Summary: The reader gets hurt and Alexei can't help but blame himself.

Warnings: Major angst, Mention of Blood and Needles, Feels, and fluffy ending.

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"Alexei, you've got a couple of bogey's on your left."

"Ah, Y/n you worry too much, This is an easy in and out for us."

This was an easy in and out, besides the snow of course that made everything a little harder. Purpose of the mission was take down a couple of rouge agents causing trouble and defying orders. Alexei was right, you should lower your guard even if it was a little. You two have done this before. Hell, you two have taken down worse with nothing but a scratch. Both of you took down the remaining soldiers and made your way inside towards the man calling the shots, Luka Ivanovic.

"Well, Well, Well...Look at who it is, The Red Guardian and his...Little partner." Said Luka in a voice laced with cockiness, sarcasm, and swagger.

Okay, now that made you pissed. Sure, You probably weren't as recognized as Alexei, but being compared to his "Little partner" made you see red.

"Alright, Ivan...You've had your fun, You've played your game. Dreykov wants you to respond directly to him, but we both know how well you've doing that the past few months." You say retaliating with your own sarcasm.

"You're right. Wait...What's your name again?" Luka asked.

OH HELL NO, THIS DISRESPECTFUL-
Calm down, Y/n he's trying to get on your nerves...It'll be fine.

"It's Y/n." You say through gritted teeth.

"Oh...That's actually a really nice name. Well, you're right. I have been defying direct orders, but I promise you its an amazingly good reason." Luka stated with a big grin on his face.

"And what is that?" Asked Alexei.

Luka now turned to him and said...

"Self benefit."

"That doesn't sound like a great reason to me." You responded.

"Of course it doesn't thats why its called self benefit." Luka said with a shit eating grin on his face.

"Enough is enough we're taking you to Dreykov." You said now fed up with all of it.

"I guess we have to speed this up then, I'm terribly sorry about this." Luka stated with a frown on his face

"Sorry about-"

Bang.

Thats the thing you hear before you're falling backwards and everything starts ring.

You put your hand to where your abdomen starts feeling warm and sticky.

Blood.

"Y/n!"

You hear someone yelling for you but feel too weak to respond. Suddenly a pair of strong arms wrap around you.
A few seconds later you're sat down resting your back to a concrete pillar.

"Its okay, You're alright. I'll get you patched up and you'll be fine." Alexei says panicked.

"I don't know Alexei, it hurts."

"I know, I know. I know it does, you'll be okay. He reassures you.

You look down and see you're Dripping Red. Its everywhere all over your uniform. Yourself. Alexei.

"Alexei?"

"Yes, Darling?"

"That's a lot of blood." You say bluntly.

"No don't think like that, love." He says as he tries to get your mind off what's going on.

"It's too much blood." You tell him with you voice wavering.

"Don't say that...You'll be fine I promise." Once the words leave his mouth you're not sure you believe them.

"Alexei, I love you..." You say while your eyes start seeing spots of black.

"Y/n, don't leave me, please." He begs.

"Don't forget about me-" You finish with sob as the rest of the words fail to come out, and your eyesight fades to black.

"Y/n, don't you dare leave me, please!"

That's the last thing thing before total silence. Your body felt nothing but  weakness. Suddenly you see something bright, you shifted from where you were causing a sharp pain rushing to your stomach. Face now twisted in pain you heard someone speak.

"Don't move too much now you don't want your stitches come loose." Alexei said seeing your movement and now knowing your awake.

"How'd you patch me up?" You ask, mind still hazy.

He pointed to a tray of needles, stitches, and gauze."Thanks to your impeccable preparing, I had everything I needed. The snow and cold helped too it stopped you from losing too much blood." He said with a sad smile glazing his features

"Cheers to me then." You say not noticing how he's acting and you close your eyes instead.

"Even with a bullet wound, sarcastic as ever." He ended with a sad chuckle.

"What's wrong?" You say now hearing the fact he's clearly distressed.

"I'm fine you should be more worried about yourself." He says as if you didn't know you've just been shot.

"You said it yourself I'll be alright. Now tell me what's wrong." You said defending yourself.

"I feel....Responsible." He responded hanging his head low.

"For what...Me getting shot." You questioned.

"Yes...I do." He said.

"Well its not...Its my own, I didn't see him pulling his gun. I made conversation." You said taking the blame off him.

"But-" You interrupted him.

"No buts...I don't what you blaming yourself. Speaking of where are we." You finished.

"I found a cabin in the near by woods, so I carried you here." He said

"Looks cozy." You stated.

"I have a fire going if you want to warm up." Alexei tempts with a smile.

"I would love that." You say yearning the warmth.

"There's also a bathroom with a shower if you want to wash up...If you do then be careful with your stitches." He warns.

"I think I might take you up on that offer." You deadpan all the stickiness was starting to dry and no one wants to deal with that.

You made your way to the bathroom and finally got a good look at your wound.

"Yeah, that's gonna leave a scar." You say.

It was about 3 inches long, thankfully it wasn't as bad as you thought. You hopped in the shower and took extra care of your wound just like Alexei told you. He was also kind enough to leave you some fluffy and warm clothes out that you pre-packed. You already felt better besides the lingering pain around your stomach. You were sure you packed some kind of pain meds and with that you went to where the fire was lit.

"Alexei, do you know where my bag is? I need some meds from there."

"Oh, its right here." He said while handing you the bag

You rummaged through the bag finding the pills and immediately downing them. After that you felt much better and sat down next to the fire.

"Do you feel better." He asks.

"Much, thanks for patching me up." You say, as you starting wrapping you arms around him. This tugged at your wound but you could care less.

"It's no problem, Love." He said reciprocating the hug.

"When do we have to leave?" You ask and look up at him.

"They expect us back in about 36 hours, why do you ask?" He responds while looking down at you.

"What if we take a break...Just the two of us." You offer.

"That sounds like a great idea."

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Word count: About 1.2k words.

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