[He is so legitimately terrified, and it's a horrible feeling. He's not used to being this scared, he's the one who always faces these things with control and calm.
But losing Abel has shaken him to the core and left him with deeper wounds than he would ever admit, and seeing him injured is heart-stopping. He feels as though he's in a daze as he gathers up a bowl of warm water, a few cloths and the work basket.
This can't be happening... why is Abel hurt again?
His vision is blurred from tears as he sprints back into the bedroom and, for one frozen moment, he thinks Abel is dead for how still he is. But then he realises he is still breathing, he's just... asleep. God, brother, what have you done?!
It takes a long time, because his hands are shaking and he keeps stopping through fear of messing it up, but he peels back that shirt sodden in blood again and starts cleaning the wound. It's sad that even at ten he has stitched up his fair share of wounds in the past, though nothing ever this deep before.
Don't wake up, just sleep for now, Cain will take care of you... except this probably hurts like a bitch, and Cain's breathing is loud and stilted with sobs as he works.]
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But losing Abel has shaken him to the core and left him with deeper wounds than he would ever admit, and seeing him injured is heart-stopping. He feels as though he's in a daze as he gathers up a bowl of warm water, a few cloths and the work basket.
This can't be happening... why is Abel hurt again?
His vision is blurred from tears as he sprints back into the bedroom and, for one frozen moment, he thinks Abel is dead for how still he is. But then he realises he is still breathing, he's just... asleep. God, brother, what have you done?!
It takes a long time, because his hands are shaking and he keeps stopping through fear of messing it up, but he peels back that shirt sodden in blood again and starts cleaning the wound. It's sad that even at ten he has stitched up his fair share of wounds in the past, though nothing ever this deep before.
Don't wake up, just sleep for now, Cain will take care of you... except this probably hurts like a bitch, and Cain's breathing is loud and stilted with sobs as he works.]