“Mister!  Mister!  Are you ok?”  Kurt shouted from where he stood on the platform.  He could hear Crystal yelling something about cops and EMTs but Kurt couldn’t decipher anything she was saying.  He was focused squarely on the man on the tracks below him, the man who wasn’t moving. 

Biting his lip he slowly climbed down onto the tracks himself.  He approached the man and crouched down next to him.  Kurt cocked his head and couldn’t help the smile that crossed his face as he stared down at the other man.

“God you’re gorgeous.” He whispered before he shook his head quickly.

“Get yourself together Kurt.  The man is unconscious and you’re being insanely creepy and---“

He stopped himself when he heard the loud whistle-like break sound indicating the approaching subway train. 

“Oh God!  No no no no!  This is not happening!  This is not happening!  Mister wake up!” His hand instinctively reached out and shook the man’s foot.  “Mister!  You have to wake up!  There is a train---“ Kurt chanced another glance towards the train which was still quickly approaching.  “There is a train coming very fast, you have to get up!  Please wake up!”

He crawled forward and tried tugging on the man’s jacket, but could hardly get him to budge.

“God this is not good.  Not good!”  Kurt hesitated and felt at a loss.  “Mister please you have to---God you smell divine---Focus Kurt!  Uh…Uh…”

The train was almost there, Kurt only had seconds before…

Without thinking he quickly used every ounce of strength he had and rolled himself and Mr. Blue Eyes off the track and into the small space adjacent to the tracks and the loading platform.  Kurt felt and heard the train speed past them seconds later.

Letting out a deep breath he hadn’t realized he was holding he looked down and found himself straddling the man and feeling the warmth coming from his body.  He would have felt embarrassed if it hadn’t been for the fact that at that exact moment the man opened his eyes and Kurt found himself looking directly into two beautiful dark blue eyes. 

“Hi.” He whispered.  “Don’t worry, you’re ok now.”  And just like that the man’s eyes closed again and he was out.

It didn’t take very long before the cops and paramedics arrived.  Kurt watched as the man was strapped to the hospital stretcher and loaded into the ambulance.  He felt a tap on his shoulder and he turned to find Crystal standing next to him, with an expression of deep concern etched across her face.

“I found this.” She said holding out a thick black leather wallet to Kurt who took it from her without question. 

“Those men must have dropped it when they ran.  Maybe you should give it to the cops?” 

Crystal looked shaken, and Kurt could understand but he felt oddly numb.  He’d literally just saved a man’s life while risking his own in the process, a man he didn’t even know or had even spoke a single word to.  He should have been shaking uncontrollably, but he wasn’t. 

“Cooper Anderson.” 

Kurt looked at Crystal again curiously, who still seemed to be in a shocked daze. 

“What?” He asked confused.

“His name.  It’s Cooper Anderson.  I figured since you risked your life to save him you should at least get a name out of it.”  She said shrugging slightly.

Nodding to himself Kurt made his way over to one of the cops and handed over the wallet; Cooper Anderson’s wallet.

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        Kurt rushed from the taxi he had taken and had had it follow closely behind the ambulance taking Cooper Anderson to the closest hospital.  His boss had let him off early, even with it being Christmas Day and even though Kurt had been originally hoodwinked into working, but considering what had transpired his boss gave him a break. 

He nervously bit down on his thumb as he made his way into the ER of the hospital, he watched as the stretcher was rushed in with the EMTs and paramedics trailing closely behind.  Kurt tried to follow along but one of the doctors stopped him.

“I’m sorry sir you can’t come back here.”

“But…I…I just wanted…” Kurt was feeling so lost he could hardly get two words out properly.

The doctor, blocking him from Cooper, looked at him impatiently.  “Only family is allowed to come back here.  Are you family sir?”

Shaking his head automatically he started, “No, I…”

The doctor cut him off again.  “Then I’m sorry sir but you can’t come back here.  You wait over there.”  He pointed roughly towards the crowded seating area and without another word the doctor turned and walked over to Mr. Anderson and started examining him.  Kurt clutched his coat closer to his chest as he watched the doors close.

Sighing to himself he looked down at his feet before looking back up, still longing to be back there with a man he didn’t even know.

“I was going to marry him.” He whispered to himself without thinking.

Kurt didn’t notice but an older nurse with a kind face had seen the whole interaction take place, had heard his barely audible statement, and she felt her heart go out to him.  He looked around feeling unsure of what to do or where to go but she quickly stepped up to him.

“Excuse me young man.”  Kurt looked over at her.  “I think I may be able to help.”

She smiled gently at him and took his hand in her own.