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missesthestars[The feed opens on a dimly lit hospital room, it's very dark outside. The camera's slightly skewed angle indicates it was left in a chair, forgotten. All you can see is the hospital bed and a sleeping patient, stirring slightly. A delicate hand, owner unseen, reaches out and softly caresses the patient's face absently brushing his hair off to the side. He stirs again and a soft female voice is heard.]
Hush Niko, rest.
[The feed cuts off with a click.]
[OOC: The patient is Niko, the hand belongs to Promise who actually hasn't been in the same room with Niko since she arrived in the City. Action for Niko, voice for anyone else.]
Hush Niko, rest.
[The feed cuts off with a click.]
[OOC: The patient is Niko, the hand belongs to Promise who actually hasn't been in the same room with Niko since she arrived in the City. Action for Niko, voice for anyone else.]
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action;
Date: 2009-06-20 03:23 am (UTC)action;
Date: 2009-06-20 03:28 am (UTC)Re: action;
Date: 2009-06-20 03:33 am (UTC)action;
Date: 2009-06-20 03:38 am (UTC)Niko? Niko listen to me, you have to leave it in, you're still on antibiotics.
[Her other hand reaches out to his face, trying to soothe him by running her fingers through his hair.]
Niko, stop.
[OOC: And the theatre just called me, I was supposed to be off, but now I'm back on for some after-show duties. If I'm not back until uber-late, have a great night and we'll carry on later!]
action;
Date: 2009-06-20 03:42 am (UTC)[This is clearly not one of his lucid moments. He tries to pull free of her hand, though with a carefulness that speaks of weakness or recognition or both. What he says next confirms that he at least knows who she is, if not what's going on.]
Promise, please. You know I have to find him.
[ooc: Thanks! Don't work too hard!]
action;
Date: 2009-06-20 05:53 am (UTC)Cal's... not here right now, Niko, he's out.
[It's not exactly a lie, but under the circumstances she just wants Niko to calm down before he either hurts himself or gets the attention of the nurses down the hall.]
Niko, you're safe, Cal's safe, you need to rest now.
action;
Date: 2009-06-20 05:57 am (UTC)You're staying?
action;
Date: 2009-06-20 06:04 am (UTC)Of course. I'll stay.
[She pulls the chair up closer, never letting go of his hand, and sits.]
action;
Date: 2009-06-20 06:11 am (UTC)Thank you. Cal agreed? To you staying? He worries.
[Niko remembers why Cal is wary of Promise. Right now, he doesn't feel as though it matters.]
action;
Date: 2009-06-20 06:20 am (UTC)[Again, shades of the truth are the best she can offer. But she pushes the guilt aside as she reaches up again to smooth his hair and cup his cheek - gestures she misses so much these days.]
action;
Date: 2009-06-20 06:32 am (UTC)[Niko's hold tightens and he meets her gaze directly, a moment's true clarity in his eyes.]
I miss you.
action;
Date: 2009-06-20 06:39 am (UTC)[She holds his gaze and freezes, almost afraid to breathe, let alone speak lest she break the moment. Finally, after a moment, she replies softly.]
I'm still waiting. I'm still here.
action;
Date: 2009-06-20 06:42 am (UTC)[The fear is one he's refused to acknowledge, that if in weeks or months he chooses to return to her, she'll have moved on, a justifiable choice.]
action;
Date: 2009-06-20 06:48 am (UTC)As long as I have to Niko.
action;
Date: 2009-06-20 06:52 am (UTC)[He gestures with his free hand to indicate the room and the equipment in it.]
... is finished. [Then, frowning as he tries to remember.] Robin said weeks.
[ooc: I must sleep, but will pick up tags in the morning. Night!]
action;
Date: 2009-06-20 07:01 am (UTC)As soon as you're able, we'll talk.
[The non sequitur confuses her. Weeks? What weeks?]
Niko? I don't understand.
[OOC: Sleep tight!]
action;
Date: 2009-06-20 01:31 pm (UTC)That I could be here weeks. I'm sorry.
action;
Date: 2009-06-20 07:46 pm (UTC)His answer doesn't surprise her exactly, but it is disheartening to hear.]
Don't apologize, you need to heal. This... it can wait. We have time.
Re: action;
Date: 2009-06-20 08:42 pm (UTC)In weeks I might change my mind.
action;
Date: 2009-06-20 08:53 pm (UTC)Then we will remain as we are, and I'll wait again.
action;
Date: 2009-06-20 09:08 pm (UTC)Why?
action;
Date: 2009-06-20 09:18 pm (UTC)I've spent hundreds of years cultivating relationships based on what I need. My relationship with Seamus was as more about his ability to protect us-me as it was about affection. My relationships with my husbands were about money. There have been others just like them all.
But my relationship with you is about you, Niko, and nothing else. I want nothing but you and... that's a very precious thing to me.
action;
Date: 2009-06-20 09:27 pm (UTC)Will you stay until the sun?
action;
Date: 2009-06-20 09:33 pm (UTC)I'll stay as long or as briefly as you need me to. But you need to rest now.
action;
Date: 2009-06-20 09:35 pm (UTC)As long as you stay, I will.
action;
Date: 2009-06-20 09:44 pm (UTC)Sleep, then. I'll stay until you ask me to leave.
action;
Date: 2009-06-20 10:29 pm (UTC)voice;
Date: 2009-06-20 11:57 am (UTC)That's it. You tell his fine ass.
voice;
Date: 2009-06-20 07:38 pm (UTC)Robin, really.