Noises slowly started to register to the half ghost as he drifted towards consciousness. The first thing he noticed was that his head hurt. Why did his head hurt so much? Next was that there was something on his hand… wait that was someone else’s hand. He cracked his eyes open, trying to keep most of the harsh light out as he turned to see who was next to him.
“Maggie?” His voice was rough from disuse. “What…?”
How did he end up in the hospital? How long had he been out?
He reached out to Plas but didn’t get much more than a half awake “I’m here”
The last several days had been stressful, to say the least. It had started with a panicked, tearful Max carrying on about an explosion in the lab, and how it was all his fault that papa was hurt. Unsure of how it had happened and how extensively Vlad was hurt, she had no choice but to bring him to the hospital. When he didn’t wake up, she couldn’t continue his care at home either.
Aside from the one time Scar offered to sit with him so that she could go home and shower, Maggie had sat vigilant at Vlad’s bedside, and it showed. Hair tied up in a haphazard bun, loose locks hanging all around her face, she looked up from her book with tired eyes.
“Vlad, thank god.” she murmured, squeezing his hand back. “How’re you feeling? You’re not in too much pain, are you?”