Finding The 4077th

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“Hush Chris,” Hawkeye said gently brushing his hand over the boy's head.

“Yeah, he's fine Sidney! I didn't kill the boy, Ohh, he doesn't need my help with that. He does a great job of that on his own. He's almost getting himself killed daily.

Chris huffed.

Hawkeye explained every detail of the attempt that failed. He explained about Chris opening locks, and that Chris didn't want to talk about it.
Chris also didn't appreciate it and gave his dad an annoyed look. Hawkeye raised his eyebrow till that look quickly disappeared.

They stayed on the phone for almost an hour, Sidney said he would talk to the army and try to find a solution. But if the child harmed himself trying to stay then it would be maybe better if he stayed.

Self-harm is a serious problem, and Chris jumping out of a flying plane would be considered self-harm.

Hawkeye had very mixed emotions about that, keeping Chris safe was proving difficult and Hawkeye was scared to death to lose him. Maybe he needed to be more strict but he just didn't want to, maybe if Chris stayed he would listen better after a while.

Hawkeye needed to know his kid listened and stayed put if Hawkeye needed that from him. His thinking got interrupted by Radar who mumbled ”choppers!“ before running off.

”I want you to work on your English, we'll figure out how we will do your education further after this, if you can't go to the states, then we should fix your school work here.“ Hawkeye told his son.

Chris looked up a bit sad at his dad. ”B-But I wanted to r-read my book.“ He dared to say as they walked quickly to the Swamp.

”No! You do your schoolwork right now, you haven't been working on them for a couple of days. “

Chris sighed but collected his work. He didn't want to disobey. The first chopper arrived as Chris picked up his pencils. His dad went straight away to them for triage.

During the O.R session, Hawkeye asked. ” Are all these guys Koreans?“

”If you'd read the surgery schedule, you'd know they were!
The village of Tai-Dong was shelled this morning.“
Margaret explained. She was Frank's assisting nurse for the day.

”Well, they were probably asking for it.“ Hawkeye replied sarcastically
”washing their babies, having breakfast, committing other acts of aggression.“

Trapper joined the conversation and added ”hey, I was in Tai-Dong last week. There's no enemy artillery anywhere near that place.“

” I insist on quiet in here.“ Frank demands

”Will someone please turn the war down for Frank?“ Trapper said, keeping his eyes on his patient.

Hawkeye had just removed a piece of shrapnel and was looking at the piece with confusion.
”Hey, Trap. Look at this.“

It looked like an American piece and that was not supposed to be.

During the O.R, Hawkeye quickly ate dinner with Chris and helped him with reading and his work before he had to go back.

He was exhausted from today, having a long day of surgery and this morning with Chris. He felt drained. Chris behaved perfectly now, and for that Hawkeye was grateful.

After the O.R session, Hawkeye took a long shower, including Chris who still didn't dare to shower alone.

After the water turned cold, Hawkeye wrapped himself in a towel and helped Chris dry off before he put on some clothes.
He was wearing his army green shirt. He hated the green by now, but he didn't have the time or the interest right now to care. Chris wore normal jeans and a striped t-shirt.