crystal_lilly: Trowa/slightly psycho!Quatre
Halloween Drabble 34
Quatre sits beside me, a golden flame in my dark world, listening as the doctor explains the extent of the damage. I wasn't listening. I don't remember what happened but I can feel every bruise, every crack, every pain. I don't want to think about it. Not because it hurt, but because I feel stupid. A trained mercenary, a trained gundam pilot, a trained Preventer- brought down by the crack of a lead pipe on the back of my unsuspecting skull. They think it was some gang members, looking to make a name for themselves. Other people had been beaten in similar ways- one girl had died from her injuries. I was lucky to be alive.
"How long?" Quatre asks and the doctor shrugs.
"We need to keep him under observation for a while. Several days."
Quatre nods and turns to me, summoning up a smile. It doesn't reach his eyes. "I'll take you home the moment I can, all right?"
I do my best to return his smile. "I know."
I miss the doctor leaving- but I know when Cathy comes in. She looks vaguely worried. "Quatre- Heero and Duo are outside. They said they found what you needed?"
Quatre brightens. "Great!" He turns to me, kisses my cheek gently. "I have to go for a bit- but I'll be back soon, all right?"
"All right."
He leaves and I turn my gaze to Cathy. "I'm amazed he left," she says with a smile. "When you were first in here, it took Rashid and Wufei to persuade him to go home and rest."
"How long was I out?"
"Forty-eight hours," she says and her smile fades. "We were so worried for you- the doctors weren't sure you'd pull through. If that off-duty cop hadn't seen those bastards..." She stops and bites her lips.
"Did they catch them?"
She shakes her head. "Not yet."
I can't stand the look in her eyes, so I reach out carefully and take her hand. "Tell me about the circus."
Her voice washes over me comfortingly. I'm not really listening and I suspect she knows it. It's too hard to concentrate on her words. So I drift instead, waiting for Quatre to return.
Cathy's voice stops eventually, I suspect she thinks I'm asleep. She turns on the tv to the news station, her hand still comfortingly in mine.
Where is Quatre? It's been a long time- hasn't it?
I drift a little more.
Then he's there, golden and glowing, leaning over me with a kiss, his eyes fever bright.
"Thanks for staying with him."
I don't hear Cathy's answer. Quatre's wrist is on the bed beside me, and on one of his white cuffs is a spot of blood.
What has he been doing?
Cathy leaves and Quatre sits beside me, a serene angel, a smile playing about his lips.
"Where did you go?" I ask and he brushes my bangs out of my face.
"Just had some business to attend to," he says and smiles, turning his attention to the tv.
What is he watching? I focus on the screen. ".... Found in an alleyway. None of the men appear to have been robbed, and some suspect it was a gang hit, as all four have ties to one of the local gangs. The police have no suspects at this time..."
I study the man beside me, watch as he straightens his cuffs and huffs at the bloodstain.
"What did you do?" I ask him softly.
"You know what I did." He replies in the same tone. "No one hurts what's mine."
OWARI
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