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Tweak says, "Oh! There's an ism"

Josh Foley (fatedtouch) wrote in tensor,
@ 2011-06-23 19:17:00

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josh_foley, kevin_ford

Kevin
Josh sighed, leaning back in his wheelchair and looking up at the sky. It was a beautiful day. Blue sky, bright sun, cool breeze (which was likely someone's doing) and lots of shade. He didn't know how long they'd been outside, but he was starting to get agitated.

He shifted uncomfortably, frowning slightly when it didn't relieve anything immediately.

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	fatedtouch 2011-06-24 11:30 pm UTC (link)
	They looked at each other, a few brows raised. One of them left. "It's very...bothering," Josh said, slightly incoherent, and waving his free hand. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_touchless_ 2011-06-24 11:37 pm UTC (link)
	Kevin looked back up at Josh's voice and pushed away from the chair to go to him, his steps uneven and awkward. "What is, Josh?" he asked, reaching for his hand even though he wasn't close enough to take it yet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fatedtouch 2011-06-24 11:58 pm UTC (link)
	Josh's hand flapped around. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_touchless_ 2011-06-25 12:07 am UTC (link)
	"Your hand?" Kevin asked, stumbling slightly on the last steps and leaning hard into Josh's bed for support as he grabbed his hand. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fatedtouch 2011-06-25 12:13 am UTC (link)
	"The world!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

_touchless_
2011-06-25 12:45 am UTC (link)

Kevin's face crumpled, and it was all he could do not to cry. He was just...so damned sick and sore and tired and he didn't know what to do. He squeezed Josh's hand tight, chin to his chest to hide incipient tears, even though Josh probably wasn't with the program enough to notice and he didn't give a shit what anyone else saw or thought anymore.

"I'm sorry," he whispered, shaking with the effort of staying upright. "I don't...I wish I could help."

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	fatedtouch 2011-06-25 01:04 am UTC (link)
	Josh squirmed, though his right leg remained stationary. "Why is it so uncomfortable?" he asked, with annoyance. "Probably because you're spiking," replied a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, as he came to stand at Josh's bedside. "Now, Josh, we know you can't stand these, but--" "Nooooooooooo!" Josh whined. "We have to. Just for a little while," he promised. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_touchless_ 2011-06-25 01:17 am UTC (link)
	"Why?" Kevin snapped, glaring at the Agent. He was too tired and wrung out himself for any kind of deference. "Why can't you just leave him alone!? He already feels bad enough." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

fatedtouch
2011-06-25 01:23 am UTC (link)

"Kevin, difficult as this may be to believe, we have Josh's best interests at heart. We'd like to see him get better just as much as you. But we can't help him if we don't know everything we can about his condition." He turned back to Josh. "This isn't going to be any more uncomfortable than you are right now feeling 'the world'. You don't have control, Josh. We have to make sure you don't get hurt while your powers reassert themselves."

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	_touchless_ 2011-06-25 01:41 am UTC (link)
	"What do you mean, 'reassert themselves'?" he demanded with a disbelieving snort. "He was just...just puking his fucking guts out, if his powers were doing jack he sure wouldn't be doing that!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fatedtouch 2011-06-25 01:55 am UTC (link)
	"If his powers weren't doing something he'd probably still be in a coma." He looked over his shoulder at Kevin. "I know this is stressful, but we have to monitor as much as we can in case, God forbid, this ever happens again." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

_touchless_
2011-06-25 02:59 am UTC (link)

Kevin didn't know what to do. He couldn't make anything better, but from everything he'd seen so far neither could any of the doctors or nurses or healers or Agents, and what they were doing was upsetting Josh. It made him want to just chase them all out, no matter what they said about having his best interests at heart. Still shaking, he dropped his head to the bed near Josh's hip, hand still gripping his boyfriend's tightly.

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fatedtouch
2011-06-25 03:37 am UTC (link)

"Just for two days," he bargained.

Josh looked up at him miserably. "Will it stop..." His hand waved again. "All the bothering?"

"Maybe. We'll see." He held one band up. "Can I?"

Josh sighed. Dejectedly, he nodded once.

"Thank you," the agent replied. He fastened the first band high on Josh's arm. "Just two days," he said, voice pitched to Kevin as he moved down to fasten the other about Josh's leg. "Kevin will remember for you, okay?"

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	_touchless_ 2011-06-25 03:49 am UTC (link)
	The only move Kevin made was to let go of Josh's hand when he jerked it away to wave it around again. Otherwise he leaned there, eyes closed and face pressed into the bedding. It wasn't like he could do a damned thing to help, though he did rock his head slightly in acknowledgment when he was told to keep track of the days. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fatedtouch 2011-06-25 04:05 am UTC (link)
	"There's still bothering," Josh sulked when the agent stepped away. "I'll write that down," he assured him. "Oh." "Is it gone?" "Yes." He smiled up at the agent. "Good," he replied in a cheerful tone. "We'll see how well that keeps the bothering away, okay?" Josh nodded. "You two get some rest. Kevin, do you need help up?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

_touchless_
2011-06-25 04:39 am UTC (link)

He probably did. Fuck knew he couldn't get up on his own and he wasn't any kind of comfortable, all hunched over himself and the sharp ache where he wasn't quite healing after surgery. But moving sounded like more effort than he could be bothered with, and he just wanted to be near Josh.

"'m fine," he finally mumbled. "Just...shove the chair over?" Then he could just sit back into it and stay mostly where he was.

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	fatedtouch 2011-06-25 05:03 am UTC (link)
	The chair was dutifully shifted. Josh caught Kevin's hand, shifting in the bed until he could see him over the rail. "Hi," he said as the door closed, leaving them alone together once more. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_touchless_ 2011-06-25 06:31 pm UTC (link)
	Kevin eased himself back, biting back a hiss of pain at the shift as he settled carefully into the chair. He squeezed Josh's hand gently and used his other hand to push himself back so he was mostly upright. "Hey." He managed something like a normal smile. "Better?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fatedtouch 2011-06-26 08:38 am UTC (link)
	"Yes." He sighed. "You?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_touchless_ 2011-06-26 05:06 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm okay," he answered. And it wasn't actually a lie, it was just only true for some very carefully and narrowly defined values of okay. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fatedtouch 2011-06-26 06:43 pm UTC (link)
	"No," he said. "You're not." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_touchless_ 2011-06-26 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	"'m just sore," he assured Josh, leaning awkwardly back in his chair to try and ease some of the ache deep in his side. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fatedtouch 2011-06-26 07:04 pm UTC (link)
	"Lie down with me." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	_touchless_ 2011-06-26 07:11 pm UTC (link)
	Kevin squeezed his hand again, a little tighter. "You sure?" he asked quietly. "I don't...I don't want to hurt you." He wasn't quite shaking anymore, but it was a near thing and he was tense and worried after what had just happened. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	fatedtouch 2011-06-26 07:13 pm UTC (link)
	"I want to sleep with you," he replied, giving his hand a little tug. "And I want to kiss you. And you're too far away." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)