Nurses Office

                                    

                                          
CW: Mentions of bullying; violence; blood
Highschool AU
Charluca Angst???
Luca gets hurt after a fight and Charli worries outside of the nurses office.
Charli sat in the hallway outside of the nurses office. She'd done this a lot recently but it didn't get any less nerve wracking. Of course, this time was different than all of the others. This time was worse.
Calvin and his goons had been picking on her and Luca for a while now, but a couple of months ago, they decided the jeering and name calling wasn't enough for them. In hindsight, Charli should have suspected something when the teasing turned into shoving, but as usual she remained oblivious until it was too late.
One day, Calvin had locked Luca in a locker. That was the first time Charli had ever punched someone. Just remembering Luca's terrorized expression filled her with anger. She never wanted to see him like that again. After that incident, the pair had sworn to stick together as much as they could, and for a while, that had been enough to keep the bullies away.
Calvin had recently gotten bolder with his violence. He began shoving Charli when they were together. She knew Luca was angry, just as she would have been if the roles were reversed, but she always discouraged him from attacking Calvin. She was fine, and she knew he just wanted a rise out of both of them anyway. After a week, she couldn't stop him anymore.
That was the first day she'd found herself sitting outside of the nurses office. Luca was fine, just a little bruised, but they'd gotten in big trouble. Fighting wasn't tolerated at Eastview High, and since Luca had started it, they'd be in even more trouble. 
Of course, a week of detention didn't stop Luca, he was as stubborn as he was loyal. He didn't start fights anymore but he'd try to finish them. This always came with injury and it always led to Charli sitting in exactly the same spot as she was now. It had gotten so frequent that the nurse knew them by name and would always greet them when they came in.
The worst part about all of this was that it didn't solve anything. If anything, Calvin and his friends, ramped up the bullying since they'd started fighting back. They enjoyed being able to provoke Luca into fighting, and they enjoyed the distress the aftermath caused her. It frustrated Charli. Her best friend was getting hurt for nothing!
She was angry. Angry that Calvin only did this to provoke them. Angry that Luca was falling for it hook, line and sinker. Angry that Luca would inevitably get in trouble for defending himself. Angry that despite the constant bullying, nothing would change. She was just angry, but not at Luca, or even Calvin. She wasn't angry at anyone really, she was just angry.
Earlier today, Calvin had done it again. He'd pushed Charli to the ground. It hurt a little, but she was fine. As usual, Luca had "politely" asked them to back off. As usual, it didn't work. Calvin put on his usual show of threatening and shoving, and Luca punched him in the face. After all he had been given a good reason to do so, and technically, he hadn't started the fight. Charli always admired their ability to bend the rules, she'd never admit this to them though, it would only encourage them further.
All of this was expected. It was normal, not good, but it was normal. What wasn't expected, was for Calvin to pull a pocket knife out of his pocket. Charli had sat there, watching from the ground. She knew it was bad, she knew things could, and probably would, get ugly, but her shock rendered her completely helpless. By the time someone broke up the fight, the damage had already been done.
Luca had gotten a few licks in, Calvin now sported a bloody nose and a black eye, but Calvin had done more than his fair share of damage. Charli had immediately spotted the shallow cut on their cheek when she rushed over to them, but there was something else. She noticed they were covering their arm. She had insisted to see it but he adamantly refused. She didn't need to see it to know it was bad though, she could already see the blood seeping through his fingers.