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o_woeisme

i am still dreaming, the story's undone

Nov 05, 2009 02:04

Owen had been asleep for five days. It had been five days since he'd decided it was too hard to try anymore and slipped under the water. Five days since he was found just in time to be rushed to the hospital and put on a machine to help him breathe while he slept ( Read more... )

leland

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avengemyfather November 5 2009, 19:22:55 UTC

Leland was restless. He didn't like hospitals, having the barest of memories that involved watching his grandparents die slowly, and then there was the time he'd broken his arm after he and Fletcher tried to 'fly'. There were countless moments in his life that had ended with a trip to a local emergency room, with worried parents and frantic talking, but none had come close to this.

That night was still a fog in his head, everything moving in slow motion as people screamed for help and Leland physically hauled him from the water. Everything else had tumbled from there, leaving them all to right where they were now.

Sitting in a hospital room with the steady beep and pops of various gadgets droning on. The TV was barely audible, the subtitles for Days of Our Lives scrolling across the screen as Leland picked at his cold food with disinterest. Yesterday he'd made a fort out of note pads, and today he'd doodled around the on-call nurses' name on the dry erase board before he finally gave in to boredom and tried to read ( ... )

o_woeisme November 5 2009, 22:59:58 UTC

Owen gave a soft groan, vaguely registering that he wasn't alone. He wasn't sure if he was relieved or not that someone was there with him. On second thought... No, it was good that someone was there.

He tried to lift his head to see who it was, but a harsh ache bloomed in the front of his forehead as he did so, giving another groan and falling back on his pillow. He felt pathetic. A failure. He mumbled something through the mask, weakly trying to lift his hand to tug at it.

avengemyfather November 6 2009, 02:15:14 UTC

"Stop that," Leland said as he moved to lean over Owen with a soft, weak smile. "Hey, Buddy...glad to see you awake."

Don't you ever pull that shit again, not over a girl. Never. You hear me?

He smiled as best he could, trying not to act like the girl. He'd never been so happy to see his brother gazing back at him. Despite all the stuff they'd gone through in life. "Hey..."

o_woeisme November 6 2009, 02:32:27 UTC

Owen blinked up at Leland, positive that this is the one person that he wanted to see most in the world right now. There was no confusion, no stupid hurt feelings, nothing unrequited. This was his brother.

He felt a tiny sob rise in his chest and he reached out to Leland, grabbing for his hand.

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