"You are a king among men," Maddy informed him, smiling brightly. She took a sip and almost burned her tongue, but it wasn't water or one of the hospital's four rotating juices, so she didn't really care too much. "It's so good," she said, adding one of the sugar packets and stirring it before sipping again. "And now it's perfect, thank you."
"I think you made her whole day," Jamie said to Joss. "Yesterday, she quite calmly informed me she'd trade me for a can of Diet Coke."
"Hey, be fair!" Maddy laughed. "They'd just changed my IV bag and I was getting the new dose of morphine. You're worth at least a case of Diet Coke."
"I'm so pleased to know I'll fetch a high price at market," Jamie said dryly, easily dodging her thrown (thankfully unused) tissue.