Please Don't Hide From Me | Dr. Carter [hurt/comfort] [F4A]

Added: 2026-05-12

[00:00:04]Here, give that to me, Captain. I’ve got it.

[00:00:09]This is the last of the gear. Then  we get on this shuttle and get the hell off this ice ball. I’m glad we  were able to get those supplies and medicine to the Kaelrusians, but  I’ve had enough of this weather.

[00:00:24]Darling, give it to me. I’ve got it. Go  get in the shuttle. Start getting warm.

[00:00:33]We’ll talk more about it later. For now, just go.

[00:01:01]Sooo … you wanna tell me why you  missed your post mission check up?

[00:01:07]Yes, I am aware they’re not your favorite  thing. But I have just as much paperwork to fill out as you, and I can’t get it done if  the captain of the ship won’t let me do my job.

[00:01:19]No, I’m not just  gonna sign off on it! When in the hell in the history of knowing me  have you ever seen me cut corners or let someone off without a real exam?!  Stop insulting me and go sit on the bed.

[00:01:33]I brought my kit with me. Figured  you couldn’t refuse or try to avoid me if I did it here rather than the Medical Bay.

[00:01:42]You can finish that afterwards, captain. Come  on. Get on the bed. Lemme take a look at you.

[00:01:54]And I figured … since you’ve been  avoiding my concerns all mission, maybe you’d finally talk to me if we were alone.

[00:02:03]Even your first mate noticed.

[00:02:07]Yes, he told me so. But since it  didn’t seem serious, I let it slide.

[00:02:13]You need me to spell it out for you?

[00:02:16]Ever since we landed on Kaelrus, the cold  seemed to affect you. First day you were fine. But that night, you were restless. Like  you couldn’t get comfortable. Second day, your walk changed. Something …  changed. Maybe slight enough that not many people would notice,  but I’ve known you too long.

[00:02:37]By day three, you were wincing when you picked up your pack. Remember that? I tried to get  you to let me carry it, and you refused?

[00:02:46]And the restless nights just  continued. I offered you medication, but you declined. And since it  wasn’t acute … I let it go.

[00:02:56]And even on these standard scans,  I don’t see anything obvious.

[00:03:03]But something’s wrong, darling. And I need  you to tell me what it is. Let me help fix it.

[00:03:12]How do you know it can’t be fixed  if you won’t even tell me, love?

[00:03:17]The cold made it worse, didn’t it? Something  that doesn’t bother you normally … but the way the cold seeps into your bones on that planet  … something old flared up. And you never like to go home to Iowa in the winter. Always  want to spend it somewhere warm instead.

[00:03:41]This is something you’ve been  carrying for a long time.

[00:03:47]Darling, you know I won’t judge. Whatever it is.  But you shouldn’t have to be in pain like this.

[00:03:57]It’ll go away? I believe you. It  probably will … until the next time we end up somewhere cold. Then it’ll come back.

[00:04:09]You don’t deserve to be in pain. You  know that, right? You understand that?

[00:04:18]Good.

[00:04:20]Hm?

[00:04:24]Any time you’ve brought it up before  … it just got dismissed? What? Why?!

[00:04:32]Yes, I know it’s harder to diagnose and  investigate when symptoms are transient, but … Young?! Anyone can have problems at any age!

[00:04:46]So. Other medical professionals dismissed your pain Couldn’t find anything wrong  and didn’t want to look more closely.

[00:04:55]But I do, captain. If you’ll let me.  You don’t deserve to suffer like this.

[00:05:03]Even if I can’t fix it, I’m sure  there’s some way to prepare for the next time we need to be in a cold environment.

[00:05:11]So, please. Tell me what happened.

[00:05:16]Mmhm. Your brother Simon was  visiting from college for the holidays.

[00:05:23]Dared you to climb a tree?  Ugh, of all the idiotic … You fell? Onto frozen ground? From how high?

[00:05:36]Yeah. That’ll knock the wind out of you.

[00:05:40]I bet Simon freaked  out. Were you able to walk?

[00:05:45]Yeah?

[00:05:48]What?

[00:05:52]Why didn’t you tell your parents?!

[00:05:56]You didn’t — oh, kid. You didn’t  want to ruin the holidays.

[00:06:04]Darling, you wouldn’t have ruined  anything. It was an accident.

[00:06:09]You were still a kid. Kids do stupid shit.

[00:06:14]Yeah, I bet Simon tried to force the  issue! He’s got more sense than you!

[00:06:19]Sorry, sorry, continue.

[00:06:26]Got worse?

[00:06:28]Yeah, I bet by New Year’s, you were feeling  it. So … did you go to the hospital?

[00:06:36]Why not?!

[00:06:38]No one to take you.

[00:06:41]Simon went back to school  … and your parents … weren’t home much?

[00:06:47]C’mere.

[00:06:52]It wasn’t right that you had to  suffer alone. Someone should’ve helped you.

[00:07:00]So, I’m assuming it did get better, or else  someone at school would’ve noticed, right?

[00:07:06]And no doctor ever picked  up on it during a physical?

[00:07:11]Not even the ‘fleet, huh?

[00:07:16]And when you did bring it up … they didn’t listen.

[00:07:22]Love … I’m so sorry that happened.  I’m sorry you weren’t taken care of, and you weren’t taken  seriously. You deserved both.

[00:07:35]So, it acts up in the cold?

[00:07:39]No, it makes perfect sense.  Something didn’t heal right, and the cold aggravates it. You’ve been  walking around with chronic inflammation and intermittent nerve compression for years. The  cold simply made the damage impossible to ignore.

[00:07:56]Your body adapted. That doesn’t  mean it healed correctly.

[00:08:00]And none of that … is your fault. You hear me? None of it.

[00:08:09]I’m sorry you’re in pain. And, truthfully, now  that I know what happened, I think I can help.

[00:08:18]Listen, it’s late. The Medical Bay will be pretty empty.

[00:08:23]Can I give you a deeper scan?  See if I can zero in on the cause?

[00:08:30]Well, if it’s a fracture that  healed incorrectly or nerve damage, those things can be corrected with surgery.

[00:08:38]The bottom line is … you don’t  have to keep living with this.

[00:08:43]I promise you.

[00:08:47]Will you let me help?

[00:08:50]And darling … remember … please don’t keep  things like this from me. You know all I want to do is help. It breaks my  heart to think of you suffering, thinking you don’t deserve help, or  you’re beyond help. You never are.

[00:09:09]You never will be. I will always find  a way. And I will never give up on you.

[00:09:17]Come on. Let’s go get that scan done, so you  can start getting real answers and options.

[00:09:24]Hm. I love you, too.