The Long Walk Back. Rachel Dove

      Cooper refolded the note carefully, holding it tight. When the medic came back to move him, he looked at him enquiringly. ‘The doctor who was here, where did she go?’

      The medic, a young lad who looked like he had not slept in months, looked at him wearily.

      ‘She went home, Captain. Family emergency.’

      Cooper nodded. ‘Where’s home?’ he asked.

      The medic shrugged. ‘No idea, man. You ready to go?’

      Cooper sighed. ‘Sure, nothing else to do, have I? And it’s Captain to you.’

      The medic blushed. ‘Sorry Captain. Roger that.’