aura needs to come back,” Oscar said. He winced as Ruby cleaned the wound.
“Sorry,” Ruby said. She continued to clean the wound.
Oscar was quiet until after Ruby was done. She tied off the bandage. Ruby sat back. All the two of them had to do now was wait.
“It’s no problem,” Ruby said.
“I’m sorry I got hurt. If I didn’t we may have made it back,” Oscar said. Ruby rolled her eyes, then crossed her arms.
“Can you not blame yourself for a sneak attack?” Ruby asked.
Ruby moved next to Oscar. She sat down next to him.
“You did all that you could. That’s enough…” Ruby started. “Despite what you tell yourself.”
Oscar didn’t know much about the ever after, but he knew it was a place where Ruby had to face her demons. He reached over and held Ruby’s hand.
“Thank you,” Oscar whispered.
Ruby turned to him, and put her head on his shoulder.