Girl With One Eye
Jack Abbot × Oc! Reader
summary: Quinn Robinavitch has a troubling past. She can't even make sense of of it herself. Being a 26 year old med student working with her dad, makes it just as hard. And then she meets Dr. Abbot. the handsome, edgy, attending physician, and her whole world unravels beneath her. Juggling trying to figure out her traumatic past, and what happened with her mom, to being a top notch med student, it just so happens he's her biggest problem. But he also might be the only thing keeping her sane.
content warnings: Swearing, age gap, 50s/20s, fluff, angst, talk of schizophrenia, trauma, anxiety, blood, m*rder, abuse
authors note: Okurrr so this is the 4th chapter and I lowkey have nothing to say just tysm for reading anddd yea! Im putting the songs I recommend listening to while reading. Love ya!
Harsh Realm- Widowspeak
Thousand- Rosie Carney (ft. Lisa Hannigan)
Love is in the air- Rock Burwell
Frou-frou foxes in the Midsummers Fire- Cocteau Twins
There’s this girl- sign crushed motorist
All I Need- Radiohead
Like Real People Do- Hozier
word count: 3.1k
chapter 4
2013, California.
My neighborhood is the saddest part of California. The lawn is dead, even in the summer time. I tread through the broken concrete, the sun beating down on it, throwing it back into my face. The jacket of my uniform is thrown across the back of my backpack, killing my shoulders. The only bit of relief I endure is the shade from the green leafs up above. My feet are killing me. Note to self: Pack extra shoes incase nobody shows up to get you from school. Knobby knees also don’t do too well for walking with a backpack that weighs a ton. 5 books, with at least 500 pages each.
I walk up the steps to my house, mom’s car is still in the drive way. I sigh, and punch the code in the front door…all while sliding my backpack down my shoulders. The door creaks open, and I look around for her. Immediately i’m met with the sound of blaring music…Harsh Realm, by Widows Peak. That songs in the playlist of my iPod like 30 times. She quickly turns around at the sound of door opening, I assume. She looks at her wrist, checking her watch in disbelief. “You’re home.” She tilts her head, grinning at me. I toss my back pack down next to the sofa, and step full into the house. I stand there, my fists balled up, I avoid eye contact. She never quite was a subtle woman. “You forgot me.” I swallow, dryly, in attempts to get her to care.
She snorts, “Sorry…how was the walk?” She pulls out a kitchen chair and sits down. I take a deep breath and finally make eye contact with he, only then to break it rolling my eyes. I don’t think it was out of annoyance. I mean, yeah, i’m annoyed…but I just didn’t want her to see me cry about something that seems so little. I take a sharp right, turning down the hallway that lead to my bedroom. The lump in my throat swelled, and my face grew hot. The tears start to fall as soon as I enter the room, and close the door. My room is nothing short of classic. The faded pink walls created from the cheapest paint at the hardware store…The Christmas lights hung across my closet that I stole from the basement one day…Music posters hung crooked.
I take down my hair from the loose braid, and set my body free from the dreadful uniform it stood in. I rake my hands through my hair, the waves from the braid hitting my shoulders, and the smell of my shampoo hitting my nose. My iPod sits on my dresser and its cheesy, but I literally smile when I see it. It’s my baby. The only thing that helps me through whatever the hell i’m going through right now. I pad over to the holy grail and take it off the charger, grabbing my headphones and slipping them in.
Thousand (feat. Lisa Hannigan) - Now Playing
I reach down to my floor and grab my sketch book. Awful drawings that I thought at one point were good, then I look back at them…and I think
‘what the fuck.’ I throw myself into the sheets of my bed, laying flat on my tummy, propping myself up with my elbows.
1 hour later.
I get startled by the sound glass breaking. Breaking hard enough to where it interrupted the sweet sound of music humming throughout my ears at full volume. I pull the buds out of ears and my heart beat quickens. “What the fuuuu…”
The F bomb trails off into the faint sound of instrumentals still playing from the headphones on my bed. My body shifts forward, leaving me on my knees. I zone out deciding what I should do. I don’t want to go out there. I don’t want to know what’s going on. My body betrays me and I swing my legs over the side of the bed, getting ready to go out there or something, I don’t know, my brain has already departed. The weight of body on my feet is a reminder of the terrible, hot walk home. I breathe in, flexing my hands, my fingers drawing outwards.
I grab the doorknob with shaky hands, this is getting exhausting…I already deal with hell at school, and then I come home and what do you know? It’s still not over. I open my door and begin to walk out, the old wood floors creaking underneath me. “Mom…?” I sort of yelp out. Yelping out for mommy. Mommy please answer me. Please save me. I’m scared. Mommy doesn’t answer.
I round the corner of the dark hallway. My head whips at the sudden sharp sound of her yelling with detonating fear. A blade in right hand…made of…glass? My body freezes and she lunges at me. I hit the floor, her body wrestling mine. My hands are getting weaker and weaker. Partly from being nervous to come out of my room before. I didn’t know I was this weak. How couldn’t I overpower my mother? She was 5’5 and frail. She hardly ate anymore.
“Get the fuck off me!” I shout, managing to knock the sharp blade from her grasp. It cuts her hands in the process, red dripping onto my face as we fight. Her hands maneuver, sliding up against my throat, closing my airway. The pressure builds to my head and I gasp, choking on the air that I can get in. “Mom…stop.” My hands reach up into the air, scratching her face, trying to get her to stop. It’s like a baby reaching in the air for their mother to pick them up, and hold them, and love them. I’m her baby. Mom, please hold me. And love me.
I turn my head to the sight of the glass, next to my body. I fight to grab it, I want it, I need it. It’s my only hope, this shard of glass from the vase on the kitchen table. My fingers wiggle closer…and closer…and…bingo. Without thinking, I angle the blade perfectly. Before shoving it into the side of her neck. Her hands go limp, she lets go, I breathe, she can’t anymore. Her thighs weigh down my hips, I couldn’t move anyway. Even if she wasn’t crushing me under her weight. She looks at me, like she sees me, I am her baby. The blood trickles down her neck, and onto my face. Velvety liquid runs down the sides of nose, down the side of my cheek. Then, she falls beside me. And I know it’s over. All of the waiting, all of the time I spent, all the refuge. It’s all gone. My breath settles, and I turn my head to look at her. Tears drip from the corners of her eyes, and I know hers is settled too. I feel my face contort, my nose scrunching as that lump in my throat creeps back up. I let out a whimper and try to pick my body up off the floor. “Mom.” Tears fall from my cheeks, into the crease of my mouth, and down my chin. I rest a hand on her shoulder shaking lightly, my body propped up on one of the elbows. “Mom!” I let out fervent sob, my heart breaking. I continue to shake her, in disbelief that I could’ve done what I did. Then, I give up, letting my body rest next to hers again.
I curl up next to her and cry. I cry for my mama, and for the fact that I killed her.
Present Day
I ran out of the diner about 10 minutes ago. I’ve just been sitting in Jacks truck, him in the drivers seat…watching me break down. “About 2 years earlier, my mom was diagnosed with Paranoid Schizophrenia.” I told him everything. I didn’t leave out a singular detail. I didn’t even think I was capable of sharing that out loud ever again. Jacks head lays back against the headrest, one hand on the steering wheel. “That still doesn’t explain what happened in the bathroom, baby girl.” He mutters. I turn to face him in my seat, in disbelief. “Jack, what the fuck do you mean— why are you worried about me? I just told you I killed my own mother.”
“You were protecting yourself.”
“She was my mom.”
“So, you’re tellin’ me that if you hadn’t done what you did…you’d still be alive.”
I stare at him, because in my heart I know he’s right. I turn my body back into my seat properly, that fucking lump in my throat. My face gets hot and my eyes well with tears. Don’t cry…Do not cry. “Can you drive, please?” My voice comes out wobbly and unstable. I’m such a cry baby. I can’t even take the truth.
“Quinn, baby, don’t cry…you’re wearing yourself out.” He reaches a hand out and sneaks it behind my head, leaned up against the window. He makes slow circles with his fingers and my breathing slows, and the tears begin to dry.
“It’s not your fault. You got that? They never should’ve given her custody. Fuckin’ failed you.”
My eyes lock onto a tree outside the window.
“Quinn.”
I look at him, the bags under my eyes weighing a ton. “Hm..” I hum, unable to speak right now.
“It’s not your fault.”
“It’s not my fault that she went batshit crazy,”
I pause, turning my head back out the window.
My legs scrunch up into my chest, and I allow my elbows to rest on my knees.
“But it’s my fault she’s dead.” End of conversation. I don’t wanna hear anymore. I don’t even know why I told him anything, I knew what I was gonna hear. It’s always the same,
“You were just a kid.”
“You didn’t know any better.”
“She did it to herself.”
Jack takes his hand back to himself, dropping his head. Probably annoyed at that fact that I can’t get an idea through my thick skull. “Listen, Kiddo-“
“Jack, just please, take me home.” I cut him off, instantly feeling guilty. I really just want to go home. I woke up about 3 hours ago and this is already one of the worst days of my life…I haven’t even made it to the hospital hours yet. Jack puts the car and drive, the speed jolts me out of my day dream.
Walking into this hospital is nothing short of dreadful. I guess I chose to be here, though. I bump into person after person, it’s like nobody knows where to go. “Watch where the hell you’re going.” One guys says, his broad chest almost shooting me across chairs. My knees wobble in attempts to walk, i’ve never really been so scared to walk into work…not even my first day. My heart beat runs through my arms, I can literally feel it. I scan my badge and walk through the gateway to hell. “Hey, Quinn!”
Lupe sweetly says with a soft undertone.
“Hi, Lupe.” I smile at her, tossing a hand up, waving.
“Heyyy~ you seein’ somebody?”
“No- Lupe, I will not date your son.” I laugh, pushing open the big door, emerging myself.
My ears immediately ring with the sound of machines beeping and…doctors shouting for help for each other. I put my bag in my locker, and throw my hair up into a messy bun…as always. I walk out into the chaos, looping my stethoscope around my neck. I pass my dad in the process, “Hey honey.” He slows his pace to walk with me. “Hi…you heading out?” We stop by the nurses station and lean on the counter top.He looks at me, a warm smile. One I need. “Yep. I just- woah, what happened to your head?”
The gash would sits on my temple, red leaking from under my makeup. “Oh- I just…fell in the shower.” I swallow, breaking eye contact with him pretending not to care. Before I can even blink he grabs my jaw with his fingers making me look at him. “Dad, I-“
“Jesus Christ, kid.” He closely examines the side of my forehead. “It’s not that bad,” It is. “Doesn’t even hurt.” It does. His eyes trail over the rest of my face, my eyes, my nose, and jaw. “You look fucking wrecked, baby, you sleepin okay?”
I swat his hands away from my face. “Yes. I’m fine.” I huff and grab a clipboard, walking off.
He shouts, “Text me every-“
“Every two hours..yes! I got it.”
I spin back around, the pace of my walking quickens. I’ve always been told i’m a very selfish person. There’s enough room in my body for my heart to grow ten times the size…but it only gets smaller. There’s all this space that needs to be taken up, by something, anything. What do you with all this space…my skin crawls. I need to stop thinking. Just as I round the corner, i’m immediately met with a pair of eyes. Jacks eyes.
I stop dead in my tracks, ready to turn back around. I was already drowning in him. I was drowning, and I was taking him with me. No more. But god- fuck. Those eyes, and the way he looks at me with them. Like he knows i’m not a monster. I’ve never been looked at like that before, and if I have…I was too young to remember. He looks and me like i’m brand new, and shiny…like there’s not a gigantic gash on the side of my forehead. He’s having a conversation with a doctor from OR, he’s not even looking at her. How rude, I think. But I love it. See? Selfish. On a normal day, he’d flash a small unnoticed grin my way. But not today. Today was not normal. I decide to swallow my pride, I mouth a quick “hi” and toss my hand up for a small wave.
He doesn’t do or say anything after that. My stomach twists in a frizzled knot. Fuck.
This shift has been pretty forgettable. I’m so tired, I don’t even think I should be working on, or diagnosing patients right now. I feel like i’ve been floating outside my body for 4 hours. From trying to maneuver around Jack, and trying to not lose my shit with asswipe patients…I am going crazy.
I walk swiftly on my feet, I don’t even think I can feel them anymore. Then, a hand grabbed my arm and I get pulled into a dimly lit room.
“What the fu-” I gasp tripping over my feet.
A firm hand flys over my mouth. Jack. His arm is wrapped around the small of my back, and his hand is splayed over my lips. He walks me backward until i’m pressed against the wall.
“You good?” He whispers, I nod. His hand drops, landing on my waist. “How are you?” He asks me. I break eye contact and look down at his chest, breathing in his smell. “Still breathing, I guess.” I shrug. “You did good with that kid.” He’s referring to the kid I helped out with a panic attack. His mom needed emergency surgery, or she was going to die. I taught him breathing exercises and told him everything was going to be okay, and got him snacks from the break room. “I…did what anybody else would have done.”
Just then he catches a glimpse of the cut on my head. “You cleanin’ this?” His fingers trace over the wound, showing compassion. I nod, dropping my head lower, now looking at the ground. My heart won’t stop fucking beating…I can hear it in my ears. My eyes get blurry and I feel tears fall from my cheeks, I sniffle. “Hey, hey…what’s wrong? What happened?” He grabs the sides of my face, tilting it upwards. “I thought you- I thought that…maybe you think Im… crazy? I don’t know.” I scramble, trying to find words for what I wanted to say. I look into his eyes, trying not to cry more. They were worth crying over.
“Listen here. You are no different from anybody else. You are amazing, and in pain, and trying. You have your own issues but…who doesn’t. You are human. You are a person. You are flesh and blood, and you have a heart. And I see you. I see you.” He rests his forehead on mine, we stare at each other for a moment, and i can’t help but smile. I drop my head into the crook of his neck breathing in his scent. “You smell good…” I grin against his collarbone.
“Really? That’s what you got from my speech?” He huffs out a laugh.
I giggle, “No…but, I am sorry…about today.”
He grins, pressing his lips to mine. If I knew i’d be this obsessed with the man I never would’ve made a move. My hands slide behind his neck, pulling him in for more. “Can I bring you home with me?” He mouths against my lips. I don’t hesitate, “Mhm…” He breaks the kiss. “Okay- god. We can’t be doing this here. Especially here. Just…find me after shift, okay?” I nod, gifting him a soft smile that’s hung over the feeling of the kiss.
“Okay…i’m goin back to that shit show out there. Come out in a few, just so nobody…yknow.”
“Yep.”
“K. I’ll see ya, babygirl.”
My pulse quickens, “Jack.”
He hums, his hand on the doorknob ready to leave.
“I see you too.”
He smiles,
and I feel my heart grow.
















