Only You
Chapter 38: The Flowerpot Men
"Sorry, Boss," Bosley stammered, his voice trembling slightly as he looked up from the grim, blood-soaked mattress. He was still kneeling in the unimaginable filth, his hands cradling the fragile, tiny life he had just breathed back into existence. "I know I shouldn't have disturbed the scene. I know the protocol. But I couldn't just leave them there! He was turning blue... he was dying."
The captain stepped fully into the dim, torch-lit room, his seasoned eyes sweeping over the tragic tableau - the dead, grey-faced mother, the squalor, and his youngest recruit holding onto a miracle. His stern expression softened by a fraction.