#ethan;

ethan still couldn’t wrap his head around the fact that someone had pulled a gun on tori. much less that she had waited this long to tell him. he didn’t trust anytime she said she was ‘fine’ because he knew her high tolerance. he was no paramedic but he knew the basics and knowing her, she would sweep any sort of injury under the rug which meant it was up to him to be the judge. once again he was met by a locked door and he huffed frustratedly as he rattled it a couple times as if not believing this was happening to him again. “seriously, tori?!” he shouted, glancing at the window but the lights were off and he knew what that meant. instead of waking her up, he took matters into his own hands and broke the door open with a hard blow. something that came naturally to him, only tonight he didn’t have his axe. he carefully closed the door behind him in contrast to how roughly he’d just broken the lock and made his way inside to find her passed out on her bed half dressed. “hey,” he casually called out to her, dipping into the bed with his knee and leaning over to hover his face above hers, his hand tilting her face to take a look at her cheek, checking it for bruising.

ethan had already had it timed around when tori passed by the showers which was why after he’d finished rinsing, he stayed under the stream a minute longer before shutting it off. when he heard footsteps, he slid the glass door open, water droplets racing down his chiseled body as he stood there in all his glory. “hey,” his lips curved into a familiar smile--once again, ignoring her request not to give her the look. “think you can hand me my towel?” he inquired. “the water’s still hot if you wanna jump in.." he suggested casually.

ethan should’ve gone the moment their captain had ordered them to file out but he was behind the group when he overheard someone calling out for help. in the midst of the smoke he stopped to identify their location. everyone else disappeared into the smoke and fire, far from his sight. his radio suffered static as he heard them come on the radio to urge him to get out. “i can’t, there’s still somebody in here!” he shouted while the flames engulfed the room he was in and pieces of the ceiling came falling down in front of him. he was trapped, and so was the young girl he was trying to get to. he went mia from the radio while he tried to get himself out of the situation and at last he was able to carry the wounded girl out of the building, hearing pieces of the structure crumble behind him. “she needs a medic!” he hollered, but they were already taking her out of his arms and he was quickly pulling his helmet and mask off to catch a fresh breath, panting hunched over on the lawn that was surrounded by personnel. his head lifted alone to try and spot tori. “where’s tori?” he asked, swearing she’d gone out with the rest but never being able to let go of worry till he saw her for himself.

ethan was in a sour mood since once again tori had ignored all him on a call despite all the dangerous obstacles she had to get through to save a patient. he rescued people for a living too. it wasn’t like he wanted them to die but he didn’t want her to die either and too often they found themselves in buildings with weak structures just minutes from falling apart.  ‘trouble in paradise?’ kevin teased as he walked by the kitchen, earning a scowling look from ethan who slammed a few sandwich ingredients on the counter from the fridge. she used to make them for him when they were together but since they’d split and tensions rose, he was doomed at times like these to making half as good ones. “i just don’t understand why she does the shit she does. i don’t.” he tossed a slice of bread on the counter.

“We’re safe here for now but supplies are low. We should keep moving North and hope that we hit somewhere that hasn’t been looted yet.” Claire doesn’t like to stay in one place for too long. She’s not sure that she could settle in somewhere even if they had enough supplies. But facts were facts. They kept finding more survivors which meant that they needed more food, water and everything else. 

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