Title: Broken

Rating: T

Pairing: Leah/Embry (Callwater)

Disclaimer: I do not own anyone or anything from Twilight!

Summary: Embry finds Leah in the woods and realizes just how broken she really is.

AN: So I wanted to do a Leah/Embry but I wanted something deeper. I wanted Embry to see the real Leah that no one ever sees. It seems like Jacob is always the one to see the other side of Leah and not that I don't like Blackwater cause I do. I just really wanted to see Embry be the one to realize how broken Leah really is. I wanted him to see her vulnerable. This is what I came up with and I hope you all like it. Please R&R like always!

This takes place after Leah phases, maybe two or three months after the first time.

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Embry Call never thought he would be the person who saw the real Leah Clearwater. He figured it would Jacob, or Seth, or hell even Sam. Out of all the shifters, Embry's the one who didn't go out of his way to either antagonize the female shifter or offer her fake sympathy. It's not as if she would accept anything from him. Leah didn't want anything from anyone. She wanted to be left alone with her hate and bitterness. Atleast that is what the young wolf from Makah thought before it all changed on one late September evening.

Embry finished patrolling and was on his way home for a nice hot shower and maybe a movie before he crashed. His mother was visiting Makah and Embry had the house all to himself. The quiet would be a welcome retreat from all the chatter going on in his head each day he phased. It's not that the young native american boy hated being a wolf, on the contrary he loved it. The freedom and knowledge he was made, no he was chosen to help protect innocents. It was a great feeling and an honour in his opinion. Sometimes though he hate being connected to the pack mind.

It's hard enough living with his own thoughts let alone everyone elses. Sam's love for Emily and longing for Leah. Jacob's desire for Bella Swan. Paul's anger at..everything. Seth and his always a bit to happy attitude were enough to make the poor boy go crazy. Out of everyone though, it was Leah's thoughts which lodged themselves in his brain. Embry tried his best to ignore her thoughts and forget her pain. He wasn't stupid enough to say anything to her because he didn't have a death wish. He figured if he left her alone she would do the same.

Leah seemed to have other plans. The more he would ignore her, the angrier she became. Bringing up his mother and unknown father. Embry was not stupid. He could see what she's trying to do. Leah hates the pity everyone throws her way. She doesn't want pity so she brings up hurtful topics in order to take the spotlight off of her. The cruel comments and bitter taunting are her form of protection. Embry knew this and he tried so hard to be the bigger person and just ignore her. If he reacted in anyway Leah would find it a small victory and up the voltage of her cruelty.

Embry is shaken out of his thoughts by the sound of a strangled sob. His head tilted in reaction and his lips curled down into a frown. The sob came from a woman and Embry almost turned around to leave. He hated crying girls mostly because he wasn't sure how to handle them. There was the tears, the mumbled sobs, the over emotional and hysterical behavior, not to mention the tears. In case you didn't get it the first time, Embry hated crying girls. They got all mushy and weepy and Embry felt akward around them.

The manners his mother pounded into him a birth kicked in and he felt torn. What if the girl was hurt or lost? He could not possibly leave here out in the forest alone. What if a wild animal attacked her? What if she got even more lost and wound up at the Cullens? He knew they didn't eat people, but everyone has slip ups and the wolf knew he would never be able to forgive himself if she died or was eaten by a leech. With a sigh he headed in the direction the sob had come from. Stupid manners and need to protect. There went his plans for a good movie night.

As the trees slowly parted to reveal the back of a slender woman with midnight hair, Embry's breath caught in his throat. The woman who faced away from himm was bathed in the light of the moon. Her russet skin shimmered in the eery glow and her white dress hung below her knees. She was beautiful without Embry having even seen her face. As another sob wracked her body he wondered what could cause this russet colored angel to cry.

He was about to speak up when the smell of copper hit him full on and his nose crinkled first in discust and then confusion. Blood? His brown eyes narrowed as he swept the area for signs of danger. When he was sure there was no immediate threat he let his eyes fall on the woman once more. For the first time he saw a red substance oozing down her arms.

Fuck it all! This woman was injured! What had happened? Was she attacked? Where the hell was Leah? Leah should be patroling right now. Leah should've been the one to find this girl. Embry was going to make sure she heard about this later. He didn't care what she was going threw, she had a duty to protect innocents! She couldn't blow it off whenever-

His rambling mind went completely blank as the girl turned around to face him. Embry Call thought he would die right there in that instant. The bleeding girl was Leah Clearwater. She was sobbing and laughing hysterically at the same time. A pointy rock was clutched in her hand covered in blood, her blood. The female wolf held out her hands and arms for him to see. Blood seeped from gaping gashes and Embry felt like he would vomit.

"Look Embry my blood is red." Leah had an insane look in her eyes as she stepped forward. "Shouldn't it be black like my heart? Red is the color of love. I don't have love anymore. I can't feel anything let alone love. Tell me Call, why is my blood red? How can my heart still be pumping blood in my body if it's shattered?"

Embry snapped out of his stupor and sprinted over to her taking her bleeding arms into his warm hands. "Leah? What the hell are you doing to yourself? Your bleeding Clearwater, you could die! Are you stupid?"

Embry didn't mean to snap at her, but what the hell is wrong with her? You don't solve your problems this way. She could've hit an artery and bled out. She was not Wonder woman for fucks sake. She can't go around risking her life. Embry felt like an ass for not seeing this before. Her pain was so raw and primal. She hid it well. Leah Clearwater was quite the actress. She'd had everyone fooled, including Embry Call himself.

Leah merely shrugged in response. "It doesn't hurt. Nothing hurts if you are unable to feel at all."

Embry felt like he would cry. He didn't like seeing Leah so broken. "Why would hurt yourself Leah? Sam's not worth this."

The two shifters standing in the woods may not be friends, yet Embry did not hate her. In fact he used have a thing for Leah. He wonders if things would've turned out better for her if she'd ended up with him. Maybe she would not be broken beyond repair. Leah looked at her bleeding limbs once more. "I wanted to match. I wanted to be as scarred on the outside as I am on the inside."

"Oh Leah." Embry shook his head sadly before pulling her into arms. He decided he would do what he could to help her and make life better for her. What did he have to do that was more important than the girl in his arms? Nothing he could think of at the moment.

AN: I left it open because I am not sure if I will continue this or not. Anyways, let me know what you thought!