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Who: James Campbell and Ava Marcus
What: "I won't tell a soul, no one has to know..."
Where: Sydney, Australia
When: After this

Ava hadn’t been sure if she and James would end up going all the way, but going all the way they did. In fact, he managed to get her all the way three times in a row and it had been years since she managed a multiple orgasm. In the post-coital aftermath before either of them had a chance to catch their breath, let alone process what just happened, James’ phone rang with an incoming call from Sam, so James apologised to her for needing to answer, making a point of telling her in any other situation, he would’ve let it go to voicemail.

He stayed in her bed amongst the nest of ruffled sheets while he took the call and didn’t seem to mind she was still there beside him hearing at least his side of the conversation. Still gloriously naked, he was lying on his side as he spoke with Sam and the sheets were only draped over his legs, giving Ava a prime view of his bare arse. She couldn’t help it if she took full advantage of that, admiring the view and taking in the tattoos he had above his left shoulder blade and on his right buttcheek. The one on his shoulder was the American and Australian flags crossed, and the one on his bum was the stoned turtle from Finding Nemo, which made her smile and nearly laugh when she saw it. It made her wonder if he had others she had been too distracted by his various talented body parts to notice earlier.

( The call ended and James reached over to put his phone back on the bedside table... )

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exmilitarymedic

Who: Ava Marcus and James Campbell
What: Old Faces, New Beginnings
Where: Ava's Place, Sydney, Australia
When: After this

“How’s that BSL looking?” Ava brought a plate of multigrain toast with smashed avo and a mug of tea over to where James was sitting on her sofa with his insulin kit open on his lap. She gave him a soft smile. “Think you’re up to trying to eat a little something now? Protein, good fat, some carbs. I can’t have another Campbell in one of our hospital beds on my conscience.”

It had definitely culminated in being a day from hell, to say the least, with a terrible outcome. They wouldn’t ultimately know the cause of Mark’s crash until he was awake and could tell them what happened, and even then, it may have seriously taxed his heart. It was too soon to know and they likely wouldn’t have more answers until morning, when the effects of the Antabuse would be reversing. Then there was the heartbreaking reality of how Justin responded seeing his dad crash like that. Since he had been admitted, they had done absolutely every possibly thing they could to stop him ending up in the acute mental health unit and in a blink, that was undone. With that too, they wouldn’t ease him off sedation until the next day when the psychs would assess his psychosis. From what Sam and Gen had reported, it could be 50/50 on how it went. With medication intervention, they could get him out of it quickly or he might get locked in it for days or weeks to come. As long as he was psychotic, they had to assume he was a suicide risk and they wouldn’t move him from the acute ward for his own safety but the longer he was in there, the higher risk to his long-term prognosis. It was a mess and all they could do was wait for answers.

( Ava wasn’t surprised James probably forgot to eat or maybe even forgot a dose of his insulin while his family was in crisis... )

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circlesofthemind

Who: Alec Campbell, James Campbell, Sam Campbell, Ava Marcus, Kade King, Reecy Chester-Wilson, Kyan Wilson, (side order of Mark Campbell, Gen Hart-Campbell, Justin Campbell, and Shea Lancaster)
What: Family Emergency
Where: Sydney, Australia
When: After this

Apparently, Alec chose the absolute worst time to catch up with a few old RAAF mates and go out for a few drinks at Darling Harbour the night before. It had been a couple of years since so many of them had the chance to get together in person, so of course a ‘few drinks’ turned into a lot of drinks. Alec had no recollection of leaving the bar, let alone recollection of checking into a hotel where he awoke late that morning with a raging hangover and the very naked brother of one of his RAAF mates in the bed beside him.

He had been in the middle of hangover misery trying to ralph up a vital organ in the hotel room bathroom when the urgent text about Mark came from his father. He had a 30 second cold shower to try to drown away the hangover before he grabbed an uber to rush to the hospital, feeling like a piece of shit for getting into this mess when things were so precarious for his family. It really wasn’t like him, but it had been Mark himself who had told Alec to go for the night out with his mates because life had to keep plugging on somehow and he didn’t get the chance to see his old pals often.

( It was only in a mad dash from the car park that he realised he had put his t-shirt on inside out and the sleeve of his blazer he had pulled on hastily had something that looked suspiciously like vomit on the sleeve and smelled dodgy... )

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aussielawyer

Who: Mark Campbell, Sam Campbell and Gen Hart-Campbell with Ava Marcus
What: The News Breaks
Where: Campbell Home, Sydney, Australia
When: After this and this

Mark came into the kitchen where his wife, Gen, was putting the dishes from last night’s dinner away while she chatted with his mum, who was buzzing in and out of the pantry and cupboards checking what she needed for a weekly grocery shop. His twin brother was standing at one end of the kitchen island, leaning heavily on it while he added things to the shopping list app they all had on their phone since they had been staying in the Campbell family home they grew up in while Justin and Sash were in hospital. They were all going to have a cuppa together before Sam went and helped their mum at the grocery store. It was their dad and Alexis’ turn to be at the hospital with Justin. “Sorry, I got held up longer on the call than I thought. Want me to put the kettle on, love?” he asked Gen, giving her a kiss.

Mrs Campbell popped her flitted back out of the pantry. “Two packs of basmati rice. Weetbix. Three—”

“Hang on, hang on, Mum,” Sam cut in tiredly, scrolling his finger up his phone screen. “I’m still on loose-leaf tea and croutons. And Trying to remember how to bloody spell basmati…”

“It should already be on the list to pick from,” Mrs Campbell told him. “It’s okay if you’re not up to coming to help me with the shop, honey. Gen said she could give me a hand.”

Sam sighed. “Right, okay. Give me a sec,” he mumbled, frowning at the screen. “I’m fine, Mum.”

“Sounds good, babe. Everything okay with Brandon? The message sounded urgent.” Gen kissed Mark back and gave his ass an affectionate pat.

( As soon as Mark heard how flat Sam sounded, his gaze zeroed in on his twin to analyse him, without trying to be too obvious about it... )

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exmilitarymedic

Who: Mhari Stanford (Sash's Mom), Shea Lancaster (Sash's Cousin) with Ava Marcus and Justin Campbell
What: Heartbreaking Obstacles
Where: Sydney, Australia
When: Few days after this

Mhari had faced a lot of terrible, traumatic days in her life, but nothing even came close to how awful it was to see her only child fighting for his life in an ICU bed after being kept from him for weeks thanks to covid. The unexpected mix of horror seeing her son so damaged, yet relief that she was finally able to get him made her feel sick to her stomach with a woozy, seasick-like nausea. Barely able to stay on her feet, all she could so was stumble to Sasha’s bedside, so gently cup his face in her hands and break down in sobs she didn’t think she even had the strength for.

This wasn’t the first time she had been through this. It took her right back to the moment she first saw her husband in the same way over a decade ago after his terrible IndyCar crash that nearly took his life and left him paralysed from the neck down. She didn’t feel like she would survive that day. The pain was unbearable and as much as she had wanted to be strong for her six year old son, she couldn’t and Sash had to see both her parents broken in ways that she knew would affect him for the rest of his life.

( What she felt today was like history repeating, but the pain was insurmountably more... )

lifeguardoflove

Who: Kade King, Ava Marcus, and Alec Campbell
What: Old friends, new heartache
Where: Sydney, Australia
When: After this

Kade didn't know if he was taking a shot in the dark here but he had to try. The hospital receptionist told him she would do her best to get his message through but he could have a wait on his hands, depending on how busy the ward was. Considering it was an ICU, the busyness could be extensive. He just wished being here wasn't giving him flashbacks to saving Justin's life at Bondi. Not many people knew that Justin's heart stopped on that beach and it took three shocks to get him back. This family had survived so much already, they didn't deserve any of this.

Once he got his second double-shot latte from the coffee stand back at the main entrance, he went back up to the waiting room near the ICU. There was probably an easier way to try to go about this but he was worried Alec might tell him to go fuck himself and the last thing he wanted to do was upset him or stress him out when his family was already taxed so much. Scrolling Facebook didn't give him a lot of answers but that wasn't a surprise. Anytime Justin's wellbeing was on the line, little info about it made it to social media. Kade remembered after Bondi, Mark had family members pass on updates via private chats or groups, so conscious was he of the ability to take screenshots and how easily secondhand information could get misinterpreted.

There was only a little information in the press about the accident. Lots about the accident and the fact Justin and Sash had been the victims but nothing about their conditions or updates beyond that. Kade knew this was the hospital Justin and Sash had been transferred to by air the day of the accident from his mum, who was friends with the Campbells but it was the only information she had. It was enough and that was what led to Kade coming here to see if Ava was on shift. He hadn't even been sure if she still worked here but the receptionist confirmed that. Now all he could do was wait, so he took the seat by the window again, taking the lid off his latte cup to stir some stevia into the froth.

likefatherlikeson

Who: Justin Campbell and Ava Marcus
What: Ghosts of Campbell Pasts
Where: Hospital, Sydney Australia
When: After this

“You used to date my dad, didn’t you?” Justin watched the redheaded nurse, who introduced herself as ‘Ava’, as she carefully checked the sutures of the surgical wounds on his stomach.

He hadn’t said a lot to the nurse when she came to give him a bed bath, offer him a new gown and to change his dressings. He hadn’t been talking much at all to anyone but he still needed his family’s presence to get through this. After multiple psych assessments, he got to the inevitable place where he just didn’t have the energy to keep going and he didn’t want to be touched. No matter how much medical intervention he had over the years, he still got anxious and stressed about people touching him sometimes — even doctors and nurses — and especially when tending to more intimate parts of him. He knew what they needed to do and why but he couldn’t control that C-PTSD part of him after he had suffered more trauma. It was like every part of him, inside and out was raw and damaged all over again.

( Whatever the nurse was doing was gentle enough not to be hurting him and when she offered to change his gown and help him freshen up, she kept her distance and promised he didn’t have to if he didn’t feel up to it... )

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exmilitarymedic

Who: Ava Marcus and Mark Campbell
What: Old friends and new lives
Where: Sydney, Australia
When: After this

After finishing handover, Ava signed off on the pathology and radiology reports that she ordered the day before and wrote some medication orders and follow up examination requests. She sighed looking over the admissions list again and still wasn't sure she should stick her nose into other people's business at one of the hardest times of their life but at the same time, old friends were old friends. And sometimes, old friends had been more than friends so not sticking her head in would be worse. She knew that. It had just been a very long time and so much had happened since then.

She hit the button to open the glass sliding doors into the ICU room, hesitating for just a moment before going in. "Well, aren't you a sight for very sore eyes," she murmured, approaching Mark sitting in a nearby recliner to rest her hand on his shoulder.

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