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Chicago Will and Natalie's house
Will woke up to the sound of his alarm going off and he opened his eyes and turned the alarm off and he looked over to see if Natalie was still asleep and when he saw her side of the bed was empty he felt relief and more at ease.
When Will started to date Natalie things were going well and she was the woman he fell in love with but one night Will found out who Natalie really was and that was when Natalie hit Will over the head with a plate.
Will was in shock and he couldn't believe what she did and he went straight to the bathroom and cleaned himself up and when he walked back into the kitchen Natalie said she was sorry and that she was under loads of stress.
Natalie had only gone against a patient's wishes and decided to force treatment on them when they clearly didn't want any treatment and Dr Charles said the patient was within their rights and they were of sound mind.
When Natalie told Will what she had done and how she was suspended for a few weeks things became much worse as Natalie thought she had done nothing wrong and when Will brought that up she started to yell at him and she slapped him and then she threw a cup at him and walked away.
A few hours later Natalie came back into the room and again told Will she was sorry and he again forgave her.
This became a regular occurrence and each time Natalie got more violent and Will was starting to wear long sleeves to cover up the marks and bruises he has received and Will has even had to buy makeup just to cover the bruises on his face.
Will goes into the bathroom and he looks in the mirror and sees that he has some new bruises forming on his ribs and the other bruises are still fading.
Will gets the water running and he gets a cloth and once the water is cold he puts the cloth under it and makes sure its damp enough he then puts it to his ribs and at first he feels the stinging sensation but it only lasts a few seconds but after that Will feels the sensation of relief and he loves that feeling as it means that the cold compress is working.
A few minutes later Will looks at his ribs and he sees that they don't look that bad so he puts the cloth on the sink and goes into the bedroom and walks to the wardrobe and he picks out a long sleeve t-shirt and he puts that on and puts his jeans on.
Once Will is finished getting ready he goes downstairs and walks into the kitchen and he sees a note front Natalie saying she has gone in early and Will is glad as he is finding it hard to try and forgive her every time she hits him and he knows that he should just leave but even that's hard as he doesn't want to leave Owen with her.
Will has thought about telling someone but the thing that stops him is that people may not believe him as male abuse victims is very rare and Natalie would probably make herself out to be the victim instead so Will keeps silent.
20 minutes later Will is walking into the ED and as he walks past the nurses station he sees Maggie and April looking at him and he just walks towards the locker room.
Will gets changed and he comes out of the locker room and he goes towards the nurses station and once he gets there Maggie and April give him a strange look.
“Will it's absolutely boiling outside and in here so tell me why you are wearing long sleeves?” April asks.
“I haven't been feeling all too good lately so I'm just doubling up on layers,” Will says.
“What's wrong with you?” Maggie asks.
“Just a bug that I've caught, that's all” Will says.
Maggie and April look at each other and they look at Will and yeah he looks terrible but apart from that he looks OK.
Just then the paramedics come through the door and Will goes to treat the person that's brought in.
“Somethings wrong Maggie” April says.
“Definitely but then again Will hasn't been looking too well for the last few weeks” Maggie says.
April looks at her friend and she hopes it's just a bug and nothing serious.
“Well I need to go and speak to Miss Goodwin” April says.
“Just remember to tell the truth and don't try and protect Natalie” Maggie says.
April was one of the nurses who was there when Natalie had gone against the patient's wishes and she witnessed what Natalie did.
“Don't worry I'm not risking my career because of her” April says.
“Good luck,” Maggie says.
“Thanks,” April says.
April leaves and goes and faces Mis Goodwin.
Throughout the day Maggie kept an eye on Will and he was still wearing the long sleeved t-shirt and when some patients would comment on what he was wearing and how hot it was Will would come up with some excuse.
Maggie was just cleaning a room that a patient had been in when she heard Will’s voice and he was talking to another patient and they asked him why he was wearing the long sleeved t-shirt he told them that unfortunately his washing machine had broken and all his other uniform was still damp so this was the only one left and he then left the room and Maggie thought why would he tell the patient that when he told her and April he had a bug.