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“Yeah, babe, that’s why you eat it. For your health,” he said, shooting me a cocky smile that had no right to be as sexy as it was.
First, because this was Seeley.
And second, because the man had just been stabbed and had lost a lot of blood. Which should have made it impossible to be sexy.
“I guess I should know better than to ask you what you were doing when you got stabbed multiple times by what looks like must have been a serrated knife.”
“Doing shit I shouldn’t have been doing,” he said, and his face went dark, his eyes drifting off for a moment, likely lost in the memory of the events that led to him getting stabbed.
“Yes. We don’t frequently end up stabbed for no reason, do we?” I asked.
“Says a woman who was knocked unconscious for no reason.”
“Oh, there was a reason. The rampant drug problem impacting every community in the country is the reason. Not enough resources to put into recovery, choosing instead to lock addicts up like criminals. And…”
“And don’t even get you started on the lack of mental health help which might prevent unhappy and desperate people from turning to illicit drugs to feel better,” Seeley said, finishing my thought for me.
I couldn’t help but return the smile he shot me.
“Yes, don’t get me started on that,” I agreed. “I would love to expand this clinic to offer some sort of mental healthcare as well. In a discreet way. Everyone in the same waiting room. No one knows if you’re here for a sore throat or suicidal ideation. I think we’d get a lot more men to get help if the centers didn’t scream ‘Mental Health’ on them.”
“This community could use it,” Seeley said, nodding. “What was it? Two guys offed themselves in our high school because they couldn’t get any help.”
“It was three,” I corrected. “Over the course of two years only.”
“Fucked up,” Seeley said, shaking his head.
“Yeah,” I said, looking up as Michael came in the door.
“Got you your iron. But do we want to give him the iron now, or the antibiotic now?” he asked, looking at me.
“Let’s do the iron now. And while you’re on it, you can’t take the iron within two hours of your antibiotics, as it can make them less effective. If you can, try to take the iron with vitamin c—like orange juice. It helps absorption.”
“Got it,” Seeley said, taking the pills Michael handed him.
“And, Doc, do you want to do the honors, or should I?” Michael asked, showing me the needle for Seeley’s Tdap.
“Ama would probably rejoice at the possibility of stabbing me with something,” Seeley said.
“Alright. Good. Then I will leave you to it. I have someone vomiting into the waiting room garbage. Never a dull moment,” Michael said, heading out.
“Okay. This is a Tdap. Tetanus, Diphtheria, and Pertussis—also known as whooping cough. Which is good to know if you will be around any babies anytime soon, as they are really susceptible to catching it and it can be severe. So now you and they will be protected,” I told him. “Not that your lifestyle allows for being around children often.”
“I practically live with a ton of kids, actually,” Seeley said, making my brow arch up. “The older members of the club have been popping ‘em out nonstop for years.”
“Really? Their mothers are okay with that whole lifestyle?”
“They probably wouldn’t have married bikers if they weren’t,” he said, shrugging.
“People make strange choices. Okay. This is a heavy vaccine,” I told him as I wiped his arm, then injected him. “So you might feel some swelling, redness, headache, fever, tiredness, or stomach issues. But since you were just stabbed, I can’t advise you that something like a fever is nothing to worry about. A mild one, fine. So long as it only lasts a day. But anything higher, that is likely a sign of infection.”
“Alright. I can keep an eye on that,” he agreed as I reached for a bandage.
“I hope you are partial to Iron Man, since we are all out of Spiderman and the Black Panther,” I told him.
Seeley glanced down at the bandage with a smirk.
“Yeah, that’s gonna go over well with Cato and Levee,” he said.
