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Tweak says, "Hail to the king, baby"

Josh Foley (fatedtouch) wrote in tensor,
@ 2011-06-01 01:33:00

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josh_foley, kevin_ford

Kevin
The beeping was what he noticed first. A slow, high pitched 'Boop, Boop, Boop' that was incredibly annoying. He was accustomed enough to the sounds of hospitals that he knew what it was and how to turn it off, but was also aware it only made that sound when attached to someone. He listened to it for a while, trying to read the patient's stats and not liking what he was concluding.

It wasn't until he tried to move that he realized he couldn't. Nothing would obey him. His eyes didn't open, his lips didn't part, his head didn't roll and his fingers didn't twitch. The only thing that did respond was the pitch of the machine that was suddenly blaring 'Beep, Beep, Beep' in an urgent, even more annoying tone.

It was about then Josh made the connection. The machine was attached to HIM. Which meant he was in the HOSPITAL. Something that was supposedly impossible.

The panic followed almost directly after the realization. Why was he in the hospital?! What'd happened?! Where was he?! And more importantly, where were Kevin and Julian?! Were they hurt too? Were they even still alive?! What was happening?! The questions swirled faster, lumped closer together until Josh's brain was only processing: Hospital. Kevin and Julian missing. HOSPITAL. The 'DEETDEETDEET' of the machine gave way to a screeching 'EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE'

Josh felt the pressure rising and braced himself as it exploded in all directions. And suddenly he could move. His whole body rocked with the start, eyes flying open at the same time as he gasped, back dropping into the bed. His free hand gripped the material beneath him like a vice as his left heel slid against the bed. His body weak and half of it weighed down so heavily he didn't even shift.

And then it hit him. A WAVE of pain that had his chest seizing, and his nerves on fire. His throat was dry and he swallowed to the feel of tubes. Suddenly surrounded by people, he tried to pull at his power and ended up feeling his head explode. He barely felt the blood slide down, but he tasted it as it dripped into his mouth.

Hands gently but firmly pushed him down. Voices, muffled and far away shouted at him. And then his body got tired and he felt heavy and slow, and the pain bled away.

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	_touchless_ 2011-06-03 06:50 am UTC (link)
	"Right before Valentine's day," he reminded him, voice still slightly broken. "It's...it's almost June now." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fatedtouch 2011-06-03 06:53 am UTC (link)
	"What?!" he rasped, upset. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_touchless_ 2011-06-03 06:55 am UTC (link)
	"It...it'll come back," he tried to assure Josh, though he didn't actually know if it would or not. And didn't let himself hope that maybe it wouldn't. "Just...you've got to...give it time." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fatedtouch 2011-06-03 07:01 am UTC (link)
	Josh rubbed his hand across his face - by way of bumping it into his head first. "I don't understand," he replied, with a hitch. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_touchless_ 2011-06-03 07:04 am UTC (link)
	He didn't like letting Josh's hand go again, but he did when he pulled it away to rub at his face...and hit himself en route. "It's just...amnesia, I guess?" Kevin offered, trying so fucking hard to keep his voice steady when he just wanted to cry. "It'll come bac. It...it's going to be fine. You're going to be fine." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fatedtouch 2011-06-03 07:27 am UTC (link)
	"I don't feel fine," he sobbed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

_touchless_
2011-06-03 11:22 am UTC (link)

Kevin lurched to his feet, holding tight to Josh's hand so he couldn't flail it again. "I know," he whispered miserably. "I...I know you don't, but...but you're going to." It was hard as hell, because he really just wanted to cry himself, but he managed to make his voice steady again. Managed to sound damned certain about it despite the way his voice hitched around uneven, pained breaths. "It's...going to take...time," he reiterated, lifting his other hand to Josh's face and cradling his cheek, thumb stroking restlessly over his skin. "But...it's going to...happen."

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fatedtouch
2011-06-03 12:42 pm UTC (link)

Josh closed his eyes and turned his face into the touch. Tears streaming down over his cheeks, and chest aching in protest. A lot of him ached, now that he thought about it. He was broken. For the first time in his life, he was really broken. He was broken and there was nothing he could do about it. What was even more unsettling was the fact that it should have been impossible!

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_touchless_
2011-06-03 03:33 pm UTC (link)

Kevin eased carefully down on the bed next to him, still holding his hand, and reached for a pillow case he'd stripped from his own bed ages back and kept lying nearby just in case. He draped it awkwardly over his face, hating that he couldn't see Josh as anything more than a blur through the thin fabric but needing to be as close as possible, and leaned in carefully. He didn't quite touch his cheek to Josh's temple, wasn't sure how much his head might still hurt, and he didn't dare slip his arms around Josh's shoulders when his far shoulder blade and collar bone were shattered, but he lifted his legs and stretched them carefully next to Josh's, and held his hand as tight as he dared as he carefully smoothed Josh's tears away by touch with a gloved thumb. The pillowcase had the added bonus of hiding his own.

"I...love you," he whispered. "So much. It's...gonna be...okay. You're gonna fix...this. Just give yourself...time...sweetheart."

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