Hank Baker

Hank could see what this was going to be about. “No.” He stepped outside on the porch. he wanted to do this in the pouring rain with her. “This is about Charlie ain’t it?” Hank could see her pulling further away from what they had. “I don’t even blame you. I wanted this for you.” He shook his head. “I wanted your hurt to stop and it has. So why can’t I just be happy?” He knew she was about to break his cracked heart.

|Gotta Let Her Go.|

Hank stood in Daisy’s room holding her hand as the Doctor and nurse removed her from all life support. Tears lined his eyes, but never fell. He whispered in her ear. “I’ll see you later, Baby.” And kissed gently as his lips trembled and Daisy was pronounced dead. Hank hugged Daisy’s Mother and patted her Father on the back and apologized, but Hank needed to be alone. Hank walked out of the room on the verge of tears he ran into his brother and broke down in Kieron’s arms. “She’s gone.” He cried into his shoulder.

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Talk to Me...it’s going to be okay || Kieron & Hank

“I mean, if you’d rather do it alone, that’s okay. I get it. Just know I’ll be right outside that door if you need me.” Kieron recognised it was a personal thing for Hank. “Oh man…I’m sorry. Have you talked to her since then? Maybe you shouldn’t give up hope yet…”

Hank nodded. “I appreciate that, Brother.” Hank truly did. “Yeah I have... It didn’t go well with Charlie. He thinks she cheated on him with me.” He shook his head. “That girl waited a year for him and sat by his bed everyday she was the only person who didn’t give up on him and when he woke up he treated her like a dog and it was all because of me. She didn’t cheat, Kie. He was gone. She waited and she thought he loved her and would want her to be happy and start living again, but he reprimanded her for it. Who does that and still wants to play the victim?” Hank was hurt by the way Charlie had treated Paige when she gave him all of her and did nothing but love Charlie.

Waking Up

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Charlie glared over at Hank, wondering who on earth this stranger in his hospital room was. He couldn’t believe what he had just seen in front of his own eyes. Charlie slowly nodded in reply to Paige’s question as his gaze turned over to Paige.

Paige took a deep breath, “Charlie. This is Hank.” Paige said taking Hank’s hand. “Things have changed since you last remember, Hank is my boyfriend now.” Paige hoped Charlie understood that even though he was gone her life had to go on.

Charlie’s eyes focused on Paige’s hand as it took Hank’s hand. He couldn’t believe what was happening in front of his own eyes. Charlie knew that there was no way that he could accept or understand that him and Paige were over forever.

#hank and paige #hank and charlie

Hank looked at Paige so shocked that she had chose him over Charlie. But he wasn’t sure how long that would last if her and Charlie rekindled their love. Paige grieved for over a year and sat beside Charlies side day and night. that isn’t gone in an instant. “I’ll take good care of her I promise.” He told Charlie.

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Talk to Me...it’s going to be okay || Kieron & Hank

Kieron sighed as he listened. “That’s understandable,” he said, “If I were you I’d look at it like this: at least she doesn’t have to suffer anymore and you two can both be happier for it. It might sound harsh Hank, but Daisy wouldn’t want you moping around either. She’d expect you to a little because that’s normal but she’d also want you to carry on with your life. I don’t think you have. Do you? I can be there with you tomorrow if you like?”

Hank nods. it was the truth, it was just hard to hear. “If that’s what helps me sleep better at night I’ll believe it.” He still felt to blame. Part of hank thought no. that he wanted to deal with this on his own, but he knew he needed his brother. “Yeah. That’d be nice.” He says accepting that he needed a little support. “You remember when I told you about Paige?” He laughs ironically and shakes his head. “Charlie woke up. and to be down right honest I’m afraid I’m losing her too.”

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Talk to Me...it’s going to be okay || Kieron & Hank

“How you holding up?” Kieron asked his brother, having heard about Daisy’s situation from a nurse who had called to inform him and make sure Hank was okay.

They were sat at a far away corner table in Karen’s Cafe, Kieron took a sip of his drink while he waited for him to answer. Not even he could imagine what this must be like for him, nor what he was feeling and Kieron just wanted to be there for his brother. ‘At least he has Paige,’ Kieron thought, not knowing about that either.

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“I’m afraid to even say right, Brother.” He sighs. “I don’t know what to feel. Am I sad that she’s gone and that it’s my fault? or am I happy that she’s finally moving on like she’d have wanted and this whole I’ve selfishly been clinging onto merely a shell that looks like her just because I was to afraid of life without her.” He shakes his head. “Either way I’ve done something wrong and can’t be happy about what’s going to happen tomorrow.”

Waking Up

#hank and paige #hank and charlie

Had Paige known what Hank was going through with Daisy and he was still able to admit he loved her so much, “You do.” The both stood there with tears in their eyes. “Meeting you was one of the best things that’s ever happened to me. You saved me, Hank. You saved me from myself. You’re my hero!” She kissed him. But Paige still had secrets that she had not told Hank yet and this made her scared that he wouldn’t accept her.

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Charlie wasn’t asleep, even though he wanted to be. He couldn’t rest at all for some reason, and was able to hear everything that Hank and Paige were talking about. His eyes gently fluttered open, just in time to see Paige kiss the other guy in the room, which hurt Charlie a lot.

“I do.” He tells her teary eyed as did she. her words the only thing that could raise him up or give him hope in this moment as she kissed him he felt like he could break but only because he was with her and he knew it’d be okay to fall to pieces with her because help put him back together again when he was read or she would break too and their pieces would just fall together. “You’re the only thing keepin’ me together right now.” He said as the kiss ended Hank seen Charlie’s eyes open and look at them and he felt bad for doing that to Charlie but you see Charlie didn’t understand what had happened and how life went on when Charlie wasn’t there to keep up with it. “Paige.” He whispers and his eyes beam toward Charlie for her to see that he saw.

Waking Up

#this gif of hunt makes me want to laugh?#hank and paige #hank and charlie

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“It’s not like that Hank.” Paige stood up and walked over to hank holding his face in her hands, “Look at me.” She tilted his head up, “ I love you.” Paige didn’t know what she was going to do she was in love with two men at the same time. Charlie had woke up and changed everything again. “Do you love me?” She wanted an honest answer.

Hank was scared to say anything in fear that he would cry, but he opened his eyes looking at her as she tilted his head up. “So much.” He said honestly and let the tears flow. “I love you so much.” He said placing his hand over hers as she held the side if his face.

Waking Up

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Paige looked up seeing Hank but she dismissed that he said her name selfishly, “He woke up.” Paige sat up in the bed. “He’s asleep,” Paige glanced over at Charlie “sleeping” and looked back at Hank with tears in her eyes. Paige was torn on how to feel in this moment.

Hank’s heart only further shattered and dropped into his stomach. He was almost frozen and had no words to say. Why did this hurt him? he said if he could bring Charlie back for her that he would just to end her pain so he needed to snap out of this for her and be happy for Paige, so he swallowed his hurt from Losing Daisy in a few days and now losing Pagie and he cracked a smile that took the life out of him to get up the strength to do. “Good.” He says in a whisper. “I’m happy for for ya Paige.” He smiled and you could her the breath escape form his lungs quietly trying to hold in the tears. “You held on and he came back to ya. My work here is done then and my guess is that was best case scenario.” He said now realizing that’s all they were ever doing. Replacing that void that charlie had created when he was gone, but in the end if Charlie came back that there would be no need for Hank as the second choice because her first one was back.

Waking Up

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Charlie had missed seeing Paige and he had missed being with her and just talking like the two of them used to. He nodded his head gently in reply to Paige’s question and moved over, giving her space to lay next to him.

Paige cuddled up to Charlie and she finally felt like she could rest. Her head was placed on his chest she was listening to his heartbeat and she grinned.

Charlie soon rested his eyes next to Paige, he felt so comfortable having her next to her. He could rest properly, which he hadn’t been able to do in a while.

#hank and paige #hank and charlie

Hank walked into the room to Tell Paige that Daisy’s parents had came in and decided they were going to end her life support in a few days. “Paige.” He said with despair needing her, but also being a little taken a back by her cuddling up to Charlie after the last step they had taken but still he understood completely and was used to her clinging to Charlie. He was still unaware Charlie had woken.

Only Time Could Tell. |Paige|Hank|

The smoke alarm went off again. Paige pulled away with a laugh, “We burnt it again!” She chuckles and grabbing some water out of the sink putting out the fire. Paige shook her head at them the couldn’t cook breakfast for anything today. The pigs wouldn’t even it that. “All a sudden I’m not hungry for food.” She tells him, but her soul was hungry for lovin. Paige inched closer to him. “Hank, I’m ready. If you’re ready.” She knew it had been a long time for both of them and they were young adults with needs. It was an awkward conversation for both of them to had but she knew it was going to happen sooner or later.

He smiles and his smile fades not in a sad way as he listens to her. It was hard for him just as he knew it was for her yet they both wanted this. “ We’re ready then.” He came closer to her slowly and gently and kissed her softly. Suddenly they were in Hank’s room and their clothes were off and they were still kissing among other things. “You sure?” He asked before anything else happened.

Only Time Could Tell. |Paige|Hank|

Paige laughed along with him. “I had a great teacher.” She teases. And then it all made sense- when one flame went out it was time to try again. Paige went in kissing Hank, It could ruin their relationship but in her mind this was it; it was gonna be forever Or it’s gonna go down in flames and Hank could tell her when the kiss was over If the high was worth the pain. The bacon sizzled in the background, as Paige pulled him closer to her this was the first man she had kissed since Charlie’s accident.

Hank didn’t realize it till it happened but he wanted that kiss and he had for a long time and he felt guilty for wanting that. It was the fist kiss he had felt in a year and a half that he actually felt the kiss being returned to him and he missed it more than he even knew. The kiss broke for a short moment and he looked at her The high was worth every ounce of pain that would come with it. His eyes said and he then kissed her again.

Only Time Could Tell. |Paige|Hank|

“My goodness your southern accent is probably the cutest thing ever.” She grinned. Paige listened to him doing all these steps he had told her. “Hank! Look! Look! I’m making eggs!” She smiled all proud of herself as the eggs fluffed up. “You taught me.” She sniffed as he asked. “Fire?” She turned around to see the bacon was in flames. “I like it extra crispy.” she said, as she failed at withholding her laugh.

“Thank ya.” He winks using his accent to his advantage. “Well would ya look at that.” He smiles at her. “You are. Fluffy one’s too.” He chuckles happy seeing her so excited that she had done it. “You were a good student.” He grins and looks at her as she looks at the pan of eggs without even knowing he was admiring her just being her. “Fire? Crap!” He said turning around and seeing the small pan on fire he ran over and threw the pan in the sink turning on the water extinguishing the flames. he turns around and looks at her and try’s not to laugh at himself but it was too funny. “Well now... Someone needs to come teach me.”He jokes and smiles big. “Lets try that again.” He says getting more bacon and a new pan. “You wanna help me out on this one? I don’t think I can cook with a pretty girl around. I forget what I’m doin’” He smiles.

“And when she wakes up, the two of you can re-enact Sleeping Beauty,” Kieron said, “It’ll be romantic!” he exclaimed but then paused, “…I hope you don’t mean that in the context I’m thinking of right now. Yes. I swear almost everything that comes out of your mouth is just another way for me to tease you,” he said.

“Exactly.” He says as his eyes drift as he thinks till Kieron brings him out of it. “What?” He says confused then gets it. “Oh my-” He shakes his head. “Lord help me my Brother’s mind is in the gutter.” He shakes his head and laughs. “We’ll just call this pick on Hank day just like every other day of my life.” He smiles.

#I didn't notice!#hank and kieron #haha he has a golden retriever not that yorkie but you get it

“Seriously? Who do you talk to when I not around? If I didn’t know any better, I think you have a type, brother…”

He laughs. “Well for the past year it was a sleeping woman, But now I think my Dog knows me very well.” He jokes. “I have a type. It’s called Blonde Hair Blue Eyes and a lady.” He smiles. “Sounds like me as a woman, but you get my point, Brother.

“How would you know? I never talk to you about my sex life,” Kieron chuckled, shaking his head. “But a blonde…really?”

Hank shrugs. “Word gets around.” He teases. “What? I like blondes.” He smiles.

“Dude, I said it was stopping!” Kieron laughed. “But go on then, what lady do you think I have wrapped around my arm? You know I haven’t even come close to a women since the pregnancy,” he said.

Hank laughs. “ I don’t know I was thinkin’ some 20 something sweetheart... a blonde maybe?” He grins. “Yeah, I know it. but lets be honest. you can’t tell me that it’s been years since a studly man like yourself as gotten under the sheets with a woman? now that is just a down right lie.”