CROIS
It was hard to know where to look.
He wasn't about to make the crash victim feel like she was on display, but there was something about Harmony when she had this kind of laser focus that was so different from her normal sweet smile and cheerful disposition.
She was always beautiful and he'd heard of people described as 'sunny' before, but he'd never understood it.
How could someone be as bright and brilliant as the sun.
But he knew it now.
He understood what 'sunny' meant when embodied in a person.
Even with her hair pulled back into a ponytail, and her blue-on-blue EMT uniform against the dark grey asphalt and the plain white of the ambulance door, she looked like sun.
Warm.
Bright.
Something... no, someone to lean into so he could feel that warmth.
He'd seen babies born before.
Two at home when he was still a school age child.
His mama had had enough that labor was just a part of life.
He'd been... uncomfortable each time, looking for something to do so he wouldn't be 'there' when it happened.
But with Harmony at the helm of this labor, he was mesmerized.
The calm, self-assured Harmony that he'd known was there, shown brighter.
And at the scene of death and pain, there was this potential for... life.
Harmony was there, doing her best to bring everything into balance.
He looked for any signs of strain or even a bead of sweat on her skin, but he couldn't find it.
He heard her talk. He heard her encourage. Goad.
Even as Allie let out a wail of pain, Harmony's voice rose as well.
While Allie's was pained and frantic, Harmony's voice was calm and reassuring. And she pushed when she wanted Allie to push.
It was all... inspiring.
He could hear the reaction from Allie.
She was in pain and afraid, focused on the one thing... the one person who could get her through it.
Harmony.
Then... there was a moment when Allie turned her head and Crois' breath caught in his chest.
She was looking for her husband.
Movement on the other side of the ambulance door turned his head and he saw the telltale white paneled van that meant the the Medical Examiner's office was on scene.
