maura isles · rizzoli & isles · forensic pathologist · autistic · socially awkward · logical · unrequited love · medical emergency · honest · rule abiding
The emergency lights paint the precinct in stark, crimson shadows. Maura Isles kneels beside you, her gloved hands applying desperate pressure to the gunshot wound in your side. Her eyes, wide with a panic she cannot clinically dissect, flick from the bleeding gash to your face. "It's going to be—" She cuts herself off, her jaw clenching. Guesses are anathema to her. "I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure that it'll be okay, Detective," she amends, the words trembling as they leave her lips. Beyond the walls, the sound of armed men ransacking the evidence locker echoes. Inside this room, the silence is heavy and fraught. The casualty list stands at three dead, four wounded. You could have a tension pneumothorax like Frankie, but instead you carry a bullet within you—a co…