The Crash

OMG last night's episode was something else. I'm still carrying on with my other story but this one shot wouldn't leave me alone until I wrote it. This is my version of last night's episode sadly I don't own Casualty or their characters. Hope you enjoy xx

Cal waited for the ambulance alongside Connie who was going to treat him, Cal wasn't happy with not being able to treat him but he understood that as he was family he'd have to sit this one out.

The ambulance arrived and Tamzin got out and started reeling of his injuries Cal winced as he had a good view of his brother he could see the fear radiating of him and he wanted nothing more than to comfort him but he had had his orders to observe but not get in the way and he knew the important thing now, was to get Ethan treated. Connie started talking to Ethan and Cal heard him call out for him and Connie took the hand that Ethan was waving about she spoke to him "Cal is right here Ethan we're going to get your stable then he can see you ok" Ethan shook his head and tears of pain and frustration poured down his face he struggled to make himself understood he stuttered "iiii nnneeed Cal".

Cal hearing this moved forward but was stopped by Connie "Cal you need to let us stabilize him ok" Ethan heard Cal talking to Connie and struggled further against the hands restraining him, he tried to move to see Cal and Connie held firm "Ethan you have to remain still until we've done some tests please stop moving" Cal could see Ethan start to panic and once he was on the bed in ED he spoke to Connie "Connie he is scared and he's panicking I need to just let him know I'm here calm him down a little you're not going to be able to treat him like this" Connie shook her head and sighed "letting you see him now would probably get him more worked up and I need to get to work on him straight away" Cal went to answer but his attention was taken when Ethan started to wildly swing his arms pulling at the hands trying to treat him Cal couldn't take it anymore and took a few breaths to calm himself, Ethan needed him to be calm he could fall apart later, he pointedly looked at Connie before replying "I'm doing this he needs me, you can treat him but you have to let me calm him down".

Connie seeing Ethan fighting and knowing that it was wasting valuable time and causing Ethan pain reluctantly nodded and Cal moved fast Connie was at first surprised at the calm and reassuring tone Cal used under the circumstances. "Ethan can you hear me I'm right here" Cal stepped into Ethan's line of sight and spoke directly to him as he could see Ethan was in the midst of a panic attack and he wasn't focusing "Ethan look at me you need to stop fighting them their going to help you but you have to stop fighting them" the voice calmed Ethan enough for him to focus on Cal's face and his hands stopped pulling at the hands and the oxygen mask instead they searched the air for Cal's hands and Cal grabbed it and smiled "you need to relax and keep that mask on we don't need your stats dropping anymore ok, I'm right here I'm not going anywhere but you need to let them treat you ok" Ethan shook his head and kept repeating Cal's name, Cal leant closer to him "Ethan you got to stop trying to speak you need to keep your strength ok" Ethan shook his head and began to panic not being able to communicate what he wanted he tightened his grip on Cal's hand and tugged bringing Cal closer to him he whispered with all he had "I want you to treat me, please Cal it hurts, you have to help me" Connie who had been standing beside Cal when this was said, sighed before addressing Ethan "Ethan he can't treat you he's your brother, you need to let us treat you if it makes you feel better Cal can stay with you but, he can't treat you" Ethan continuously shook his head and again began to panic trying to lift his other arm and hang on to as much as Cal as he could.

Cal sighed and turned to Connie "how about I treat you observe, he must be in a lot of pain for him to be acting like this and he isn't going to let you treat him, we need to treat before his stats drop any further you can advise and observe and Ethan will be calmer" Connie thought this over and watched as Cal gently wiped tears from Ethan's face he smiled and tried to calm Ethan down Ethan focused solely on Cal's face calming and she noticed that as Cal was talking to him Ethan was calming his own breathing down to match that of Cal's. She made a quick decision and spoke "ok we need to get him treated and I think Cal's right this will be the quickest way without sedating Ethan and that's not something I want to do"

Cal leant down "You hear that Ethan, you got the best working on you today kiddo, but you're going to need to let go of my hands so I can get your stabilized ok?" Ethan relaxed his hold and smiled a small smile but couldn't help the tear that rolled down his cheek" Cal got to work and his colleagues watched him some with Awe at how calm he seemed even though his eyes told a different story others watched him with pity. All marveled at how gentle he was.

Twenty minutes later and Cal had his stats up and had a arranged a CT he leant down and whispered to Ethan "hang in there ok, I got to go finish off with a patient whilst you got for a scan will you be ok?" Ethan blinked and gave a small nod. Cal smiled "you'll be fine Ethan, just try to stay calm ok".

Cal had just finished with his patient when he saw the team rushing Ethan back to the recuss room he run to catch up asking what had happened on the way. Connie advised on what was happening and explained what they needed to do she saw the look on Cal's face and slight tremble of his hands and asked "Cal you're going to need to do this will you be ok?" Cal took a few calming breaths and nodded and got to work. He was relieved 10 minutes later when Ethan was Stable and able to be moved he left the room but turned and looked at his now unconscious brother and leant against the glass, seeing him do this and the rest of the team stopped everything assuming the worst when he turned to them they ignored the tears that were in his eyes Robyn asking him if Ethan was ok, Cal smiled pulling himself together "he'll be ok he just needs to rest their taking him upstairs now" the team all smiled and offered comforting words to Cal.

When Cal had 15 minutes to spare he went up to see Ethan and sat by him taking his hand he began to talk to him "Come on Ethan open those eyes, wake up and tell me how badly I did treating you" when he got no reply he sat down and rubbed small circles on the back of Ethan's hand with his thumb, "I love you Ethan your all I have now, I can't lose you, you have to pull through this. Cal finally let the tears fall and wiped them off his face as they fell with his free hand. He felt a light squeeze on his hand and saw Ethan's eyelids flicker he sat up and Ethan looked at him focusing on him he reached up to pull off the oxygen mask and Cal gently stopped him "Hey kiddo, you need to leave that on you've had a lot of trauma to your chest and that is making it easier for you to breath ok" Ethan nodded but pulled it off and spoke "Thankyou, for being here and I love you too, can you stay tonight?" Cal nodded before speaking "I have to finish shift their still receiving the casualties from the crash site ok but when my shift ends I'll be here" Ethan nodded adding "are they all alive?" Cal sat back down to answer him "Lilly has got a few injuries but is ok and stable, Connie and Tess are walking wounded, Ash is still at the crash site they need to cut him out, I believe he has a bad wound to the leg other than that I couldn't tell you anymore until we have him here" Cal stopped talking and looked at Ethan who had begun to cry "Ethan are you ok, are you in pain?" Ethan shook his head and took the mask off again "I was driving it was my fault".

Cal took a deep breath and gently wiped the tears away before replacing the mask back over Ethan's face and speaking to him "Ethan listen to me, the car was side swiped there was nothing you could have done you just need to concentrate on getting better, I promise you no one blames you, not at all".

Ethan nodded and Cal sat there until he fell back to sleep before straightening him up and leaving him to finish the shift.

As Cal walked down the stairs it hit him exactly how close he had come to losing his little brother and sat down on the steps taking deep breaths and let a few tears fall. He vowed that he would be there for Ethan through this and that he would help him in any way he needed. Cal stood up when Lofty stood in front of him and asked if he was ok Cal nodded and followed.

After shift that night Cal sat in Ethan room catching a little sleep here and there, keeping watch over his little brother and watching for signs that something was wrong. Ethan's body recovering from the trauma of the day kept the younger man asleep and for this Cal was thankful he had no idea how he was going to tell him about Jeff, but he knew that whatever came next they would face it as brothers.

This kept bugging me today so had to write it, I thought the scenes last night were amazing but I wanted a little more brotherly love. Hope you enjoyed please R&R

And as there are very little Ethan & Cal fics out there if you have any ideas you would like me to work on please let me know.