Written for @pynchpromptweek
Summary: Ronan's visit to Adam in the hospital after he presses charges on his father
Tw: Mentions of child abuse and hospital scene
Thank you @galwaygremlin for beta reading! You're amazing!
Ronan stood outside Adam's ward in the hospital, debating whether he should go in or not. What if Adam didn't want to see him? After Adam had pressed charges on his father, the police had held Ronan back for some questioning, but he had driven here as fast as he could.
Now, though, doubted himself. No matter how many times he and Gansey had told Adam to leave his parents’ house, he hadn't. Ronan knew it was because he didn't want to be dependent on them. But now he had pressed charges against his father so that Ronan wouldn't be arrested.
Ronan was relieved that Adam was finally free of his father. He would gladly go to jail and even live with Declan if it meant Adam was safe. But he knew Adam wouldn't feel free. He wanted to get out on his own, not like this. Ronan wondered if Adam was angry at him. He desperately wished that wasn't the case, but even if he was, even if he hated him, Ronan could live with that.
He closed his eyes as he remembered Adam falling, Robbert Parrish yelling, Adam looking disoriented and so scared. Ronan always did things on impulse, never wondering about the consequence, and at that moment, he was overcome with the need to stop that son of a bitch and protect Adam.
Taking a deep breath, he opened the door and entered the ward. Adam was sitting on the bed, blankly staring at his hands. There was a bandage around his forehead, covering his left ear. When he looked up at Ronan, he seemed surprised. "Ronan?"
