Fic: Doctor Harper Takes Charge

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Title: Doctor Harper Takes Charge

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: Owen, OCs

Rating: PG

Spoilers: Nada.

Summary: Owen enjoys the feeling of being in charge that he gets from being a doctor.

Word Count: 584

Written For: wrabbit’s prompt ‘Any, Any, three words to gain control: "I'm a Doctor",’ at fic_promptly.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters. They belong to the BBC.

It’s amazing the way shouting out ‘I’m a doctor’ during a crisis suddenly puts you in a position of authority over everyone else. Owen thinks he’ll never tire of the rush it gives him to take charge of a situation.

This time it’s a non-alien related incident, a simple car accident. A cyclist has been knocked off his bike by a driver who was too busy talking on his phone to pay attention to other road users. Owen saw it happen as he waited at a red light. Abandoning his car, he grabbed his medical bag and pushed his way through the crowds of onlookers who gravitate towards any such accident. The general public has a ghoulish tendency to want to gawk at other people’s misfortune, the bloodier the better. There’s certainly enough blood here to satisfy them.

“Let me through, I’m a doctor!”

He feels like Moses parting the Red Sea as people move aside to make way for him, but once through the crowd he ignores them to concentrate on his patient, only glancing up to ask if anyone has called an ambulance.

“I have. I called the police too.” The speaker is a pretty young woman, and under other circumstances Owen would be chatting her up, but now isn’t the time.

“Good thinking. Did you see what happened? The police will need to take statements from witnesses so you’d better stick around.” Well, just because he can’t spare the time to chat her up now doesn’t mean he can’t make sure he gets the chance later.

The good news is that his patient is wearing a cycle helmet, and from the look of it, he didn’t land on his head. The bad news is that he’s got a broken leg, probable fractured pelvis, and possible internal injuries. The passenger side wheels of the car went right over him and Owen’s not sure how much his mangled bicycle protected him.

He’s not much more than a kid, late teens probably; he’s conscious but in a lot of pain. With the help of a guy from the crowd, Owen separates bike from rider so he can stabilise the kid’s broken leg without moving him too much. He hopes the bike’s insured because it looks like a write-off to Owen. Then again, the kid’s not going to be in any shape to cycle for quite some time.

The ambulance arrives just before the police get to the scene, and the paramedics take over. Owen moves aside, he’s not needed now, but he’ll call the hospital later to check on the patient. For now, he has another call to make.

“Jack? Owen. I’ll be in a bit late, not sure how long. Been a road accident, kid got knocked off his bike and run over.” He listens to the inevitable question. “No, I’m not the driver, I’m just a witness and the first medic on the scene. Got to stick around and give a statement to the cops. I’ll be in as soon as I’m done.”

Pretty girl is still there and she smiles as Owen approaches her.

“Hi, Doctor Owen Harper, and you are?”

“Melanie Crane, nice to meet you, Doctor Harper.”

“Call me Owen. Listen, Melanie, you look like you’ve had a bit of a shock, how about I buy you a cuppa after we give the police our statements?”

“I’d like that.” She smiles at him and Owen smiles back. The day already seems brighter.

Being a doctor definitely has its perks.

The End

Comments

[akawho.livejournal.com]

And he complains about Jack's flirting! lol

[bk_forever]

Only because he thinks Jack would flirt with anything. Owen's more choosy ;)

Thank you!

[owensheart.livejournal.com]

No matter how crabby Owen is he is a firstrate doctor.

Great fic.

[bk_forever]

He's very good at his job, he'd just prefer not having to deal with people most of the time, lol!

Thank you!

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Didn't Owen suggest sex when he thought the world was ending?. That really creeped Ianto out.:D

[bk_forever]

Owen has a one-track mind, he's even worse than Jack in some respects!

Thank you.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

His not exactly an optimistic person. He complained about the smell of grass?.

He'd prefer to examine dead people because they don't talk back.

As for the flirting, it only works if the women really want to. Some men just can't help themselves.

[bk_forever]

Owen is a typical city boy, he doesn't trust nature. To him, there's nothing of interest in the country because he's only interested in bars and clubs and chasing women.

Yeah, his favourite patients are the dead ones, they don't complain and they stay still, he doesn't even have to be nice to them. Nevertheless, he's a really good doctor and despite appearances, he's dedicated to healing and saving lives.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Owens idea of a good time is having alcoholic beverages after a good days (or nights) work.

One of the duties that my mum had to do as a student nurse, was to clean dead people in the morgue.

As she was doing this duty on a huge man, one of his arms moved due to gravity. Which of course freaked her out before she realized what had happened.

Dead people can't hurt you, but alive ones can.

[bk_forever]

A dead person moving would freak anyone out!

There are a lot of people like Owen. I don't get why anyone would think getting drunk is fun when they know they'll have a hangover and probably do embarrassing things while drunk. It's always seemed ridiculous to me.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

My mum was sixteen at the time. She would have preferred cleaning dead people than the psychological crap she went through with my dad.

Alcohol is unhealthy so I don't know why people binge drink. I see on the news all the time the risks can be fatal.:(

Anyway respect the dead and beware of the living.

[bk_forever]

A good rule to live by.

I used to have an occasional glass of wine, usually with Sunday dinner, maybe half a pint of cider when out with friends, but now I don't drink at all. I've never been drunk and so, never had a hangover. Always figured drinking causes more problems than it solves. I feel sorry for people who feel they have to get drunk to have fun. I have plenty of fun sober.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

When people go overboard with drinking, its usually an indicator that they are stressed out over something or want some escapism.

Unfortunately its a bad way to go about it. I hope I don't sound too "preachy". This kind of thing concerns me.:(

[bk_forever]

I probably sound preachy myself. I don't mean to, I just don't understand. If I'm stressed or need to escape I read, or write, distract myself. And I'm stressed most of the time.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Its okay to have strong opinions. It just means you are passionate about whatever cause you are referring to. As long as you can explain your views without putting down others, its fine.

I have dealt with difficult people. I can tell the difference.:)

I'm sure most of us have.

[bk_forever]

I'm sure you're right =)

[black59.livejournal.com]

It's Owen, like Jack
;-)

[bk_forever]

In some ways Owen is worse than Jack.

Thank you.