Golden Gate Bridge is Falling Down for artic_chill

[nightshifter]

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[arctic_chill]

Moments he wished he knew a better way to communicate besides words, he just squeezed her hand again. The newly blue eyes watching her. How had he ever been so lucky to met her?

[nightshifter]

"Yeah." Bae squeezed back, using what little strength she had left not to project her upset to him. Her upset and joy and relief so strong it was overwhelming and insane. She hadn't been sure, not until he opened his eyes, that he ever would be able to look at her again.

She choked on a sob and doubled over on him, pressing her forehead to his. "Only one who can save you now is you. I can't fix all of you. You've got to want it as much as I do, you get me? You've got to want to stay." With her.

[arctic_chill]

He couldn't do anything else so he blinked twice and squeezed her hand. Surely she knew he was a stubborn son of a bitch. he wasn't about to croak now that he's come this far.

[nightshifter]

She did but he was scared and she knew it. Could feel it from the moment he woke up barely able to move. Unable to speak.

Fear killed people.

Bae brushed her lips against his. "I love you, Meatball. Don't you ever, ever scare me like this again."

[arctic_chill]

If only he wasn't half broken, he would have returned the kiss and muttered the best things he could think of... but to be in such a state and finally have something he knew he had wanted but never expected to have... it hurt a bit.

Still he shifted a bit, not much but it was his sign he was not giving up.

The look in his eyes was softer at her words, two blinks. He hears you.

[nightshifter]

Bae lays her palm over his forehead and ruffles his hair. No fever. Nothing he could do now but keep still and let his bones knit back together. He's got bandages wrapped around his bandages but it's the fact that he's conscious and tracking her movements that fill her up with bone deep pleasure that she'd been right and hadn't made him worse.

She leeches some of his discomfort away with a simple sweep of her fingers through his hair. Making it easier for him to breathe if nothing else.

"You are so lucky."

[arctic_chill]

The half smile he could manage was all she got before his eyes sank back closed. Rest was important for recovery. Clearly he was coming along but he still had a long way to go. Unless she somehow knew a mega healer she could sneak in. Otherwise she'd have at least a week before he could even sit up.