#detectivefullbright

He'd heard the bullet pierce the air, the noise causing him to turn sharply only to see Fulbright falling to the ground in front of his eyes. The feather dropped from his mouth and flittered to the floor next to his partner, who was clutching his abdomen in agony. “...F-Fulbright?” Simon snapped back to his senses, looking in the direction the bullet came from, seeing the outline of a figure running away in this distance. “G-Gin...Get them, stop them!!” He ordered the bird and with a squawk she shot from his shoulder after the culprit.

Immediately he dropped to the floor, wrapping his arms around Fulbright, the front of his suit had been stained red from the entry wound. “S-Simon...A-Are you okay m-my friend?” Fulbright coughed, a trickle of blood running from the corner of his mouth as he spoke. He was just so glad Simon hadn't been the one to get shot, he wasn't thinking about his own safety. Sirens were blaring in the distance, probably from the gunshot so that would mean there should be an ambulance among them.

“Don't talk...I-It's fine, help will be here soon.” Simon could feel his heart beating rapidly, he was shaking as he cradled Fulbright. All he could see was the blood welling though the fabric of his suit and he couldn't think straight, his mind a mess of panic and frustration. Why had he jumped in the way of that bullet? Why had he just thrown away his- no, no he hadn't doe that he would be all right. He wouldn't die here.

“D-don't care...You're alive, t-that's all...” He coughed sharply again, his hand clutching the bloody patch on his abdomen. “Think I-i'm gonna close my eyes soon, S-Simon...I-It's hard t-to breathe...” Fulbright could feel it, death's kiss waiting to rip him from Simon's arms and into the despair, but he wouldn't give up. He'd fight to stay awake, he couldn't do this to Simon, not after everything. “S-Shut up! Y-You're going to be fine...Y-You have to be...F-Fine...”

He didn't even realise he was crying until he saw the tear drops soak Fulbright's suit, “Y-You can't...D-Die now! Not like this...” Simon was afraid to question why silence had suddenly fallen from his partner, he just clutched onto him like a life line, choking back his sobs. Fulbright wouldn't want him to cry like this, not over his de- no, he wasn't dead. “F-Fulbright?” Simon's voice was shaking as he gently nudged him. “F-Fulbright?!” He shouted louder, his nudging growing into more desperate shakes.