The accident that changed them forever - 5SOS Oneshot

Prompt: Can you do a 5SOS car crash one? Have Michael driving, Luke in the front and Ash and Calum in the back and have the car hit where Lukey is? After that, it’s up to you what you do with the prompt.. ——————————————— “Alright lads, let’s get home…” said Michael as he climbed into the drivers seat, Luke taking the front passenger seat and Ashton and Calum taking the back seat. “You guys ready?”

“Yeah, let’s go..” said Luke happily, fastening his seatbelt.

About halfway into the trip, when it was dark outside and the rain had started pouring, Michael stopped at a red light and was waiting to cross the intersection. When the light went went green, Michael began to accelerate , not seeing the set of headlights speeding towards Luke’s side of the car.

“Mikey, Mikey stop!” yelled Luke in terror, seeing the headlights swerving towards him.

Michael slammed on the brakes but he was not quick enough and the ute ploughed straight into their car, crushing the door on the passenger side and causing the car to pitch sideways. When Michael came around, he was aware of someone calling his name.

“Michael, Michael are you alright?” asked Calum quietly, unbuckling his seatbelt.

“Yeah, what happened?” asked Michael in confusion, not remembering anything.

“We were in an accident, someone sped through a red light..” said Calum quietly, his voice low.

Holy shit! Luke? Luke, wake up!“ yelled Michael anxiously, noticing the crushed door on the younger boys side of the car.

“Mikey?” asked Ashton quietly, opening his eyes.

“Ash, it’s okay.. Stay still..” said Calum calmly, unsure of whether he was telling himself or the other boys.

“Luke, look at me. Come on, you have to wake up..” pleaded Michael quietly, unbuckling his own seatbelt so he could get a better look at Luke.

Luke had a large gash across his forehead and he was breathing shallowly. Michael then noticed that Luke had been sprayed with glass, and his breaths were rattling in his chest. He unbuckled Luke’s seatbelt to see if that helped him breathe any better.

“M-Mikey..” groaned Luke weakly, wheezing slightly.

“Shh, it’s alright buddy.. Just stay still..” said Michael gently, clutching his head.

“Th-the other boys.. Are they alright?” asked Luke weakly, wincing in pain.

“We’re alright, Luke.. You just stay calm, alright?” said Ashton gently, trying to mask his own pain.

“Wh-what happened?” asked Luke weakly, trying to breathe deeply.

“We were in an accident.. Ute hit us..” said Calum quietly, clutching his right foot.

“I-I remember n-now..” mumbled Luke weakly, clutching his side gingerly.

“Luke, where does it hurt?” asked Michael gently, trying to get a good look at the younger boy.

“My ribs.. It’s getting hard to breathe..” whispered Luke hoarsely, struggling for air.

“Luke, just stay with me.. Help is on it’s way..” said Michael kindly, his voice shaking.

“Is that the other driver?” asked Calum quietly, pointing to a man heading over to their car.

“We are about to find out..” said Ashton quietly as Michael rolled down his window.

“I’m so sorry, is everyone alright?!” asked the man frantically, a panicked expression on his face.

“We don’t know.. I’m alright, my wrist hurts a little..” said Michael quietly, wincing slightly.

“What about the rest of you?” asked the man quietly, his eyes widening as they found Luke.

“My foot hurts..” said Calum with a wince, looking over to Ashton.

“My elbow.. I can’t move it..” said Ashton quietly, squeezing his eyes shut.

“And what about you?” asked the man quietly, not having taken his eyes off the youngest.

“My ribs.. Hard, hard to breathe..” managed Luke weakly, his whole body shaking.

“This is all my fault.. I’m so sorry! I only dozed off for a second..” said the man anxiously, running his hands through his hair.

“It’s alright.. Just stay calm.. What’s your name?” asked Ashton gently, trying to reassure the other driver.

“Tom, my name is Tom..” he replied quietly, trying to calm himself.

“Alright, Tom.. Do you know if anyone has called for an ambulance?” asked Ashton quietly, trying to keep himself calm.

As if on cue, sirens wailed in the distance and Ashton could see red and blue flashing lights heading in their direction.

“They must have..” said Tom quietly, noticing the lights.

“Are you hurt?” asked Michael quietly, keeping his eye on Luke.

“Just my head, it’s not bad..” said Tom quietly, keeping pressure on a gash running from his hairline to his eyebrow.

Luke coughed harshly and Michael could instantly feel panic growing inside him. It sounded almost, wet.

“Oh god..” said Luke in terror, looking at his palm.

“What, what is it?” asked Michael in shock, terrified for the younger boy.

Luke didn’t have to say anything because Michael noticed the red stain on his friend’s palm.

“Shit. This is bad.. Oh god..” rambled Michael in a panic, running his free hand through his hair.

“Michael, what’s wrong?” asked Ashton frantically, not knowing why Michael was so afraid.

“Luke just coughed up blood..” said Michael in terror, realising what that meant. “Fuck, he’s bleeding internally.. His lung might be punctured..”

“Mi-Mikey.. It’s going to be alright..” mumbled Luke weakly, struggling to stay awake.

“Luke, please.. Just hold on..” begged Michael desperately, squeezing the younger boy’s hand gently.

“M'tired..” mumbled Luke weakly, closing his eyes.

“No, don’t sleep.. Keep your eyes on me..” pleaded Michael frantically, trying to keep Luke awake. “Luke, please..”

Luke didn’t respond and Michael completely panicked. He wasn’t able to keep himself calm any longer.

“Luke, Luke open your eyes.. Look at me!” begged Michael anxiously, noticing the ambulance had arrived. “The ambulance is here, come on, Luke!!!”

“Alright boys, we’re going to get you out.. Is anyone badly injured?” asked a paramedic as she got to Michael’s door.

“Luke, front passenger seat.. He just passed out and he’s having trouble breathing..” said Michael shakily, still keeping hold of Luke’s hand.

A fire truck had also arrived at the scene and two firemen worked to cut Luke from the wreckage. They finally managed to cut his door off and pull him out, but he wasn’t out of danger yet. Michael, Calum and Ashton managed to get themselves out of the car but Calum soon realised that his ankle was a lot worse than he first thought.

“Fuck. Fuuccckk!” yelled Calum loudly, sitting down on the road beside the car.

“Cal, what’s wrong?” asked Ashton gently, kneeling beside him.

“My ankle.. I think it’s broken..” groaned Calum quietly, still clutching his foot.

“Don’t look at it, you could go into shock..” said Ashton quietly, keeping his eyes away from his own arm.

“Does it look bad? I’m gonna take my shoe off..” said Calum quietly, trying to pull his shoe off.

“Woah, at least undo the laces, you idiot..” said Michael loudly, helping him untie his shoe.

Calum managed to pull his shoe off and the other boys knew there was something seriously wrong. His ankle was bent at the complete wrong angle and it was at least double the normal size.

“Oh shit!” exclaimed Ashton in shock, seeing his friend’s injury.

“Bad?” asked Calum with a wince, trying to get a look at it.

“Yeah, it’s bad, Cal.. Don’t look at it..” said Ashton gently as Tom came over to help Calum to the ambulance.

“I can walk..” said Calum quietly, trying to get to his feet.

Tom caught him as his bad ankle gave out and carried him over to the ambulance, Ashton and Michael close behind him.

“Got room for three more?” asked Tom as they reached the ambulance.

“We only have one more bed..” said the paramedic quietly, sounding unsure.

“Only one of us needs a bed..” said Michael quietly, looking over at Calum.

“Okay, are you two okay with the floor? We really need to get going.. Your other friend isn’t doing so well..” said the paramedic gently, sitting Calum down on the bed.

Both Michael and Ashton nodded as they climbed into the ambulance. The paramedic shut the doors behind them and they set off towards the hospital.

“Lukey, can you hear me?” asked Michael gently, holding onto Luke’s hand.

“M-M-Mikey?” rasped Luke weakly, wheezing loudly.

“Shh, it’s okay.. You’re okay..” cooed Michael gently, praying that Luke would be alright once they reached the hospital.

“You look cold..” said Luke quietly, looking at his 3 friends.

“Yeah, just a little.. It’s raining outside buddy..” chuckled Ashton quietly, trying to stay calm.

Luke didn’t have the energy to talk anymore as he was focusing the little energy he had left on staying awake. Luckily, Michael seemed to realise this and just kept hold of his hand, refusing to let go. When they arrived at the hospital a few minutes later, Luke lost consciousness again and Michael immediately panicked.

“No, Luke please.. Please don’t sleep..” begged Michael desperately, trying to wake his youngest bandmate.

When the paramedic opened the doors of the ambulance, she gasped aloud at the scene inside. Michael was panicking, Luke was unconscious and Calum and Ashton were both biting back cries of pain.

Two doctors ran towards the ambulance and Luke was wheeled into the hospital first, Michael running behind, still holding his hand. Calum managed to get himself onto the wheelchair in the corner of the ambulance and wheel himself after Michael and Luke, Ashton running next to him.

“Let me in!” yelled Michael angrily when a doctor stopped him at a set of large metal doors.

“I’m sorry, but you’ll have to wait here until we stabilise your friend..” said the doctor calmly, heading through the doors.

“We’d better get you boys checked out..” said another doctor, heading towards the three distressed boys.

She lead them to the x-ray room and checked all of their injuries.

“Anything broken?” asked Michael quietly, clutching his shoulder.

“You’ve broken both bones in your wrist, Michael.. Luckily, they aren’t displaced so we can just cast it straight away.. Calum, your ankle is broken quite badly, but it doesn’t need surgery and Ashton, you’ve fractured your elbow quite badly, but it’s nothing we can’t fix..” said the doctor gently, leading the boys into another room.

When she had finished putting the casts on each of them, she handed Calum a pair of crutches and they were allowed to head back to the waiting room to wait for news on Luke.

“Is there anyone for Luke Hemmings?” asked a doctor loudly, heading out the set of doors that Luke was wheeled through.

“That’s us..” said Michael quietly, not entirely sure whether he wanted to hear the news.

“Boys, Luke has very badly broken ribs..” started the doctor quietly, causing frowns to appear on the boys’ faces. “We have taken him through to surgery to try to fix them..”

“Doc, we need you in here.. It’s bad..” said a young doctor frantically, rushing out of the doors.

“Bad?” asked the doctor anxiously, his eyes wide.

“He’s bleeding, we don’t know how to stop it.. He’s losing so much blood!!” said the young doctor in terror, causing the other doctor to follow her back through the doors.

“Shit. Shit, this is bad. Shit. Oh god..” said Ashton shakily, panic setting in.

“Ash, it’s going to be okay.. I promise..” said Michael gently, trying to keep himself and his bandmates as calm as possible.

A few minutes later, the doctor came back out into the waiting room looking disappointed.

“Hey doc, how is he?” asked Calum tentatively, unsure whether he wanted to actually know or not.

“There were some complications..” started the doctor quietly, trying to keep his voice steady. “His lung was punctured.. I’m sorry..”

“Why are you sorry? You saved him, right?” asked Calum quietly, tears brimming in his eyes.

“There are some things we can’t fix.. We just didn’t get there in time.. His heart stopped and he lost too much blood..” said the doctor sadly, hanging his head.

“No, he was alright.. Please, there must be something you can do..” cried Calum anxiously, tears streaking his face.

“I’m sorry.. I’ll let you say your goodbyes..” said the doctor quietly, leading them into the room where Luke was.

“Luke, wake up.. Please wake up..” begged Calum tearfully, beginning to choke up.

“I’m sorry Luke, this is all my fault..” said Michael sadly, unable to cry at all.

“This isn’t your fault.. It was an accident..” choked Ashton sadly, tears flowing down his cheeks.

Michael didn’t understand why he couldn’t cry, he’d just lost one of his brothers. He was only trying to stay strong for Calum and Ashton. He wanted to cry, but he just couldn’t bring himself to do it. The boys said their final goodbyes and headed back home. The ride home was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. As soon as they arrived home, they silently headed inside and up to their rooms. Michael reached Luke’s door and paused for a moment before heading inside. He sat on Luke’s bed and picked up one of Luke’s hoodies that the younger boy had carelessly thrown onto his bed. Michael called Luke’s phone, just wanting to hear his voice again.

“Hey, it’s Luke.. I can’t take this call right n.. Boys, will you shut up for a sec, I’m trying to record my voicemail.. Sorry, about that.. Leave your name and number and I’ll try to get back to you as soon as possible..” said Luke’s voice through the phone, making Michael’s eyes well up.

Suddenly Michael started to cry quietly and he realised that he hadn’t been able to cry because he was trying to stay strong for the other boys. Now that he was alone, he was overwhelmed and unable to control it anymore.

“Mikey, are you in here?” asked Ashton gently, pushing the door open slightly.

Michael tried to respond but all he could manage was a strangled cry and Ashton instantly knew what was happening.

“Mikey, hey, it’s alright..” cooed Ashton gently, heading over to the younger boy.

“Ash, I’m so sorry..” cried Michael in distress, burying his face in Ashton’s shoulder. “I promised you that he’d be okay..”

“Mikey, it’s alright.. Shh.. I thought he’d be okay too..” said Ashton quietly, blinking back tears.

“It’s just shit, Ash.. It’s so shit..” sobbed Michael into Ashton’s shoulder, his breaths hitching in his throat. “And it’s all my fault.. I should’ve been watching..”

“You can’t blame yourself..” said Ashton gently, letting his tears fall.

“But it’s my fault.. He tried to warn me..” sobbed Michael loudly, a breath catching in his throat.

“Mikey, it was an accident.. It was just an accident.. It all happened so fast.. There was nothing any of us could do..” said Ashton quietly, choking back a sob.

Michael couldn’t form the words to reply and just continued to hug Ashton, not wanting to let go. Calum came into the room about 20 minutes later and joined the hug. Over time, it gradually became less painful when Luke was mentioned or when they heard his solos in their songs. They made a pact to visit his grave whenever they could so that their little brother would always remain updated on their latest news.

A/N: I’m so sorry I haven’t updated in ages!! This took me so long to write.. But I’m happy with how it went, except for that unmentionable thing I did.. I’ll try update more often, keep sending in your requests :)

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