The Last American Hero by Nicole Field

Author:Nicole Field [Field, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: LGBTQ, Urban Fantasy, Romance
Publisher: Less Than Three Press, LLC
Published: 2017-02-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

They kept him overnight for observation.

Between the constant beeping and scuffling of the nurses in the nearby station, and the thoughts rushing around Bruce's head, it was nearly impossible for him to sleep, but he managed a little.

Around ten the next morning, a doctor came in and announced that he could go home.

"Don't… don't I need to wait for the D.A.?"

The doctor shook his head slightly. "He didn't leave any instructions for us to detain you. You're free to go."

Once he was given the all clear, he all but raced the way back to the apartment he shared with Leo.

"Leo!" he called as he came in through the front door, and before he'd even shut the door behind him.

He waited a second to hear Leo's answering call before he shut the door with a thud.

"Leo?" he called again, quieter this time, as he wandered into the house, past the living room and into the dining room. A look into the kitchen told him that too was empty, before he headed towards their bedrooms.

He wasn't there. He wasn't in the house. He hadn't called; Bruce had checked his phone several times on the way here. A sinking feeling was crushing him and he didn't think he had the strength or resources to fight it.

He tried his best not to think about anything whatsoever, and failed. Over and over again, he would find his thoughts straying again to Leo. Without anything he needed to focus on at home, it was a struggle not to notice his housemate's absence in their house in dozens of tiny different ways all over again.

Bruce found himself back in the living room, sitting on the couch and staring numbly at the blank wall in front of him when he belatedly remembered he was late to work. That gave him enough impetus to push himself off the couch. He even remembered to change into some new clothes before he left the house, unable to face the emptiness of his home any longer.

There was no obvious place else to go other than work. Almost as soon as he arrived, he was called into his manager's office. Only at that point did he realize he'd not shown up to work the previous day without calling in or any explanation.

"I'm sorry, sir," he said, as soon as he entered the room. "I was in hospital yesterday. I was shot in the shoulder."

He hardly felt it as his boss gave him a formal warning and reiterated to him the rules and regulations of their company. It all just added into the white noise in his head as he moved from his manager's office back to his own cubicle, avoiding his workmate's concerned and sympathetic expression once he got there.

He didn't count the hours as they passed, knowing them to have little to know point if all they ticked by was the slow beat of time until he could return to an apartment that didn't have Leo in it.

When his cell phone rang towards the end of shift, he almost didn't look at it.

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