Recovering Part 4

[will_scarlett]

They find a door somewhere near 71st street and Will steps through to the Bar. He takes the bag of clothes and gives her a long kiss before leaving her to her teammates.

Inside, he gets a sandwich and drink from Bar to take upstairs as he looks in the bag and laughs at the Hawaiian shirt.

Upstairs, he puts on the speedo which makes him feel rather naked but it made Kate speechless which is worth a lot. Contented for the moment, he settles down on the bed to eat and soon naps after he eats.

When Kate returns he's stretched out on the bed in just the speedo, a trail of red hair leading down to it and a drink and sandwich on the bedside table.

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[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

Kate nodded, and curled up against him.

"I need to get to bed. Long day. You're not carrying me though, your side can't take it."

[will_scarlett]

"We'll lean on each other an I'll read to ye."

He hugs her and wraps her in his arms as he starts to stand up, he's not letting go.

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

She allowed him that, leaning lightly against him as they go back into the room.

"All right, something happy or funny."

[will_scarlett]

He nods and closes the door behind them as he finds The Wonderful O on the nightstand,

"We'll try this one, ye get comfy."

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

Kate glanced over at it, and then moved the covers so they could get underneath. She climbed into bed, and settled in against the pillows on her side. She yawned, and her eyes briefly closed before opening again.

[will_scarlett]

With only the bedside lamp on, he reads to her the simple story, sometimes stroking her hair or back and as he gives her worried glances.

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

She gradually drifted off to sleep against him. But the earlier stress kept it from being a restful one yet. She whimpered, and then her body went tense as she cried out in pain. In her dreams, she was now remembering how it felt to have the demon torn out of her, and she startled herself awake again, breathing heavily.

[will_scarlett]

The light is off but he's not asleep, his arms around her and his green eyes on her,

"Shh, ye're safe."

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

She shuddered, and clutched back at him.

"I remember... Felt icy, like something walking over my grave and then this sudden deep loss. Something reaching in, and tearing that demon out. I was gone, but still remember it now."

[will_scarlett]

All the pain he's gone through doesn't compare to this so he hugs her even tighter, not quite having the words to help her.

The fact he's not sure what to say is even harder so he buries his face in her hair as he hugs her as tightly as he can.

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

She's quiet again, and just hugged him back tightly. Light tremors briefly ran through her frame. Some time later, she felt tired enough to sleep again. This time, it was more restful with forgettable dreams.

[will_scarlett]

It takes much longer for him to sleep as he watches over her but in time he does though his dreams are restless as he never lets go of her.

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

She snuggled closer in her sleep, almost nuzzling him as she slept by him.

[will_scarlett]

He wakes up first as the morning light creeps into the room and looks down at her, not wishing to disturb her.

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

Her features were slack with sleep now, her chest gently moving up and down as she breathed deeply.

As the light moved across the bed, it reaches near her eyes, and she slowly wakes up. She rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, and then glanced over at Will.

"Morning... and I'm sorry."

[will_scarlett]

He moves her hair off her face and kisses her forehead,

"Morn, na sure if ye should be 'pologizin'. I just kept sayin' the wrong thing."

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

"No... I... I just hoped you, everyone would be able to figure it out without me telling you. That you'd just somehow know."

[will_scarlett]

"I knew somethin' was wrong but knowin' didna really do any good in the end."

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

She sighed and shook her head.

"No it didn't. The other Amberites could only delay it a little."

[will_scarlett]

"Forgive me, Kate, would 'ave done more if I could."

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

"I know you would have. Wasn't right to yell at you like that. Not for that. Yelling at you for confronting Brand on your own... that's another story." Pointed glance at him.

[will_scarlett]

He meets her eyes with a bit more of his old fire in them,

"That was somethin' I could do, so I did it. Wasna goin' to let 'im get 'way with what 'e was doin' to ye."

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

Answering fire from her now as she stated bluntly, "You shouldn't have done it alone, and definitely not out back. If you were in the bar, there would have been eyewitnesses and Security to back you up!"

[will_scarlett]

"Wasna plannin' on fightin' 'im just wished to talk to 'im. Na me fault 'e was 'fraid o'me cause saw I could take ye 'way from 'im."

[nothawkingbird.livejournal.com]

"You knew what he was, more than I did. You had more idea of what he could do, and you already didn't trust him. And you think you can just stroll up to him, and say stuff it without him attacking you? Come on, you should know better."