Ash & Dair
[Everything after the ambulance ride from the hotel to the hospital had been a blur. There were bits and pieces of things she could remember, the sound of doctors, nurses coming in to check on her, and in between all of that there was blessed darkness and the warm, comforting arms of sleep. She was unsure how much time had passed when she finally started to stir, the sound of Dair's voice breaking through the quiet of the hospital room.
There was pain, considerable amounts of it, everything from her face to her head and then down to her wrists. Blinking hurt, so did moving her head in the slightest. But she could see him sitting there by her bed, so with considerable effort, she reached out to touch his arm.]